2025 Agenda
Newly updated January 17th!
| IBEW Local 48 | NECA/IBEW Training Center | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting Hall | Center Auditorium | Room 14 | Room 9 | |
| 7:30-8:30 am | Registration | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 8:30-9:00 am | Welcome Conference Organizers Opening Graham Trainor, Oregon AFL-CIO | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 9:00-9:50 am | Keynote Panel: “Increasing Worker Power Through Organizing and Strike” Corey Hope Leaffer and Angela Bonilla | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 10:00-10:50 am | Organize and Resist David Rosenfeld | Oregon Employment Relations Board Update Chair Adam Rhynard, Members Shirin Khosravi and Benjamin O’Glasser | National Labor Relations Board Update NLRB, Region 19 Adam Morrison | Grievance Focus: Grievance Settlements Caren Sencer |
| 11:00-12:20 pm | Offensive Bargaining David Rosenfeld | NLRB Law and Strategy Developments Caren Sencer | Protecting and Advising Immigrant Workers Bonnie Allen-Sailer | Steward Training Mark Brenner |
| 12:30-1:20 pm | Lunch with Christina Stephenson, Labor Commissioner Comissioner Christina Stephenson | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 1:30-2:20 pm | Paid Leave Oregon Liz Joffe | Secrets of a Successful Organizer - part 1 Mark Brenner | Building Trades Focus: Project Labor Agreement Update Dan Hutzenbiler | Grievance Focus: Gathering Information Noah Barish |
| 2:30-3:20 pm | Legislative Update Margaret Olney | Secrets of a Successful Organizer - part 2 Mark Brenner | Building Trades Focus: Market Recovery Programs Dan Hutzenbiler | Grievance Focus: Views from the Arbitrators Barbara Diamond and Sally LaJoie |
| 3:30-4:20 pm | Building Union Political Programs Laurie Wimmer | Efficient Use of Union Legal Services Krista Cordova | Building Trades Focus: Green Jobs Ranfis Villatoro | n/a |
| 4:30-6:00 pm | Social Hour |
