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Labor, University & Community: A Conference Seeking Common Ground Dates:
Nov. 21 & 22, 1997
November 20: UT Law School- 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
=46rancis Auditorium
Welcome: 1:00 p.m.
Panel 1: The Role of Labor and the University (1:15-2:15)
=46. Ray Marshall, L.B.J. School of Public Affairs
Ray Boryczka, Our Lady of the Lake Univ. & George Meany Center for Labor Stu=
dies
Panel 2. Careers in the Labor Movement and Movements for Social Justice
(2:25-3:30)
Allison Porter, AFL-CIO Organizing Institute
Grant Crandall, United Mine Workers
=46rancisco Lopez, El Buen Samaritano
Isaac Harrington, AFL-CIO Summer Intern
Panel 3. Unions on Campus (3:45-4:45)
Ray Watkins, Texas State Employees Union
Kristen Christensen, Texas State Employees Union
Jack Getman, UT Law School
Evening Program: (7:00 p.m.)
Keynote Speaker: Cecil Roberts, President, United Mine Workers of America
Music: Chavez Family
November 22:
Location: St. Edward's University, Moody Hall (9:00-10:15 a.m.)
Plenary Session: The Labor Movement and Human Rights
Special Guest Speaker: Wilfredo Berrios, Secretary-General, Communication
Workers Union (El Salvador)
Responses: Cecil Roberts, President, United Mine Workers of America
Panel 1: Labor and Civil Rights (10:15-11:45)
Gary Bledsoe, NAACP
Stephanie Thomas, ADAPT of Texas
James Garc=EDa, Journalist
Ralph Merriweather, IBEW & TX Coalition of Black Trade Unionist
Panel 2: Immigration Policy, Immigrants and Labor (10:15-11:45)
Luis Plascencia, The Tom=E1s Rivera Policy Institute
Sandra Spector, UNITE
Panel 3: Organizing for Power
Cecil Richards, Texas Freedom Network
Toni Hernandez-Serna, Southwest Regional Office, AFL-CIO
Pauline Cashion, San Antonio Jobs with Justice
Noon -1:00 p.m. Lunch & Featured Speaker
Senator Paul Wellstone (D-Min)
Panel 4: Your Basic rights on the Job (1:15-2:30)
Rick Levy, Texas AFL-CIO
Megan Parke, UNITE
Panel 5: Women, Work and Unions (1:15-2:30)
Dorothy Van Sost, UT School of Social Work
Martha Norkunas, Center for American History, UT Austin
Toni Hernandez-Serna, Southwest Regional Office, AFL-CIO
Panel 6: Free Trade/Fair Trade: Impact on Workers (1:15-2:30)
Wilfredo Berrios, Secretary-General, Communication Workers Union (El Salvado=
r)
Bill Arballo, UNITE
James Scott, Public Citizen
Panel 7: Cross-Border Solidarity (2:40-3:55)
Christine Newman-Ortiz, Editor, Voces de la Frontera
Al Garc=EDa, Teamsters
Panel 8: Economics for Working People (2:40-3:55)
Doug Richardson, AFL-CIO
Panel 9: Labor and Religion (2:40-3:55)
=46ather John Korcmar, Dolores Catholic Church
Richard Shaw, Harris County AFL-CIO
Wrap-Up (4:00)
=46ree admission; $5.00 box lunch
If you plan on attending, please send a message to ed@texasaflcio.org.