EARNCon Session: The role of local government in advancing and protecting workers’ rights

Speakers

• Danielle Alvarado, Fair Work Center
• Teri Castillo, San Antonio City Council District 5
• Terri Gerstein, Harvard Labor and Worklife Program and Economic Policy Institute
• LiJia Gong, Local Progress
• Mazahir Salih, Center for Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa

Session Description

This session will provide an overview of all of the different ways (even when constrained by abusive state preemption) that localities have used their various powers—including policymaking, enforcement, licensing, contracting, worker education, and public engagement—to fight for working people. This session will also provide the opportunity for small group discussions among participants to consider how they might play