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Wisconsin's Lieutenant Governor to Discuss Labor Issues at Dinner in Darboy.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, May, 2003

By Pete Bach, The Post-Crescent, Appleton, Wis. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

May 1--DARBOY, Wis.--Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton says the union-management relationship in the Fox Cities offers a refreshing break from the acrimony organized labor has endured elsewhere in the state this year.

Lawton will serve as keynote speaker at tonight's 54th annual Fox Valley Labor-Management Dinner at the Darboy Club.

"When you look at Tyson Foods and what they're doing with their labor in Jefferson, the effort in the Fox Valley to fight that trend is extremely impressive," Lawton said.

Lawton referred to the strike authorized Feb. 28 at the large meat processing plant in which 470 workers walked off the job, sending deep ripple...

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