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2018 Labor Notes Conference

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1:00pm PDT

Reversing Runaway Inequality, Part 1 International Ballroom BJoe Tarulli, Communications Workers 1102 • Nick Hoh, Communications Workers 1104 • Elijah Zimmerman, Communications Workers 1109 • Ginger Lane, Communications Workers 7019

3:00pm PDT

Preparing for Janus and 'Right to Work' Grand Ballroom ALabor Notes • Samantha Winslow Fighting Overpolicing O’Hare CAlyxandra Goodwin, Black Youth Project 100 • Keith Snodgrass, Bay Area Black Worker Center • Jennifer Johnson, Chicago Teachers Thinking Big About Ending Sexual Violence in the Workplace (S) Heathrow A & BKarla Altmayer, Healing to Action • Sheerine Alemzadeh, Healing to Action

5:00pm PDT

Asian Unions vs. Militarism International Ballroom CKeisuke Fuse, Zenroren, Japan • Kim Kyoung-ja and Ryu Mikyung, KCTU, Korea • Ligaya McGovern, GABRIELA, Philippines • Facilitator: Kari Thompson, United Electrical Workers Engaging Members on Race, Inequality, and the Big Picture International Ballroom ESonji Ann Roseborough, Communications Workers 1106 • Greg Nammacher, SEIU 26 • Mike Schulte, Communications Workers District 4 • April Sims, Washington State Labor Council • Facilitator: Elise Bryant, Coalition of Labor Union Women

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

Worker Cooperatives (S) MalpensaJesús Torres, Trabajadores Democráticos de Occidente (Democratic Workers of the West cooperative) • Armando Robles, New Era Windows and Doors • Maria Roman, New Era Windows and Doors • Keith Joseph, SEIU1199 Healthcare • Co-facilitator: Monica Atkins, Cooperation Jackson • Kali Akuno, Cooperation Jackson • Co-facilitator: Tim Schermerhorn, Labor Notes and Democracy at Work Lessons from Labor History: Triumph, Tragedy, and What’s In Between LambertToni Gilpin • labor historian

2:00pm PDT

Resistance in the Trades International Ballroom DJason Sheckler, Carpenters 1503 • Melissa Shetler, Ironworkers 46 • Al Neal, Workers’ Education Society • Neidi Dominguez, Painters Union 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 Reforming Your Union DaVinci BFrank Halstead, Teamsters 572 • Remzi Jaos, SEIU 73 • Mary Cowhey, Northampton Association of School Employees • Facilitator: Ken Paff, Teamsters for a Democratic Union

4:15pm PDT

Contract Campaign Meeting for UPS Teamsters London

6:00pm PDT

Students, Workers, and Students as Workers North CentralErik Rivas, Cornell Organization for Labor Action • Sophie May, Cornell Organization for Labor Action • Grace Croley, University of Chicago Students Organizing United with Labor • Facilitator: Meghan Brophy, Barnard Student-Worker Solidarity • Antolina Padua, Rutgers United Students Against Sweatshops • Josh Smyser, U of Tennessee United Campus Workers • Quinn Ercolani, Union of Grinnell Student Dining Workers

7:30pm PDT

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

9:00am PDT

The Crisis in Puerto Rico Rosemont BMercedes Martinez, Federación de Maestros de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rican Teachers Federation) • Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez, New York State Nurses • Facilitator: Rosa Ponce, Painters • Jia Lee, MORE, United Federation of Teachers

10:45am PDT

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 Labor’s New Sources of Leverage United ALeonard Riley, International Longshoremen’s Association 1422 • Facilitator: Ella Mahony, Jacobin/NewsGuild • Mark Meinster, Warehouse Workers for Justice • Kim Moody, National Union of Journalists, U.K. Organizing Community-Labor Alliances CapitalNil Sendil, Fight for $15 and Fairness/Workers’ Action Centre • Facilitator: Jonathan Rosenblum, organizer • Kimberly Goldbaum, Chicago Teachers • Consuelo Vargas, National Nurses United

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