EWOC Conference 2025

EWOC Conference 2025

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8:00am EDT

Saturday Breakfast and Conference Check-In McGregor Atrium

9:00am EDT

Conference Orientation Community Arts AuditoriumElizabeth Faue • Daphna Thier

10:00am EDT

Federal Workers: How to organize when your rights are under attack McGregor Room GEmilya Ventriglia • Colin Smalley Building Multiracial, Multilingual Campaigns McGregor Room B/CEd Dupree • troya wright • Luc Albert Rene • Brendan Radtke • Atulya Dora-Laskey The Arc of the Campaign: Taking Collective Action McGregor Room FMase Veney • Jelger Kalmijn The Organizing Committee & Conversations (OC^2) McGregor Room HElizabeth Shaw • Joe O. • Grace Reckers Climate Labor Organizing Training; hosted by Labor Network for Sustainability McGregor Room JAbbi • Alex • Oren Kadosh • Yana Kalmyka

12:00pm EDT

Saturday Lunch McGregor Atrium Regional Group Lunch Breakouts McGregor Room J Labor Lawyers: Ask Me Anything (except for legal advice) McGregor Room B

1:30pm EDT

New Organizing in 2025: Opportunities and Challenges Community Arts AuditoriumDaphna Thier • Ed Dupree • Mark Meinster • Chris Dols • Barbara Douglas

3:00pm EDT

DMs Open: Winning Remote Organizing; hosted by Collective Action in Tech McGregor Room CEmily Mazzo • Clarissa Redwine Secrets of a Successful Organizer, (partial training) hosted by Labor Notes McGregor Room GDan DiMaggio Independent Unionism Today: Lessons of the Movement McGregor Room HTyler Daguerre • Nick Geiser • Ridge • Janet Shek Lessons from Labor History McGregor Room FGabe Winant • Mie Inouye • Elizabeth Faue • Michael Oswalt Organizing in the Federal Sector McGregor Room JChris Dols • Colin Smalley • Paul Osadebe • Stephanie Hung • Mark Smith Organizing in the South: Lessons and Vision McGregor Room BKellen Gildersleeve • Olivia Najera-Garcia • John Darcy • Christie Pollard

5:00pm EDT

Winning a Strong First Contract, (partial training) hosted by Labor Notes McGregor Room HKari Thompson How to Strike and Win McGregor Room BDawn • Benno G • Kellen Gildersleeve Solidarity Across Movements: Labor and the Fight for a Better World McGregor Room CEric Blanc • Jack Rubien • Maya Ragsdale • Lau Barrios Learn. Do. Teach.; hosted by NewsGuild McGregor Room FLou Grieco Labor Movement in Detroit: Stories from Around the City; hosted by Labor@Wayne McGregor Room GJeremy Milloy • Becky Smola • Mary Grahame Hunter • Anke Wolbert • Alicia Pre-majority Unionism: Models for Building a Union When There’s No Clear Path to a Majority or a Contract McGregor Room JAlan McAvinney • Sonja Thalheimer • Tom Smith • Colette Perold

8:00pm EDT

Social Reception Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit