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2018 Labor Notes Conference

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Stephen Thompson

NYC Department of Education
Outreach Specialist

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

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

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

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 Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Beating Apathy Rosemont AJane Slaughter, Labor Notes Policy Committee • Jia Lee, MORE, United Federation of Teachers reversing runaway inequality GatwickDennis Dunn, Communications Workers 1108 • Matthew Garrette, Communications Workers 6450

2:00pm PDT

Preparing for Janus and ‘Right to Work’ United BSarah Hughes, National Education Association Militant History of Public Sector Unions MidwayPriscilla Murolo, labor historian • Bob Peterson, retired Milwaukee Teachers Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Assembling Your Dream Team Rosemont AMarsha Niemeijer, New York State Nurses • Jayanni Webster, United Campus Workers

4:15pm PDT

Education Union Meeting Rosemont B 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

7:30pm PDT

Banquet Grand BallroomTroublemaker Awards • Chair: Elise Bryant • Labor Notes Fundraiser

9:00am PDT

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 PDT

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 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 Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Turning an Issue into a Campaign Rosemont APam Galpern, Communications Workers 1101 • Angelina Cruz, Racine Education Association Picking a Job for the Long Haul LAX ARyan Haney, Teamsters 745 • Sean Petty, New York State Nurses • Facilitator: Amy Bromsen, Auto Workers, retired • Paul Prescod, WE Caucus, Philadelphia Teachers • Sarah Chambers, CORE, Chicago Teachers