Register today for the 2010 Labor Notes conference. Activists from across the country and around the world will be in Detroit April 23 to 25, 2010. Early workshops and meetings begin 1pm Friday, April 23, with opening session at 7pm. Closing session is 3pm Sunday, April 25. Registration for the 2010 conference is $115, or $85 if you register by February 19. All registration fees include Saturday banquet. Click here to register now.
What's happening at the conference?
Early workshops and meetings begin 1pm on Friday April 23, with the opening main session at 7pm.
Closing session is at 3pm Sunday, April 25.
WORKSHOP TOPICS
With more than 100 workshops and meetings during the 3-day conference, this list is just a teaser!
- Bargaining during tough times
- Understanding the economic crisis (it’s not just greedy bankers)
- Contract campaigns
- Public sector fight-backs
- Facing trusteeships and top-down union campaigns
- What’s next after labor’s fight for EFCA and health care reform?
- Understanding and defending pensions
- Building lasting labor-community partnerships
- Pitfalls of neutrality agreements and top-down organizing deals
- Fresh strategies for single-payer health care
- Organizing with health and safety
- Member-led organizing drives
...and many more!
THEMES
Defend jobs, contracts, and unions during the economic crisis.
The Republic Windows and Doors Chicago sit-in taught a lesson: we can win allies—and win—even in tough times. What are the strategies that work?
Hold the line on the shop floor.
Technology and management schemes are changing the workplace dramatically. Are we keeping up?
Organize and build unions that work.
We’ll discuss strategies for starting and strengthening unions with members at the helm, not just numbers on a spreadsheet.
Examine labor's political agenda.
Unions went all-out in the elections, but labor law and health care reform aren’t measuring up. What’s the best use of our political time and energy?
Bring up the next generation.
We need more young workers than ever at this conference. We’re encouraging organizations to send workers under 30, and help build a special scholarship fund.
Defend the public sector.
Don't let layoffs and budget cuts threaten the future of public sector work and public services.
Making sense of the turmoil.
There's no end in sight for the divisions in the house of labor. Is it a sign of further decline or does it point toward a new direction?
Connect our fights.
Build coalitions that strengthen labor, environmental, and anti-war movements.
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