Join us for a working conference with scholars, grass-roots activists, lawyers, labor and bisiness leaders as well as Members of Congress. For Registration and more information vist ilo.org/washington
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10
SALON DISCUSSION
5:00pm WELCOMING REMARKS
- Representative Rosa DeLauro – 3rd Congressional District (CT)
- Manuela Tomei – Director, Work Quality Department, ILO
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11
9:00am WELCOMING REMARKS
Moderator: Professor Eileen Boris— University of California-Santa Barbara
- Sheila Lirio Marcelo – CEO, care.com
- Professor Premilla Nadasen – Barnard College Dept. of History; National Women’s Studies Association, President
- Sarita Gupta – Co-Director Caring across Generations; Director Jobs with Justice
- Deborah Schwartz – Vice President, SEIU 1199 New England
11:30am CONCURRENT BREAK-OUT WORKING GROUPS
- Norma Martinez, Make the Road-Bridgeport,CT and JoAnn Lum, Ain’t I a Woman Campaign
- Georgia Allen, Founder/Exec Director, Soaring Independent Cooperative (Madison, WI) and Ruth Rohlich, Business Development Specialist, Madison Economic Development Division/Madison Cooperative Development Alliance
- Caitlin Connolly, Director of Social Insurance, National Employment Law Project/National Women’s Law Center and (Natalicia Tracy, National Domestic Workers Alliance/Brazilian Workers Center)
(45 min) followed by conversations among participants at tables
Moderator: Professor Daniel Martinez HoSang – Ethnicity, Race, and Migration and American Studies, Yale University
- Stacy Davis Gates – VP, Political and Legislative Director, Chicago Teachers Union
- Gloria Martinez – Elementary Vice President, United Teachers of Los Angeles Teachers
- Nicole McCormick – West Virginia Education Association; WV Public Employees United
Moderator: Professor Frances Rosenbluth – Dept. of Political Science, Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University
- Manuela Tomei – Director, Work Quality Department, ILO
- Cathy Feingold – Director, International Department, AFL-CIO
- James Bhandary-Alexander – Staff Attorney, New Haven Legal Assistance
- David Weil – Dean, The Heller School for Social and Policy Management, Brandeis; Director of Wage and Hour Division of U.S. Department of Labor, Obama Administration
- Prof. Vicki Shultz – Ford Foundation Professor of Law and Social Science, Yale Law School
4:00pm CONCURRENT BREAK-OUT WORKING GROUPS
- Fatima Rojas, Unidad Latina en Accion
- Jerame Davis, Executive Director, PRIDE at WORK and Dr. Jillian T. Weiss, Attorney, LGBTQ Employment and Trans Civil Rights
- Darlene Lombos, Vice President, Boston Labor Council and James Bhandary-Alexander, Staff Attorney, New Haven Legal Assistance
5:30pm PLENARY: CONGRESSWOMEN FROM U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12
9:00am BRINGING TOGETHER THE PANEL DISCUSSIONS
9:45am PANEL III - TECHNOLOGY, GENDER, THE FUTURE OF WORK AND LABOR RIGHTS IN THE GIG ECONOMY
Moderator: Kevin Cassidy – Director and Representative to Bretton Woods and Multilaterals, ILO Office for the United States
- Lis Meyers – Managing Associate, Gender and Social Inclusion, Nathan Associates
- Natasha Castro – Community Organizer, LAANE / Fair Workweek Campaign
- Karen Worstell – CEO, W Risk Group
11:30am WRAP-UP - CONNECTING GLOBAL AND LOCAL: THE IMPERATIVES OF LABOR STANDARDS AND WOMEN’S ACTIVISM
Moderator: J.J. Rosenbaum – U.S. Director, Global Labor Justice
- Professor Adelle Blackett – Professor of Law and Canada Research Chair in Transnational Labour Law and Development, McGill University; Director, Labour Law & Development Research Laboratory
- Gabriella Rigg Herzog – Vice President, Corporate Responsibility, U.S. Council for International Business
- Joanna Nice Coronacion – Director, SENTRO; World March of Women, Philippines Chapter
- Ashwini Sukthankar – Director, Global Campaigns Dept., UNITE HERE
Professor Jennifer Klein – History Department, Yale University