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2018 Labor Notes Conference

Patrick Weisansal II, CWA 1168

CWA Local 1168
Director of Organizing and Mobilizing
Buffalo, New York

1:00pm

Assertive Grievance Handling Grand Ballroom BPennsylvania Association of Nurses and Allied Professionals • Bill Zoda Concerted Activity, part 1 (S) International Ballroom CGuillermo Perez Dealing with Difficult Supervisors International Ballroom ESandy Pope Organizing Never Stops Grand Ballroom Aformer co-chair • Joe Fahey • Teamsters for a Democratic Union

3:00pm

Choosing An Organizing Database O'Hare Adatabase consultant • Brendan O’Sullivan Bargaining on your Feet International Ballroom FSandy Pope Grow Your Union inside Your Hospital and Beyond ViennaJackie Vanacore, New York State Nurses • Abid Yehiya, National Union of Healthcare Workers Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Assembling Your Dream Team Grand Ballroom CMemo Durgin, California Teachers Association • Hilda Paulson, National Union of Healthcare Workers Assertive Grievance Handling Grand Ballroom BCalifornia Nurses • Ryan Olds Concerted Activity, Part 2 (S) International Ballroom CGuillermo Perez

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

Choosing an Organizing Database DFW Adatabase consultant • Brendan O’Sullivan Using Social Media in Your Campaigns United AJoe Brusky, Milwaukee Teachers Education Association • Melissa Zombor, Milwaukee Teachers Education Association Building a Winning Contract Campaign United BDenise Rodriquez, St. Paul Federation of Teachers • Leah Lindeman, St. Paul Federation of Teachers 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 Health Care Staffing Fights DFW BElaine Morley, Communications Workers 1168 • Facilitator: Laurie Bahr, Minnesota Nurses • Pat Kane, New York State Nurses • Mark Land-Ariizumi, National Union of Healthcare Workers 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 Creative Organizing and Strategic Mischief ViennaDan Moore, SEIU 26 • Ricardo Levins Morales, labor artist

2:00pm

Health Care Goes Lean and Mean Narita AMark Brenner, Labor Notes Policy Committee • Mary Cornacchia, Massachusetts Nurses • Xenia Green, New York Nurses 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 Write for Us Ronald ReaganAlexandra Bradbury, Labor Notes • David Bush, rankandfile.ca 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 Preparing for Janus and ‘Right to Work’ United BSarah Hughes, National Education Association Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Assembling Your Dream Team Rosemont AMarsha Niemeijer, New York State Nurses • Jayanni Webster, United Campus Workers

4:15pm

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 Nurses Meeting Rosemont C

6:00pm

Health Care Workers Meeting Rosemont C

9:00am

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 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

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 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 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 Building a Member-to-Member Leader Network North CentralMontgomery County Education Association • Heather Carroll Fisher Creative Organizing and Strategic Mischief (s) ViennaDan Moore, SEIU 26 • Ricardo Levins Morales, labor artist