9:00 – 9:50 AM

Keynote Presentation: “Increasing Worker Power Through Organizing and Strike”

Corey Hope Laeffer and Angela Bonilla

10:00 – 10:50 AM

Organize and Resist

(David Rosenfeld Weinberg Roger & Rosenfeld)

Oregon Employment Relations Board Update

Chair Adam Rhynard, Members Shirin Khosravi and Benjamin O’Glasser

National Labor Relations Board Update

Adam Morrison, NLRB Region 19, Attorney/Spokane Resident Agent – delivered by ZOOM

Grievance Focus: Grievance Settlements

Caren Sencer, Weinberg Roger & Rosenfeld

11:00 – 12:20 PM

Offensive Bargaining

David Rosenfeld, Weinberg Roger & Rosenfeld

NLRB Law and Strategy Developments

Caren Sencer, Weinberg Roger & Rosenfeld

Protecting and Advising Immigrant Workers

Bonnie Allen-Sailer, Northwest Workers Justice Project

Steward Training

Mark Brenner, University of Oregon Labor Education & Research Center

1 – Steward Training

2 – Understanding Stewards Legal Rights Quiz

3 – Stewards Protected Status

4 – Steward-Member Confidentiality

5 – The Insubordinate Mechanic Scenario

6 – Electronic ‘Gotcha’ Scenario

12:30 – 1:20 PM

Lunch with Christina Stephenson, Labor Commissioner

Comissioner Christina Stephenson

1:30 – 2:20 PM

Paid Leave Oregon

Liz Joffe, McKanna Bishop Joffe LLP

Presentation

Chart

Secrets of a Successful Organizer (part 1)

Mark Brenner, University of Oregon Labor Education & Research Center

1 – Organized People Have Power

2 – A Good Organizing Issue

3 – Arrange These Tactics

4 – Blank Escalation Thermometer

5 – Choose Tactics that Fit

Building Trades Focus: Project Labor Agreement Update

Daniel Hutzenbiler, McKanna Bishop Joffe, LLP

Grievance Focus: Gathering Information

Noah Barish, McKanna Bishop Joffe, LLP

2:30 – 3:20 PM

Legislative Updates

Margaret Olney, Bennett Hartman, LLP

Secrets of a Successful Organizer (part 2)

Mark Brenner, University of Oregon Labor Education & Research Center

6 – Campaign Mountain

7 – Bargaining and Contract Campaign Calendar

8 – Community Mapping Survey

9 – NewsGuild Contract Campaign Timeline

Building Trades Focus: Market Recovery Programs

Daniel Hutzenbiler, McKanna Bishop Joffe, LLP

Grievance Focus: Views from the Arbitrators

Barbara Diamond and Sally LaJoie

3:30 – 4:20 AM

Building Union Political Programs

Laurie Wimmer, Northwest Oregon Labor Council

Presentation

Links

Efficient Use of Union Legal Services

Krista Cordova, McKanna Bishop Joffe, LLP

Presentation

Building Trades Focus: Green Jobs

Ranfis Villatoro, BlueGreen Alliance, Senior State Policy Mgr.

2025 General Resources for Download

File Size: 84K

OLLC-2026-Agenda-v7.pdf

File Size: 2 MB

Training-Center-Map.pdf