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Friday, April 6
 

1:00pm PDT

Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Beating Apathy Grand Ballroom CJoe DeManuelle-Hall, Transport Workers 100 • Jane Slaughter, Labor Notes Policy Committee Assertive Grievance Handling Grand Ballroom BPennsylvania Association of Nurses and Allied Professionals • Bill Zoda

3:00pm PDT

Bargaining on your Feet International Ballroom FSandy Pope Roots of the Public Sector Budget Crisis O'Hare BMark Brenner • Labor Notes Policy Committee

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 Organizing Industrially in the Tech Industry GatwickCarmen Miller, Tech Workers Coalition, software developer • JC Francis, Tech Workers Coalition, software developer • Ares Geovanos, Tech Workers Coalition, mechanical engineer • Eric Murphy, security officer at Facebook, SEIU • Marvin Harvey, Tech Workers Coalition, warehouse worker

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
 
Saturday, April 7
 

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

Community-Labor Alliances Sky HarborElijah 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 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 Public and Private Sector Workers Unite Charles De GaulleRepresentative, APWU Iowa • Megan Hise, Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals • Chris Baehrend, Chicago Teachers Union-ACTS Strikes and Contract Campaigns on Campus MidwayCherrene 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. 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

2:00pm PDT

Strikes Rosemont CAkbar 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 It’s In Our Hands: Member-Organizers Growing the Labor Movement GatwickKeith Hogarty, Communications Workers 1101 • Donald Jean-Marie, UNITE HERE 217 • Cyndi Sexton, New York State Nurses • Facilitator: Cassie Watters, United Campus Workers Develop the Leaders Your Union Needs LAX BNick Bedell • Transport Workers

4:15pm PDT

Worker Cooperatives Interest Meeting JFK 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

6:00pm PDT

Graduate Employees Meeting Logan Films: The Japanese Labor Movement in the 21st Century United A

7:30pm PDT

Banquet Grand BallroomTroublemaker Awards • Chair: Elise Bryant • Labor Notes Fundraiser
 
Sunday, April 8
 

9:00am PDT

Stop Begging, Start Bargaining Heathrow AJason Ide, Teamsters 814 • Julian Tysh, Teamsters 814 Defending Teachers’ Contracts around the World GatwickPaul Bocking, Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation, Canada • Kip Wood, British Columbia Teachers Federation, Canada • María de la Luz Arriaga Lemus, Trinational Coalition in Defense of Public Education, Mexico • Facilitator: Nancy Serrano, Chicago Teachers, U.S. medicare for all meeting Rosemont D Using Your Labor-Management Committee JFKAngelo Batista, Transport Workers 100 • Cora Garcellano, New York State Nurses • Lori Wagner, New York State Nurses • Rachel Feldman, New York State Nurses

10:45am PDT

Belabored: Live! Rosemont DMichelle Chen, Belabored podcast • Sarah Jaffe, Belabored podcast Opening Up Bargaining O'Hare BFacilitator: Greg Nammacher, SEIU 26 • Hayman Sung, British Columbia Government Employees • Laarni de los Reyes, British Columbia Government Employees • Karine Raymond, New York State Nurses • Mary Manor, Minneapolis Federation of Teachers Creative Organizing and Strategic Mischief (s) ViennaDan Moore, SEIU 26 • Ricardo Levins Morales, labor artist 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