Robert Schwartz talked about how unions can legally use rats, bannering, and pickets to put pressure on employers. Some unions will call attention to an unfair employer by inflating a large rat balloon in front of the company. Another tactic is to have a couple of people hold a 100 foot long banner urging the public to boycott a bad employer

Randy Wright - Labor Education Specialist - Labor Education Program - University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Randy Wright taught four workshops: Bargaining and Inside Campaigns; Labor Law for Activists; and Protecting Family Rights on the Job.

• Campaigns and mobilization. To get apathetic members involved. 
• Working without contract. Legal things you can do. All the information and on the job experience stories - Nancy Ramos, Love's.

Randy Wright teaches in many areas of the United States. He thinks the ILWU people in his classes are among the smartest and brightest of any union he has taught. Randy details a serious condition plus treatment is required for a chronic condition to be covered by the Family Medical Leave Act.

• Inside campaign tactics and work to rule. Tactics used to strengthen your point. 
• Inside Campaigns. Learned new ways to get members involved. !So much experience and useful knowledge
•  I feel much more confident now in interpreting our contract and representing my brothers and sisters. 
• All of it! You showed we need to understand a lot! 
• His years of legal experience will help us all. His examples were all real-life stuff. 
• Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) understanding the law, knowing what is your rights.

PJ Dowsing-Buie - Field Education Coordinator American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees
 PJ Dowsing-Buie taught four workshops: Grievances and Mobilizing; Building a Stronger Union and Internal Organizing; Keeping Members Involved.

• The steps of the grievance procedure. Brainstorming other effective ways to get management attention - Diane Chaves, Foodland Pukalani. 
• New ideas for handling situations at work. Always fun, informative. Thanks PJ - Rhonda Morris, Grand Hyatt Kauai. !How to gain leverage on and off your workplace. 
• Other methods that can be used to help with coming to an agreement with management. It was a very good experience. 
• Different ways to deal with problems at work, not just grievances. It was a very informational class. And fun - Dennis Morton, HSI. 
• How to be more powerful for my fellow workers and how to get them more involved to solve issues - Kay Kelly, Westin Maui. 
• Good participation - instructor makes the class think out different situations - Dana Shigemitsu, Matson CFS/CY. !How and where UNION gains power from, who and understanding our allies and or enemies, qualities of good/effective leaders - Celia Arcilla, Diamond Resorts. 
• Keeping the union strong & members educated so we have more members - Foi Sanerivi, Island Movers.

PJ worked her classes hard and used every minute of her allotted time, but people loved her and her classes. PJ's classes were always informative, educational, and fun.

Judi King made learning fun. Her class on Work and the Family showed how the union can negotiate contract language that protects workers and their families. The US lags far behind other countries in laws that take care of family needs.

Judi King - Associate Professor - Labor Education and Research University of Alabama at Birmingham 
Judi King taught four workshops: Work, Family and Community; Strategic Planning with Pacific Beach hotel workers; Assault on Health Care; and Technology, Security and Privacy in the Workplace

• Ways on getting care for elderly and children through unions. She made everything fun and interesting. Very enlightening and educational. 
• All about our family especially if you are a working parent - Roberta Brown, Maui Pineapple.

Stephanie Luce - Associate Professor - Labor Relations and Research Center - University of Massachusetts at Amherst 
Stephanie Luce gave one panel presentation and taught one workshop on Workers and A Fair Economy.

• ILO (International Labor Organization), Gatt (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade), and neoliberalism. Lots of good information - Reneldo Rodriguez, Westin Maui. 
• The history of the ILO and all the background information gave me a better foundation for learning current issues. Hands on. She asked the group what we wanted to learn about and gave options. 
• Learning about the World Trade Organization - what it stands for and how it works. The instructor was very informative. She was easy to understand and explained things to where I could understand - Alanna Agustin, Wilcox Hospital. 
• Worker retention laws. Steps to gain power. Impact on workers. Bretton Woods Institute. Thank you. Learned so much about labor laws and steps that go into it. 
• Community and family matters. How everything affects us. How our family and community all tie in to what or how our jobs are affected. !On how we can strengthen our contracts to better our family needs. 
• Lots of eye opening information - David Truong, Castle and Cooke Resorts. 
• All topics were interesting and helpful. A lot of info was given about child and adult care that I never knew about and will come in handy in my own life and the lives of my friends and family that I can share with them - Lani Moala, Kaanapali Beach Hotel.

Stephanie Luce talked about the common interests shared by the community and union members for fair wages and job security. Many cities have passed worker retention laws which require a company to retain workers in a change of management or ownership.

• Globalization, accountability campaigns. Luce was very engaging, not boring, always included class in discussion - not a one way speaker. Will be helpful for next negotiations - Star Medeiros, Westin Maui. 

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