Over the last decade, worker center and other nonunion worker groups have evolved as new frontiers in labor organizing, often working with low-wage and immigrant workers. Labor leaders have been instrumental partners in helping build innovative collaborations with worker centers. This panel features labor and worker center leaders talking about best practices and exploring the challenges and obstacles in deepening worker center-union partnerships.
Jennifer Angarita, National Worker Center Partnership Coordinator, AFL-CIO
• James Haslam, Executive Director, Vermont Worker Center
• Ben Johnson, President, Vermont State Labor Council
• Hilary Stern, Executive Director, Casa Latina
• Jeff Johnson, President, Washington State Labor Council