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“Organizing Professionals in the 21st Century”
Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO
In Collaboration with the Albert Shanker
Institute
March 14-16, 2005
Crystal City Hilton, Arlington, Virginia
Agenda
Monday, March 14, 2005
9 – 9:15 a.m.
Farragut |
Organizing Professionals in
the 21st
Century
Paul E.
Almeida
President, Department for Professional
Employees.
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9:15 – 10:30
a.m.
Farragut |
21st
Century Professionals: Demography and Trends
- Lynn A. Karoly,
Senior Economist, The RAND
Corporation
- Richard W. Hurd,
Professor of Labor Studies, Cornell
University
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10:30 – 10:45 a.m. |
Break |
10:45 a.m. –
12:15 p.m.
Farragut |
Tilting the Balance:
Enhancing Organizing Among Professionals
Guy Molyneux,
Senior Vice President, Peter D. Hart
Research
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12:15 – 1:30 p.m. |
Lunch on own |
1:30 – 2:15 p.m.
Farragut |
Professionals
Organizing To Function As Professionals
Edward J. McElroy,
President, American Federation of
Teachers, and Chairman, Department
for Professional Employees.
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2:15 – 2:30 p.m. |
Break |
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2:30 – 4:15 p.m. |
First Workshops |
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Dewey II |
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1A. |
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Bargaining for
Unionism: Professional
Associations Affiliate
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Moderator:
Gregory J. Junemann,
President, International
Federation of Professional
and Technical Engineers
- Susan
Bianchi-Sand, National
Executive Director, United
American Nurses
- Charles
Bofferding, Executive
Director, Society of
Professional Engineering
Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA-IFPTE)
- Dawn
Saunders, Field
Representative, United
Professions of Vermont/AFT;
Member, United Academics
AAUP/AFT
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Dewey I |
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1B. |
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Where Do We
Start? Building a Union
Without Collective Bargaining
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Moderator:
Phil Kugler,
Assistant to the President
for Organization and Field
Services, American
Federation of Teachers
- Jennifer
Kaseman, National
Representative, American
Federation of Teachers
- Sharon
Pinnock, Labor Futurist and
Director of Membership and
Organization, American
Federation of Government
Employees
- Brenda
Scott, President,
Mississippi Alliance of
State Employees (MASE), CWA,
Local 3570
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Dewey III |
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1C. |
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Serious
Players: Organizing
Tactics in the Entertainment
Industry
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Moderator: Lois Spier
Gray, Professor of Labor
Management Relations
Emeritus, Cornell University
School of Industrial and
Labor Relations
- Matthew
D. Loeb, International Vice
President – Division
Director of Motion Picture
and Television Production,
International Alliance of
Theatrical Stage Employees
- Flora
Stamatiades, National
Director, Organizing and
Special Projects, Actors’
Equity Association
- Leslie
Simon, Director, Legislative
and Public Affairs and
Spanish Language Media,
American Federation of
Television and Radio Artists
– Los Angeles Local
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Charleston I |
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1D. |
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Professionals
Abroad: Organizing Successes
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Moderator: Pamm Fair,
Deputy National Executive
Director, Policy & Planning,
Screen Actors Guild
- John
Lloyd, Head of Policy and
Strategy, Community
- John
Vines, CEO, Association of
Professional Engineers,
Scientists and Managers,
Australia (APESMA)
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5 – 7 p.m.
Crystal Room |
Reception |
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
9 – 10 a.m.
Farragut |
Learning to Organize:
Training and Education as a Means to
Organizing
John Lloyd
Head of Policy and Strategy,
Community
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10 – 10:15
a.m. |
Break |
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10:15 a.m. –
12:15 p.m. |
Second Workshops |
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Dewey Ix |
xx |
2A. |
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Organizing
Through Professional Development
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Moderator: Ginny
duRivage, Director of
Education, American
Federation of Government
Employees
- Aimee
Bolender, President,
Alliance of Dallas
Educators/AFT, Dallas, TX
- Kevin
Celata, Technical Training
Administrator,
Communications Workers of
America
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Charleston I |
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2B. |
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Voice@Work: How
Would You Bring the Message Home
to Professionals?
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Moderator: Paul E.
Almeida, President,
Department for Professional
Employees
- Jeff
Grabelsky, Director,
Construction Industry
Programs, Cornell University
ILR
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Dewey II |
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2C. |
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Putting
Organizing on the Curriculum:
Reaching Out to
Pre-Professionals and
Young Professionals
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Moderator: Linda Foley,
President, The Newspaper
Guild, Communications
Workers of America
- John
Connolly, President,
American Federation of
Television and Radio Artists
- Dick
Gabriel, Assistant to the
President, American
Federation of Musicians
- Sue
Kaufman, President, UPI
Local 4100, IFT/AFT/AFL-CIO;
Vice President, Illinois
Federation of Teachers
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Dewey III |
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2D. |
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Unionism as
Politicking: Professional
Associations Do the Numbers
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Moderator: Fred
Feinstein, Visiting
Professor and Senior Fellow,
Office of Executive
Programs, University of
Maryland School of Public
Policy
- Julie
Akins Clark, General
Counsel, International
Federation of Professional
and Technical Engineers
- Lou
Nayman, Director,
Organization and Field
Services, American
Federation of Teachers
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12:15 – 1:15 p.m. |
Lunch on own |
1:15 – 2:15 p.m.
Farragut |
Engendering
Professionals: Professional Women
Organize
- Kate
Bronfenbrenner, Director of Labor
Education Research, Cornell
University School of Industrial and
Labor Research
- Commentator:
Dorothy Sue Cobble, Professor of
Labor Studies, History, and Women’s
& Gender Studies, Rutgers University
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2:15 – 2:30 p.m. |
Break |
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2:30 – 4:15 p.m. |
Third Workshops |
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Charleston I |
xx |
3A. |
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Networked and
Connected: IT Professionals Organize
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Moderator: Ed Sabol,
Director of Organizing,
Communications Workers of
America
- Linda
Guyer, President,
Alliance@IBM, CWA Local 1701
- Rick
Sloan, Director of
Communications,
International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace
Workers
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Dewey III |
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3B. |
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Ensemble
Effort: Inter-Union
Cooperation and Organizing in
the Entertainment Industry
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Moderator: Jeff
Grabelsky, Director,
Construction Industry
Programs, Cornell University
ILR
- Susan
Borenstein, National Field
Representative, AFL-CIO
- Alan
Eisenberg, Executive
Director, Actors’ Equity
Association
- John
McGuire, Senior Advisor,
Screen Actors Guild
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Dewey I |
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3C. |
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Developing
Associations: How Thriving
Professional Associations
Recruit
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Presenter: Richard W.
Hurd, Professor of Labor
Studies, Cornell University
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Commentators: Susanne
Connors Bowman, Co-Owner,
The Haefer Group, Ltd.
- Pat
Miyamoto, Senior Director of
Membership and Publishing
Services, American
Psychological Association
- Carylann
Pishner, Director of Member
Relations, American Society
of Association Executives
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Dewey II |
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3D. |
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Planning for
Contingencies: A Flexible
Workforce Organizes
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Moderator: Karen
Nussbaum, Assistant to the
President, AFL-CIO
- Charles
Heckscher, Professor,
Department of Labor Studies
and Employment Relations,
Rutgers University; Board of
Directors, Working Today
- Jonathan
Tasini, President, Economic
Future Group
- David
West, Executive Director,
Center for a Changing
Workforce
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4:15 – 4:30 p.m. |
Break |
4:30 – 5:15 p.m.
Farragut |
Into Cyberspace and
Beyond! New Tactics for Organizing
- Moderator:
Paul E. Almeida, President,
Department for Professional
Employees
- Tracey Conaty,
Assistant Director of Public
Affairs, American Federation of
State, County and Municipal
Employees
- Christine
Kenngott, Online Mobilization and
Working Families Network Manager,
AFL-CIO
- Jimmy Tarlau,
Staff Representative, Communications
Workers of America
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Wednesday, March 16, 2005
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7:30 – 8:15 a.m. |
Continental breakfast outside breakout
rooms |
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8:15 – 9:15 a.m. |
But I Still Have a
Question: Topics for Further
Research
Breakout 1
Dewey I |
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Facilitator: Sarah S.
Etherton, Associate Professor,
Institute for Labor Studies &
Research, West Virginia
University |
Breakout 2
Dewey II |
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Facilitator: Rick
Kuplinski, Deputy Director of
Organization and Field Services,
American Federation of Teachers |
Breakout 3
Dewey III |
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Facilitator: Sharon
Pinnock, Labor Futurist and
Director of Membership and
Organization, American
Federation of Government
Employees |
Breakout 4
Charleston I |
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Facilitator: Kim Roberts
Hedgpeth, Associate National
Executive Director, American
Federation of Television and
Radio Artists |
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9:15 – 9:30 a.m. |
Break |
9:30 – 11:15
a.m.
Farragut |
Lots of Unions and Cooperation and
Organizing: The Kaiser Permanente
Coalition
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Moderator:
Gregory Hamblet,
International Vice President,
Special Assistant to the
International Executive Vice
President and Director, Collective
Bargaining Department, United Food
and Commercial Workers
- Peter S. diCicco, Executive
Director, Coalition of Kaiser
Permanente Unions, AFL-CIO
- Adrienne Eaton,
Professor, Labor Studies and
Employment Relations Department,
Rutgers University
- Thomas A. Kochan,
Professor, MIT Sloan School of
Management; Co-Director, MIT
Workplace Center
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11:15 – 11:30
a.m.
Farragut |
Professionals Organizing –
Professionally
Paul E. Almeida,
President, Department for
Professional
Employees
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