It was written by Laurie Cooper, a member of Laborers Local 852 in Illinois. The training aspect of our materials was very interesting to conference participants. Training and re-training are very big issues as Wisconsin attempts to perpetuate the job growth and economic development we currently enjoy . . . Organized labor and our signatories have a vested interest in economic development in Wisconsin and we felt we could bring a little different perspective to the discussions. The biggest and most apparent issue we agree on is transportation funding.
Transportation infrastructure is one of the key building blocks of economic development.
It now looks like an increase in transportation funding in Wisconsin will be a part of any version of the state budget. Throughout our involvement in these issues, we will constantly bring the views of unionized construction to the table. After all, we wrote the book on training, health and safety. But if you'd just slow down it might be YOUR life that's saved. She previously worked for the Douglas Stewart Company.