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2018 Labor Notes Conference

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Casey Sweeney

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

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

10:15am PDT

Overcoming Racism and Sexism in the Workplace International Ballroom BLorene Scheer, retired organizer, Teamsters and SEIU 503 • Cynthia Phinney, Maine AFL-CIO • Terry Day, Center for Working Life • Facilitator: Joe Fahey, former co-chair, Teamsters for a Democratic Union

2:00pm PDT

Young Workers Blaze New Trails DullesWill Stone, Communications Workers 1298 • Samantha Mason, Workers United 2833 • Jay Poranski, Health Professionals and Allied Employees • Arrion Brown, American Postal Workers, Nation’s Capital-Southern Maryland • Mary Clinton, Communications Workers Bargaining without Collective Bargaining HartsfieldBonita Johnson, United Electrical Workers 150 • Angelina Cruz, Racine Education Association • Anthony Brown, Texas State Employees Union • Nicole McCormick, Mercer County Education Association, West Virginia • Facilitator: Josh Smyser, United Campus Workers Strikes Rosemont CAkbar Bibb, SEIU 1021 • Facilitator: Pam Galpern, Communications Workers 1101 • Josey Allgor, Communications Workers 1101 • James Hogan, Steelworkers 5114 • Rick Norman, Steelworkers 5114 • Brandon Wolford, Mingo County Education Association, West Virginia Educators Take on School and Community Violence: A Dialogue Da Vinci AGeorgia Flowers-Lee, Union Power, United Teachers Los Angeles • Erika Nanton, Poor People’s Campaign • Paula Reed, Jefferson County Teachers, Colorado • Facilitator: Ingrid Walker-Henry, Milwaukee Teachers • Nick Faber, St. Paul Federation of Teachers • Representative, Chicago Teachers Organizing the Whole School John WayneAdaline Lining, Cambridge Education Association • Facilitator: Debby Pope, Chicago Teachers • Marilyn Piggee, Chicago Teachers • Representative, St. Paul Federation of Teachers Amazon, UPS, USPS: Workers Fighting Back in the Age of E-Commerce International Ballroom ANick Perry, Teamsters 413 • Facilitator: Melissa Rakestraw, Letter Carriers 825 • Keith Richardson, American Postal Workers Union, Chicago • Marvin Harvey, Amazon warehouse worker A Woman’s Place Is in the Labor Movement: A Participatory History LambertYvette de la Cruz, labor educator • Steffi Domike, Steelworkers

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 Education Union Meeting Rosemont B How Capitalism Works: An Interactive Training MalpensaCynthia Gomez

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

9:00am PDT

Lockouts as Strategic Opportunities Heathrow BEmily Drabinski, Long Island University Faculty • Facilitator: Peter Olney, Stansbury Forum • Frank Hammer, Auto Workers, retired The Funding Our Schools Deserve John WayneGillian Russom, Union Power, United Teachers Los Angeles • Beth Swanberg, St. Paul Federation of Teachers • Facilitator: Dan Clawson, EDU, Massachusetts Teachers • Representative, Chicago Teachers Asia Regional and Asian-American Interest Meeting International Ballroom D Women's Meeting International Ballroom A

10:45am PDT

Belabored: Live! Rosemont DMichelle Chen, Belabored podcast • Sarah Jaffe, Belabored podcast Can Labor Change the World? An Intergenerational Exchange O’Hare CBianca Cunningham, Communications Workers District 1 • Tim Schermerhorn, Transport Workers 100 • Meredith Schafer, AFSCME • Gene Bruskin • Jane Slaughter, Labor Notes Policy Committee • Marsha Niemeijer, New York State Nurses • Jia Lee, MORE, United 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

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