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1:00pm

Organizing Never Stops Grand Ballroom Aformer co-chair • Joe Fahey • Teamsters for a Democratic Union

3:00pm

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 Grow Your Union inside Your Hospital and Beyond ViennaJackie Vanacore, New York State Nurses • Abid Yehiya, National Union of Healthcare Workers Preparing for Janus and 'Right to Work' Grand Ballroom ALabor Notes • Samantha Winslow Assertive Grievance Handling Grand Ballroom BCalifornia Nurses • Ryan Olds

5:00pm

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

Unions Prepare for Janus and ‘Right to Work’ Rosemont BFacilitator: 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

2:00pm

Health Care Goes Lean and Mean Narita AMark Brenner, Labor Notes Policy Committee • Mary Cornacchia, Massachusetts Nurses • Xenia Green, New York Nurses Contract Campaigns that Win JFKHeather 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 Pension Fights North CentralElijah Edwards, AFSCME Council 31 • Representative, Teamster pension activism • Tammy Berlin, Jefferson County Education Association • Facilitator: Peter Landon, Teamsters for a Democratic Union Mapping with New Eyes: Tools to Integrate Health and Safety into Organizing LaGuardiaDorothy Wigmore A Woman’s Place Is in the Labor Movement: A Participatory History LambertYvette de la Cruz, labor educator • Steffi Domike, Steelworkers 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

4:15pm

Inoculation: How to Bust the Unionbuster ViennaPhoenix 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 BTerry Day, Center for Working Life • Joe Fahey, former co-chair, Teamsters for a Democratic Union

6:00pm

Health Care Workers Meeting Rosemont C

9:00am

Stop Begging, Start Bargaining Heathrow AJason Ide, Teamsters 814 • Julian Tysh, Teamsters 814 Defending Mental Health Care LAX AFacilitator: Anthony Ciampa, New York State Nurses • Raelynn Price, New York State Nurses • Karen Coughlin, Massachusetts Teachers • Elizabeth White, National Union of Healthcare Workers Women's Meeting International Ballroom A Supercharge your Grievance HartsfieldFacilitator: Carl Biers, New York State Nurses • Jodi Barschow, Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals • Andrea Parker, Chicago Teachers • Jason Frantz, Transport Workers

10:45am

Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Turning an Issue into a Campaign Rosemont APam Galpern, Communications Workers 1101 • Angelina Cruz, Racine Education Association Organizing Community-Labor Alliances CapitalNil Sendil, Fight for $15 and Fairness/Workers’ Action Centre • Facilitator: Jonathan Rosenblum, organizer • Kimberly Goldbaum, Chicago Teachers • Consuelo Vargas, National Nurses United