WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following a trip to western Wisconsin, U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh will travel to Milwaukee on Wednesday to discuss President Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan.

What You Need To Know

  • U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh will travel to Milwaukee on Wednesday to discuss President Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan

  • Walsh has stops in Eau Claire and La Crosse on Tuesday

  • He will join roundtable discussions with newly trained construction and manufacturing workers and later with immigrant workers and labor leaders on the Biden-Harris administration’s efforts to advance workers’ rights

  • The secretary will also tour the site of a lead pipe replacement project with Rep. Gwen Moore and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett

Walsh will meet with workforce development organizations, business and labor leaders, and state and local officials to discuss the American Jobs Plan, similar to his trip to Eau Claire and La Crosse on Tuesday. Per the U.S. Department of Labor, the plan would invest $100 billion to support workforce development and create millions of union jobs in Wisconsin, as well as across the country.

During his visit, the secretary will join roundtable discussions with newly trained construction and manufacturing workers at the Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership, and later with immigrant workers and labor leaders at Voces De La Frontera.

Walsh will also tour the site of a lead pipe replacement project with Rep. Gwen Moore and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett in the afternoon, where they will discuss the need for critical infrastructure work.

On Tuesday, he met with business and union leaders, as well as state and local officials, in Eau Claire and La Crosse.

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