San Diego Troublemakers School

Event Date: 
March 04, 2011
March for Educational Justice

Event at a Glance

Date

March 04, 2011, 9:30 am

Registration

$10 (includes lunch)

Location

San Diego City College, 1313 Park Blvd, Room B103

Conference Flyer

Corporate America has created the worst crisis for workers and communities in decades, and we’re paying the price for their greed. How do we unite and fight for a better future? Come share ideas and strategies with fellow unionists, activists, and community members. Registration opens at 9am, Panels and workshops beginning at 9:30AM, until 7PM. Lunch included. Reception following the closing session.

Read here what happened at the School.

Co-sponsored by American Federation of Teachers Local 1931, United Domestic Workers of America, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 569, and United Food and Commercial Workers Local 135

Registration: $10 includes lunch. After Party at The Hive immediately following the event.

Workshop Topics Include:

  • Lessons from Labor History
  • Women & Labor
  • Student Activism
  • Community/Labor Alliances
  • Immigrant Labor Rights
  • Faith-Based Organizing
  • Worker Centers
  • Labor and the Environment
  • Fighting Back against Wal-Mart & the Big Box Agenda
  • The Crisis in the Public Sector
  • Progressive Tax Reform
  • Community-based Organizing & Social Movement Unionism
  • Education “Reform” & the Assault on Democracy
  • Globalization Next Door: Tijuana’s Maquiladora Workers
  • Rank-and-File Speakout
  • Labor and Community in Times of Crisis: We Are All Wisconsin

For more information: contact Jim Miller miller229[at]earthlink[dot]net or (619) 640-1155

Download complete schedule with speakers, parking, food, directions, map!