2000
UCLEA/AFL-CIO EDUCATION CONFERENCE
| 7:00pm-10:00pm | Labor Studies Journal Board Meeting |
| 9:00am-2:00pm | AFL-CIO Education Directors' Professional Development Meeting |
| 10:00am-2:00pm | Joint UCLEA/WEL 189 Executive Board Meeting |
| 3:00pm-5:00pm | GLOBAL ROUNDTABLE: Open Forum with International Vistors Co-Chairs: Susan Washington, Director of Education, AFL-CIO; Cecelie Counts-Blakey, AFL-CIO; Judy Ancel, University of Missouri; Frank Emspak, University of Wisconsin |
| 6:00pm-8:00pm | OPENING PLENARY Innovative Union Strategies for the Global Economy Chair: Susan Washington, Director of Education, AFL-CIO Speakers: David Newby, President, Wisconsin AFL-CIO Leo Gerard, Secretary-Treasurer, USWA Why Labor said No to the WTO Martha Ojeda, Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras The Challenges of Cross Border Organizing |
| 8:00pm-9:00pm | RECEPTION Co-sponsored by the Wisconsin AFL-CIO and the Wisconsin School for Workers |
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| 8:00am-5:00pm | Joint UCLEA/AFL-CIO Registration |
| 8:30am-10:15am | MORNING PLENARY
SESSION Union Transformation Through Labor Education Chair: Kent Wong, President, UCLEA Speakers: John Goldstein, President, Milwaukee County Labor Council Welcome to Milwaukee: On the Road to Union Cities Verlene Wilder, Union Cities Coordinator, King County Labor Council Education: Mobilizing for the WTO Ian Robertson, Southern Arizona Central Labor Council Commonsense Economics: Education Tool for Building Coalitions Mary Rowles, British Columbia Government Employees Union/NUPGE |
| 10:30am-12:30pm
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IA-Paper Session: Strategic Union Response to Globalization University Chair: Michael, Zweig, SUNY Stonybrook Union Chair: Bob Glaser, USWA Participants: Jeff Rechenbach, CWA; and Larry Cohen, CWA Union Global Alliances at Multinational Corporations: A Case Study of the Ameritech Alliance Christian Levesque, HEC; and Gregor Murray, Laval University Local Versus Global: Rethinking and Activating Local Union Power in the Global Economy Jeff Crosby, IUE The GE and Ametech Aerospace Story Ken Zinn, International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine, and General Workers' Unions, North American Office |
| 1B-Paper Session: Unions and Immigrant Workers University Chair: Katie Quan, University of California, Berkeley Union Chair: Fernando Losada, AFL-CIO Participants: Bruce Nissen, Florida International University, and Guillermo Grenier, Florida International University Union Strategies for Dealing with Mass Immigration: The Case of South Florida Immanuel Ness, Brooklyn College; and Nick Unger, UNITE Labor's Message to the Immigrant Community Yvonne Martinez, AFSCME Council 75 Jornaleros. Portland Day Laborers Organize, Demand a Safe Place to Find Work Jaye Rykunyk, HERE Local 17 Lessons from the Holiday Inn Express, Where Labor Law, the EEOC, and the INS Intersect |
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| 1C-Paper Session: Strategic Union Responses to Global Trade Policy University Chair: Judy Ancel, University of Missouri, Kansas City Union Chair: Mike Hornby, IAM Participants: Joseph Brenner, San Mateo County Central Labor Council Internationalist Labor Communication between the United States and Mexico in the Period Preceding and Following the Passage of NAFTA James Cypher, California Sate University, Fresno NAFTA's Lessons: From Economic Mythology to Current Realities Jóse Alfonso Bouzas Ortíz, Universidad Autónoma de México; and Enrique de la Garza, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, and Eugenio Narcia Tovar New Context of the Mexican Syndicalism and New Perspectives given by the Agreement on Labor Cooperation Parallel to NAFTA Thea Lee, AFL-CIO Labor's International Agenda after Seattle |
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| 1D-Paper Session: Bargaining with Multinational Employers: Towards a New International Model of Strategic Campaigns University Chair: Laurie Clements, University of Iowa Union Chair: John Drew, UAW Local 72 Participants: Edward Hertenstein, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Ronald Peters, University of Illinois Fighting the Transnational at Home: Local 837 Takes on Tate & Lyle Douglas Meyer, IUE Building Trade Union Power in the Global Economy: A Case Study of the Coordinated Bargaining Committee of GE Unions (CBC) Tom Juravich, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; and Kate Bronfenbrenner, Cornell University Strategic Contract Campaigns in the Global Economy: The Steelworkers' Campaign at Bridgestone/Firestone Joseph Drexler, PACE; and Hank Walravens, FNV Bondgenoten Case Study: The PACE/FNV Bondgenoten Association |
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| 1E-Paper Session: Economic and Social Policy Issues in the Global Economy: A Labor Perspective University Chair: Maria Luz Samper, University of Connecticut Union Chair: Sheila Cochran, Milwaukee County Labor Council Participants: Louise Simmons, University of Connecticut Labor, Welfare Reform and the Global Economy: Labor's Stake in the On-Going Struggle over the Welfare State Helena Worthen, University of Illinois, Chicago Union Responses to the Workforce Investment Act of 1998: The Case of Illinois Paul Worthman, AFTRA "Inside the Belly of the Beast:" Media Conglomerates, News and Entertainment Programming, Broadcasters and Performers: Their Union's Response Neil Newman, International Labour Resource and Information Group (ILRIG) (South Africa) Globalization - the Restructuring of the World Economy The Implications for Trade Unions |
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| 1F-Workshop Session: TERROR, THREATS, AND FREE SPEECH: OVERCOMING THE EMPLOYER'S CAMPAIGN IN ORGANIZING University Chair: Sally Alvarez, Cornell University Union Chair: Peter Goldberger, UNITE Participants: Andy Levin, AFL-CIO Markata Smith, Former Organizing Committee Member, Transit Express |
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| 1G-Workshop Session: Teaching Global Economics for Building Solidarity: American Experience University Chair: Nancy DellaMattera, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Union Chair: David Cohen, AFL-CIO Participants: Frank Borgers, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Susan Washington, AFL-CIO Kimberly Wilson, University of Massachusetts Joanie Parker, United for a Fair Economy Mike Prokosch, United for a Fair Economy |
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| 1H-Workshop Session: Negotiating Agreements in Support of Organizing University Chair: Sharon Simon, George Meany Center for Labor Studies Union Chair: Hetty Scofield, CWA Participants: Patrick Hickey, HERE Dan Welch, Local 1444, UFCW Jill Kriesky, West Virginia University Adrienne Eaton, Rutgers University Anne Werboff, AFL-CIO |
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| 12:30pm-2:00pm
Lunch |
LUNCH
(on your own) UCLEA Director's Luncheon Coordinator, Tom Juravich UCLEA Mentoring/Professional Development Workshop Coordinators, Helena Worthen, Michelle Kaminski, and Ed Hertenstein AFL-CIO Director's Lunch Meeting Coordinator, Susan Washington |
| 12:45pm-1:30pm | RALLY: MAKE
THE GLOBAL ECONOMY WORK FOR WORKING FAMILIES
Assemble in front of the hotel to leave promptly at 12:45 to walk to Zeidler Union Square Park on 4th and Michigan. Join with workers from Masterlock and Sentry who have lost their jobs because of Wal-Mart's greed. A representative of the Mexican Independent Trade Union Movement will talk about their struggle to improve working conditions in Mexico. The rally is sponsored by the Milwaukee County Labor Council. |
| 2:00pm-4:00pm | IIA-Paper Session: Strategic Union Response to Changing Corporate Structures, Practices, and Technology University Chair: Charley Richardson, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Union Chair: Sharon Pinnock, AFGE Participants: Chris Baldry, University of Stirling; Kay Gilbert, University of Strathclyde; and Harvie Ramsay; University of Strathclyde Unions and HRM: An Analysis of International Experience and an Identification of Training Needs Harvie Ramsay, University of Strathclyde; and Jennifer Bair, Duke University Chain Reactions: Responding to New Modes of Organizing Production Frank Borgers, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; and Christopher Land-Kazlauskas, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Networked Capitalism-Networked Unionism?: The Implications and Challenges of Globalization for Labor's Use of Internet Based Technologies Liz Melara, IAM District Lodge #8, Chicago The Image of Team Building |
| IIB-Paper Session: Union Transformation: An International Perspective University Chair: Margaret Hallock, LERC, University of Oregon Union Chair: Dan Walbrun, Carpenters Midwest Industrial Council Participants: Anne Harvey, British Columbia Nurses Union Ethical Dilemmas of Union Staff Changes when Implementing the Organizing Model, Some Questions and some Solutions - A Case Study from the British Columbia Nurses Union Barbara Pocock, University of Adelaide Union Strategy and Renewal: Lessons from Australia John Russo, Youngstown State University; Debra Timko, SEIU Local 150; and Marion Farquhar, SEIU Local 150 The Organizing Model and the Restructuring of a Statewide Local Union: The Case of SEIU Local 150 (Milwaukee) |
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| IIC-Workshop Session: Capital Strategies 2000 University Chair: Kirsten Snow-Spalding, University of California, Berkeley Union Chair: Monte Tarbox, Center for Working Capital, AFL-CIO |
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| IID-Workshop Session: Using Popular Education to Embrace Organizing and Education University Chair: Elise Bryant, George Meany Center for Labor Studies Union Chair: Teresa Conrow, Los Angeles Trade Technical College |
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| IIE-Workshop
Session: (Roundtable Discussion) Bargaining Collectively for a Global Workforce University Chair: Katie Quan, University of California, Berkeley Union Chair: David Borer, AFA |
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| IIF-Workshop Session: Developing and Delivering Effective and Relevant Global Education to Workers: Some International Experience University Chair: Jean Troutman-Poole, Indiana University South Bend Union Chair: Laura Power, International Labor Educator, UK Participants: Frank Emspak, University of Wisconsin Globalization Challenges Labor Education Steve Faulkner, DITSELA, South Africa The Role and Form of Global Education in Labour Movements in the so called "Developing Countries" Helene Bouneaud, CGT, France |
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| IIG-Workshop Session: Comparative Labor Movement Revitalization University Chair: Lowell Turner, Cornell University Union Chair: Manfred Muster, IG Metall, Germany Participants: Roger Poole, UNISON, UK Richard Hurd, Cornell University Maria Cook, Cornell University |
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| IIH-Paper Session: New Coalitions and New Strategies for Leveraging Corporate Conduct in the Global Economy University Chair: Lynn Feekin, LERC, University of Oregon Union Chair: Sue Vilbrandt, Union Labor News Participants: Owen Herrnstadt, IAM Unions, the Global Economy, and Corporate Codes of Conduct Stephanie Luce, University of Massachusetts; and Mark Brenner, University of Massachusetts Monitoring and Enforcement in the U.S. Living Wage Movement: Lessons for Anti-Sweatshop Organizing Maria-Luz Samper, University of Connecticut The Student Labor Coalition: A New Voice Facing the Global Economy Jill Esbenshade, University of California, Berkeley "The Social Accountability Contract:" Private Monitoring and Labor Relations in the Apparel Industry |
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| 4:00pm-5:30pm | UCLEA
Worker Participation Task Force Meeting Chair: Adrienne Eaton, Rutgers Roundtable on Voice at Work: AFL-CIO's Right
to Organize Campaign |
| 5:30pm-11:00pm |
DINNER/LABOR CULTURE
NIGHT |
| 8:00am-9:30am | TASK FORCE
MEETINGS
Central Labor Council - Nancy DellaMattera, Chair Organizing - Valerie Ervin, Chair |
| ROUNDTABLES Union Education in the Public School System Participants: Steve Cook, West Virginia University Nichelle Perkins, West Virginia University David Bensman, Rutgers University Sondra Lewsey, Working for America Linda Tubach, The Collective Bargaining Education Project Labor Communications: An Organizing Model Participants: Fred Glass, California Federation of Teachers Howard Kling, University of Minnesota Judy Ancel, University of Missouri, Kansas City Integrating Labor Movement History into Worker Education: A Presentation of the New AFL-CIO Short History of Labor Participants: Bill Fletcher, Assistant to the President, AFL-CIO Susan Washington, Education Director, AFL-CIO James Green, University of Massachusetts, Boston STRATEGIC RESEARCH: THE ROLE OF LABOR
EDUCATORS IN SUPPORTING ORGANIZING AND CONTRACT CAMPAIGNS |
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| 10:00am-12:00pm | IIIA-Paper Session: Union Strategies for Building Worker Power Across Borders University Chair: Stephanie Luce, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Union Chair: Bruce Coburn, AFL-CIO Participants: Mark Anner, Cornell University Labor and Economic Globalization in Eastern Europe and Latin America Michael Allen, Cranfield University Strategic Approaches to Change Within International Union Organizations Gerald Boesen, IBT South of the Border: A Union's Position on Cross-Border Trucking Dorine Godinez, USWA Local 1010 Goals and Strategies for Building Cross-Border Alliances Among Workers |
| IIIB-Paper Session: Organizing in the Global Economy University Chair: Geraldine Hill, Wayne State University Union Chair: Charlie Micallef, IAM Participants: David Jessup, New Economy Information Service; and Michael Gordon, Rutgers University (authors); Alan Howard, UNITE (presenter) The Case of Bibong in the Dominican Republic and Dominican EPZs Lance Compa, Cornell University Workers' Organizing Rights in the United States under International Human Rights Standards Hank DeSio, CWA Local 6086 The CWA/CWU Atlantic Alliance: Organizing in the UK Andy Banks, George Meany Center for Labor Studies; and Teresa Conrow, Los Angeles Trade Technical College Using Campaign-Based Education to Create Global Campaigns: The Rio Tinto Campaign for Justice |
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| IIIC-Paper Session:
Labor Education Initiatives: An International Perspective University Chair: Susan Schurman, George Meany Center for Labor Studies Union Chair: Tom Bradley, AFL-CIO Participants: Salihu Lukman, National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria Trade Union Education in Nigeria: Its Impact on Shopfloor Militancy and Challenges for Re-Building the Movement Alvaro Moreno C., Fundacion del Trabajo, Panama Labor Education: The Latin American Challenge Gladys Gruenberg, Saint Louis University The Relationship between Labor Education and the Labor Economics Curriculum, 1948 to 1998: The Rise, Fall, and Potential Rehabilitation Melena Barkman, USWA Developing Union Leaders for the Global Economy: The USWA Leadership Program |
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| IIID-Workshop Session:
Building Alliances Against Sweatshops University Chair: Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz, Queens College Worker Education Extension Center Union Chair: Krisann Rehbein, AFL-CIO Participants: Molly McGrath, University of Wisconsin Jill Esbenshade, University of California, Berkeley Nick Unger, UNITE |
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| IIIE-Paper Session: The Impact of Globalization on Work, Workers, Unions, and Communities University Chair: Steven Deutsch, LERC, University of Oregon Union Chair: Phyllis Ohlemacher, PACE Participants: Cyrus Bina, University of Minnesota, Morris Campus; and Chuck Davis, Minnesota Nursing Association Globalization, Technological Unemployment, and Contingent Labor Force David Cormier, Indiana University, Kokomo; and Harry Targ, Purdue University Globalization and American Worker Fernando Gapasin, University of California, Los Angeles; and Edna Bonacich, University of California, Riverside Organizing the Unorganizable: The Challenge of Global Capitalism for the US Labor Movement Stacey Heath, AFL-CIO Working Women in the Global Economy |
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| IIIF-Workshop Session: Organizing Immigrant Workers: What Can Labor Education Contribute? University Chair: Tess Ewing, University of Massachusetts, Boston Union Chair: Georges Exceus, Unite for Dignity Participants: Kent Wong, University of California, Los Angeles Katie Quan, University of California, Berkeley |
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| IIIG-Workshop Session: International Solidarity from a Rank and File Perspective University Chair: Mike Rosen, Milwaukee Area Technical College Union Chair: Bob Clark, UE Participants: Benedicto Martinez Orozco, FAT Robin Alexander, UE Shirley Harrison, UE Local 1135 Mary Larsen, UE Local 1111 Al Harhay, UE Local 1111 Tom Dunne, UE Local 1172 Bill Lange, Milwaukee County Labor Council Glen Bush, UE Local 1107 Jovita Cruz Aguilar, FAT Modesta Vasquez Lopez, FAT |
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| IIIH-Workshop Session: University Labor Education Centers and International Unions: Cooperative Program and Relationship Trends University Chair: Jill Kriesky, West Virginia University Union Chair: Allyne Beach, AFSCME Local 11 Participants: John Revitte, Michigan State University U.S. University Labor Education Centers' 1999 Survey Report and MSU's CWA Local 4034 Leadership Training Intervention Contract Gary Bernath, UAW/GM Center for Human Resources UAW-GM CHR Programs and Relationships with Michigan University Labor Centers Jean Troutman-Poole, Indiana University Labor History Community College Classes for Building Trades' Apprentices and Strategic Planning for the Carpenters and the Northwest Indiana Construction Alliance Edgar Moore, University of Nebraska Union-University Promotion of African-American Union Leadership Programs |
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| 12:15pm-2:15pm | Closing Plenary:
Building Global Solidarity for the Future Co-Chairs: Kate Bronfenbrenner, UCLEA Professional Council Chair, and Cecelie Counts Blakey, Assistant Director, Education Department, AFL-CIO Speakers: Benedicto Martínez Orozco, Member of Coordinación, FAT; Vice President, National Union of Workers (UNT) La Solidaridad Internacional Frente a la Globalizacion Bob Clark, General Secretary-Treasurer, UE The Importance of Rank and File International Solidarity Laura McSpedon, USAS Georgetown Today's Student Movement: New Voices for Workers' Rights Around the World |
| 2:30pm-4:30pm | Founding Meeting of the United Association for Labor Education (UALE) |
| 5:00pm-7:00pm | UALE PARTY & CELEBRATION (CASH BAR) |
| 7:00pm-9:00pm | New UALE Executive Board Dinner
Meeting Location TBA |
| 7:00pm-9:00pm | PREVIEW OF LABOR FILMS Coordinator: Jon Adler, Cornell Organization for Labor Action 1. One Day Longer: The Story of the Frontier Strike (Bal-Maiden Films) 2. Golden Lands, Working Hands (Fred Glass, California Federation of Teachers) 3. Global Village/Global Pillage (Jeremy Brecher) 4. Stolen Futures (David Dorn and Helen Toth, AFT International Affairs Department) 5. Morristown Video Letters (Anne Lewis) |
| 9:00am-1:00pm | UALE Women's Committee Meeting Chair: Elise Bryant, George Meany Center for Labor Studies |