2010 Labor Notes conference

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Register now for the 2010 Labor Notes conference!

Join a thousand other activists from unions, worker centers, and workplace struggles for the 2010 Labor Notes conference, April 23-25 in Detroit, Michigan.

The three-day conference will host more than 100 workshops and meetings that will help working people and labor activists organize in their unions, at their work, in their industries, and on their campaigns. From nitty-gritty skills-building workshops to sessions tackling strategic debates for the labor movement, the Labor Notes conference is a shot in the arm for our movement's grassroots activists. Rub shoulders and share strategies with others facing the same obstacles as you at work.

 

Register today at www.labornotes.org/conference.

  

“WE’RE COMING TO LABOR NOTES CONFERENCE!”

 

Hollie Goldsmith, a 21-year old member of Teamsters Local 413 and a Teamsters for a Democratic Union activist, says she won't miss the Labor Notes 2010 conference:

 

"Labor Notes helps me meet people I need to know from other unions, and get the resources I need to be effective on the job. There are lots of great skills-building workshops that I bring home with me and put to work at UPS."

 

Ricky Maclin, vice president of UE Local 1110 in Chicago and veteran of the Republic Windows and Doors sit-in, is coming back for more:

 

“We were at the Labor Notes conference just a few months before Republic Windows said they were shutting down our plant. It was good to be with all those other troublemakers, but we didn’t know we were going to be some of the most famous troublemakers of 2008, by sitting in and sticking it to Bank of America. We’ll be back.”

 

Check out www.labornotes.org/conference for our growing list of participants!

 

THEMES INCLUDE:

Defend jobs, contracts, and unions during the economic crisis.
The Republic Windows and Doors Chicago sit-in taught a lesson: we can win allies—and win—even in tough times. What are the strategies that work?

Hold the line on the shop floor.
Technology and management schemes are changing the workplace dramatically. Are we keeping up?

Organize and build unions that work.
We’ll discuss strategies for starting and strengthening unions with members at the helm, not just numbers on a spreadsheet.

Examine labor's political agenda.
Unions went all-out in the elections, but labor law and health care reform aren’t measuring up. What’s the best use of our political time and energy?

Bring up the next generation.
We need more young workers than ever at this conference. We’re encouraging organizations to send workers under age 30, and building a special scholarship fund to get them there.

Protect the public sector.
Don't let layoffs and budget cuts threaten the future of public sector work and public services.

WORKSHOPS TO INCLUDE:

• Bargaining during tough times
• Understanding the economic crisis
• How to occupy a factory
• Troublemaking contract campaigns
• Fights in the public sector
• Examining labor’s political agenda
• Defending pensions
• Labor-community partnerships
• Pitfalls of top-down organizing deals
• Fresh strategies for single-payer health care
• Member-led organizing drives
• Running for local union office
• Assertive grievance handling
• Bargaining for health care
• Developing new leaders
• Creative organizing tactics
• Women in the trades
• Getting members involved
• ...and many more!

 

MORE INFORMATION

REGISTER

Register today at www.labornotes.org/conference. Register by February 19 to lock in our early registration rate of $85. Regular registration is $115.

Location
Hyatt Regency Dearborn (union hotel)
600 Town Center Drive
Dearborn, Michigan, USA 48126-2793
Room rates: Single/double $115, triple $140, quad $165 per night.

Book your room after December 4 by going to www.labornotes.org/conference/hotel or by calling the hotel at 313-593-1234 and mentioning that you’re with the “Labor Notes conference” to get our room rate.

 

Childcare

Available for a donation for children over 1 year. Request by April 2.

 

CONTACT US

Website: www.labornotes.org/conference  

Phone: 313-842-6262

Email: confe...@labornotes.org

Eblast updates: Get on the list at www.labornotes.org/eblast.

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