Metro DC Troublemakers School

Event Date: 
November 15, 2014

Event at a Glance

Date

November 15, 2014, 8:00 am

Registration

$20

Location

Foundry UMC: 1500 16th St. NW Washington, DC

Conference Flyer

ONLINE REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED, BUT WALK-INS ARE WELCOME! Simply show up and register on site.

Budget cuts, union-busting, privatization, and corporate outsourcing schemes are wreaking havoc on working people in the DC Metro Area and worldwide. We need a strong, fighting labor movement to take on these anti-worker attacks.

Labor activists in the DC Metro Area are planning a day of skill-building workshops, education, and strategy discussions to strengthen the local labor movement with rank-and-file worker power!

AGENDA

8am: Registration opens; coffee

9am: Morning Plenary

9:45-11:45am: Morning Workshops

  • Fighting Privatization
  • Secrets of a Successful Organizer
  • Know Your Rights on the Job
  • Assertive Grievance Handling

11:45am-1pm: Lunch

1:15-3:15pm: Afternoon Workshops

  • Creative Tactics
  • Beating Apathy
  • Community-Labor Alliances
  • Organizing Across Borders

3:15-4pm: Afternoon plenary

4:30pm onward: post-school happy hour at Busboys & Poets

 

Join local troublemakers on Facebook.

Supporting Organizations: Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO, DC Jobs with Justice

Note: Due to a lack of requests, childcare will not be offered at the troublemakers school. But troublemakers of all ages are welcome (and encouraged) to attend the school itself!

To request interpretation, or get information on group discounts or scholarships, email Julia Kann at julia[at]labornotes[dot]org.