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5:00pm PDT

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

10:15am PDT

Building a Winning Contract Campaign United BDenise Rodriquez, St. Paul Federation of Teachers • Leah Lindeman, St. Paul Federation of Teachers Strikes and Contract Campaigns on Campus MidwayCherrene Horazuk, AFSCME 3800 • Sherry Wolf, Rutgers AAUP-AFT • Tony Johnston, Cook County Community College • Facilitator: Michelle Chen, Belabored podcast • Jane Elliott, King’s College University and College Union, U.K. 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 China: Worker Repression in the Workshop of the World JFKFacilitator: Kevin Lin, International Labor Rights Forum • Global Labor University, Penn State • Xiang Zi, Global Labor University, Penn State • Michelle Wong, Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions • Elaine Hui, China labor scholar, Penn State University 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. 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

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 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 Taking on NAFTA in the Trump Era (S) International Ballroom EDerek Blackadder, LabourStart, Canada • Archana Rampure, CUPE • Jesús Torres, Trabajadores Democráticos de Occidente (Democratic Workers of the West cooperative), Mexico • Facilitator: Cynthia Phinney, Maine Fair Trade Campaign, U.S. • Daniel Campos, United Electrical Workers, U.S. 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

4:15pm PDT

Corbynism and the Resurgence of the British Labor Movement International Ballroom EJeremy Drinkall, Unison, U.K. • Facilitator: Sheila Cohen, National Union of Journalists, U.K. • Charlotte Bence, Unite the Union, U.K. • Phil Clarke, National Education Union, U.K. Higher Education Workers Meeting North Central Transit Workers Meeting International Ballroom A Transport Workers Union (TWU) Meeting International Ballroom D

6:00pm PDT

Graduate Employees Meeting Logan Films: The Japanese Labor Movement in the 21st Century United A

9:00am PDT

Asia Regional and Asian-American Interest Meeting International Ballroom D