2008 CGEU Conference Program

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17th ANNUAL CGEU CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Thursday, July 31

5pm-8pm, Registration, GESO office, 425 College Street, 3rd floor

Friday, August 1

9am-10:30am, Registration, 81 Wall Street, Room 101

10:30am-12:30pm, 81 Wall Street, Room 301 The Global University and Organizing Global Scholars

Lucas Klein, GESO/UNITE HERE, Yale

Rana Jaleel, GSOC/UAW, NYU

Daraka Larimore-Hall, Local 2865/UAW, U of California

Bryan Dolber, GEO/AFT, U of Illinois U-C

10:30am-12:30pm, 81 Wall Street, Room 401 University Growth, Faculty Shrinkage: Endowments, Development and Privatization

Maris Zivarts, UNITE HERE, Yale

Amber Cooper, GEO/AFT, U of Illinois, Chicago

12:30pm-1:15pm, 34 Hillhouse Ave, LUCE Hall Common Room

Lunch

1:30pm-3:30pm, 81 Wall Street, Room 301 Coalition Building: How to Build Alliances with other Workers on Campus

Anita Seth, GESO/UNITE HERE, Yale

Lisha Storey, GEO/UAW, U of Mass, Amherst

1:30pm-3:30pm, 81 Wall Street, Room 101 Organizing Legislative Campaigns

Patrick Gallagher and Joanna Holzman, GSOC/UAW, NYU

Aaron Bibb, TAA/AFT, U of Wisconsin

Daraka Larimore-Hall, Local 2865/UAW, U of California

4:30pm-6pm, 425 College Street, Trinity Hall OPENING PLENARY: Labor and the Presidential Campaign

Remarks: Mary Reynolds, GESO/UNITE HERE, Yale

Introduction: Bob Proto, President, Local 35, Yale/UNITE HERE

KEYNOTE: Tom Snyder, National Political Director, UNITE HERE

6pm, 425 College Street, Trinity Hall

Dinner

Saturday, August 2 9am-10am, Registration, 81 Wall Street, Room 101

10am-12pm, 81 Wall Street, Room 301 Discussion: Redefining Community: Race, Gender, Class and Challenging Institutional Power

Sarah Haley, Alejandro Delgado, Nicole Ivy and Serena Sprungl, GESO/UNITE HERE, Yale

10am-12pm, 81 Wall Street, Room 401 Winning Our Issues: Using Research at and away from the Bargaining Table

Scott Bruton, AAUP/AFT, Rutgers

Bernie Zirnheld, GESO/UNITE HERE, Yale

12pm-1pm, 34 Hillhouse Ave, LUCE Common Room

Lunch

1pm-3pm, 81 Wall Street, Room 301 Who's Doing the Teaching?: Restructuring Academic Work

David Assouline, GESO/UNITE HERE, Yale

Mikael Swayze, CUPE, U of Toronto

Barbara Bowen, PSC/CUNY, AFT

1pm-3pm, 81 Wall Street, Room 401 Building Organizing Committees: High Turnover, the Memory Problem, and the Union Difference

Susan Valentine, GSOC/UAW, NYU

Carlos Aramayo, GESO/UNITE HERE, Yale

Amber Cooper, GEO/AFT, UIC

Jim McAsey, GSEU/CWA

3:30pm-5:30pm, WLH 208 Plenary: Legislative Strategies

Barbara Bowen, President, Professional Staff Congress/CUNY and Vice President, AFT

Christian Sweeney, Technical, Office, and Professional Department, UAW

Sunday, August 3 9am-11am, Breakfast and Closing Session