UPTE’s annual convention is the meeting of the highest body of UPTE.  All members are invited to attend and help to chart the course of UPTE for the coming year. If you want to attend as an official delegate from your campus local, please contact your local to find out about the election process and schedule.

The agenda will not be final until shortly before the convention begins, but following is a description of what you can expect to experience:

Friday 10:30 am – 12 noon:          
Here's a tentative list of workshops offered this year:

• Health and Safety/Stewarding
  
• Next Generation
  
• UPTE 101
  
• Pension and Benefits
  
• How to run a successful meeting
  
• Mobilizing
  
• What is an AP and why organize
  
• COPE/Political Action
  
• Organizing Institute
  
  

Friday 12 noon – 2 pm:           
Solidarity action (picketing, leafleting, precinct-walking) for a current labor and/or political issue

Friday 2 pm – 5 pm:                
More workshops!

Friday dinner:                          
At local restaurants

Saturday 10 am – 5 pm:          
Reports on activities from the past year:

• Organizing
• Membership
• Bargaining
• Mobilizing
• Legislative and political

Discussion of resolutions on a wide variety of internal union and external issues
Discussion of proposed constitutional amendments that guide our internal structure
Nominations for trustee position

Saturday evening:                    
Banquet dinner
Fundraising BINGO game for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (UPTE-CWA’s charity of choice) – always a highlight of the convention!

Sunday 9 am – 3 pm: 
Unit caucuses (RX/TX, HX, 99, DOE Labs)
Trustee election
Continuation of discussions from the previous day (particularly resolutions and constitutional amendments)
Review plans for the next year
Adjourn, return home, and organize!