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Special Meetings, TUESDAY, June 1
National Labor Program Operators Meeting
CA Rapid Response Roundtable Mtg/Training
WIB Labor Representatives Annual Meeting
WEDNESDAY, June 2
7:30am Continental Breakfast
8:00–8:30am Building the Jobs Recovery -- Opening
Lorena Gonzalez, Secretary-Treasurer/CEO, San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council
Art Pulaski, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, California Labor Federation
8:30-10:00am Opening Plenary Panel -- Origins of The Great Recession & Building the Jobs Recovery
Moderator: Lorena Gonzalez, San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council
Josh Bivens, Economist, Economic Policy Institute
Robert Kuttner, co-founder and co-editor of The American Prospect magazine, Author of A Presidency in Peril: The Inside Story of Obama's Promise, Wall Street's Power, and the Struggle to Control our Economic Future
10:00-10:15am Break
10:15- 11:45pm Round I Workshops
12:00– 2:00pm Luncheon Keynote Session – A National Call to Action and the Next New Deal
Robert Haynes, President, Massachusetts AFL-CIO
Thomas Croft, Executive Director, Steel Valley Authority, PA, Author of Up From Wall Street, The Responsible Investment Alternative
Michael Peck, Director of External Relations, Gamesa North America
2:15– 3:45pm Round II Workshops
4:00– 5:30pm Plenary Panel Discussion – Building A Comprehensive State Strategy: Job Creation, Layoff Aversion & Worker Training
Bruce Herman
Sandi Vito, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry
Andrew Levin, Deputy Director, Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth
WEDS, June 2, continued
Dinner Keynote -- The Work Around
Lisa Dodson, Professor, Boston College, author of Moral Underground: How Ordinary Americans Subvert an Unfair Economy
* High Road Award Presentation – LA Hospitality Partnership
THURSDAY, June 3
7:00am Continental Breakfast
7:45- 9:15am Round III Workshops
9:30- 11:00am Plenary Panel Discussion - Building a (Green) Regional Jobs Strategy
Moderator, Jerry Butkiewicz, Sempra Utilities
Kate Gordon, Center for American Progress
Joan Fitzgerald, Professor of Law, Policy and Society, Northeastern University, Author of Emerald Cities – Urban Sustainability & Economic Development
Amy Hanauer, Executive Director, Policy Matters Ohio
Joel Yudken, Principal and Founder, High Road Strategies LLC
11:15 – 12:45 Round IV Workshops
1:00 - 3:00pm Closing Luncheon Plenary -The Great Recession’s Impact on Workers & Prospects for High Road Green Recovery
Moderator: Lorena Gonzalez, San Diego Imperial Counties Labor Council
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, Chief Executive Officer, Green For All
Greg LeRoy, Executive Director, Good Jobs First
Laura N. Chick, Inspector General, State of California
The Last Word: National Call to Action -
Jane Oates, Assistant Secretary, US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
3:30pm Building the High Road Recovery Adjourns
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