This year, the Milwaukee Area Labor Council invites you to meet us at the just-finished, newly-renovated Wisconsin Workers Memorial at Carl Zeidler Union Square in Downtown Milwaukee on Labor Day. Thanks to labor and donations from several union construction companies, local unions, and community partners; we are proud to reveal the refreshed Memorial, where our Laborfest parade traditionally begins.
The Wisconsin Workers Memorial is sited in Milwaukee’s oldest public park, dedicated in 1835, now called Zeidler Union Square. The park is a popular place for workers to eat lunch on a nice day and where local residents walk dogs before and after work. The Wisconsin Workers Memorial gazebo is a gathering place to acknowledge and celebrate the accomplishments of all workers. It was built in collaboration by artists Terese Agnew, Mary Zebell, and 175 union volunteers — and completed in 1995. Renovations were coordinated by the Milwaukee Area Labor Council.
We’d like to thank the following Contractors and Supporters for their generosity in renovating the Wisconsin Workers’ Memorial:
Porta-Painting
WE Energies
PPG Industries
Munson, Inc
Dawes
Painters Local 781
Paintmakers Local 579
Glaziers Local 1204
Mortenson Construction
Ironworkers Local 8
IBEW Local 494
Laborers Local 113
Plumbers Local 75
USW Local 2-209
Carpenters Local 264
Carpenters Local 344
Waukesha County Labor Council
Wisconsin AFL-CIO.
Terese Agnew
Mary Zebell