Galvanizing Labor Day for a Workers’ Compact

Name: Galvanizing Labor Day for a Workers' Compact
Start: 2026-09-07T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-09-07T16:00:00-04:00
Location: 14th & V

Date and Time

Sep 7, 2026 2:00 pm

Location

14th & V

2021 14th St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20009

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Description:

Busboys and Poets and Ralph Nader present Galvanizing Labor Day for a Workers' Compact, a discussion of how unions can maximize the impact of Labor Day to mobilize workers and voters ahead of the 2026 midterm elections and afterwards.

Join us at Busboys and Poets 14th & V [2021 14th St. NW] for a critical forum which will include presentations from leading figures in the labor movement to make the case for taking control of our country back from the corporatists who dominate our political economy.

Speakers Include:

Ralph Nader, Consumer Advocate, lawyer, and author (live via streamyard)
Damon Silvers, Visiting Professor of Practice in Labour Markets and Innovation at University College London’s Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) and former Director of Policy and Special Counsel for the AFL-CIO (live via streamyard)
Robert Reich, UC Berkeley Professor and former United States Secretary of Labor
Gene Bruskin, Labor Activist and founder of Labor Network for Ceasefire
Chris Townsend, Former United Electrical Workers (UE) Washington representative and founder of the Labor Organizing School
Bill Meade, Executive Director of Fight For A Living Wage.
Theresa Amato, Principal of Amato PLLC will moderate the program. Amato is a lawyer who provides legal and consulting services to nonprofits and foundations, as well as political candidates, parties, and committees.

and more, pending confirmation.

Free and Open to All