University of Wisconsin–Madison

Stephen Lerner, SEIU International

From Wisconsin to Wall Street: Challenging the Power of the Super Rich

Tuesday, April 10, 7 pm, Pyle Center Auditorium, 702 Langdon Street

Co-sponsored by IBEW 2304, THE INTERFAITH COALITION FOR WORKER JUSTICE, THE LABOR & WORKING CLASS STUDIES PROJECT, MADISON TEACHERS INCORPORATED, SEIU HEALTHCARE WISCONSIN, THE SOUTH CENTRAL FEDERATION OF LABOR, THE STUDENT LABOR ACTION COALITION, THE TEACHING ASSISTANTS’ ASSOCIATION, WORT 89.9 FM, and THE WORKERS RIGHTS CENTER

A man smiles directly into the camera. His dark brown hair is worn closely cropped to the sides of his head, while the top of his head is balding. His dark brown mustache and beard are also worn very short, and one can see suggestions of gray in both. His eyeglasses appear to have temples (or arms) made of a dark-colored acetate, while the rectangular lenses are rimless. He wears a royal blue button-down shirt and a brown jacket. Behind him, a bright blue background can be seen.

STEPHEN LERNER is a labor and community organizer who has spent more than three decades organizing hundreds of thousands of janitors, farm workers, garment workers, and other low-wage workers into unions. He is the architect of the justice for janitors campaign, which has organized and helped win a union for hundreds of thousands of immigrant janitors. He has helped lead the work challenging the power of wall street and big banks, and is part of a growing movement in the us that is using non-violent civil disobedience and direct action protests to challenge corporate power. Stephen is a member of SEIU’s international executive board.