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WLHS is also pleased to welcome Todd Dahlstrom, Organizing and Growth Director of the Minnesota AFL-CIO. Director Dahlstrom will talk about the Minnesota labor movement's participation in the Minneapolis resistance to ICE. Todd has worked in the Minnesota labor movement for many years, including organizing 95% of of the private security force in the Twin Cities area with two historic strikes.

The conference will also feature a panel on how workers and their unions are resisting and protecting their members from ICE, featuring MALC Immigrant Rights Committee chair Julissa Velazquez, WFNHP Local 5000 Vice-President Gavin Rice, andEmilio De Torreof the Milwaukee Turners, moderated byJosé Ramírezof Laborers Local 113. The conference willfeature a second panel on how teachers and their unions foster democracy and push back on authoritarianism, including AFT-Wisconsin president and historianJon Shelton,MTEA member and historian Jim Nelsen,and MTEA member and activistLayli McLaughlin, moderated byDon Taylorof the UW-Madison School for Workers.

The conference will also include a luncheon, with time to visit with friendly and like-minded people. The luncheon will also include an awards ceremony, where the winners of the annual Kenneth A. Germanson High School Essay Contest and the WLHS Lifetime Achievement Award winner will be honored.

Upon the conclusion of the conference program, the annual meeting will begin, where WLHS members elect board members, review reports, and conduct other business.

Many thanks to Iron Workers Local 8 for hosting this event!

There are two ways to register:

Clickhereto register online with a credit card.

Clickhereto print a form and mail it in with a check.

Contact us atinfo@wisconsinlaborhistory.orgwith questions. We hope to see you there!