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Will Kong

Friday, April 6
 

1:00pm PDT

Concerted Activity, part 1 (S) International Ballroom CGuillermo Perez

3:00pm PDT

Choosing An Organizing Database O'Hare Adatabase consultant • Brendan O’Sullivan What Is Labor Notes? Sky HarborJane Slaughter, Labor Notes Policy Committee • Megan Hise, Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals • Paul Prescod, WE Caucus, Philadelphia Teachers • Tim Allen, Eastern Michigan University Federation of Teachers • Mary Clinton, Communications Workers Preparing for Janus and 'Right to Work' Grand Ballroom ALabor Notes • Samantha Winslow Fighting Overpolicing O’Hare CAlyxandra Goodwin, Black Youth Project 100 • Keith Snodgrass, Bay Area Black Worker Center • Jennifer Johnson, Chicago Teachers Race and Labor: Let's Talk About It International Ballroom EWashington State Labor Council • April Sims Concerted Activity, Part 2 (S) International Ballroom CGuillermo Perez Just Cause International Ballroom ABob Schwartz, retired union attorney Roots of the Public Sector Budget Crisis O'Hare BMark Brenner • Labor Notes Policy Committee

4:15pm PDT

Tech Worker Meeting Lindbergh

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 Asian Unions vs. Militarism International Ballroom CKeisuke Fuse, Zenroren, Japan • Kim Kyoung-ja and Ryu Mikyung, KCTU, Korea • Ligaya McGovern, GABRIELA, Philippines • Facilitator: Kari Thompson, United Electrical Workers Organizing Industrially in the Tech Industry GatwickCarmen Miller, Tech Workers Coalition, software developer • JC Francis, Tech Workers Coalition, software developer • Ares Geovanos, Tech Workers Coalition, mechanical engineer • Eric Murphy, security officer at Facebook, SEIU • Marvin Harvey, Tech Workers Coalition, warehouse worker Engaging Members on Race, Inequality, and the Big Picture International Ballroom ESonji Ann Roseborough, Communications Workers 1106 • Greg Nammacher, SEIU 26 • Mike Schulte, Communications Workers District 4 • April Sims, Washington State Labor Council • Facilitator: Elise Bryant, Coalition of Labor Union Women

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

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 Fighting for a Strong Public Postal Service LibertyKatherine Isaac, Grand Alliance to Save Our Public Postal Service • Imad Temiza, Palestinian Postal Services Workers Union • Rich Shelley, American Postal Workers Union • John McMahon, Canadian Union of Postal Workers Tackling Amazon and the Logistics Bosses: Reports from around the Globe International Ballroom EAldo Milani, Si COBAS, Italy • Aga Mroz, Workers Initiative, Poland • Magda Malinowska, Workers Initiative, Poland • Facilitator: Louise Tikas • KD, Angry Workers of the World, U.K. How to Build a Rapid Response Network to Defend Immigrant Communities (S) Heathrow Band Marleny Amaya • Rose Bookbinder • Pioneer Valley Workers Center • Gabriella Della Croce • Eduardo Samaniego • Andrea Schmid • Diana Sierra Overcoming Racism and Sexism in the Workplace International Ballroom BLorene Scheer, retired organizer, Teamsters and SEIU 503 • Cynthia Phinney, Maine AFL-CIO • Terry Day, Center for Working Life • Facilitator: Joe Fahey, former co-chair, Teamsters for a Democratic Union

2:00pm PDT

How Unions Can Support Worker Co-ops DFW ASanjay Pinto, Workers’ Institute at Cornell • Shaywaal Amin, SEIU1199 Healthcare • Abby Scher, ResearchAction • Rebecca Lurie, Murphy Institute of Labor and Urban Studies Write for Us Ronald ReaganAlexandra Bradbury, Labor Notes • David Bush, rankandfile.ca Researching Your Employer (S) United AUnited Teachers Los Angeles • Grace Regullano Continuous Bargaining Narita BJohn Lepley, Steelworkers 3657 • Nancy Lessin, Steelworkers 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 Organizing across Europe O'Hare AMichele Bulgarelli, FIOM Bologna, Italy • Kjetil Larsen, Fellesforbundet, Norway • Facilitator: Chris Maisano, New York State Nurses • Fliss Premru, Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association, U.K. 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 Workplace Organizing Without a Union (S) Sky HarborGabriel Morales, Brandworkers • Lexi Collins, Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha • Oscar Anguiano, Somos un Pueblo Unido • Rayos Burciaga, Somos un Pueblo Unido 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

4:15pm PDT

Higher Education Workers Meeting North Central Worker Cooperatives Interest Meeting JFK Meeting: Building International Solidarity DullesHerbert Claros, International Committee of CSP-Conlutas, Brazil • Stéphane Enjalran, Union Syndicale Solidaires, France • Natasha Carlsen, Chicago Teachers, U.S. • Erek Slater, Amalgamated Transit Union, Chicago, U.S. 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 Listening: Our Sharpest Tool for Organizing DFW BTerry Day, Center for Working Life • Joe Fahey, former co-chair, Teamsters for a Democratic Union

6:00pm PDT

Graduate Employees Meeting Logan Ask the Experts DFW BGrace Regullano, United Teachers Los Angeles • Ricardo Levins Morales, labor artist • Barbara Harvey, labor attorney • Gay Semel, labor attorney • Brendan O’Sullivan, database consultant • Dorothy Wigmore, occupational health specialist • Hannah Roditi, Social Movement Technologies • Jessica Stites, In These Times • Ken Paff, Teamsters for a Democratic Union Meet the Authors DFW A

7:30pm PDT

Banquet Grand BallroomTroublemaker Awards • Chair: Elise Bryant • Labor Notes Fundraiser
 
Sunday, April 8
 

9:00am PDT

Bargaining When a Company Might Go Bankrupt LambertTeamsters 705 • Richard De Vries Asia Regional and Asian-American Interest Meeting International Ballroom D 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 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 PDT

Researching Your Employer LaGuardiaAmy Willis • Transport Workers Organizing in Open-Shop America Rosemont CValeria Smith, ATU 1235 • Jay Dennis, Teamsters 89 • Tammy Berlin, Jefferson County Education Association • Facilitator: Peter Hasegawa, M.L. King County Labor Council Beating Divide and Conquer: Organizing Multi-racial Workforces (S) International Ballroom DInes Orjuela, UNITE HERE 217 • Chair: Jose Oliva, Food Chain Workers Alliance • Karen Chen, Chinese Progressive Association • Basma Eid, ENLACE • Elsa López, Somos un Pueblo Unido 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 Creative Organizing and Strategic Mischief (s) ViennaDan Moore, SEIU 26 • Ricardo Levins Morales, labor artist Doing Politics Differently United BMike Parker, Richmond Progressive Alliance • Jackie Charles, United Working Families Chicago • Kali Akuno, Cooperation Jackson • Facilitator: Stacy Davis-Gates, Chicago Teachers 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 Organizing Community-Labor Alliances CapitalNil Sendil, Fight for $15 and Fairness/Workers’ Action Centre • Facilitator: Jonathan Rosenblum, organizer • Kimberly Goldbaum, Chicago Teachers • Consuelo Vargas, National Nurses United

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