Join your MTEA sisters and brothers this Labor Day for Laborfest 2024! Register below - the first 100 MTEA members to register will receive a $10 Laborfest food/beverage card! We just learned Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz will be at Labor Fest! RSVP using the link emailed to members last Friday, 8/23 Labor Day Schedule | Monday, September 2 10:00-10:45am | Gather at the MTEA parade staging location, just east of Vel R. Phillips Ave. on Michigan Avenue at Zeidler Union Square 11:00am | Parade to Laborfest grounds Noon | Laborfest opens at the Summerfest grounds. Entry is free for everyone! Food and Drink Cards Free food and drink cards will be provided for the first 100 MTEA members who RSVP below. You must check in at the MTEA staging location by 10:45am to receive your food and drink cards. Click below to register and reserve your food and drink tickets. Buses ATU Local 998 transit workers are providing a free shuttle bus service from the Summerfest grounds to Zeidler Park beginning at 8am. The shuttle bus will run until the roads are closed for the parade. We recommend taking a shuttle before 9:45am. Shuttles will pick up at lots H and P near the amphitheatre and on Chicago St. by the main Summerfest entrance and will drop riders off near 2nd and Clybourn. There will be an ADA bus to take people down to Laborfest who are not able to walk the entire parade route. It will pick riders up on the corner of 2nd Street and Wisconsin Avenue at the end of the parade. MTEA T-shirts Remember to wear your MTEA Green! A limited supply of MTEA T-shirts will be available for purchase at Zeidler Park for $15. Cash or check only. Laborfest Following the parade, the festival opens at the Summerfest grounds with free entertainment all day long for the entire family. • Live Music • A Union Industry Display – Proudly displaying Union Made products and Services • Entertainment for Children • Classic Car Show • Food and Beverages available for purchase. • Raffle tickets to win cash prizes. The grand prize this year is $5,000 cash. • And more! We hope to see you Monday, September 2 as we celebrate Labor Day together in solidarity with workers from across the city.