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2022 Summer Institute for Union Women (Online)


  • Online / Digital Event 5030 1st Avenue South Seattle, WA, 98134 United States (map)
The Summer Institute for Union Women, online from June 23-25

***UFCW 3000 Members: If you would like to attend the Summer Institute, please contact UFCW 3000 Education Director Marc Auerbach (mauerbach@ufcw21.org) to have your registration fee sponsored by the Union. ***

The SIUW is a gathering of union women from across British Columbia, the Western United States, Hawaii, and Alaska. This event is for all our cis and trans union sisters, as well as our non-binary siblings who are comfortable in a space that centers the experiences of women

The program will include workshops and plenaries on: Organizing – Building Working Class Power for Justice • Organizando (en español) • Anti-oppression and Intersectionality in the Labor Movement • Globalization and Immigration • Women in Leadership • Collective Bargaining • Political Action

Schedule: SIUW kicks off Thursday evening at 5:30 PM with a Welcome Plenary. There will be workshops and plenaries throughout the day on Friday and Saturday, and time for informal virtual get togethers.

Registration: Summer Institute for Union Women (Western Region) – El Instituto de Verano para Mujeres Sindicalistas (SIUW) – United Association for Labor Education (uale.org)

This event is sponsored by the Washington Labor Education and Research Center.

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