REGISTRATION, Quattro Hotel, 4:00 p.m.
WOMEN OF STEEL CAUCUS, Superior Room, 7:00 p.m.
SOAR, Michigan Room, 7:00 p.m.
NEW DELEGATES’ ORIENTATION, Superior Room, 7:30 p.m.
NEXT GEN CAUCUS, Michigan Room, 8:00 p.m.
HOSPITALITY SUITE, Great Lakes Room, 8:00 p.m.
REGISTRATION, 7:00 a.m.
CONFERENCE OPENING, 9:00 a.m.
STEELWORKERS HUMANITY FUND
LUNCH
HISTORY LESSON: ALGOMA STEEL
KEYNOTE: Joe Roberts, Push for Change
GUEST: Ken Neumann, USW National Director for Canada
GETTING POLITICAL
DIRECTOR’S DINNER, Mill Square, Machine Shop
CALL TO ORDER, Quattro Ballroom, 9:00 a.m.
‘STEELWORKERS MAKE GREAT NEIGHBOURS’ Kick-Off
HOSPITALITY SUITE, Great Lakes Room
CALL TO ORDER, 9:00 a.m.
BEAR PIT WITH MARTY WARREN (delegates only)
HEALTH AND SAFETY
LUNCH, 12:00 p.m.
GUEST: Andrea Horwath, Leader, Ontario NDP
MEMBERSHIP GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
GUEST: Leo W. Gerard, USW International President
STEELWORKERS BENEFIT PLAN
GUESTS: Chief Lyle Sayers, Garden River First Nation, Chief Dean Sayers, Batchewana First Nation
UNITED STEELWORKERS’ COMMUNITY FESTIVAL, Roberta Bondar Park
CALL TO ORDER, 9:00 a.m.
GUEST: Colin Brehaut, Telecommunications Workers Union, USW Local 1944
ONTARIO LABOUR LAW REFORM, Quattro Hotel, Quattro Ballroom
STEELWORKERS MAKE GREAT NEIGHBOURS REPORT-BACK, Quattro Hotel, Quattro Ballroom
CLOSING REMARKS
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