DRAFT  :  Events and Dates to Remember 2013

This list is not inclusive and more details available closer to the event/date.  Contact Labor Council officer or executive board member with questions.

January 26 - “Everyday Impact of International Trade and Trade Policy”, trade policy workshop, 9am – 2pm, facilitated by Labor Education Service staff, North Central State Regional Council of Carpenters Hall, St Paul.

February 15 – “Unions have been important to my family because . .  .,” high school essay competition postmark deadline.

 February 19 – Wisconsin primary spring elections as needed.

March 7 – 9 AFL-CIO Community Services Conference March 7 – 9, Green Bay,

            Radisson Hotel/Conf Center.

 

April 2 – Wisconsin spring elections

 

April 4 - Northwestern WI Regional National History Day Competition, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire 8a – 3pm.  WI Labor History Society offers cash prize to Junior and Senior American labor projects.

April 20 - Wisconsin Labor History Society annual spring conference:  

“Fighting Inequality: A Wisconsin Tradition” 9a – 3:30p Waukesha Labor Temple, Machinists Lodge 1377.  Labor History essay contest winners announced.

 

April 28 - Workers Memorial Day – Dean and Sue’s Bar and Banquet Hall, Menomonie, time TBD.

 

April 29-30 Steward Training, instruction by School for Workers staff, sponsored by Fox Valley Labor Council, Menasha Labor Hall.    

 

May 5 – 127^th Anniversary Commemoration of 1886 Bay View Tragedy, Bay View Rolling Mills

            Historical Marker Site, Milwaukee.

 

September 2 – Labor Day 2013.