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Program
| Time | Event | Description |
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| 8:00am - 9:00am | Registration | Coffee! |
| 9:00am - 10:30am | Opening Session |
Egypt, Wisconsin, and the Bay: Lessons from democratic uprisings around the world Pedro De Sa, ILWU Local 6 rank and file, MC Monadel Herzallah, President of Arab American Union Members Council, will be sharing reflections and analysis on the uprisings in Egypt. Pilar Schiavo of National Nurses United will be sharing reflections and analysis on the uprising in Wisconsin. There will be time for Q & A and discussion with the audience. |
| 10:30am - 10:45am | Break | |
| 10:45am - 12:30pm | AM Workshops | 14 concurrent workshops |
| 12:30pm - 2:00pm | Lunch & Interest Meetings | Lunch will be in the Student Center. See bulletin board for listings of interest meetings and room numbers. Participants will be able to create their own interest meetings. |
| 2:00pm - 3:45pm | PM Workshops | 13 concurrent workshops |
| 3:45pm - 4:00pm | Break | Refreshments at Forum registration area |
| 4:00pm - 6:00pm | Closing Session |
Local struggles: Honest reflections on the labor movement by workers on the front lines Lisa Maldonado, North Bay Labor Council director and Adam W., Industrial Workers of the World member, MCs Interviews with participants in local struggles: Adam Hefty and Katy Fox-Hoddess, graduate students at UC Santa Cruz and UC Berkeley, members of Academic Workers for a Democratic Union (AWDU). Porfirio Quintano and Helen York-Jones, California Pacific Medical Center employees, National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) members. Oakland Education Association (OEA) members, TBA Q & A and discussion with the audience Closing analysis: Mark Brenner, Director of Labor Notes |
| After 6:00pm | Social hang out time | Optional! Casual food and drinks at the Oasis (walking distance from Laney - 135 12th St., Oakland) |
Egypt, Wisconsin, and the Bay: Lessons from democratic uprisings around the world
Monadel Herzallah is a Palestinian immigrant and advocate for the Middle Eastern, Muslim and South Asian communities. In his 30 plus years as a community leader, he has worked to raise awareness of anti-Arab hate crimes and defend civil liberties and immigrant rights. He is the co-founder and president of Arab American Union Members Council and is active with various labor and community organizations.
Herzallah will focus on the lesser-known role of workers in the Egyptian uprising, describing the organizing and strikes against Mubarak's regime, and the history of independent unionism outside of government control. Herzallah will also look at the new independent trade union federation that emerged out of Mubarak's fall, the worker struggle that continues even after the demobilization of the mass movement, and what it means for Egypt and a neoliberal agenda. His talk will conclude by seeking lessons for workers here in the US.
Pilar Schiavo is currently with National Nurses United, the largest and fastest growing union of direct care nurses. She has extensive union and political experience, having been a city legislative aide, San Francisco Labor Council political director, AFL-CIO political campaign director and union organizer and trainer. Her work has often included community and labor coalition-building and contributed to legislation providing San Franciscans living wages, Municipal ID cards for residents regardless of immigration status, and health care for the uninsured.
Schiavo will examine the roles of the mainstream union leadership, the Democratic Party and their relationship to the organizing in Wisconsin. The workshop will analyze various stages of the fight, the initial activity preventing the vote, the impact of the bill passing and the recall efforts. Drawing upon lessons learned, Pilar's talk will ask, where do we go from here?
