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1:00pm

Dealing with Difficult Supervisors International Ballroom ESandy Pope

3:00pm

Bargaining: Costing Tutorial TegelTeamsters 705 • Richard De Vries Race and Labor: Let's Talk About It International Ballroom EWashington State Labor Council • April Sims Just Cause International Ballroom ABob Schwartz, retired union attorney

5:00pm

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

10:15am

Using Social Media in Your Campaigns United AJoe Brusky, Milwaukee Teachers Education Association • Melissa Zombor, Milwaukee Teachers Education Association Bringing Temps into Our Bargaining Units and Organizing Campaigns Narita AFacilitator: Jes Cook, DePaul University Labor Education Center • Barry Rose, Workers United 76A and Chicago Workers Collaborative • Robert Hathorn, Nissan • Chris Lamberti, Workers United Chicago-Midwest Region Creative Organizing and Strategic Mischief ViennaDan Moore, SEIU 26 • Ricardo Levins Morales, labor artist

2:00pm

Boosting Your Bargaining through Legislation Charles De GaulleDarius Smith, Food and Commercial Workers 400 • Mary Gellatly, Fight for $15 and Fairness/Workers’ Action Centre • Facilitator: Dave Kamper, Minnesota Association of Professional Employees • Nora Watts, Massachusetts Nurses Unions Team Up for Bold Demands O’Hare CGary Jimenez, SEIU 1021 • A. Jaxon Dale, Amalgamated Transit Union 1235 • Joe Richard, AFT • Angelique Johnson, Music City Bus Riders Union/Workers Dignity • Steve Payne, Minnesotans for a Fair Economy • Facilitator: Candi Churchill, United Faculty of Florida Organizing across Europe O'Hare AMichele Bulgarelli, FIOM Bologna, Italy • Kjetil Larsen, Fellesforbundet, Norway • Facilitator: Chris Maisano, New York State Nurses • Fliss Premru, Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association, U.K. Mobilizing Members to Take Health Care Off the Bargaining Table Heathrow BLinda Dean, United Steelworkers 900 • Barney McClelland, Southern Maine Labor Council • Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez, New York State Nurses • Kim Behrens, New York State Nurses • Facilitator: Mark Dudzic, Labor Campaign for Single-Payer Organizing the South Rosemont BRoz Pelles, Poor People’s Campaign • Facilitator: Gene Bruskin, veteran union organizer and campaigner • Monica Atkins, Cooperation Jackson • Willie Hardy, Teamsters for a Democratic Union • Margaret Cook, United Campus Workers

4:15pm

Corbynism and the Resurgence of the British Labor Movement International Ballroom EJeremy Drinkall, Unison, U.K. • Facilitator: Sheila Cohen, National Union of Journalists, U.K. • Charlotte Bence, Unite the Union, U.K. • Phil Clarke, National Education Union, U.K.

6:00pm

Meet the Authors DFW A

9:00am

Labor for Our Revolution Meeting United A medicare for all meeting Rosemont D

10:45am

Belabored: Live! Rosemont DMichelle Chen, Belabored podcast • Sarah Jaffe, Belabored podcast Coordinated Bargaining International Ballroom CFacilitator: Alan Hanson, Food and Commercial Workers 400 • Arlene Inouye, Union Power, United Teachers Los Angeles • Francine Rico, SEIU Healthcare Illinois-Indiana • Beth Piknick, Massachusetts Nurses Bargaining Trans-Inclusive Contract Language International Ballroom EAmanda Armstrong-Price, Auto Workers 2865 • Munira Lokhandwala, Auto Workers 2865 • Phoenix Casino, Babeland worker, RWDSU • Stephanie Basile, Communications Workers Black Workers Fight for Jobs International Ballroom BFernando Parmer, Amalgamated Transit Union 1235 • Michael Avant, AFSCME 3299 • Rosalee Balberan, Bay Area Black Worker Center • Monique Redeaux, Illinois Federation of Teachers Doing Politics Differently United BMike Parker, Richmond Progressive Alliance • Jackie Charles, United Working Families Chicago • Kali Akuno, Cooperation Jackson • Facilitator: Stacy Davis-Gates, Chicago Teachers The UAW at Volkswagen and Nissan: What Happened? Rosemont BFacilitator: Scott Houldieson, Auto Workers 551 • Robert Hathorn and Shambe Jackson, Nissan • Wendy Thompson, Auto Workers 235, retired • Byron Spencer, Volkswagen