PNLHA holds an annual conference in one of the three membership regions. At this main public event, historians, students, unionists and others come together to share information and exchange views on past events that shaped the labor movement in both the United States and Canada.

Friday night, April 25 Oregon AFL-CIO, 3645 SE 32nd Ave., Portland

6:00-8:00 p.m. Panel Discussion:

“How Labor History Helps Us Understand and Face the Current Attacks on the Labor Movement”

Graham Trainor, President, Oregon AFL-CIO

April Sims, President, Washington State Labor Council

Sussanne Skidmore, President, British Columbia Federation of Labour

Tour, Reception and Social Hour

Saturday, April 26, NECA/IBEW Electrical Training Center, 16021 NE Airport Way,

Portland

8:00-5:00 pm Plenary Sessions:

“The Other Operation Dixie: Public Workers and the Future of the Labor Movement”

Will Jones, Professor of History, University of Minnesota

“Malevolent Bargains: The Politics of Immigration Restriction (1920s/2020s)”

Dan Tichenor, Professor of Political Science, Director, Wayne Morse Center on Public Governance, University of Oregon

Bob Bussel, Professor Emeritus, Labor Education and Research Center, University of Oregon

Responses from Oregon Trade Unionists

Workshops/Panels:

•Pages from British Columbia Labor History

•Black Oregonians and the Civilian Conservation Corps

•Teacher Strikes in the PNW in Historical Perspective

•Young Workers On the Move

•Class and Racial Violence in the PNW

•Labor and the Environment

•Julia Rutilla, PNW Radical

•New Research in Labor History and Labor Strategy

•How to Do Local Union History

[Agenda subject to change. See PNLHA website for Updates]

Register now at pnlha.org

Early Bird (by April 1): $45

April 1 and after: $55

Students: Free [with student ID]

We’re fortunate to be able to hold the Friday evening conference at the Oregon AFL-CIO headquarters where we will view the photo display that PNLHA helped create. The Oregon AFL-CIO is located at 3645 SE 32nd Ave; Portland Oregon 97202.

The conference activities on Saturday, April 26th will be at the IBEW Training Center; 16021 NE Airport Way; Portland, Oregon 97230.

Nearby Hotels

According to our contact at the IBEW training center: “We typically use the Country Inn & Suites by the PDX airport for our students, however there are many hotels closer to the training center that would be a bit more convenient.”

Union Hotels

The union hotels, all in downtown Portland, are

• The Benson, 309 SW Broadway

• The Hilton Portland Downtown, 921 SW 6th Ave

• The Paramount Hotel, 808 SW Taylor

All 3 union hotels are easily accessible by public transportation from the Portland airport. They all have parking facilities nearby, though parking is a little spendy downtown.

https://www.fairhotel.org/

We’ll share more information about speakers and sessions as they are finalized.