Notes from call 09/26/13

[Margot Nikitas]

Hey Team,

Below please find the notes from last night's call. We have a final call to tie up any loose ends this coming Wednesday, October 2 at 8pm Eastern. Dial-in info is the same: 877.402.9753, access code 7692886.

Finalize Agenda and Fill in Gaps

Schedule of workshops--we'll just assign them to times, no one felt there was any reason to assign certain ones to certain times

Text for Program with workshop descriptions and speaker bios--Margot will take care of this.

Turnout/Outreach

Updates on turnout:

20 registered online

ATU--12 confirmed

UE--10 confirmed, total will likely be 15

UFCW--3 confirmed

Patrick or Josh or John can you give an update on USW turnout?

If locals want to register members en masse they should call Adrian, the Business Manager at Labor Notes at 313.842.6262.

Final outreach blast:

Labor Notes will send an email to everyone who registered online.  FBP will send a reminder about the Troublemakers School with its membership meeting reminder email. Folks should share the event again on Facebook, etc.

Logistics

Set-up and Materials:

AV needs--Mel will check the Health and Human Services building for what they have. We need a projector and screen in the main room. Mark Brenner will need a projector and screen for his workshop. Mel will bring some extension cords.

The labor notes table with their merch, etc., will be in the back of the main room.

Purchasing materials--Mel is getting 100 folders, tags, stickers, nametags. Pens are supposed to coming from USW--is that still happening?

Paper registration forms--Samantha sent a template to John Lepley. John, have you created the form?

Registration:

Mel and Marc will staff the registration table. Everybody please show up at 9:30am to set-up.

After-party:

Mike will create a flyer with a map and directions to the ATU Hall that will be stuffed in everyone's folder.

Here's the run down of the plenaries and workshops:

Opening Plenary—“The New Labor Movement: Evolving Forms of Worker Organizing” (11am-12:15pm)

Moderator: Deb Gornall, UE Eastern Region President (will give context of what Labor Notes is, mention UE Local 170 West Virginia public sector workers without collective bargaining rights and UE Local 601, the non-majority GE local in Grove City, PA, and introduce panel)

Panel:

• Sue Garza, Chicago Teachers Union
• Mike Harms, ATU Local 85
• Margot Nikitas, Fight Back Pittsburgh
• TBD worker-leader from SEIU UPMC campaign

Each speaker will be allotted 10 minutes with time for Q&A at the end.

Closing Plenary—“Lessons from Labor’s Past: Stories of Our Victories” (4:15-5pm)

Moderator: Mark Brenner of Labor Notes

Panel:

• Jim Savage, USW Local 10-1
• Nick Mollinar, UMWA

Each speaker will be allotted 20 minutes—no Q&A

Workshops (1:15-2:30pm and 2:45-4pm)

3 tracks of workshops:

Skills Building

Secrets of a Successful Orgranizer—Samantha from Labor Notes

Stewards’ Training—John Lepley or Steffi Domike

Building the Union Movement

Fighting Discrimination/Anti-Oppression—Jamaal Craig

Taking Back Your Local and Building a Movement/Running for Office as a Rank and Filer—Mel

New Organizing/Popular Economics

The Economic Crisis: Is this Recovery?—Mark Brenner

Organizing Without a Contract—UE Local 170 West Virginia Public Sector Workers

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Margot A. Nikitas
Associate General Counsel
United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America (UE)
One Gateway Center, Suite 1400
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
412.471.8919 (phone)
412.471.8999 (fax)
773.317.1645 (cell)
margot....@ueunion.org