The National Undergraduate Worker Convention (NUWC) is an annual convention held by the Undergraduate Workers Union
After the success of the 2019 convention, NUWC went national! 2020s NUWC took place virtually in the evenings of September 13 - 17, and included workshops and trainings on key topics that will help you build a powerful union on your campus, plus an opening session with renowned organizer and educator, Jane McAlevey. There will also be plenty of opportunities to socialize and build relationships with other undergraduate workers from around the country! At NUWC, you will be empowered as a student worker to organize, improve working conditions on your campus, and create valuable connections and trust with other student organizers.
Zoom Information
The same link will be used for ALL sessions throughout the week:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87391954766
The Zoom room will be open during breaks, feel free to stay and socialize, debrief or ask questions!
Program & Schedule
Full program with trainers and descriptions of each session can be found here: bit.ly/NUWCprogram
Each day of the convention after the first day will have two training sessions and a social session. You can come to as many as you want and are able to - we strongly recommend that everyone attend the opening and closing plenary sessions, and that you try to have someone from your school or union attend every session so you can discuss them all afterward.
Register now for NUWC 2020, and invite your friends, peers, and comrades! The more folks we have at the convention the more collective power we can build together in this crucial moment of progress!
Join as a group!
We are strongly encouraging everyone to sign up with their coworkers or with a group of people you organize with. The sessions will include some breakout times to coordinate with that group. Also our hope is that by joining in a group, no one member has to come to every session. Instead you can debrief sessions together and share what you learned with people who were taking a break from zoom!
Don’t have a group? No worries! While we strongly encourage everyone to invite at least one other coworker, it’s ok to come as an individual, as there will be many opportunities to meet people! Reach out to Emma Rose at eborzekowski@wesleyan.edu with any questions or with help getting a group to come.
Access
We are committed to making this conference as accessible as possible to a wide group of student organizers. Sessions will be an hour and a half on zoom with breaks in between, but feel free to take breaks during the sessions if you need to! Sessions will be interactive and include breakouts.
Each session will be in English and we will be giving live transcription/subtitling each session. If translation into other languages (Spanish, ASL, etc.) would help you participate in a session please let us know in the registration form. Please let us know if you have any other access needs by noting them in your registration or by reaching out to Emma Rose at eborzekowski@wesleyan.edu.