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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
Fighting for Public Education around the World (S) LAX BStephane Enjalran, Solidaires, France • Facilitator: Arlene Inouye, Union Power, United Teachers L.A. • David Guadalupe Valenzuela, CNTE-Sonora, Mexico • Kiri Tunks, National Education Union, U.K.
2:00pm
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
Organizing the Whole School John WayneAdaline Lining, Cambridge Education Association • Facilitator: Debby Pope, Chicago Teachers • Marilyn Piggee, Chicago Teachers • Representative, St. Paul Federation of Teachers
Agricultural Workers in the Global South (S) LibertyNidia Quintero, Fensuagro, Colombia • Tomás Membreño, Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Agroindustria y Similares (STAS), Honduras • Maria del Carmen Mata, Sindicato Independiente Nacional y Democrático de Jornaleros Agrícolas (SINDJA), Mexico • Facilitator: Tiffany Finck-Haynes, Global Labor University, Penn State
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
Organizing the South Rosemont BRoz Pelles, Poor People’s Campaign • Facilitator: Gene Bruskin, veteran union organizer and campaigner • Monica Atkins, Cooperation Jackson • Willie Hardy, Teamsters for a Democratic Union • Margaret Cook, United Campus Workers
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You Got Elected: Now What? TegelJohn Pearson, SEIU 1021 • Robin Krinsky, New York State Nurses • Facilitator: Mike Parker, author, Democracy is Power • Dan Campbell, Teamsters for a Democratic Union
The Funding Our Schools Deserve John WayneGillian Russom, Union Power, United Teachers Los Angeles • Beth Swanberg, St. Paul Federation of Teachers • Facilitator: Dan Clawson, EDU, Massachusetts Teachers • Representative, Chicago Teachers
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.
The Crisis in Puerto Rico Rosemont BMercedes Martinez, Federación de Maestros de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rican Teachers Federation) • Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez, New York State Nurses • Facilitator: Rosa Ponce, Painters • Jia Lee, MORE, United Federation of Teachers
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
10:45am
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
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
