Recordings: The Pandemic Worker Wave and a New Social Compact: A Public Forum on Working-Class Prosperity in a Transformed World
June 2 – June 3, 2022
Thursday, June 2
| Time (in EDT) | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 11:00am – 12:30pm View recording | Rethinking Bargaining and Building Worker Power ◆ Erica Smiley, Executive Director, Jobs with Justice ◆ Anannya Bhattacharjee, International Coordinator, Asia Floor Wage Alliance ◆ Michelle Healy, SEIU Campaign Director, CA Fast Food Campaign ◆ Maria Hernandez, Jack-in-the-Box Worker, FAST Recovery Act Campaign Live captioning and Spanish interpretation available | Plenary |
| 1:00pm – 2:15pm View recording | Why Are So Many Young Workers Organizing? ◆ Emrys Adair, Alphabet Workers Union – Communications Workers of America ◆ Maia Hirschler, REI worker, organizing union with RWDSU, New York City ◆ Maddie VanHook, Starbucks shift supervisor and leader with Starbucks Workers United ◆ Isaiah Thomas, Amazon worker, Bessemer, AL, organizing with RWDSU BAmazon Union ◆ Kim Kelly, moderator, Journalist and Author of Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor Spanish interpretation available | Panel |
| 2:30pm – 3:45pm View recording | Just Transition Starts Local ◆ Robin Clark-Bennett, Director, University of Iowa Labor Center ◆ Mijin Cha, Assistant Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy, Occidental College ◆ Pat Devaney, Secretary-Treasurer, Illinois AFL-CIO ◆ James Benton, moderator, Director, Race and Economic Empowerment Project, Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor | Panel |
| 2:30pm – 3:45pm View recording | “Gigs, Apps and Under-the-Table: Making All Work More Secure” ◆ Lena Simet, Senior Researcher and Advocate on Poverty and Inequality at Human Rights Watch ◆ Stefan Olsson, Director for Employment, European Commission ◆ Artemis Whyte, worker and activist with the Excluded Workers Coalition, Washington, DC ◆ Ligia Guallpa, Executive Director, Worker’s Justice Project, New York City ◆ Lane Windham, moderator, Associate Director, Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor, co-director, WILL Empower Spanish interpretation available | Panel |
Friday, June 3
| Time (in EDT) | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 9:30am – 10:45am View recording | What is the Next Generation of Social Partnerships? ◆ Hermann Nehls, Department of Political Strategy and Planning, German Confederation of Trade Unions ◆ Mark Anner, Professor and Director, Center for Global Workers’ Rights, Penn State University ◆ Ronald Janssen, Policy Analyst at the Global Deal Support Unit, OECD ◆ Sarah Morgan, moderator, Senior Government Relations Officer International Labor Organization | Panel |
| 11:00am – 12:30pm View recording | Voting and Democracy in a New Social Compact ◆ E.J. Dionne, Journalist, Washington Post, Georgetown University, co-author of newly published “100% Democracy: The Case for Universal Voting ◆ Liza Conrad, Deputy Executive Director, Fair Fight Action ◆ Rep. Andy Levin, U.S. Representative for the 9th District of Michigan ◆ Dorian Warren, moderator, president, Community Change Live Captioning Available | Plenary |
| 1:00pm – 2:15pm View recording | Migration, Climate, and the Question of Labor ◆ Samantha Smith, Director, Just Transition Centre, ITUC ◆ Deepak Bhargava, Distinguished Lecturer of Urban Studies, CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies ◆ Sonia Mistry, Climate Change and Just Transition Global Lead, Solidarity Center ◆ Rigoberto Valdez, Presidents Organizing Initiative Coordinator, MLK Labor ◆ Shannon Lederer, moderator, Director of Immigration Policy, AFL-CIO | Panel |
| 1:00pm – 2:15pm View recording | Collective Bargaining As A Key in New Social Compact ◆ Adam Dean, Assistant Professor of Political Science, George Washington University ◆ Zack Pattin, ports worker, International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 23 ◆ Dora Sari, Specialist on industrial relations indicators, International Labour Organization (ILO) ◆ Leah VanDassor, President, St. Paul Federation of Educators ◆ Joe McCartin, moderator, Executive Director, Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor | Panel |
| 2:30pm – 3:45pm View recording | Centering Worker Cooperatives ◆ Eric Leveridge, Strategic Research Analyst, Colorado Jobs with Justice ◆ Stacey A. Sutton, Associate Professor, College of Planning and Public Affairs, University of Illinois at Chicago ◆ Lela Klein, co-executive director, Co-Op Dayton ◆ Tanya Wallace Gobern, moderator, executive director, National Black Worker Center | Panel |
| 2:30pm – 3:45pm View recording | Winning Worker Safety Protections at the State Level: Successful Campaigns and Models ◆ Lynda Nguyen, Senior Policy & Research Analyst, ALIGN ◆ Jenifer Rodriguez, Managing Attorney of the Migrant Farm Worker Division (MFWD), Colorado Legal Services ◆ AnaStacia Nicol Wright; Staff Attorney: WorkSafe: Safety, Health and Justice for Workers ◆ Debbie Berkowitz, moderator Practitioner Fellow, Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor | Panel |