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You are cordially invited to
The Future of American Labor: Initiatives for a New Era
Friday, February 8, and Saturday, Febuary 9, 2019
Georgetown University Law Center, Hart Auditorium
600 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
AGENDA
Friday, February 8
12:30 p.m. WELCOME
A LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY AGENDA FOR AMERICAN LABOR
Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus
1:45 p.m. SECTORAL BARGAINING INTERNATIONALLY: WHAT ARE THE LESSONS FOR AMERICAN LABOR?
Harvey Bischof, President, Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation,
CanadaKaren Curtis, Deputy Director, International Labor Standards Department, ILO
Keith Ewing, Professor of Law, King's College London
John Hendy, General Counsel, UK Institute for Employment Rights
Carolyn Jones, Director UK Institute for Employment Rights
Cecilia Nahόn, Executive Director, Model G20 Initiative, American University School of International Service; Former Ambassador of Argentina to the United States
Moderator:Sandra Polaski, Independent Expert; former Deputy Director General, ILO
3:30 p.m. SECTORAL BARGAINING: AMERICA'S PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Kate Andrias, Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
Craig Becker, General Counsel, AFL-CIO
Sarita Gupta, Co-Executive Director, Jobs with Justice
Bob King, Former President, The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
Chris Shelton, President, Communications Workers of America
Moderator:Larry Cohen, Former President, Communications Workers of America
5:00 p.m. A LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY AGENDA FOR AMERICAN LABOR: PART II
Tom Perez, former U.S. Secretary of Labor; Chairman, Democratic National Committee
Saturday, February 9
9:30 a.m. Bagels and Coffee
10:00 a.m. PUBLIC SECTOR UNIONISM MOVES FORWARD IN THE WAKE OF JANUS
Mary Kay Henry, President, Service Employees International Union
Becky Pringle, Vice President, National Education Association
Lee Saunders, President, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers
Moderator:Harold Meyerson, Executive Editor, The American Prospect
11:45 p.m. TEACHER INSURGENCY: WHAT ARE THE STRATEGIC CHALLENGES? (lunch session)
Fred Albert, President, AFT-West Virginia
Leo Casey, Executive Director, Albert Shanker Institute
Elizabeth Davis, President, Washington Teachers' Union
Moderator:Kate Bronfenbrenner, Director of Labor Education Research, Senior Lecturer, Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations
2:00 p.m. ORGANIZING MILLENNIALS USING DIGITAL COMMUNICATION TOOLS
Aneta Molenda, Digital Director, Organization United for Respect (OUR)
Brent McDonnell, Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees (GAGE)
Kristen Zeis, Photojournalist, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk; member, Tidewater Media Guild, CWA
Mark Zuckerman, President, The Century Foundation
Sponsored by The Albert Shanker Institute, The Century Foundation, and The Harrison Institute for Public Law
Co-sponsored by The American Prospect, Dissent, Georgetown University’s Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor, and the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization (CIWO) in the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations
