Past Conferences
Fiscal Crisis through the Lens of Class - 2003 (March 28-29, 2003)
A conference to help develop a coherent working-class presence in New York City life
Conference Schedule

Friday, March 28, 2003
6:30 p.m. Plenary session:
Public Finances through the Lens of Class
Hon. John Conyers, Jr., United States Congress, 14th CD, Michigan
Jeff Faux, distinguished fellow and former president, Economic Policy Institute (EPI)
Roger Toussaint, President, Local 100, Transport Workers Union
Chair: Michael Zweig, Director, Center for Study of Working Class Life – SUNY Stony Brook

Saturday, March 29, 2003
9:00 a.m. registration
9:30 – 10:45 Plenary session: The Budget as a Class Document
Larian Angelo, Director, New York City Council Finance Division
Bill Scheuerman, President, United University Professions, AFT
Chair: Frances Fox Piven, CUNY Graduate Center

11:00 – 12:30 p.m. Break-out sessions

Early childhood education
K-12 education
Environment
Public safety
Health
Seniors
Higher education
Transportation
Housing
Welfare / working poor
These sessions will bring together relevant union activists, community organizers, agency personnel, and academics to discuss ways to build movements in each area so that each contributes to a broader coalition and solidarity in budget matters.

12:30 – 1:45 lunch break
1:45 – 3:00 p.m. Plenary Session: Building a Working Class Movement
Barbara Bowen, President, Professional Staff Congress
Hector Figueroa (tentative), Secretary-Treasurer, Local 32BJ/SEIU
Seth Klein, British Columbia Director, Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), Vancouver
Chair: Stanley Aronowitz, Director, Center for Study of Culture, Technology, and Work – CUNY Graduate Center

3:00 – 4:10 breakout sessions to discuss building a working class movement
4:15 – 5:00 Plenary session – reports from breakout sessions and concluding comments
5:00 – adjourn