Labor Notes conference program
Julio Guerrero
PLEASE POST
2010 LABOR NOTES PROGRAM
Here’s a list of workshops by tracks
This is not a complete list,
because many workshops don’t fit a category.
For a complete program guide please go to the website and
check on
www.labornotes.org/conference/program
Hope to see you there
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Nuts and Bolts
Weingarten Rights I and II, Fri 10:30 and 1:00
Fighting Discipline and Discharge Grievances, Sat 10:15
Assertive Grievance Handling, Sat 2:00
Continuous Bargaining, Sat 2:00
Fighting Harassment and Speedup, Sat 2:00
Confronting “Blame the Worker” Safety Programs, Sun 10:45
Taking on Technology, Sun 10:45
Flyers and Newsletters, Sun 10:45
Building Member-Driven Unions
Representing Immigrant Workers, Sat 10:15
Developing New Leaders, Sat 10:15
Running for Office, Sat 2:00
Can Members Run the Union?, Sat 2:00
Beating Apathy Sun, 10:45
Internal Organizing Sun, 10:45
Taking Action on the Job
Occupying Your Workplace, Sat 10:15
Inside Strategies, Sat 2:00
Fighting Harassment and Speedup, Sat 2:00
Assertive Grievance Handling, Sat 2:00
Taking on Technology, Sun 10:45
Local Officers
Bargaining Table Tactics, Sat 10:15
Developing New Leaders, Sat 10:15
Building Labor-Community Power, Sat 2:00
Contract Campaigns, Sat 2:00
Bargaining for Health Insurance, Sat 2:00
Continuous Bargaining, Sat 2:00
Bargaining during Recession, Sun 10:45
Internal Organizing, Sun 10:45
Beating Apathy, Sun 10:45
Confronting “Blame the Worker” Safety Programs, Sun 10:45
Pensions, Sun 10:45
Organizing
Organizing in Restaurants and Retail, Sat 10:15
Innovative Organizing Strategies, Sat 10:15
Power in the Logistics Industry, Sat 2:00
Part-time Worker Organizing, Sun 9:00
Organizing Without EFCA, Sun 10:45
Organizing Across the Food Chain, Sun 10:45
Looking at the Big Picture
Understanding the Economic Crisis, Fri 1:00
Roots of Public Sector Budget Crisis, Fri 3:00
Foreign Policy a Union Issue?, Sat 10:15
Labor’s Political Agenda, Sat 10:15
Labor Going Green, Sat 10:15
Labor and Immigration Reform, Sat 2:00
Fighting for Single Payer, Sat 2:00
Labor Campaign for Single Payer, Sun 9:00
Battling the Recession Blues
Understanding the Economic Crisis, Fri 1:00
Roots of Public Sector Budget Crisis, Fri 3:00
Fighting Discipline and Discharge, Sat 10:15
Lessons from Labor History, Sat 10:15
Fighting Harassment and Speedup, Sat 2:00
Bargaining in Recession, Sun 10:45
Public Sector
Roots of the Public Sector Budget Crisis, Fri 3:00
Transforming K-12 Education, Sat 10:15
Home-Based Workers, Sat 10:15
Building Campus Coalitions, Fighting Budget Cuts, Sat 10:15
Public Employees and the Budget Squeeze, Sat 2:00
Campus Workers Meeting, Sat 4:00
Teachers Meeting, Sat 4:00
Public Employees, Sat 4:00
Graduate Employees, Sun 9:00
Pensions, Sun 10:45
International
Global Unionism I, Fri 3:00
Labor and Palestine, Fri 5:00
Labor in Latin America, Sat 10:15
Foreign Policy a Union Issue?, Sat 10:15
Mexico in Crisis, Sat 2:00
Why Are We in Afghanistan?, Sat 2:00
Women Organizing across Unions, Sat 6:00
Asia Labor Update, Sat 2:00
Global Auto Roundtable, Sat 6:00
Vida Viva Health and Safety, Sun 9:00
China, Sun 10:45
Global Unionism II, Sun 3:00
Arts, Media, and Culture
Using Social Media, Fri 1:00
Bloggers Alley, Ongoing (see page 12)
Arts in Action, Fri 1:00
Creative Tactics, Fri 3:00
Democratic Theater, Fri 3:00
Labor’s Media Strategy, Sun 9:00
Latino Workers, Young Workers
See your registration packet for a sheet with these tracks. The
Latino track continues the LCLAA Friday sessions with skillbuilding
workshops that have Spanish interpretation. The
Young Workers track combines big-picture education with
some basic skills and organizing sessions. Both open to all.