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Political Economy Research Institute Conference
Advancing Well-Being and Power Among Low-Wage Workers: U.S. And Global Opportunities
Thursday November 2 — Saturday November 4, 2023
In Person and Online | Gordon Hall, UMass Amherst
Thursday, November 2
Session 1: Plenary Session, 5:00 pm
Successes and Challenges in Organizing Low-Wage Workers: The Coalition of Immokalee Workers Model in Agriculture
Lupe Gonzalo, Coalition of Immokalee Workers
(Translated from Spanish by Marley Monacello, Coalition of Immokalee Words)
Discussant: Patrick Mason, PERI
Friday, November 3
Session 2: 9:30-11:30 am
Approaches to Organizing, Policy-Setting and Action-Focused Research
Greg Asbed, Coalition of Immokalee Workers
Thea Lee, U.S. Labor Department
Maggie Gray, Adelphi University
Jen Sherer, Economic Policy Institute
Session 3: 12:30-2:30 pm
Defending and Expanding Workers RIghts in Organizing and on the Job
Laura Safer Espinoza, Fair Foods Standards Council
James Brudney, Fordham University
Claudia Quintero, Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Project
Lily Huang, Massachusetts Jobs with Justice
Session 4: 3:00-5:00 pm
International Perspectives on Organizing Workers
Seema Kulkarni, MAKAAM (Forum for Women Farmers' Rights, India)
Lynda Pickbourn, Mt. Holyoke College and PERI
Jess Sparks, Tufts University
Liana Foxvog, Workers' Rights Consortium & UMass Amherst
Saturday, November 4
Session 5: 9:00-10:30 am
Perspectives on Fighting Inequality
Fernando Lozano, Claremont College
Kyle Moore, Economic Policy Institute
Janice Fine, Rutgers University
Session 6: 11:00-1:00pm
Advances and Challenges in Organizing Campaigns
Claudia Rosales, Pioneer Valley Workers Center
Anna Canning, Worker-Driven Social Responsibility Network
Kate Paarlberg-Kvam, Vermont Milk with Dignity Standards Council
Keith Bullard, Union of Southern Service Workers
Session 7: 1:15-2:30 pm
General informal wrap-up discussion over lunch
Sponsored by PERI and the Department of Economics at UMass Amherst.
Registration: http://bit.ly/PERIWorkerPowerConf