Participants in this session will learn how bankruptcy is being used as a weapon in the assault on pensions and retirement security and how workers and their unions can fight back. This session will draw on the experience of unions in the private and public sectors, at companies like Patriot Coal and in cities such as Detroit, and lay out how campaigns, the courts and Congress can be used to protect workers and retirees. Participants also will explore the connection between employers’ use of bankruptcy and the broader attack on retirement security and the importance of winning retirement security for all.
Damon Silvers and Brandon Rees, AFL-CIO
• Larry Roehrig, Secretary-Treasurer, AFSCME Council 25, and International Vice President
• Grant Crandall, General Counsel, UMWA
• David Jury, Associate General Counsel, USW
• Robert Roach Jr., Secretary-Treasurer, IAM (invited)