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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
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
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
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.
Bargaining for Health Care in the Trump Era O'Hare BAutumn Martinez, United Electrical Workers 255 • Facilitator: Mark Dudzic, Labor Campaign for Single-Payer • Peter Knowlton, United Electrical Workers
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
Lessons from Labor History: Triumph, Tragedy, and What’s In Between LambertToni Gilpin • labor historian
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The Art of Parody for a Singing Labor Movement TegelBen Grosscup, People’s Music Network • John Paul Wright, Railroad Workers United • Anne Feeney, activist cultural worker
Bargaining without Collective Bargaining HartsfieldBonita Johnson, United Electrical Workers 150 • Angelina Cruz, Racine Education Association • Anthony Brown, Texas State Employees Union • Nicole McCormick, Mercer County Education Association, West Virginia • Facilitator: Josh Smyser, United Campus Workers
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
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
Educators Take on School and Community Violence: A Dialogue Da Vinci AGeorgia Flowers-Lee, Union Power, United Teachers Los Angeles • Erika Nanton, Poor People’s Campaign • Paula Reed, Jefferson County Teachers, Colorado • Facilitator: Ingrid Walker-Henry, Milwaukee Teachers • Nick Faber, St. Paul Federation of Teachers • Representative, Chicago Teachers
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
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Stop Begging, Start Bargaining Heathrow AJason Ide, Teamsters 814 • Julian Tysh, Teamsters 814
Let Us Teach Sea TacRachel Schluter, Milwaukee Teachers Education Association • Shari Redel, Milwaukee Teachers Education Association • Facilitator: Amy Roat, WE Caucus, Philadelphia Federation of Teachers • Gynette Baker, Chicago Teachers
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
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Fighting Privatization ParisStanley Smalls, Amalgamated Transit Union 732 • Ingrid Walker-Henry, Milwaukee Teachers Education Association • Doris Conley-Brooks, United Campus Workers • Edward McDaniel, United Campus Workers • Facilitator: Aaron Brenner, Food and Commercial Workers
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
Taking On Testing and Teacher Evaluations Sea TacFacilitator: Betsy Preval, Cambridge Education Association • Lillian Kass, Chicago Teachers • Mary Manor, Minneapolis Federation of Teachers • Philipa Harvey, National Education Union, U.K.
Black Workers Fight for Jobs International Ballroom BFernando Parmer, Amalgamated Transit Union 1235 • Michael Avant, AFSCME 3299 • Rosalee Balberan, Bay Area Black Worker Center • Monique Redeaux, Illinois Federation of Teachers
Can Labor Change the World? An Intergenerational Exchange O’Hare CBianca Cunningham, Communications Workers District 1 • Tim Schermerhorn, Transport Workers 100 • Meredith Schafer, AFSCME • Gene Bruskin • Jane Slaughter, Labor Notes Policy Committee • Marsha Niemeijer, New York State Nurses • Jia Lee, MORE, United Federation of Teachers
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