Learning from defeats and a long string of Republican governors, the California Labor Federation formed a Strategic Planning Committee in 2005. Since then, campaign cooperation and accountability among unions have dramatically increased, and election victories have increased, too—including the defeat of several well-funded (by Koch brothers and others) anti-union initiatives. In addition to the massive campaign to Defeat Prop 32, labor also helped win a progressive  tax measure, two-thirds legislative majorities and four new Democratic seats in Congress. Leaders will present on how the Strategic Planning Committee process has helped build labor’s political power, including challenges and lessons learned.