Join Alabama Arise and the Economic Policy Institute on Tuesday night as we discuss the power of working people. Our Unions 101 webinar will highlight what unions do, who today’s union members are, and why state labor policy matters for racial, gender and economic justice and democracy. Featured speakers will be Jennifer Sherer, deputy director of EPI’s Economic Analysis and Research Network, and Adam Keller, worker power campaign director for Alabama Arise.

Whether you’re new to unions or have years of experience, we invite you to bring your questions, ideas and experience to this interactive Zoom workshop. We will discuss the roles unions play in the workplace and economy, how state policies shape workers’ union rights, and why all of this matters.

Unions 101
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
6 – 7:45 p.m.
Registration link

Jennifer Sherer is Deputy Director of EPI’s Economic Analysis and Research Network (EARN) and Director of the EARN Worker Power Project, which supports research-organizing partnerships among EARN groups, labor and grassroots organizations to advance racial, gender, and economic justice through state and local policies that expand workers’ ability to unionize and collectively bargain. She previously served as director of the University of Iowa Labor Center and has over 25 years of labor movement experience as an educator and organizer.

Adam Keller is Worker Power Campaign Director for Alabama Arise. A lifelong Southerner, he has spent more than a decade as an activist and organizer in north Alabama. Adam is a former high school history teacher and spent more than five years representing educators in Huntsville. He is also a union stagehand with IATSE 900 and is proud to volunteer for his local and the North Alabama Area Labor Council. Adam co-hosts and co-produces The Valley Labor Report, a Southern labor talk show online and on the radio.