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Friday, April 6
 

3:00pm PDT

Choosing An Organizing Database O'Hare Adatabase consultant • Brendan O’Sullivan Bargaining on your Feet International Ballroom FSandy Pope Race and Labor: Let's Talk About It International Ballroom EWashington State Labor Council • April Sims 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 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
 
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

Using Social Media in Your Campaigns United AJoe Brusky, Milwaukee Teachers Education Association • Melissa Zombor, Milwaukee Teachers Education Association Running for Union Office International Ballroom DMatt Maini, Teamsters 251 • Angelina Cruz, Racine Education Association • Facilitator: David Levin, Teamsters for a Democratic Union Building a Winning Contract Campaign United BDenise Rodriquez, St. Paul Federation of Teachers • Leah Lindeman, St. Paul Federation of Teachers Black Lives Matter in Schools LindberghGeorgia Flowers-Lee, Union Power, United Teachers Los Angeles • Audrey Murph-Brown, EDU, Springfield Education Association • Cristina Duncan Evans, BMORE, Baltimore Teachers • Faciltator: Ismael Jimenez, WE Caucus, Philadelphia Federation of Teachers • Rosie Frascella, MORE, United Federation of Teachers Confronting Right-Wing Strategies beyond Janus and ‘Right to Work’ ParisTim Tharp, Washington Federation of State Employees (AFSCME) • Facilitator: Francisco Cendejas, United Teachers Los Angeles • Amy Mizialko, Milwaukee Teachers Education Association • Tony Pecinovsky, Workers Education Society • Anthony Brown, Texas State Employees Union How Arbitrators Think International Ballroom FTeamsters 705 • Richard De Vries Using the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) O’Hare Cretired union attorney • Robert Schwartz

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 Researching Your Employer (S) United AUnited Teachers Los Angeles • Grace Regullano Continuous Bargaining Narita BJohn Lepley, Steelworkers 3657 • Nancy Lessin, Steelworkers Boosting Your Bargaining through Legislation Charles De GaulleDarius Smith, Food and Commercial Workers 400 • Mary Gellatly, Fight for $15 and Fairness/Workers’ Action Centre • Facilitator: Dave Kamper, Minnesota Association of Professional Employees • Nora Watts, Massachusetts Nurses Reformers in Office International Ballroom CSteve Lawton, Communications Workers 1102 • Patrick Green, Amalgamated Transit Union 1235 • Facilitator: Barbara Madeloni, Massachusetts Teachers 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 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 Unions Team Up for Bold Demands O’Hare CGary Jimenez, SEIU 1021 • A. Jaxon Dale, Amalgamated Transit Union 1235 • Joe Richard, AFT • Angelique Johnson, Music City Bus Riders Union/Workers Dignity • Steve Payne, Minnesotans for a Fair Economy • Facilitator: Candi Churchill, United Faculty of Florida Reforming Your Union DaVinci BFrank Halstead, Teamsters 572 • Remzi Jaos, SEIU 73 • Mary Cowhey, Northampton Association of School Employees • Facilitator: Ken Paff, Teamsters for a Democratic Union Mobilizing Members to Take Health Care Off the Bargaining Table Heathrow BLinda Dean, United Steelworkers 900 • Barney McClelland, Southern Maine Labor Council • Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez, New York State Nurses • Kim Behrens, New York State Nurses • Facilitator: Mark Dudzic, Labor Campaign for Single-Payer Amazon, UPS, USPS: Workers Fighting Back in the Age of E-Commerce International Ballroom ANick Perry, Teamsters 413 • Facilitator: Melissa Rakestraw, Letter Carriers 825 • Keith Richardson, American Postal Workers Union, Chicago • Marvin Harvey, Amazon warehouse worker A Woman’s Place Is in the Labor Movement: A Participatory History LambertYvette de la Cruz, labor educator • Steffi Domike, Steelworkers Dealing with Difficult Supervisors International Ballroom BSandy Pope Legal Rights of Union Stewards ViennaHealth Professionals and Allied Employees • Danielle Newsome

4:15pm PDT

Transit Workers Meeting International Ballroom A 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

6:00pm PDT

Black Workers Meeting International Ballroom A
 
Sunday, April 8
 

9:00am PDT

Women's Meeting International Ballroom A Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Turning an Issue into a Campaign Rosemont ABrian St. Pierre, Port Jefferson Station Teachers • Beth Breslaw, Teamsters for a Democratic Union 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 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

10:45am PDT

Contract Campaigns from the Bottom Up Heathrow BJason Sheckler, Carpenters 1503 • Facilitator: Bill Parker, Auto Workers 1700 • Nick Perry, Teamsters 413 • Jessica Way, WE Caucus, Philadelphia Federation of Teachers Confronting Employers’ Blame-the-Worker Safety Programs LambertNancy Lessin 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

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