University of Wisconsin–Madison

Labor & Working Class Studies Project

The Project encompassed a wide array of activities, including among others an annual Speakers Series, cultural events, and a biennial Labor and Working Class Studies Conference, as well as other campus-community-labor dialogues, aimed at addressing issues of concern to labor and working class people. The Project was also a member of the Working Class Studies Association and hosted the WCSA’s National Conference in June 2013.

Sessions included:

  • Renewed Labor-Community Engagement
  • Women in the Labor Movement
  • Exploring Class
  • Putting Militancy Back in the Labor Movement
  • Working Class Solidarity and Poor People’s Movements
  • Organizing Locally, Globally and Transnationally
  • More than Madison: Wisconsin Organizing Statewide

The event was organized by the Labor & Working Class Studies Project and the Working Class Studies Association and co-sponsored by the Center for Media and Democracy.