Twin Cities: September 16-17, 2011

Friday, September 16
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Saturday, September 17
8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.


Macalester College, St. Paul
Weyerhaeuser Chapel


Working people across the country are facing attacks aimed at busting our unions and impoverishing millions of workers. We must respond with a workers’ agenda.

Download a flyer here and pass it on.

Here's the complete program (PDF).

Workshops include:

♦ Beating Apathy: Workplace Organizing
♦ International Solidarity
♦ Low-Wage Workers Organize!
♦ Campaigning for a Contract
♦ Independent Labor Politics
♦ Our Economics v. Theirs (an interactive educational presentation)
♦ Direct Action


Speakers Include:

♦ KEYNOTE: Ken Riley, President, ILA Local 1422, South Carolina
♦ Peg Coyne, President, Madison teachers union
♦ Jane Slaughter, Labor Notes organizer
♦ Joe Burns, Author of "Reviving the Strike"
♦ Gerardo Cajamarca, CTUL
♦ Ken Spatta, CWA 1101, Verizon striker


For further information call 612-226-2713.