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Organizing New Members
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Preparing for Janus
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Facilitator: Hersch Rothmel, SEIU Local 888
Friday
, April 6
1:00pm PDT
Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Beating Apathy
Grand Ballroom C
Joe DeManuelle-Hall, Transport Workers 100 • Jane Slaughter, Labor Notes Policy Committee
3:00pm PDT
Fighting Overpolicing
O’Hare C
Alyxandra Goodwin, Black Youth Project 100 • Keith Snodgrass, Bay Area Black Worker Center • Jennifer Johnson, Chicago Teachers
Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Assembling Your Dream Team
Grand Ballroom C
Memo Durgin, California Teachers Association • Hilda Paulson, National Union of Healthcare Workers
Roots of the Public Sector Budget Crisis
O'Hare B
Mark Brenner • Labor Notes Policy Committee
5:00pm PDT
Stories from the West Virginia Teacher Strike (S)
International Ballrooms A & B
Facilitator: 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
7:30pm PDT
Main Session, Friday
Grand Ballroom
Greetings 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
Saturday
, April 7
10:15am PDT
Community-Labor Alliances
Sky Harbor
Elijah Edwards, AFSCME 2858 • Roz Pelles, Poor People’s Campaign • Facilitator: Steve Early, labor journalist • Fran Tobin, Alliance for Community Services • Nick Faber, St. Paul Federation of Teachers
Building a Winning Contract Campaign
United B
Denise Rodriquez, St. Paul Federation of Teachers • Leah Lindeman, St. Paul Federation of Teachers
Strikes and Contract Campaigns on Campus
Midway
Cherrene Horazuk, AFSCME 3800 • Sherry Wolf, Rutgers AAUP-AFT • Tony Johnston, Cook County Community College • Facilitator: Michelle Chen, Belabored podcast • Jane Elliott, King’s College University and College Union, U.K.
Tackling Amazon and the Logistics Bosses: Reports from around the Globe
International Ballroom E
Aldo Milani, Si COBAS, Italy • Aga Mroz, Workers Initiative, Poland • Magda Malinowska, Workers Initiative, Poland • Facilitator: Louise Tikas • KD, Angry Workers of the World, U.K.
Unions Prepare for Janus and ‘Right to Work’
Rosemont B
Facilitator: Larry Bradshaw, SEIU 1021 • Maricruz Manzanares, AFSCME 3299 • Gillian Russom, Union Power, United Teachers Los Angeles • Anh Tran, Professional Staff Congress-CUNY • Barbara Madeloni, Massachusetts Teachers
Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Beating Apathy
Rosemont A
Jane Slaughter, Labor Notes Policy Committee • Jia Lee, MORE, United Federation of Teachers
Lessons from Labor History: Triumph, Tragedy, and What’s In Between
Lambert
Toni Gilpin • labor historian
2:00pm PDT
Researching Your Employer (S)
United A
United Teachers Los Angeles • Grace Regullano
Contract Campaigns that Win
JFK
Heather Trainor, Communications Workers 1101 • Courtney Meadows, Food and Commercial Workers 400 • Hayman Sung, British Columbia Government Employees, Canada • Facilitator: David Yao, American Postal Workers Union, Seattle
Strikes
Rosemont C
Akbar 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
Reforming Your Union
DaVinci B
Frank Halstead, Teamsters 572 • Remzi Jaos, SEIU 73 • Mary Cowhey, Northampton Association of School Employees • Facilitator: Ken Paff, Teamsters for a Democratic Union
Agricultural Workers in the Global South (S)
Liberty
Nidia Quintero, Fensuagro, Colombia • Tomás Membreño, Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Agroindustria y Similares (STAS), Honduras • Maria del Carmen Mata, Sindicato Independiente Nacional y Democrático de Jornaleros Agrícolas (SINDJA), Mexico • Facilitator: Tiffany Finck-Haynes, Global Labor University, Penn State
Amazon, UPS, USPS: Workers Fighting Back in the Age of E-Commerce
International Ballroom A
Nick Perry, Teamsters 413 • Facilitator: Melissa Rakestraw, Letter Carriers 825 • Keith Richardson, American Postal Workers Union, Chicago • Marvin Harvey, Amazon warehouse worker
Workplace Organizing Without a Union (S)
Sky Harbor
Gabriel Morales, Brandworkers • Lexi Collins, Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha • Oscar Anguiano, Somos un Pueblo Unido • Rayos Burciaga, Somos un Pueblo Unido
Militant History of Public Sector Unions
Midway
Priscilla Murolo, labor historian • Bob Peterson, retired Milwaukee Teachers
Develop the Leaders Your Union Needs
LAX B
Nick Bedell • Transport Workers
4:15pm PDT
Meeting: Building International Solidarity
Dulles
Herbert Claros, International Committee of CSP-Conlutas, Brazil • Stéphane Enjalran, Union Syndicale Solidaires, France • Natasha Carlsen, Chicago Teachers, U.S. • Erek Slater, Amalgamated Transit Union, Chicago, U.S.
Inoculation: How to Bust the Unionbuster
Vienna
Phoenix Casino, Babeland worker, RWDSU • Eric Dryburgh, Retail, Wholesale, & Department Store Union • Jeff Loehrke, former Guitar Center worker • Mickey Molinari, former Guitar Center worker • Nico Fuentes, Pleasure Chest worker • Stephanie Basile, Communications Workers
Listening: Our Sharpest Tool for Organizing
DFW B
Terry Day, Center for Working Life • Joe Fahey, former co-chair, Teamsters for a Democratic Union
How Capitalism Works: An Interactive Training
Malpensa
Cynthia Gomez
7:30pm PDT
Banquet
Grand Ballroom
Troublemaker Awards • Chair: Elise Bryant • Labor Notes Fundraiser
Sunday
, April 8
9:00am PDT
Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Turning an Issue into a Campaign
Rosemont A
Brian St. Pierre, Port Jefferson Station Teachers • Beth Breslaw, Teamsters for a Democratic Union
10:45am PDT
Beating Divide and Conquer: Organizing Multi-racial Workforces (S)
International Ballroom D
Ines Orjuela, UNITE HERE 217 • Chair: Jose Oliva, Food Chain Workers Alliance • Karen Chen, Chinese Progressive Association • Basma Eid, ENLACE • Elsa López, Somos un Pueblo Unido
Black Workers Fight for Jobs
International Ballroom B
Fernando Parmer, Amalgamated Transit Union 1235 • Michael Avant, AFSCME 3299 • Rosalee Balberan, Bay Area Black Worker Center • Monique Redeaux, Illinois Federation of Teachers
Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Turning an Issue into a Campaign
Rosemont A
Pam Galpern, Communications Workers 1101 • Angelina Cruz, Racine Education Association
Organizing Community-Labor Alliances
Capital
Nil 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 Ballroom
Mercedes 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
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