Privatization: Collaborative Strategies for Fighting Back
Monday, September 9
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12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Room 405
The session will give a brief overview of the larger threats of privatization to the economy, the labor movement and democracy in the United States. We will look at successful strategies and messaging that have worked in cases to educate and recruit community allies, train members and win privatization battles.
Moderator(s)
Donald Cohen, Executive Director, In the Public Interest
Participants
• Ruby Newbold, Vice President, AFT Michigan
• Ken Allen, Executive Director, AFSCME Council 75
• Mike Morris, Director of Industrial Relations, APWU
• Additional representatives from unions engaged in anti-privatization campaigns
