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Friday
, June 12
Barajas
3:05pm •
Building Density in the Open Shop
Conference Center Foyer
9:00pm •
Labor Song Swap and Jam: Fri
DaVinci
10:00am •
Trainings That Engage and Inspire
3:05pm •
Tactics to Build Power
5:10pm •
LGBTQ+ Meetup
DFW
10:00am •
Sexual Harassment: What It Is and How to Stop it
1:00pm •
How to Expand Your Reach as a Troublemaker
3:05pm •
Continuous Bargaining
5:10pm •
Grievance Handling: Best and Worst Practices
9:00pm •
FUN Solidarity Social powered by Federal Unionists Network
Florence
3:05pm •
Immigrant Workers Unbossed, Rising Up and Organizing
5:10pm •
Building Rank-and-File Unionism Around the World
Grand Ballroom
7:00pm •
Friday Main Session
Grand Ballroom A
10:00am •
Bargaining Tactics: Using Unfair Labor Practice Charges Strategically
1:00pm •
How to Spot an Unfair Labor Practice and What to Do with It
3:05pm •
Open Bargaining
Grand Ballroom B
10:00am •
Overcoming Divisions
1:00pm •
Can Political Strikes Restore Labor's Power?
3:05pm •
Stewards' Skills: Organizing To Defend Our Rights
5:10pm •
Big Strikes, Big Power
Grand Ballroom C
10:00am •
Assertive Grievance Handling
1:00pm •
Beyond Bread and Butter: Expanding What We Bargain For
3:05pm •
How to Build a High-Participation Contract Campaign
5:10pm •
No Work, No School, No Shopping: Organizing for Mass Disruption
Grand Ballroom F
3:05pm •
Fighting Against War from the Shop Floor
Grand Ballroom G
10:00am •
Labor Notes 101: Conference Orientation
1:00pm •
Taking on Goliath: Tactics to Bring Amazon to Heel
3:05pm •
From Contract Struggle to Shop Floor Power at UPS
Grand Ballroom H
10:00am •
From Israel’s Genocide to U.S.’s Deportation Sweeps: Workers Organize for a Better World
1:00pm •
Running Labor Candidates for Public Office—What it Takes to Win
3:05pm •
Fight ICE, Build the Union
Hartsfield
10:00am •
From Defense to Offense: Developing Power and Strategy for the World We Want
1:00pm •
Decoding Your Contract
3:05pm •
The Hidden Impacts of A.I.: Building Power in the Semiconductor Supply Chain
5:10pm •
Keeping the Momentum in a First Contract Fight
Heathrow
10:00am •
Organizing Worker Cooperatives
1:00pm •
Assertive Grievance Handling
3:05pm •
How to March on the Boss
5:10pm •
Defending Your Co-Workers in Disciplinary Meetings
Int’l Ballroom A
10:00am •
Bring the Union Meeting to the Members
1:00pm •
Before, During, and After Negotiations: Step-by-Step Strategies
3:05pm •
For Elected Leaders: Building Democracy vs. Administering Bureaucracy
5:10pm •
Bargaining Tools: Using Your Caucus Time Powerfully
Int’l Ballroom B
1:00pm •
Democratic Rights of Union Members: Free Speech
3:05pm •
Cross-Border Solidarity
5:10pm •
Best Practices and Tools for Building a Multilingual Union
Int’l Ballroom C
1:00pm •
Secretos de un organizador exitoso 1: Vencer a la apatía
3:05pm •
Secretos de un organizador exitoso 2: Armar el equipo de tus sueños
5:10pm •
Secretos de un organizador exitoso 3: Convertir un problema en una campaña
Int’l Ballroom D
1:00pm •
Untapped Pension Power
3:05pm •
Working with Media to Tell Our Stories
Int’l Ballroom E
1:00pm •
Building Power in Grocery and Meatpacking
3:05pm •
Organizing in the Multiethnic Workplace
5:10pm •
Breaching the Non-Union Citadel: Southern Auto Workers Organize
Int’l Ballroom F
10:00am •
Building a Union Culture at Amazon
1:00pm •
Mexican Workers Fight for Justice/Trabajadores Mexicanos luchan por justicia
3:05pm •
Auto Workers of the World, Unite!
5:10pm •
Getting Unions Involved in New Organizing Campaigns
JFK
8:00am •
Recovery/Sobriety Meeting
6:30pm •
Recovery/Sobriety Meeting
Lambert
10:00am •
App Workers on the Move
3:05pm •
Unions, Climate, and the Fight for Affordability
5:10pm •
Strategies for Reforming International Unions
LAX
10:00am •
When Costs Rise, So Should Our Pay
1:00pm •
Health Care Is Broken But Not Broke
3:05pm •
The Labor Notes Podcast: Live!
5:10pm •
Dismantling the War Machine: Lessons from Pro-Peace Organizing
9:00pm •
Black Rose Anarchist Federation
Lindbergh
1:00pm •
Building a Healthy, Activist Local Union
3:05pm •
Graduate Worker Organizing
London
10:00am •
Whose Railroads? Our Railroads! Public Ownership Around the World
1:00pm •
Chokepoints for Supply Chain Workers
3:05pm •
Using the Railway Labor Act to Our Advantage
Midway
10:00am •
Between the One-on-One and the General Meeting
1:00pm •
Bargaining When the Boss Says They're Broke
3:05pm •
Approaches to Bargaining Over Tech Changes
5:10pm •
Disabled Workers Meetup
Narita
10:00am •
Inoculación
1:00pm •
Race and Labor
3:05pm •
Building a Strong Stewards Network
5:10pm •
Developing the Leaders Your Union Needs
O'Hare Ballroom
10:00am •
Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Beating Apathy
1:00pm •
Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Beating Apathy
O’Hare Ballroom
3:05pm •
Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Growing Your Leadership Team
5:10pm •
Building Trades: Jobsite Action
Paris
1:00pm •
Asian Unions Resisting Authoritarianism
3:05pm •
Simulated Bargaining: Techniques for New and Experienced Negotiators
Rosemont A
10:00am •
What to Do When the Union Breaks Your Heart
1:00pm •
Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Growing Your Leadership Team
3:05pm •
Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Turning an Issue into a Campaign
5:10pm •
Black Workers Meetup
10:00pm •
UAW Member Action, Essential Workers for Democracy (EW4D) & IBEW CREW Reception
Rosemont B
10:00am •
Winning a Strong Contract
1:00pm •
Winning a Strong Contract
3:05pm •
FILM: Partners: The Campaign to Organize Starbucks
5:10pm •
Asian and Asian Diaspora Meetup
9:00pm •
UMass Labor Center Social
Rosemont CD
10:00am •
Tax the Rich! State Campaigns and Success Stories
1:00pm •
Fighting Oligarchy: Unionizing the Biggest Corporations
3:05pm •
The Biggest Union-Busting Effort in U.S. History: Federal Workers Fight Back
8:30pm •
TDU
Sky Harbor
10:00am •
Fundraising for Union Reformers
1:00pm •
Building a Tax the Rich Campaign: The Nuts and Bolts
3:05pm •
Teatro de los oprimidos / Theater of the Oppressed
6:00pm •
Parent + Kids Meetup
Tegel
5:10pm •
Building Unity Across Job Classifications
United A
10:00am •
Rockin' Your Rally and Picket Line
1:00pm •
Singing Resistance and More Songs for Protests and Pickets
3:05pm •
Open Mic: Great Labor Arts Exchange
5:10pm •
Labor Arts Meetup
United B
10:00am •
Continuous Bargaining
1:00pm •
Surveillance, Technology, and Speed-Ups: How to Identify Them and Fight Back
3:05pm •
What Will It Take to Win? A Conversation with Labor Movement Veterans
5:10pm •
Picket Signs that Pack a Powerful Punch
8:30pm •
World Cup Watching Party
Vienna
10:00am •
Lessons from Health Care and Hospital Strikes
3:05pm •
Dealing with Difficult Supervisors
5:10pm •
Winning Back Working-Class Voters
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