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| Sunday March 14, 2004 |
| 5:00 p.m. |
Registration |
| 7:00 p.m. |
Opening Session
A Critique of Employers, Unions, and the NLRA
- Richard Bensinger, Former Organizing Director AFL-CIO and Institute for Employee Choice Co-chair
Reception Immediately Following
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| Monday March 15, 2004 |
| 8:00 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Plenary Session
The Union Perspective on Health Care Insurance in the Current Political Environment
- John Sweeney, President AFL-CIO (invited)
Health Care in Crisis, in America and on Capitol Hill
- Jan Schakowski, Illinois Representative
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| 10:30 a.m. |
Panel
Organizing For Density
SEIU, AFT, UAW
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| 12:00 p.m. |
Lunch
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| 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. |
Workshops
- Safety and Health Issues in Health Care
UFCW and AFCSCME
- Strategic Research
Gene Bruskin - Food & Allied Service Trades Council, AFL-CIO
- Media Campaign
Greg Denier - United Food & Commercial Workers
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| 3:15 - 4:45 p.m. |
Workshops
- Whole Market Approach to organizing
UAW and AFT
- Political Action
AFSCME and UFCW
- Staffing Ratio Legislation
RN Coordinating Committee
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| Tuesday March 16, 2004 |
| 8:00 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Plenary
Labor Law Update
- Jon Hiatt, General Counsel, AFL-CIO
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| 10:00 a.m. |
Panel
The Right To Organize
- Cheryl Johnson, President UAN
- Henry Nicholas, AFSCME
- Denis Rivera, President 1199 SEIU
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| 12:00 p.m. |
Adjournment |
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