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Labor Notes 2024

8:00am CDT

Recovery/Sobriety Meeting JFK

9:00am CDT

Sunrise Stretch: Get Your Body Moving! United A

10:00am CDT

Building Solidarity with International Rail Worker Movements [RWU Convention] London Grocery Workers Rising Up International F How To March On The Boss Hartsfield Disaster Strikes: Organizing Flood and Fire Recovery Workers Midway Organizing Renewable Energy Florence Big Contract Battles of 2024 Grand Ballroom F Rockin’ Your Rally and Picket Line Heathrow Democracy in New Organizing International E Educators on Strike: Building Community Support Vienna Health Care Strikes Grand Ballroom A People Over Profit: Taking on Corporations in Health Care Grand Ballroom C Workers’ Struggles in China United A Keep It Simple: How to Give a Great Interview DaVinci App-Based Workers Organize Seatac How to Spot an Unfair Labor Practice and What to Do with It McCarran Inoculation United B Undergrad Organizing Paris The Assault on Pensions and How to Fight Back Lambert Know Your Rights: Union Members on Free Speech and Palestine DFW Race and Labor Int’l Ballroom A Who Runs Our Universities? Organizing Against Debt’s Shadow Governance LaGuardia How We’re Turning Our Unions Around Grand Ballroom H Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Beating Apathy O’Hare Ballroom Taking on Goliath: Amazon Workers Reflect Rosemont AB Fighting the Right John Wayne What’s a Buck Worth in 2024? Raising the Minimum Wage Int’l Ballroom B

1:00pm CDT

Striking to Win: Identifying Chokepoints Along Supply Chains [RWU Convention] London New Workplace Rights and Labor Board Rulings You Should Know About LaGuardia Organizing amid Mass Layoffs McCarran Organizing for the Long Haul: An Intergenerational Panel Int’l Ballroom B Researching Union Finances DaVinci Retail Workers on the Move Gatwick Using Popular Education to Rethink Trainings Hartsfield An Injury to One: Bargaining for Marginalized Members Grand Ballroom H How to Expand Your Reach as a Union Reformer North Central Green Opportunities for New Organizing Paris Steering Green Transitions Int’l Ballroom A Building Your Contract Action Team Sky Harbor Flavors of the Common Good: Teaming Up for Racial and Climate Justice DFW Musical Theater: Bringing Labor History to Life United A Challenging Production Standards United B Building a Member-Led Health Care Union Grand Ballroom F Confronting Unsafe Staffing: Health Care Workers Fight on the Job and at the Statehouse Grand Ballroom C Labor Against Authoritarianism in Asia Int’l Ballroom E Solidarity: Stories from Unions Across the World Lindbergh Collectively Fabulous: Multiracial Queer and Trans Labor Histories and Futures Grand Ballroom G Graduate Workers’ Organizing Upsurge Vienna The UAW’s New Organizing Drive Rosemont AB Roots of the Public Sector Budget Crisis Lambert Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Beating Apathy O’Hare Ballroom Deferred Action for Labor Enforcement (DALE): How Unions Can Stand with Immigrant Workers Seatac Modelos Efectivos: Comités de Salud y Seguridad Midway Secretos de un Organizador Exitoso 3:Convertir un Problema en una Campaña LAX Legal Rights of Union Stewards Grand Ballroom A Building Women’s Power on Heavy-Duty Jobs Int’l Ballroom D Reproductive Justice: Rights to Abortion and Parenthood John Wayne Chicago Labor History Tour: SOLD OUT

3:00pm CDT

Using the Railway Labor Act to Our Advantage [RWU Convention] London Organizing for Respect on the Job Rosemont AB Telecom Workers Meeting Malpensa Using Legislative Wins to Build Worker Power Paris Bargaining Tactics: Using Unfair Labor Practice Charges Strategically Int’l Ballroom D Open Bargaining Int’l Ballroom A Fight the Boss, Fix the Climate Heathrow Public Ownership and Worker Power Vienna Creative Tactics and Strategic Mischief Grand Ballroom B Songwriting for the Movement United A Effective Worker Led Health-and-Safety Committees DaVinci Workplace Violence Int’l Ballroom E The Health Care System We Need and the Labor Movement that Can Win It Rosemont CD Worker Power to Tackle Mental Health Crises Capital Auto Workers of the World, Unite! LAX Public Workers Around the World on Strike McCarran The Mexican Labor Movement: Advances and Challenges Under the USMCA Seatac Trans Organizers and Leaders Int’l Ballroom F Write a Story for Labor Notes! Hartsfield Building Trades: New Organizing Lindbergh Can Worker-Led Organizing Restore Labor’s Power? Grand Ballroom H Organizing Despite the Churn Sky Harbor The Organizing Committee Model Lambert Fighting Privatization John Wayne Get a Job, Change the World Tegel Labor and Mass Incarceration: Fighting for Workers, Communities, and Justice LaGuardia Worker Justice Is Disability Justice: Building Unions for Everyone Int’l Ballroom B Democratic Rights for Union Members North Central Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Assembling Your Dream Team O’Hare Ballroom Organizing in ‘Right-to-Work’ States United B Secretos de un Organizador Exitoso 1: Vencer a la Apatía DFW Dealing with Difficult Supervisors Grand Ballroom A Grievance Handling: Best and Worst Practices Grand Ballroom G Can Unions Seize the Moment? Grand Ballroom C Organizing Across Unions with an Employer in Common Florence Organizing Against Private Equity Charles De Gaulle Lights, Camera, Strike! Entertainment Industry Workers Rising Up Grand Ballroom F Know-Your-Rights Training: Deferred Action for Immigrant Workers in Labor Disputes Midway

5:00pm CDT

Building Our Own Tech Malpensa Building Unity and Holding Out for the Lowest-Paid Workers Mirabel Postal Workers Meeting: Saving the Public Postal Service Barajas Fighting the Wrongs of Management’s Rights Seatac Simulated Bargaining: Techniques for New and Experienced Negotiators Heathrow Fight the Boss, Fix the Climate United B Community and Labor Coalitions that Work Sky Harbor Fighting Discipline and Layoffs During First Contract Negotiations McCarran Great Labor Arts Exchange: Open Mic United A Revive Your Local with a Fighting Health-and-Safety Program North Central New Health Care Organizing: How, Where, and Why Midway How to Get Your Struggle Covered in the News Lambert Reporting from the Front Lines of the Class War Int’l Ballroom E Bringing Working-Class Feminism to New Organizing Liberty Building a Member-Organizer Program DFW New Organizing in the Fractured Workplace Lindbergh New Organizing: DIY Efforts and Established Unions in Conversation Rosemont CD Pre-Majority Unionism Gatwick Beyond a Ceasefire: Organizing on Palestine for the Long Haul Vienna It’s Us vs. Them: Stoking Class Consciousness in Tech Int’l Ballroom B Reversing Runaway Inequality DaVinci Socialists at Work Paris Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Turning an Issue into a Campaign O’Hare Ballroom A Collective Response to Divisions in the Workplace and Beyond Int’l Ballroom A How to March on the Boss Int’l Ballroom F Rebuilding a Fighting UAW Rosemont AB Seven Secrets of a Successful Flyer John Wayne What Your Boss Doesn’t Want You to Know and Where to Find It LaGuardia Effective Meeting Facilitation LAX Get Strike-Ready Hartsfield Building a Better Workplace for Parents Florence

6:30pm CDT

Recovery/Sobriety Meeting JFK

7:30pm CDT

Main Session Grand Ballroom

9:00pm CDT

City University of New York (CUNY) Alumni and Students Gathering DFW Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Fund Meet and Greet Sky Harbor Red and Black Party (hosted by Black Rose Anarchist Federation) LAX Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) Reception Rosemont CD

9:15pm CDT

Film and Q&A : ”Union,“ Amazon Labor Union documentary International ABC Great Labor Arts Exchange Song, Poem, and Hip-Hop Contest United AB

10:00pm CDT

Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD) Reception Rosemont B

11:00pm CDT

Labor Song Swap and Jam United A

8:00am CDT

Recovery/Sobriety Meeting JFK

9:00am CDT

Main Session Grand Ballroom

10:15am CDT

Battling Speed-Up and Harassment in the Package Sector Gatwick Burnout: What We Can Do About It Together Vienna Young Workers Panel John Wayne Bargaining Committee Crash Course Grand Ballroom B Before, During, and After Negotiations: Step-by-Step Strategies Lindbergh Opening Up Bargaining Int’l Ballroom E Caucus Development: Difficult Union Leadership Barajas Caucus Development: Getting Started Seatac Steering Green Transitions Int’l Ballroom C Contract Campaigns and the Strike Weapon Rosemont CD Taking on Two-Tier London Finding the Poetry in Your Work United A Democracy and the Strike Hartsfield Reformers on Organizing for the Long Haul Tegel Supporting Rank-and-File Unions as Staff Midway Blame-the-Worker Safety Programs Dulles Health and Safety for Young Workers Heathrow Pride at Work: An Intergenerational Panel on LGBTQ+ Organizing Int’l Ballroom B Joining a Union... or Forming Your Own Capital Not in a Union Yet? You Still Have Rights DFW Organizing at Big Workplaces Sky Harbor Organizing the South Rosemont AB Salts and Peppers: Get a Job, Organize a Union! Lambert Untapped Pension Power Malpensa Race and Labor United B Upping Our Strategy to Change the World Florence Running for Union Office Int’l Ballroom F Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Beating Apathy O’Hare Ballroom Building Trades: Internal Organizing Int’l Ballroom A Overcoming Workplace Divisions JFK Taking Collective Action and Escalating DaVinci Secretos de un Organizador Exitoso 2: Armar el Equipo de Tus Sueños LAX Assertive Grievance Handling Charles De Gaulle Building Density in a Right-to-Work State Narita Decoding Your Contract Paris Effective Meeting Facilitation McCarran Get Strike-Ready Grand Ballroom A Hit ’Em Where It Hurts: Analyzing Chokepoints and Building a Strike Threat Int’l Ballroom D Massachusetts Educators: Lessons from Illegal Strikes Grand Ballroom C Organizándose en Cadenas de Suministro de Alimentos / ORGANIZING IN THE FOOD CHAIN North Central

12:00pm CDT

California Faculty Association Caucus of Rank and File Education Workers (CREW) Dulles Entertainment Workers Meetup Midway Federal Workers Meetup LAX Lawyer Meetup: Supporting Independent Union Organizing Liberty Essential Workers for Democracy (EW4D) Meeting DFW

1:45pm CDT

EWOC: Our Labor Movement Is Multigenerational Int’l Ballroom B Investigate Your Employer’s Financials and Get Your Fair Share Dulles Aligning Our Contracts for May Day 2028 Gatwick Bargaining on Your Feet Narita Continuous Bargaining United B Coordinated Bargaining with a Common Employer Grand Ballroom H Getting Members Ready to Lead at the Bargaining Table Heathrow Stop Begging, Start Bargaining Int’l Ballroom F Caucuses and Contract Campaigns Malpensa Farmworker Organizing on Changing Terrain McCarran Flight Attendants on the Move London Getting to a First Contract Rosemont CD Lessons from the UPS Contract Campaign Grand Ballroom C Union-Busting During a Contract Fight: How to Fight Back Mirabel We Love Labor Films: Documentaries as Organizing Tools DaVinci Reviving Your Labor Council Tegel Using Union Conventions to Organize for Reform Int’l Ballroom E You Can’t Do It All Yourself: Learn It, Do It, Teach It Grand Ballroom B Labor, Veterans, and the Fight Against Profiteering at Medicare and the VA Capital Trauma-Informed Strategies to Rebuild a Broken Union Int’l Ballroom C History Matters: The UAW, Reuther, and the Roots of the New Insurgency Grand Ballroom F Secrets of a Successful TikTok Video Lambert If It Works Here, It’ll Work Anywhere LaGuardia Doing Politics Differently Int’l Ballroom D Fire the Boss!...Then What? Charles De Gaulle Race and Labor LAX Workers of the World for Palestine Lindbergh Running for Union Office: How We Did It Paris Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Assembling Your Dream Team O’Hare Ballroom Direct Action Rosemont AB Getting Your Organizing Unstuck Grand Ballroom A Acción Diferida para la Defensa Laboral (DALE): Derrotando el Abuso de Trabajadores Inmigrantes en el Lugar de Trabajo Seatac Theater of the Oppressed/Teatro del Oprimido Sky Harbor Assertive Grievance Handling Int’l Ballroom A Does Your Employer Have Illegal Rules on the Books? Hartsfield Setting Yourself Up for Success in a Grievance Meeting Grand Ballroom G Planning for a Strike 101 DFW Running a Strong Strike Authorization Vote Campaign Vienna Women in Union Leadership Florence

4:00pm CDT

AFSCME Meeting Int’l Ballroom D Airline Workers Meeting DFW Amazon & Logistics Workers Meeting Heathrow Asian Workers (from overseas) Meeting United B Building Trades Meeting Grand Ballroom C Canadian Workers Meeting Malpensa Disabled Workers Meeting DaVinci Health Care Workers Meeting Grand Ballroom G Higher Education Workers Meeting Grand Ballroom B IATSE Meeting Paris Lawyers Meeting Gatwick Longshore Workers Meeting LAX Media Workers Meeting Int’l Ballroom C Pre-K-12 Educators Meeting Grand Ballroom H Public Defenders and Legal Workers Meeting LaGuardia Restaurant Workers Meeting JFK Southern Workers Meeting Narita Tech Workers Meeting: From Warehouse to Software Midway Tennessee Meeting Charles De Gaulle UAW Manufacturing Workers Meeting Int’l Ballroom A UFCW/RWDSU Meeting Int’l Ballroom F UNITE HERE Meeting Dulles Worker Co-ops Interest Meeting Liberty Workers Centers Meeting Hartsfield

5:30pm CDT

Recovery/Sobriety Meeting JFK

6:00pm CDT

Asian American Pacific Island Meeting London Black and Latino Workers Meetup Grand Ballroom G Communications Workers (CWA) Meeting Int’l Ballroom A Grad Labor Meeting Int’l Ballroom F Nonprofit Workers Meeting Int’l Ballroom D Palestine Solidarity Meeting Grand Ballroom A Starting a “Labor Notes” in Your Country LAX Undergraduate Labor Meeting Midway Union Staff Meetup Mirabel Climate Change and Labor Int’l Ballroom C Meet the Authors Grand Ballroom B One Member, One Vote DFW Organizing Dilemmas of the CIO Int’l Ballroom E Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Assembling Your Dream Team O’Hare Ballroom

7:30pm CDT

In These Times / Just Impact Advisors Reception John Wayne

9:00pm CDT

Action Network Reception Rosemont B Democratic Socialists of America Labor Gathering Rosemont CD Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee Reception LAX Freedom Road Socialist Organization Reception Lambert University of Massachusetts Labor Center Alumni Gathering DFW

9:15pm CDT

Concert — Great Labor Arts Exchange, Featuring GLAE Highlights and Contest Winners United AB

10:00pm CDT

Labor Song Swap and Jam United A

8:00am CDT

Recovery/Sobriety Meeting JFK

9:00am CDT

Bring the Union Meeting to the Members Lambert Transit Workers Meeting Int’l Ballroom D U.S./Cuba Labor Solidarity Malpensa United Students Against Sweatshops London Continuous Bargaining Midway Be the Union You Want Your Union to Be DFW Great Labor Arts Exchange Closing and Debrief United A Increase Worker Power Through Medicare for All Florence Labor in the Global South Lindbergh Mexican Workers Rising Sky Harbor LGBTQ+ Worker Meeting Grand Ballroom A Social Media and the Rise of Digital Organizing Vienna Inoculation LAX Taking Back Our Time Paris Leading Democratically Narita Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Train the Trainer Int’l Ballroom C Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Turning an Issue into a Campaign O’Hare Ballroom How to March on the Boss United B Assertive Grievance Handling Int’l Ballroom F Building a Member-to-Member Network Int’l Ballroom A Engaging New Members Heathrow Getting Off the Grievance Treadmill Hartsfield Just Cause Grand Ballroom B Using Grievances to Organize Grand Ballroom H Organizing on A.I. and Automation Grand Ballroom C Using Power Linkages to Organize New Members in the Supply Chain Int’l Ballroom E Lessons from the UAW’s Big 3 Strike Rosemont AB Strike Communications DaVinci

10:45am CDT

Back in the Fight: A New Day for U.S. Labor Grand Ballroom C Campus Coalitions John Wayne Organizing Remotely McCarran Postal Workers Meeting: Transforming Our Unions Int’l Ballroom D Public Rail Campaign Int’l Ballroom C The Organizing Conversation DaVinci What to Do When Your Union Breaks Your Heart Grand Ballroom A Strategies for Reforming International Unions Int’l Ballroom B Fighting for a First Contract Sky Harbor So You Wanna Practice Picket Int’l Ballroom E Creating Protest Art United A Building a Culture of Discussion in Your Workplace and Local Heathrow Building Democracy in Contract Campaigns Florence You Can’t Do It All Yourself: Learn It, Do It, Teach It Int’l Ballroom F Educators Organizing amid a Right-Wing Assault Lindbergh Fighting the Privatization of Public Universities Midway Climate Change Is a Workplace Safety Fight LAX Black Labor Struggles over Time: An Intergenerational Panel Rosemont AB Palestine 101 for Union Members Narita Reversing Runaway Inequality Lambert Tech Workers: Winning Our Time Back from the Boss Seatac How to Lose Your Next Local Election LaGuardia I’ve Been Elected, Now What? Int’l Ballroom A Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Turning an Issue into a Campaign O’Hare Ballroom Organizing from Square One Paris Acción Diferida para Trabajadores Inmigrantes Implicados en un Conflicto Laboral Dulles Developing the Leaders Your Union Needs DFW From Defense to Offense: How to Develop Strategy Skills United B Strike: Reviving Labor’s Most Powerful Weapon Rosemont CD

1:00pm CDT

Main Session Grand Ballroom