March 10, 2010
Event Calendar
Friday, March 12, 2010
Companies Gather for Veterans Job Fair
Location: VA Medical Center, 5000 W National Ave.
A job fair specifically for veterans will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Friday, March 12, with 20 to 25 different employers having agreed to participate.
Among them will be a new
company building wind turbines here, along with Wisconsin and national employers such as Oshkosh Truck, IRS, Rockwell Automation, Time Warner, the federal Social Security Administration. Graef Construction, Ace Precision Manufacturing, WE Energies and UPS.
If you are a veteran or know of one looking for work, check out this Veterans Career Fair in Room 3435 of the VA Medical Center, 5000 W National Ave. Sponsors are the Zablocki VA Medical Center, Wisconsin DWD Office of Veterans Services, and Milwaukee County Vererans Services Office.
Friday, March 12, 2010
LERA to Probe Immigrant Issues
Location: Aliota's
Immigration issues for both documented and undocumented employees can create a tangle – a topic being addressed for businesses, lawyers, academics and others at a special luncheon panel discussion March 12 by the Wisconsin chapter of the Labor and Employment Relations Association.
Atty. Heather Tiltmann will lead the panel discussion of issues and remedies at the monthly LERA luncheon for members and anyone interested, held starting a 11:30 a.m. that Friday at Alioto’s, 3041 N. Mayfair Rd., Wauwatosa.
Luncheon choices (fish or chicken) are $10 for students and retirees, $15 for members and $20 for other nonmembers. While walk-ins are welcome, attendees are encouraged to register in advance with LERA Secretary-Treasurer, Suzanne M. Clement, (414) 297-3883; or email Suzanne.clement@nlrb.gov.
Noted Journalist John Nichols Offers 3rd Annual Zeidler Lecture
Location: Centennial Hall, 733 N. 8th St.
"The Promise of Good Journalism" -- its frequent failure in the public arena and suggested remedies to restore its reputation -- will be explored by noted journalist, author and commentator John Nichols at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 23 (doors open at 6:30 p.m.), at the Milwaukee Public Library''s Centennial Hall, 733 N. 8th St.
This will be the third annual Frank Zeidler Memorai Lecture created to celebrate the ideas and service to the citizenry of the public official and activist who served as mayor of Milwaukee from 1948 to 1960. Socialist Zeidler (1912-2006) devoted his life to peace, democracy, economic progress and environmental advances.
Nichols, who knows Milwaukee well, has been a provocataive voice in the analysis of print and electronic journalism (and is no slouch at exploring both national and Wisconsin politica realities as well).
He has achieved a national reputation as regular columnist for The Nation, the Madison Capital Times, and as co-author of books on politics and US foreign policy, as well as serving as a regular guest on national TV and as a progressive voice in journalism.
His new book with Robert McChesney, "Death and Life of American Journalism," will be availabe for signing and purchase at the lecture.
With Nichols, the Zeidler series continues its reputation for eminent speakers on major social issues. Previous lectures were provided by author Jeremy Scahill and historian John Gurda.
Notable March Speakers Spark Interfaith Schedule
Location: First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee, 1342 N. Astor St.
The public is invited to the Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee’s annual Tuesdays-in-March lecture series, which this year has the theme “people of faith sustaining the future” and is titled, “The Times, They Are a’Changing. Looking Beyond the Headlines.”
Topics will include pastoral challenges in the 21st century, greed in the economy, international hunger, transitions of returning war veterans, and the moral challenges of cutting-edge technology.
The first are noon luncheons and the last is a 5:30 p.m. dinner, all with a catered, simple vegetarian meal at the First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee, 1342 N. Astor St. The cost is $12 per session. For information and reservations, go to www.interfaithconference.org or call (414) 276-9050.
March 9 – Beyond the Greed Economy: Matt Rothschild, Editor of The Progressive.
March 16 – Enough to Go Around: Searching for Hope: Chip Duncan, Milwaukee-based, award-winning documentary film maker, photographer and author talking about his latest book and presenting audio-visuals from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Darfur.
March 23 – Transitioning War Zone Skills to Home: “Understanding Readjustment”: Psychologist Catherine Coppolillo and Registered Nurse Andrew Hendrickson, coordinator of team for returning service members at Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee.
March 30 – Entering Sacred Digital Space: Richard Thieme – a futurist, ethicist, consultant on Internet security, and former pastor – talking on new technological challenges.
This annual series is organized by the Interfaith Conference’s Peace and International Issues Committee. Sessions run about an hour and a half, including the meal and a brief reflection.
Conference Explores Labor History in Schools
Location: IBEW Training Center, Wauwatosa
Years of efforts to teach labor history, warts and all, in Wisconsin’s public high schools bore fruit last year when the legislature approved and Gov. Doyle signed a historic law including such basic educational history as part of the public school curriculum.
But what will that be and how is it voluntarily implemented? The Wisconsin Labor History Society, an organization that has devoted years to making the history law a reality, will dedicate its 29th Annual Conference to discuss how teachers and the community can direct effective efforts.
The conference, 8:45 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, April 17, will be held at the IBEW Joint Apprenticeship Training Center in Wauwatosa, 11001 W. Plank Court. Entitled “Linking Students to Labor’s History,” the conference explores how educators, labor and community members can implement Wisconsin’s “Labor History in the Schools Law.”
Andrew Kersten, from the history department at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, will open with a keynote address on the critical needs to teach labor history. A panel discussion will follow on “Linking Teachers and Students with Labor History,” including discussions by representatives of the state Department of Public Instruction and the Wisconsin Historical Society, as well as classroom teachers.
State AFL-CIO President David Newby will open an afternoon discussion on “Making the Labor History in the Schools Work,” with a focus on how labor history education can help build the labor movement. State labor leaders expected to participate include Mary Bell, president of WEAC, Jim Cavanaugh, South Central Federation of Labor, Sheila Cochran, Secretary-Treasurer of the Milwaukee Area Labor Council, and Bryan Kennedy, president of American Federation of Teachers – Wisconsin.
The conference will include the annual awards ceremony, including awards to those high school students who won the annual essay contest, the Zeidler Awards for graduate and undergraduate college students for papers on Wisconsin labor history, and the Lifetime Achievement award.
Lunch will be provided. The conference fee is $25, which includes lunch, or $10 for students or unemployed persons. To sign up, contact the society at 6333 W. Bluemound Rd., Milwaukee 53213, or call (414) 771-0700, extension 20,. You can also visit wisconsinlaborhistory.org
Labor Summit Scheduled April 17
Location: Laborers 113 Hall
With a still emerging lineup of speakers and timely subjects, an annual summit on minority issues -- The African American Summit for Labor and The Community -- will be held Saturday,
April 17 at Laborers Local 113 Hall, 6310 W. Appleton Ave.
The Milwaukee Area Labor Council
is planning the event and topics designed to bring insight and action to Milwaukee's chronic underemployment and neglect of the minority communities.
Bay View Tragedy Remembered
Location: S. Superior St. at E. Russell Ave.
The 124th Annual Commemoration of the Bay View Tragedy is scheduled to be held at 3 p.m., Sunday, May 2, 2010 at the State Historical marker site at S. Superior St. and E. Russell Ave., on Milwaukee’s lakefront. Guest speaker will be David Newby, the president of the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO.
Since 1986, members of the Wisconsin Labor History Society, the Bay View Historical Society and others have been holding this event to honor the memories of the seven persons killed by the State Militia that had fired upon a crowd of workers marching on behalf of the eight-hour day. The event was Wisconsin’s most dramatic labor event, and was important in the struggle of workers and their unions to gain decent wages, hours and conditions.