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2018 Labor Notes Conference

Kristin Lytie

1:00pm PDT

Concerted Activity, part 1 (S) International Ballroom CGuillermo Perez Defending Your Pension O'Hare BMark Brenner • Labor Notes Policy Committee

3:00pm PDT

Choosing An Organizing Database O'Hare Adatabase consultant • Brendan O’Sullivan Concerted Activity, Part 2 (S) International Ballroom CGuillermo Perez Just Cause International Ballroom ABob Schwartz, retired union attorney

5:00pm PDT

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 PDT

Using Social Media in Your Campaigns United AJoe Brusky, Milwaukee Teachers Education Association • Melissa Zombor, Milwaukee Teachers Education Association Voices from the Teacher Uprising Rosemont CTammy Berlin, Jefferson County Teachers Association, Kentucky • Nema Brewer, KY120 United, Kentucky • Dylan Wegela, Arizona Educators United • Rebecca Garelli, Arizona Educators United • Emily Comer, Kanawha Federation of Teachers, West Virginia • Olivia Morris, Kanawha Federation of Teachers, West Virginia Beating Back Bullying Principals John WayneEllen David Friedman, Labor Notes Policy Committee • Christina Jennings, Chicago Teachers

2:00pm PDT

Researching Your Employer (S) United AUnited Teachers Los Angeles • Grace Regullano 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 Militant History of Public Sector Unions MidwayPriscilla Murolo, labor historian • Bob Peterson, retired Milwaukee Teachers Trans and Queer Politics in Workplace Organizing Drives: Lessons from NYC Sex-Toy Store Organizing International Ballroom FLena Solow, Communications Workers 1180 • Michelle Esther O’Brien, Graduate Student Organizing Committee, Auto Workers 2110 • Phoenix Casino, Babeland worker, RWDSU • Nico Fuentes, Pleasure Chest worker • Stephanie Basile, Communications Workers Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Assembling Your Dream Team Rosemont AMarsha Niemeijer, New York State Nurses • Jayanni Webster, United Campus Workers Dealing with Difficult Supervisors International Ballroom BSandy Pope Legal Rights of Union Stewards ViennaHealth Professionals and Allied Employees • Danielle Newsome Develop the Leaders Your Union Needs LAX BNick Bedell • Transport Workers

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

9:00am PDT

Let Us Teach Sea TacRachel Schluter, Milwaukee Teachers Education Association • Shari Redel, Milwaukee Teachers Education Association • Facilitator: Amy Roat, WE Caucus, Philadelphia Federation of Teachers • Gynette Baker, Chicago Teachers

10:45am PDT

Organizing Issue Fights to Build Power in Schools John WayneHelen Victoros, Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario • Alex Brower, Milwaukee Teachers • Facilitator: Kevin Prosen, MORE, United Fed. of Teachers • Mike Shea, Chicago Teachers • Natalia Bacchus, BMORE, Baltimore Teachers Action Gets Results: Solving Workplace Problems DaVinci BTommy Salvatore, Teamsters 251 • Lynnetta Muehlhauser, Minnesota Nurses • Xenia Green, New York State Nurses • Facilitator: Craig Merilees, Longshore and Warehouse Union Building a Member-to-Member Leader Network North CentralMontgomery County Education Association • Heather Carroll Fisher Picking a Job for the Long Haul LAX ARyan Haney, Teamsters 745 • Sean Petty, New York State Nurses • Facilitator: Amy Bromsen, Auto Workers, retired • Paul Prescod, WE Caucus, Philadelphia Teachers • Sarah Chambers, CORE, Chicago Teachers