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1:00pm PDT

An Organizing Approach to Health & Safety Charles De GaulleNew York State Nurses • David Pratt

3:00pm PDT

Choosing An Organizing Database O'Hare Adatabase consultant • Brendan O’Sullivan 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

Food Workers Organize for May Day and Beyond (S) MalpensaAxel Fuentes, Rural Community Workers Alliance • Facilitator: José Oliva, Food Chain Workers Alliance • Gabriel Morales, Brandworkers • Diana Sierra, Pioneer Valley Worker Center • Magaly Licolli, Northwest Arkansas Workers Justice Center • Marleny Amaya, Pioneer Valley Worker Center

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 How to Build a Rapid Response Network to Defend Immigrant Communities (S) Heathrow Band Marleny Amaya • Rose Bookbinder • Pioneer Valley Workers Center • Gabriella Della Croce • Eduardo Samaniego • Andrea Schmid • Diana Sierra

2:00pm PDT

Write for Us Ronald ReaganAlexandra Bradbury, Labor Notes • David Bush, rankandfile.ca 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

4:15pm PDT

Worker Cooperatives Interest Meeting JFK Worker Center Meeting (S) Logan

6:00pm PDT

Ask the Experts DFW BGrace Regullano, United Teachers Los Angeles • Ricardo Levins Morales, labor artist • Barbara Harvey, labor attorney • Gay Semel, labor attorney • Brendan O’Sullivan, database consultant • Dorothy Wigmore, occupational health specialist • Hannah Roditi, Social Movement Technologies • Jessica Stites, In These Times • Ken Paff, Teamsters for a Democratic Union LGBTQ+ Workers Meeting Hartsfield

9:00am PDT

Health and Safety: Winning Campaigns (S) MidwayDeborah Lane, Amalgamated Transit Union 308 • Rick Albis, Steelworkers 675 • Ana Enriquez, ARISE • Sasha Legette, Workers Defense Project • Facilitator: Elaine Bernard, National Writers Union Creative Enforcement Tactics (S) International Ballroom BDeena Ladd, Workers Action Centre • Diana Lopez, Workers Dignity • Roni Nashed, Workers Dignity • José Olivas, Somos un Pueblo Unido • Marcela Díaz, Somos un Pueblo Unido

10:45am PDT

Researching Your Employer LaGuardiaAmy Willis • Transport Workers Creative Organizing and Strategic Mischief (s) ViennaDan Moore, SEIU 26 • Ricardo Levins Morales, labor artist

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