Cornell Global Labor Institute

Conference Overview

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  Senator Bernie Sanders is featured along with other conference speakers, organizers and participants in the 10 minute documentary about the conference.

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Introduction

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  Dean Harry C. Katz, Cornell ILR School

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  Ed Ott, New York Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO

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Plenary 1: The Challenge

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  David Foster, United Steelworkers

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  Dr. Robert Socolow, Carbon Mitigation Initiative, Princeton University

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  Cathy Duvall, Sierra Club

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  Hilary French, Worldwatch Institute and United Nations Environment Programme

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  Senator Bernie Sanders, Vermont

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Plenary 2: Energy Alternatives, Conservation and Employment

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  Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers

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  Roger Toussaint, Transport Workers Union, Local 100

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  Mindy Lubber, Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES)

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  Joël Decaillon, European Trade Union Confederation

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  Werner Schneider, Alliance for Work and the Environment & Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, Germany

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Plenary 3: Advancing an Effective Political and Legislative Agenda at Home and Abroad

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  Randi Weingarten, President, United Federation of Teachers

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  Carl Pope, Executive Director, Sierra Club

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  Ken Neumann, National Director of Canada, USW

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  Joaquin Nieto Sainz, Comisiones Obreras and Sustainlabour, Spain

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  Olivier Deleuze, United Nations Environment Programme

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Plenary 4: Organizing and Movement Building Around Climate Crisis and the Environment

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  Jerome Ringo, Apollo Alliance

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  Joe Radisich, International Longshore and Warehouse Union

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  Elizabeth Yeampierre, New York City Environmental Justice Alliance

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  Debbie Schneider, Global Organizing Partnerships, SEIU

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Closing Remarks

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  Ken Georgetti, Canadian Labor Congress

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