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The Future of Labor in the U.S.
Chair: Frances Fox Piven and Manny Ness
Stanley Aronowitz
Bill Fletcher, Jr.
James Gray Pope
Sacket Soni

U.S. Trade Unions and the Global Economic Crisis
Chair: Josh Freeman
Stuart Acuff
Ron Blackwell
Elaine Bernard
Ruth Milkman

Struggles of an Indepedent Radical Union: The Case of The New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA)
Chair: Bhairavi Desai
Bhairavi Desai

Comparative Labor Movements - Strategies and Class Struggles
Working USA
Chair: Immanuel Ness
Dario Azzellini - Johann-Wolgang-Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt a.M. Universit of Linz - Austria
Anna Pollert - University of the West of England, Bristol
Eduardo Sartelli - University of Buenos Aires Razon y Revolucion
Jo Nakajima - Chiba University of Commerce
Alan Tuckman - Nottingham Business School
Antxon Mendizabal - Euskal Herriko Unibersitateko
Coen Hussein Pontoh - Brooklyn College/CUNY

Alternative Labor Organizations: Worker Councils and Rank-and-File Control
WorkingUSA: The Journal of Labor and Society
Chair: Immanuel Ness
Dario Azzellini - Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitat, Germany Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla
Maurizio Atzeni - Loughborough University, UK
Marina Kabat - Universidad de Buenos Aires National Research Council of Argentina (CEIS)
Peter Ranis - City University of New York (Emeritus)
Alan Tuckman - University of Nottingham
Victor Wallis - Socialism and Democracy Berklee College of Music
Eduardo Sartelli - University of Buenos Aires Razon y Revolucion

Building the Power of Immigrant Workers in NYC's Vast Food Industry
Chair: Daniel Gross
Sekou Siby - Co-Director, Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York (ROC-NY) Former Restaurant Worker
Art Ramirez - Lead Organizer, Teamsters Local 805 Fresh Direct Campaign
Diana Robinson (tentative) - Organizer, UFCW Local 1500 Gourmet Grocer Campaign
Liberte Locke - Organizer, IWW Starbucks Workers Union

Telling The Story of Working Class Life, Work, and Organization--In Non-Fiction and Fiction
Monthly Review Press and Cornell ILR Press
Chair: Steve Early and Manny Ness
Suzanne Gordon - NWU/UAW member
Jane Latour - associate editor of AFSCME District Council 37’s Public Employee Press,
Michael Yates - associate editor of Monthly Review
Tim Sheard, - critical care nurse with 35-years of hospital work experience
Gregory A. Butler (gregoryabutler@aol.com) 1(646) 372-6898 - Journeylevel interior systems carpenter and shop steward in local 608, United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America. and webmaster of the GANGBOX: Construction Workers News Service

Transnational Labor Movements
Working USA: The Journal of Labor and Society
Chair: Jamie McCallum
Beverly Silver - Johns Hopkins University
Verity Burgmann - University of Melbourne
Robyn Rodriguez - Rutgers University
Saket Soni - New Orleans Center for Racial Justice.
Eduardo Sartelli - University of Buenos Aires Razon y Revolucion

The Awesome Power of Union Democracy and its Implications for Dramatic Social Change
Chair: Daniel Gross
Kevin Harry Harrington - Vice President, TWU Local 100 Member, Take Back Our Union
Sandy Pope - President, Teamsters Local 805 Former International Rep, IBT, during legendary UPS Strike
Vance Hinton - Member, IWW Starbucks Workers Union Professor, Henry George School

Undermining Capitalism: Workers' Strikes, Committed Art, and Revolutionary Change
Chair: John Maerhofer
Greg Nuñez and Priscilla Aviles - Independent Filmmakers
Tony O’Brien - International Committee, Professional Staff Congress-CUNY. Paper title: “Finding Revolution in the Ruins of

 Reform: Winning and Losing in the Stella Strike.”
José-María Durán - Free University of Berlin. Paper title: “Labor and Art: A Fragment on William Morris's Utopian Socialism, and Beyond.”
John Maerhofer - Queens College, CUNY. Paper title: “Overcoming Subsumption: Revolutionary Value and the Kani Kosen ‘Boom.’”