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Organizing Never Stops Grand Ballroom Aformer co-chair • Joe Fahey • Teamsters for a Democratic Union

3:00pm PDT

Choosing An Organizing Database O'Hare Adatabase consultant • Brendan O’Sullivan

5:00pm PDT

Stories from the West Virginia Teacher Strike (S) International Ballrooms A & BFacilitator: Ellen David Friedman, Labor Notes Policy Committee • Brandon Wolford, Mingo County • Brendan Muckian Bates, Monongalia County • Emily Comer, Kanawha County • Jay O’Neal, Kanawha County • Nicole McCormick, Mercer County • Olivia Morris, Kanawha County Food Workers Organize for May Day and Beyond (S) MalpensaAxel Fuentes, Rural Community Workers Alliance • Facilitator: José Oliva, Food Chain Workers Alliance • Gabriel Morales, Brandworkers • Diana Sierra, Pioneer Valley Worker Center • Magaly Licolli, Northwest Arkansas Workers Justice Center • Marleny Amaya, Pioneer Valley Worker Center

7:30pm PDT

Main Session, Friday Grand BallroomGreetings from Rev. William Barber, Poor People’s Campaign (video) • Al Russo, Communications Workers 1101 • Michael Avant, AFSCME 3299 • Balbina Ortiz and Teresa Acevedo, ARISE Chicago • Chair: Samantha Winslow, Labor Notes • West Virginia teachers

9:00am PDT

Main Session, Saturday Grand BallroomPatrick Green, Amalgamated Transit Union 1235 • Amy Mizialko, Milwaukee Teachers Education Association • Chair: Alexandra Bradbury, Labor Notes

10:15am PDT

How to Build a Rapid Response Network to Defend Immigrant Communities (S) Heathrow Band Marleny Amaya • Rose Bookbinder • Pioneer Valley Workers Center • Gabriella Della Croce • Eduardo Samaniego • Andrea Schmid • Diana Sierra

2:00pm PDT

Researching Your Employer (S) United AUnited Teachers Los Angeles • Grace Regullano Militant History of Public Sector Unions MidwayPriscilla Murolo, labor historian • Bob Peterson, retired Milwaukee Teachers Going On Offense to Defend Immigrant Members (s) CapitalJorge Mújica

4:15pm PDT

How to Be an Effective Staffer in a Member-Driven Union United BMarsha Niemeijer, New York State Nurses • Leah Lindeman, St. Paul Federation of Teachers

6:00pm PDT

Graduate Employees Meeting Logan Latino/a Workers Meeting (S) O’Hare C

7:30pm PDT

Banquet Grand BallroomTroublemaker Awards • Chair: Elise Bryant • Labor Notes Fundraiser

9:00am PDT

Defending Teachers’ Contracts around the World GatwickPaul Bocking, Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation, Canada • Kip Wood, British Columbia Teachers Federation, Canada • María de la Luz Arriaga Lemus, Trinational Coalition in Defense of Public Education, Mexico • Facilitator: Nancy Serrano, Chicago Teachers, U.S.

10:45am PDT

Creative Organizing and Strategic Mischief (s) ViennaDan Moore, SEIU 26 • Ricardo Levins Morales, labor artist

1:00pm PDT

Main Session, Sunday Grand BallroomMercedes Martinez, Federación de Maestros de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rican Teachers Federation) • Barbara Madeloni, Massachusetts Teachers • John Palmer, Teamsters International Union • Chair: Bianca Cunningham, Communications Workers