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2018 Labor Notes Conference

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1:00pm PDT

Labor 101: What’s A Union Anyway? MalpensaJack Metzgar • Roosevelt University Assertive Grievance Handling Grand Ballroom BPennsylvania Association of Nurses and Allied Professionals • Bill Zoda

3:00pm PDT

What Is Labor Notes? Sky HarborJane Slaughter, Labor Notes Policy Committee • Megan Hise, Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals • Paul Prescod, WE Caucus, Philadelphia Teachers • Tim Allen, Eastern Michigan University Federation of Teachers • Mary Clinton, Communications Workers

5:00pm PDT

Film: At the River I Stand Tegel

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

Audio Editing for Beginners LaGuardiaNatasha Lewis • Dissent magazine’s Belabored podcast Running for Union Office International Ballroom DMatt Maini, Teamsters 251 • Angelina Cruz, Racine Education Association • Facilitator: David Levin, Teamsters for a Democratic Union Lessons from Labor History: Triumph, Tragedy, and What’s In Between LambertToni Gilpin • labor historian

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

4:15pm PDT

Longshore Unions Meeting Lambert

6:00pm PDT

Films: The Japanese Labor Movement in the 21st Century United A

7:30pm PDT

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

9:00am PDT

You Got Elected: Now What? TegelJohn Pearson, SEIU 1021 • Robin Krinsky, New York State Nurses • Facilitator: Mike Parker, author, Democracy is Power • Dan Campbell, Teamsters for a Democratic Union

10:45am PDT

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

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