Contract Campaign School
Volpe Conference Center (VCC), 220 Binney Street, Cambridge, MA 02142
In 2025, thousands of UAW Region 9A members across different sectors are getting ready to take bold stands at the bargaining table to improve our way of life and fight for dignity and respect at work. The companies we work for are making record profits, our universities’ endowments are producing record returns, and our members deserve record contracts.
In order to win record contracts we will need to mobilize and engage thousands of our members like never before and build strong contract campaigns in the spirit of our historic Stand Up Strike in the auto sector in 2023. We strongly encourage bargaining committees, executive boards, and contract action teams to attend, but all members are welcome.
Please join us for our Worker Power Institute Contract Campaign School in Boston, MA, on February 28, 2025, from 9 AM to 5 PM to learn and build together!
Event:
Worker Power Institute: Contract Campaign School
Location:
Volpe Conference Center (VCC), 220 Binney Street, Cambridge, MA 02142
Registration:
Registration is now open. Please contact your local asap to register!
Registration Deadline:
The deadline to register for the event is February 15, 2025.
Registration Fees:
The event fee is $25 per delegate.
Accommodations:
We do not have a reserved hotel block, but some nearby hotels in the area for members needing accommodations for Thursday or Friday night are:
Boston Marriott Cambridge- 50 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142
Hampton Inn Boston- Cambridge-191 Monsignor O’Brien Hwy, Cambridge, MA 02141
Residence Inn Boston Cambridge- 120 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142
Courtyard Boston Cambridge, 777 Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA 02139
Parking:
Very limited parking is available on site and by reservation only. Please contact Donca Hackney (dhackney@uaw.net) to reserve a spot if available. Several parking garages are available in the area within walking distance to the Volpe Conference Center.
Public Transportation:
The Volpe Conference Center is approximately an 8-minute walk from the Kendall/MIT MBTA stop on the Red Line.
Meals:
Breakfast and Lunch will both be provided.
Tentative Agenda:
8:30am-9:00am - Check-In
9:00am - 9:30am - Breakfast
9:30am - 10:30am - Morning Plenary, Building a Powerful Contract Campaign
10:30am - 12:00pm - Workshops Block A
- Group 1 - Escalation: Building for a Credible Strike Threat
- Group 2 - Communications & Campaigns
2:00pm - 1:00pm - Lunch
1:00pm - 2:30pm - Workshops Block B
- Group 3 - Case Studies in Bargaining Power
- Group 4 - Building Political Power for Bargaining
2:30pm - 3:30pm - Afternoon Plenary, Offensive Bargaining, Legal Strategies to Win
3:30pm - 5:00pm - Afternoon Plenary, Boston Workers on the Picket Line
We look forward to your participation and the continued growth of our collective strength.
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