Agenda
Thursday, August 8, 2019
9:00am – 12:00pm National Executive Board Meeting Elko/Ely Room
(Required for 2017-2019 National Executive Board members only)
3:00pm – 6:00pm Registration Open Nevada Ballroom Foyer
5:00pm Deadline to Register for Voting Credentials for Friday
5:00pm – 6:00pm First Timers Orientation Silver
6:00pm – 7:00pm Volunteer Orientation Silver
7:00pm – 8:30pm Welcome Reception Nevada Ballroom Foyer
8:30pm - 10:00pm Karaoke DJ Party Nevada Ballroom Foyer
Sponsored by SEIU A-C
Friday, August 9, 2019
6:30am – 5:00pm Registration Nevada Ballroom Foyer
7:00am – 8:00am AAPI Caucus Meetings Various Rooms
AAPI Union Staff Caucus Silver Room
This session is for staff of local, national, or international unions,
labor councils, or state federations who identify as Asian American and/or
Pacific Islander.Facilitators: Tarn Goelling (IBEW) and Jillian Matundan (AFSCME).
AAPI Union Officer Caucus Copper Room
This session is for elected officers of local, national, or international unions,
labor councils, or state federations who identify as Asian American and/or Pacific Islander.
Facilitators: Luisa Blue (SEIU), Arlene Inouye (UTLA), Susan Minato (UNITE HERE),
and Johanna Puno Hester (AFSCME).
7:00am – 5:00pm Exhibit Hall Nevada Ballroom Foyer
7:30am – 8:30am Breakfast Nevada Ballroom Foyer
8:30am – 9:15am Welcoming and Opening of Convention Nevada Ballroom
Monica Thammarath, APALA National President (Lake Tahoe and Reno)
Kim Geron, APALA National 1st Vice President
Johanna Puno Hester, APALA National 2nd Vice President
Tracy Lai, APALA National Secretary
Michael Yee, APALA National Treasurer
Color Guard and U.S. National Anthem
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Blessing
Welcome Remarks
William McCurdy II, Nevada Assemblyman
President's Address
Monica Thammarath, APALA National President
- Rules Committee Report
- Credentials Committee Report
9:15am-9:30am Keynote Speech
Tefere Gebre, AFL-CIO Executive Vice President
9:30am-10:45am Plenary Session – Rights Under Attack: The System is Rigged Nevada Ballroom
(Lake Tahoe and Reno)
11:00am – 12:15pm Workshops
Labor’s Role in Addressing Climate Change Laughlin
New Employee Organizing Copper
AAPI Labor History 101 Silver
Count Us In: Mobilizing for the 2020 Census Eiko
Preparing to Care for Your Loved One Goldfield
Gender Justice in the Global Struggle for Labor Rights Ely
Engaging Your AAPI Union Membership & Achieving Strike Readiness Tonopah
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Caucus Nevada Ballroom
(Lake Tahoe and Reno)
Undocumented Caucus (CLOSED) Nevada Ballroom
(Lake Tahoe and Reno)
12:15pm – 1:45pm Lunch (On Your Own)
1:45pm – 3:15pm Plenary Session – Rising Up Nevada Ballroom
(Lake Tahoe and Reno)
3:30pm – 4:45pm Workshops
LGBTQ Rights = Workers Rights: Workplace Inclusion Training Laughlin
Why We Should Care about the Industry of Care Goldfield
Call Your Mother! How We're Going to Win in 2020 Copper
Moving The Center: Organizing In & With the Pacific Islander Community Eiko
Will a Robot Take Your Job? How Workers are Confronting Automation and New Technology in the 21st Century Silver
From the Philippines to the U.S., Long Live International Workers’ Solidarity! Ely
State of AAPI Workers Report Tonopah
Formerly Incarcerated Caucus (CLOSED) Nevada Ballroom
(Lake Tahoe and Reno)
Seniors Caucus Nevada Ballroom
(Lake Tahoe and Reno)
4:45pm – 5:00pm Break
5:00pm – 5:45pm General Session Nevada Ballroom
- Constitution Committee (Lake Tahoe and Reno)
- Elections Committee
- Nominations Committee (Speeches for At-Large Executive Board Members)
5:45pm – 6:00pm Call to Action Nevada Ballroom
Geoconda Arguello-Kline, Secretary Treasurer Culinary (Lake Tahoe and Reno)
Workers Union Local 226
Palm Hotel Workers
6:00pm Depart Harrah's for Palms Casino
6:20pm-6:50pm Action The Palms Casino & Resort
7:00pm – 8:00pm Dinner (On Your Own)
8:00pm – 9:00pm APALA's Got Talent/Open Mic Nevada Ballroom
(Lake Tahoe and Reno)
9:00pm – 10:00pm Young Worker Caucus Copper Room
Saturday, August 10, 2019
7:00am – 2:00pm Registration Open Nevada Ballroom Foyer
7:30am – 8:30am Breakfast Nevada Ballroom Foyer
7:30am – 9:00am NEA Caucus Meeting Silver
9:00am – 9:30am Exhibit Hall Nevada Ballroom Foyer
9:00am – 9:30am General Session Nevada Ballroom
- Credentials Committee (Lake Tahoe and Reno)
- Resolutions Committee
9:30am – 11:15am Plenary Session – Fighting Back: We Won't Back Down
11:30am – 1:15pm Union Caucuses (Working Lunch)
AFSCME Silver
AFT Laughlin
IBEW Copper
SEIU Nevada Ballroom
(Lake Tahoe and Reno)
UAW Tonopah
UFCW Tape Face Theater
UNITE HERE Elko
Worker Centers Ely
This session is for workers who are organized through a
worker center. Facilitators: Karen Chen (CPA), Kathy Hoang
(Partnership for Working Families)
Unorganized Workers Goldfield
1:30pm – 2:45pm Workshops
Organizing Using a Racial Justice Lens Laughlin
Social Justice Unionism for the Schools Our Students Deserve Silver
Common Sense Economics for Young Workers Copper
Creative People, Creative Organizing Elko
New Sector Organizing Goldfield
Never Again is Now: Detention and Mass Incarceration Ely
Better Together: Building a Stronger Labor Movement through Community Partnerships Tonopah
LGBTQ Caucus (Caucus)
3:00pm – 4:15pm Regional Caucuses
Pacific Northwest Copper
California Nevada Ballroom
(Lake Tahoe and Reno)
Midwest Laughlin
Nevada Tonopah
South Elko
East Silver
Hawai’i Ely
4:15pm – 6:30pm Free Time
6:30pm – 7:00pm Gala Reception Nevada Ballroom Foyer
7:00pm – 8:30pm Gala Awards Dinner Nevada Ballroom
(Lake Tahoe and Reno)
Emcee: Parvesh Cheena, SAG-AFTRA
Art Takei Award: Kat General, IFPTE
Presented by: Frances Hsieh and JR Santos, IFPTE Local 21
Vincent Foo Award: Leon Chow, SEIU
Presented by: Luisa Blue, SEIU
John Delloro Award: Eunice How, UNITE HERE
Presented by: Tracy Lai, AFT
John Delloro Award: Jessica Tang, Boston Teachers Union
Presented by: Karen Chen, Chinese Progressive Association
Tam Tran Award: Gregory Cendana, National Writers Union
Presented by: Monica Thammarath, NEA
Keynote
Sara Nelson, President, AFA-CWA
9:30pm – 12:30am After-Party: Bring Your Dancing Shoes! Nevada Ballroom
(Lake Tahoe and Reno)
Sunday, August 11, 2019
7:00am – 8:30am Breakfast Nevada Ballroom Foyer
7:30am – 9:30am At-Large Board Member Elections Laughlin
9:30am – 11:00am General Session Nevada Ballroom
(Lake Tahoe and Reno)
Keynote Speaker:
Jess Morales Rocketto, Political Director of the National
Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) and Executive Director of
Care in Action
- Resolutions Committee
- Elections Committee
- Nominations & Elections for Officers Speeches
12:00pm – 1:30pm National Executive Board Meeting Copper
(Required for 2019-2021 National Executive Board members only)
2:00pm – 4:00pm Young Worker Convention Debrief Laughlin
(By Invitation Only)
9:00am – 12:00pm National Executive Board Meeting Elko/Ely Room
(Required for 2017-2019 National Executive Board members only)
3:00pm – 6:00pm Registration Open Nevada Ballroom Foyer
5:00pm Deadline to Register for Voting Credentials for Friday
5:00pm – 6:00pm First Timers Orientation Silver
6:00pm – 7:00pm Volunteer Orientation Silver
7:00pm – 8:30pm Welcome Reception Nevada Ballroom Foyer
8:30pm - 10:00pm Karaoke DJ Party Nevada Ballroom Foyer
Sponsored by SEIU A-C
Friday, August 9, 2019
6:30am – 5:00pm Registration Nevada Ballroom Foyer
7:00am – 8:00am AAPI Caucus Meetings Various Rooms
AAPI Union Staff Caucus Silver Room
This session is for staff of local, national, or international unions,
labor councils, or state federations who identify as Asian American and/or
Pacific Islander.Facilitators: Tarn Goelling (IBEW) and Jillian Matundan (AFSCME).
AAPI Union Officer Caucus Copper Room
This session is for elected officers of local, national, or international unions,
labor councils, or state federations who identify as Asian American and/or Pacific Islander.
Facilitators: Luisa Blue (SEIU), Arlene Inouye (UTLA), Susan Minato (UNITE HERE),
and Johanna Puno Hester (AFSCME).
7:00am – 5:00pm Exhibit Hall Nevada Ballroom Foyer
7:30am – 8:30am Breakfast Nevada Ballroom Foyer
8:30am – 9:15am Welcoming and Opening of Convention Nevada Ballroom
Monica Thammarath, APALA National President (Lake Tahoe and Reno)
Kim Geron, APALA National 1st Vice President
Johanna Puno Hester, APALA National 2nd Vice President
Tracy Lai, APALA National Secretary
Michael Yee, APALA National Treasurer
Color Guard and U.S. National Anthem
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Blessing
Welcome Remarks
William McCurdy II, Nevada Assemblyman
President's Address
Monica Thammarath, APALA National President
- Rules Committee Report
- Credentials Committee Report
9:15am-9:30am Keynote Speech
Tefere Gebre, AFL-CIO Executive Vice President
9:30am-10:45am Plenary Session – Rights Under Attack: The System is Rigged Nevada Ballroom
(Lake Tahoe and Reno)
11:00am – 12:15pm Workshops
Labor’s Role in Addressing Climate Change Laughlin
New Employee Organizing Copper
AAPI Labor History 101 Silver
Count Us In: Mobilizing for the 2020 Census Eiko
Preparing to Care for Your Loved One Goldfield
Gender Justice in the Global Struggle for Labor Rights Ely
Engaging Your AAPI Union Membership & Achieving Strike Readiness Tonopah
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Caucus Nevada Ballroom
(Lake Tahoe and Reno)
Undocumented Caucus (CLOSED) Nevada Ballroom
(Lake Tahoe and Reno)
12:15pm – 1:45pm Lunch (On Your Own)
1:45pm – 3:15pm Plenary Session – Rising Up Nevada Ballroom
(Lake Tahoe and Reno)
3:30pm – 4:45pm Workshops
LGBTQ Rights = Workers Rights: Workplace Inclusion Training Laughlin
Why We Should Care about the Industry of Care Goldfield
Call Your Mother! How We're Going to Win in 2020 Copper
Moving The Center: Organizing In & With the Pacific Islander Community Eiko
Will a Robot Take Your Job? How Workers are Confronting Automation and New Technology in the 21st Century Silver
From the Philippines to the U.S., Long Live International Workers’ Solidarity! Ely
State of AAPI Workers Report Tonopah
Formerly Incarcerated Caucus (CLOSED) Nevada Ballroom
(Lake Tahoe and Reno)
Seniors Caucus Nevada Ballroom
(Lake Tahoe and Reno)
4:45pm – 5:00pm Break
5:00pm – 5:45pm General Session Nevada Ballroom
- Constitution Committee (Lake Tahoe and Reno)
- Elections Committee
- Nominations Committee (Speeches for At-Large Executive Board Members)
5:45pm – 6:00pm Call to Action Nevada Ballroom
Geoconda Arguello-Kline, Secretary Treasurer Culinary (Lake Tahoe and Reno)
Workers Union Local 226
Palm Hotel Workers
6:00pm Depart Harrah's for Palms Casino
6:20pm-6:50pm Action The Palms Casino & Resort
7:00pm – 8:00pm Dinner (On Your Own)
8:00pm – 9:00pm APALA's Got Talent/Open Mic Nevada Ballroom
(Lake Tahoe and Reno)
9:00pm – 10:00pm Young Worker Caucus Copper Room
Saturday, August 10, 2019
7:00am – 2:00pm Registration Open Nevada Ballroom Foyer
7:30am – 8:30am Breakfast Nevada Ballroom Foyer
7:30am – 9:00am NEA Caucus Meeting Silver
9:00am – 9:30am Exhibit Hall Nevada Ballroom Foyer
9:00am – 9:30am General Session Nevada Ballroom
- Credentials Committee (Lake Tahoe and Reno)
- Resolutions Committee
9:30am – 11:15am Plenary Session – Fighting Back: We Won't Back Down
11:30am – 1:15pm Union Caucuses (Working Lunch)
AFSCME Silver
AFT Laughlin
IBEW Copper
SEIU Nevada Ballroom
(Lake Tahoe and Reno)
UAW Tonopah
UFCW Tape Face Theater
UNITE HERE Elko
Worker Centers Ely
This session is for workers who are organized through a
worker center. Facilitators: Karen Chen (CPA), Kathy Hoang
(Partnership for Working Families)
Unorganized Workers Goldfield
1:30pm – 2:45pm Workshops
Organizing Using a Racial Justice Lens Laughlin
Social Justice Unionism for the Schools Our Students Deserve Silver
Common Sense Economics for Young Workers Copper
Creative People, Creative Organizing Elko
New Sector Organizing Goldfield
Never Again is Now: Detention and Mass Incarceration Ely
Better Together: Building a Stronger Labor Movement through Community Partnerships Tonopah
LGBTQ Caucus (Caucus)
3:00pm – 4:15pm Regional Caucuses
Pacific Northwest Copper
California Nevada Ballroom
(Lake Tahoe and Reno)
Midwest Laughlin
Nevada Tonopah
South Elko
East Silver
Hawai’i Ely
4:15pm – 6:30pm Free Time
6:30pm – 7:00pm Gala Reception Nevada Ballroom Foyer
7:00pm – 8:30pm Gala Awards Dinner Nevada Ballroom
(Lake Tahoe and Reno)
Emcee: Parvesh Cheena, SAG-AFTRA
Art Takei Award: Kat General, IFPTE
Presented by: Frances Hsieh and JR Santos, IFPTE Local 21
Vincent Foo Award: Leon Chow, SEIU
Presented by: Luisa Blue, SEIU
John Delloro Award: Eunice How, UNITE HERE
Presented by: Tracy Lai, AFT
John Delloro Award: Jessica Tang, Boston Teachers Union
Presented by: Karen Chen, Chinese Progressive Association
Tam Tran Award: Gregory Cendana, National Writers Union
Presented by: Monica Thammarath, NEA
Keynote
Sara Nelson, President, AFA-CWA
9:30pm – 12:30am After-Party: Bring Your Dancing Shoes! Nevada Ballroom
(Lake Tahoe and Reno)
Sunday, August 11, 2019
7:00am – 8:30am Breakfast Nevada Ballroom Foyer
7:30am – 9:30am At-Large Board Member Elections Laughlin
9:30am – 11:00am General Session Nevada Ballroom
(Lake Tahoe and Reno)
Keynote Speaker:
Jess Morales Rocketto, Political Director of the National
Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) and Executive Director of
Care in Action
- Resolutions Committee
- Elections Committee
- Nominations & Elections for Officers Speeches
12:00pm – 1:30pm National Executive Board Meeting Copper
(Required for 2019-2021 National Executive Board members only)
2:00pm – 4:00pm Young Worker Convention Debrief Laughlin
(By Invitation Only)