2026 Labor Notes Conference

2026 Labor Notes Conference

5:00pm CDT

Pub Quiz, Labor Edition Red Bar

5:30pm CDT

Recovery/Sobriety Meeting JFK

6:00pm CDT

International Guests Reception Rosemont A

7:00pm CDT

FILM: Who Moves America Rosemont B

9:00pm CDT

Labor Song Swap and Jam Conference Center Foyer

8:00am CDT

Recovery/Sobriety Meeting JFK

10:00am CDT

Labor Notes 101: Conference Orientation Grand Ballroom GKari Thompson • Sekia Royal • Samantha Sprole Building a Union Culture at Amazon Int’l Ballroom FAlethia Jones • Wajdy Bzezi • Kat Cole • Maricruz Delgadillo • Peyton Richardson Rockin' Your Rally and Picket Line United ACharlotte Kelly • Leander Londres Bargaining Tactics: Using Unfair Labor Practice Charges Strategically Grand Ballroom ADon Taylor Continuous Bargaining United BTrish Creech • Ashlee Fitch Winning a Strong Contract Rosemont BGillian Kingsley • Will McMahon App Workers on the Move LambertRay Cheng • Jakob Mathiassen • Luis Fernando Mora Reyes • Antonio Solis • Brian Winkler What to Do When the Union Breaks Your Heart Rosemont ATori "TT" Westman • Laura Wadlin Overcoming Divisions Grand Ballroom BPaul Prescod • Angela Bonilla Sexual Harassment: What It Is and How to Stop it DFWEmily E. LB. Twarog Organizing Worker Cooperatives HeathrowAna Guajardo • Martin Unzueta Trainings That Engage and Inspire DaVinciKristyn Joy When Costs Rise, So Should Our Pay LAXEmma Cohn • Connor Lewis Whose Railroads? Our Railroads! Public Ownership Around the World LondonAdam Barrington • Gary Pollock • Conor Price • Tabitha Tripp • Nick Wurst From Israel’s Genocide to U.S.’s Deportation Sweeps: Workers Organize for a Better World Grand Ballroom HMuna Abhari • Dan Albright • Jeffery Dix • Ramah Kudaimi • Alex Samburov Tax the Rich! State Campaigns and Success Stories Rosemont CDMax Page • Jackson Potter • Ariana Jacob • Jeron Mariani • Mike Yestramski Fundraising for Union Reformers Sky HarborJohn McGough • Lisa Xu Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Beating Apathy O'Hare BallroomBo McClung • Zack Pattin Between the One-on-One and the General Meeting MidwayJacksyn Bakeberg • Sam Hogan • Jeff Sisson • Lucia Vilallonga Bring the Union Meeting to the Members Int’l Ballroom AJoe Fahey Inoculación NaritaOlivia Najera-Garcia • Viviana Costales, Assertive Grievance Handling Grand Ballroom CBillie Adeosun • Fabiola Casas From Defense to Offense: Developing Power and Strategy for the World We Want HartsfieldStephanie Luce Lessons from Health Care and Hospital Strikes ViennaMichelle Gonzalez • Goodness Iheanachor • Beth Loudin • Gina Ottinger • Kristen Perez

1:00pm CDT

Singing Resistance and More Songs for Protests and Pickets United AMichael Laslett • Bela Sanchez • Pam Rogers Surveillance, Technology, and Speed-Ups: How to Identify Them and Fight Back United BBrendy Fountaine • C Moline Before, During, and After Negotiations: Step-by-Step Strategies Int’l Ballroom ACollin Heatley • Rebekah Tobin Bargaining When the Boss Says They're Broke MidwaySamantha Winslow • Jon Truong • Lynley Closson • Christina Christman • Sam Cleare Beyond Bread and Butter: Expanding What We Bargain For Grand Ballroom CKim Kelly • Arleigh Atkinson • Yajaira Cuapio • Jane Fox • Maya Ragsdale Winning a Strong Contract Rosemont BWill McMahon • Emilly Pike Asian Unions Resisting Authoritarianism ParisKevin Lin • Kim Jongtae • Keisuke Fuse • Christopher Mung How to Spot an Unfair Labor Practice and What to Do with It Grand Ballroom AGay Semel Fighting Oligarchy: Unionizing the Biggest Corporations Rosemont CDSuresh Naidu • Benjamin Estrello • Parul Koul • Sabrina Perez Taking on Goliath: Tactics to Bring Amazon to Heel Grand Ballroom GSasha Hammad • Kell Errera • Daniel Indias Valentin • Manny Martinez • Connor Spence • Samuel Padilla Race and Labor NaritaEthel Everett • Kass Ottley Health Care Is Broken But Not Broke LAXSarah Buckley • Jodi Huang • Paula Hickman Building a Tax the Rich Campaign: The Nuts and Bolts Sky HarborMax Page • Colette Berard • Eve Weinbaum Running Labor Candidates for Public Office—What it Takes to Win Grand Ballroom HRand Wilson • Steve Early • Aleena Starks • Francisco Ortiz • David Marshall • Scott Houldieson Untapped Pension Power Int’l Ballroom DJay O’Neal • Vicki Kurzydlo • Dan Nicolai • Mullissa Willette How to Expand Your Reach as a Troublemaker DFWBecca Roskill • Domanick Moss Democratic Rights of Union Members: Free Speech Int’l Ballroom BWill Bloom • Cathy Highet Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Beating Apathy O'Hare BallroomBen Zucker • Memo Durgin Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Growing Your Leadership Team Rosemont AJulian Meltzer • Leslie Fine Building a Healthy, Activist Local Union LindberghAl Davidoff Mexican Workers Fight for Justice/Trabajadores Mexicanos luchan por justicia Int’l Ballroom FWillebaldo Gomez Zuppa • Hector de la Cueva • Jesus Iturbero • Alejandra Morales Reynoso • Jaime Pulido • Cristina Ramirez Secretos de un organizador exitoso 1: Vencer a la apatía Int’l Ballroom CLeandra Diaz • Rosa Ponce Assertive Grievance Handling HeathrowLillian Stone • Bill Zoda Decoding Your Contract HartsfieldDawn Tefft Building Power in Grocery and Meatpacking Int’l Ballroom EErrol Schweizer • Kathleen Scott • Frank Halstead • Alexandra Piper • Nathaniel Mann Chokepoints for Supply Chain Workers LondonGifford Hartman • Peter Olney • Sam Levens • Billy Randel Can Political Strikes Restore Labor's Power? Grand Ballroom BAlex Han • Matt Bach • Jackson Potter • Kieran F. Knutson • Marcia Howard

3:05pm CDT

Open Mic: Great Labor Arts Exchange United AKimmon "MacGyver" Williams The Labor Notes Podcast: Live! LAXDanielle Smith • Natascha Elena Uhlmann • Tera Arnold • Dakota Massman Working with Media to Tell Our Stories Int’l Ballroom DKaren Sanchez • Maximillian Alvarez • Randy Furst • Kim Kelly • Amie Stager FILM: Partners: The Campaign to Organize Starbucks Rosemont BClarissa Redwine • Marilyn Lett • Nick Parker-Smith Approaches to Bargaining Over Tech Changes MidwayTony Perlstein Open Bargaining Grand Ballroom ABrian Hodge-Rice • Leah VanDassor Simulated Bargaining: Techniques for New and Experienced Negotiators ParisRebekah Tobin • Collin Heatley • Miche Dreiling Continuous Bargaining DFWTrish Creech • Ashlee Fitch Unions, Climate, and the Fight for Affordability LambertBatul Hassan • Stephanie Holsinger • Jay Oak-Schiller • Conor Price How to Build a High-Participation Contract Campaign Grand Ballroom CAndrew Gorry • Nellie Taylor From Contract Struggle to Shop Floor Power at UPS Grand Ballroom GWillem Morris • Justin Alo • John Gascey • Ben Reynolds Tactics to Build Power DaVinciClare Hammonds • Sara Gia Trongone • Laura Wadlin • Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez • Jacob Chapin The Biggest Union-Busting Effort in U.S. History: Federal Workers Fight Back Rosemont CDJacob Morrison • Paul Osadebe • Suzanne Englot • Laura Griffin • Micah Niemeier-Walsh Fight ICE, Build the Union Grand Ballroom HSasha Hammad • Evan Church • SatKartar Khalsa • Amelia Pedrego • Alex Rivers Immigrant Workers Unbossed, Rising Up and Organizing FlorenceSonia Singh • Pablo Acuna • Yolanda Barron Carmona • Walter Hernandez Auto Workers of the World, Unite! Int’l Ballroom FCiro D’Alessio • Koo Jinsung • Valmir Mariano • Alejandra Morales Reynoso Cross-Border Solidarity Int’l Ballroom BCarolina Bank Muñoz • Ryan Brazeau • Sam Levens • Jack Cobb • Jesus Iturbero • Borys Olenski Using the Railway Labor Act to Our Advantage LondonJoe Burns Graduate Worker Organizing LindberghLevin Kim • Beth Holden • Udayan Tandon • Marta Struve The Hidden Impacts of A.I.: Building Power in the Semiconductor Supply Chain HartsfieldRand Wilson • Brenda Rodriguez • Ray Cheng • Carmelita Perrien Naccarato • Lennon Ying-Da Wang Organizing in the Multiethnic Workplace Int’l Ballroom EBianca Cunningham • Gustavo Ajche • Maricruz Delgadillo • Greg Gorman • Aboubaca Ki • Grady Johnson Fighting Against War from the Shop Floor Grand Ballroom FVen • Joshua Arnold • Rebecca Gross • Nancy Lessin For Elected Leaders: Building Democracy vs. Administering Bureaucracy Int’l Ballroom ARyan Olds • Christopher Zimmerly-Beck Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Growing Your Leadership Team O’Hare BallroomMitch Israel • Jacob Clary Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Turning an Issue into a Campaign Rosemont ASofya Aptekar • Evan Rothman Building Density in the Open Shop BarajasDave Schneider • Bryan Trafford How to March on the Boss HeathrowMichael Marchman • Toby Madrone • Dreux Potvin • Sonya Mogilner Teatro de los oprimidos / Theater of the Oppressed Sky HarborMagaly Licolli • Julia Valentina Ortiz Secretos de un organizador exitoso 2: Armar el equipo de tus sueños Int’l Ballroom CCody Eaton • José Huerta Building a Strong Stewards Network NaritaMikel Herb • Martha Williams • Geoffrey Paquette Dealing with Difficult Supervisors ViennaAdeeba Khan • Daniella Pagan Stewards' Skills: Organizing To Defend Our Rights Grand Ballroom BNate Franco • Pam Galpern What Will It Take to Win? A Conversation with Labor Movement Veterans United BMegan Svoboda • Gay Semel • Peter Olney • Vanessa Coe

5:10pm CDT

Labor Arts Meetup United AChris Garlock Picket Signs that Pack a Powerful Punch United BKaren Sanchez • Verraine Fritz Bargaining Tools: Using Your Caucus Time Powerfully Int’l Ballroom ACollin Heatley • Rebekah Tobin Building Trades: Jobsite Action O’Hare BallroomPaul Steiner • Cullen Gaston Best Practices and Tools for Building a Multilingual Union Int’l Ballroom BJessie Cruz Pineda Asian and Asian Diaspora Meetup Rosemont B Building Rank-and-File Unionism Around the World FlorenceLaura Gabby • Ritsu Takagi • Jamie Woodcock • Angelique Grosmaire LGBTQ+ Meetup DaVinciKeturah Johnson Breaching the Non-Union Citadel: Southern Auto Workers Organize Int’l Ballroom EJane Slaughter • Randall Coggins • Robert Kennedy • Quichelle Liggins • Joe Murphy • Frederica Owens Getting Unions Involved in New Organizing Campaigns Int’l Ballroom FYana Kalmyka • Gillian Kingsley • Will McMahon • D. Pound • Zack Pattin Keeping the Momentum in a First Contract Fight HartsfieldMaximillian Alvarez • Aithne Feay • Trey Runyan • Jessica Roberson • Ava Robins Black Workers Meetup Rosemont A Building Unity Across Job Classifications TegelVirgilio Goze • Tyler Condo • Marissa Evans • Scarlett Morsmith • Teanna Tillery Disabled Workers Meetup Midway Winning Back Working-Class Voters ViennaMargarita Hernandez • Cynthia Phinney Dismantling the War Machine: Lessons from Pro-Peace Organizing LAXJeff Schuhrke • Gene Bruskin • Eugene Carroll • Arlette Jacome • Olivia Katbi Strategies for Reforming International Unions LambertCaitlyn Clark • Nick Livick • Eric Marcuz • Ken Paff Developing the Leaders Your Union Needs NaritaJorge Maldonado • Emma Bally • Sarah Dowd • Beth Loudin • Karine Raymond Secretos de un organizador exitoso 3: Convertir un problema en una campaña Int’l Ballroom CMagaly Licolli Defending Your Co-Workers in Disciplinary Meetings HeathrowJack Dickey • Yuchen Jin Grievance Handling: Best and Worst Practices DFWRichard de Vries Big Strikes, Big Power Grand Ballroom BBarry Eidlin • Joshua Arnold • Sebastien Bouchard • Kim Cordova No Work, No School, No Shopping: Organizing for Mass Disruption Grand Ballroom CKip Hedges • Marcia Howard • Kieran F. Knutson • Dan Mendez Moore • Leah VanDassor

6:00pm CDT

Parent + Kids Meetup Sky Harbor

6:30pm CDT

Recovery/Sobriety Meeting JFK

7:00pm CDT

Friday Main Session Grand BallroomPaul Osadebe • Barbara Madeloni • Eva Lopez • Mara Solis • Tchelly Moise

8:30pm CDT

TDU Rosemont CD World Cup Watching Party United B

9:00pm CDT

Black Rose Anarchist Federation LAX FUN Solidarity Social powered by Federal Unionists Network DFW Labor Song Swap and Jam: Fri Conference Center Foyer UMass Labor Center Social Rosemont B

10:00pm CDT

UAW Member Action, Essential Workers for Democracy (EW4D) & IBEW CREW Reception Rosemont A

6:45am CDT

Bird Walk Conference LobbyHaley Shaffer

8:00am CDT

Dance in Labor Movements United A Recovery/Sobriety Meeting JFK

9:00am CDT

Amazon's Robot Revolution: Lessons from the Shop Floor Grand Ballroom FRand Wilson • Paul Blundell • Melissa Lopez • Juan Mereles • Novelette Russell Fighting the Wrongs of Management's Rights John WayneDon Taylor Coordinated Bargaining LindberghMark Brenner • Sarina Roher • Matias Campos • Richelle Milford Building Democracy in Contract Campaigns HartsfieldNatalie Wellen • JoAnna McClenathan • Kathryn Cernera • Antoine Hersberger • Grady Johnson Building Your Contract Action Team Int’l Ballroom ENatalia Bacchus • Roxanna Garcia • Anisa Holmes • Max Vast • Noriko Nakada Accessing our Power: Faculty and Staff Organizing on Campus HILTON - LindberghLola Loustaunau • Robert Cassanello • Meryl DePasquale • Joanna Gonsalves • Marianne Stupfel-Wallace • Nellie Taylor Challenging Production Standards and Understaffing ParisMichael Childers Modelos efectivos: Comités de salud y seguridad Sky HarborJessie Cruz Pineda • Germania Hernández Forcing Corporations to Drop ICE Grand Ballroom CEric Blanc • Tristan Call • Sheigh Freeberg Conozca sus derechos como trabajadores inmigrantes MidwayJorge Mujica Utilizando las agencias laborales para fortalecer el poder de los trabajadores GatwickHilaria Pascual and Bliss Requa-Trautz Organizing Across Language Divides Rosemont AMaria Alfaro • Angie Campa • Viviana Costales, • Michelle Perez Chinese Workers in China and the World TegelRick Hu • Marlene Tang • Autumn Chan French Unions in Struggle JFKDamien Scali • Xavier Chiarelli • Blandine Chauvel • Pierre Fabre Teachers Fight Back Around the Globe FlorenceArlene Inouye • Eleanor Davies • Eduardo Lozano • Jay Procktor Book Launch! Keep Going: A Guide to Organizing When It's Hard Rosemont CDAlexandra Bradbury • Ellen David Friedman • Scott Houldieson • Carlos Perez • Antonio Rosario • Kate Ziegler Sustaining Ourselves as Organizers Int’l Ballroom CJoe Fahey • Lorene Scheer Collectively Fabulous Rosemont BRoona Ray • Cami Dunphy • Annabelle Heckler • Rafael Justo • Elbe Lieb • Andrea Villanueva Using Health and Safety Committees in New Organizing HeathrowJoan Moriarty • Sultana Hossain • Diedre King Overcoming Generational Divides Int’l Ballroom ADiane Stein • Dominic DeNunzio • Stephen Hinojosa • Jamie Partridge FILM: The Alabama Solution: Organizing Workers In and After Prison LAXKatherine Passley • Billy Pearson • Will Suarez • Will Tucker Labor Solidarity and Strategy on Palestine Grand Ballroom GSumaya Awad • Fern Grear • Sonya Karabel • Meghan Peterson Solidarity Wins DFWChris O'Shea • Elijah Zimmerman How Is Labor Building Political Independence from the Democratic Party? Grand Ballroom HJenny Brown • Mark Dimondstein • Les Leopold • Griffin Mahon • Derrick Osobase • Aleena Starks State and Local Policy Campaigns: Building Labor's Power CapitalDave Kamper • Gloria Guerreros • Martha Valtierra • Ida Hoequist • Ben Zucker The Fight for the VA: Veterans and Union Members Organize MirabelMark Smith • Mae apGovannon • Suzanne Gordon • David Marshall • Aimee Potter • Latisha Thompson For Elected Leaders: Leadership Development and Building the Team You Need NaritaNick Bedell How We're Turning Our Unions Around Int’l Ballroom FHarinee Suthakar • Nick Cream • Tanner Fischer • Julie Hedrick I've Been Elected, Now What? Int’l Ballroom DAlejandra Lopez • Alano De La Rosa • Laura Fuchs • Melissa Rakestraw How to Have an Effective Organizing Conversation McCarranJanet Shek How to March on the Boss Grand Ballroom BRyan Olds • Paul Sheprow Thinking Like an Organizer Grand Ballroom AJoe DeManuelle-Hall ¡Nos protegemos! LondonDavid Galarza • William Jimenez • Jonass Mendoza • Ericka • Maria • Martin Unzueta Defending Your Co-Workers in Disciplinary Meetings O’Hare BallroomBryan Nelson • Jeff Sisson Getting Off the Grievance Treadmill DaVinciCarl Biers • Ben Reynolds • Dayshawn Simmons • Vanessa Weldon How to Build Power: From Acting Tactically to Thinking Strategically United BEricka Wills Upping Our Strategy to Build Working-Class Power BarajasStephanie Luce • Margarita Hernandez • Inez O’Donnell • Katie Romich Find Your Workplace Leverage—and Use It SeatacSarah Mason • Yuchen Jin • Rendi Rogers • Ira Pollock Get Strike-Ready ViennaJaiveer Grewal • Kristen Perez • Dakota Massman • Ilan Desai-Geller • Martha Williams

11:05am CDT

AFSCME Meeting Grand Ballroom C Airline Workers Meeting Heathrow Amazon Workers Meeting Grand Ballroom A Canadian Workers Meeting Malpensa Co-ops meeting John Wayne Federal Workers Meeting O'Hare Ballroom Grad Labor Meeting HILTON - Lindbergh Health Care Workers Meeting Rosemont A Higher Education Workers Meeting HILTON - Grand Ballroom IATSE Meeting Seatac ILWU/IBU Meeting Paris Labor Educators Lambert Labor Lawyers Meeting McCarran Manufacturing Workers Meeting Int’l Ballroom A Media Workers Meeting Int’l Ballroom F Nonprofit Workers Meeting Grand Ballroom G Palestine Solidarity Meeting Grand Ballroom H Postal Meeting Florence Pre-K-12 Educators Meeting Rosemont CD SEIU Meeting Int’l Ballroom E Tech Workers Meeting Midway Telecom Meeting Lindbergh Tenant Unions Int’l Ballroom B Transit Meeting London UFCW/RWDSU Meeting Grand Ballroom B Union Staff Meeting Vienna Workers Centers Meeting LAX Art: A Hammer to Shape the World Rosemont BKen Grossinger • Tabitha Arnold • Elise Bryant • Josh MacPhee • Edwin Morales Laboy Building Trades Meeting Grand Ballroom F Fight the Boss, Fix the Climate NaritaSydney Brahmavar • Ryan Dineen • Miranda Escalante • Mo Gardner • Jamiu Sokoya A Collective Response to Divisions in the Workplace and Beyond Int’l Ballroom CJoe Fahey Labor-Community Alliances HartsfieldCamilo Viveiros • Tyler Fellini • Diego Franco • Mary Manor • Aurélie-Anne Thos Unions Defending Democracy Playbook DFWJessica Tang • Carl Rosen • Arianna Schindle Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Growing Your Leadership Team United BNoah Streng • Catherine Tucker Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Turning an Issue into a Campaign DaVinciNoelle Mapes • Evan Rothman

12:35pm CDT

Entertainment Workers Meetup Midway Essential Workers for Democracy (EW4D) Meeting Heathrow MAY DAY STRONG Rosemont A Union Democracy Law Meetup McCarran

2:15pm CDT

Creative Tactics and Strategic Mischief Grand Ballroom AEric Johns • Ricardo Levins Morales • Bahaar Tadjbakhsh The Soul in the Machine: Resisting A.I. Pressure on the Character and Quality of Our Jobs Rosemont CDSean Fern • Vanessa Coe • John Hasegawa • Aíne Lynn McEvoy • Kinsley Searles Bargaining Fundamentals for a Strong Contract DFWDawn Tefft Data Centers and Union Power HartsfieldCristina Duncan Evans • Chris Anders • Avalon Hoek Spaans Climate Change Is a Workplace Safety Fight John WayneTenaya Lafore What the Boss Doesn't Want Us to Know: Building Rank-and-File Corporate Research Teams LAXTom Juravich • Olivia Geho Strategies to Get a Solid First Contract HeathrowSandy Pope and Baschki Robertson Public Sector Fightback LambertBill Bradley • Sarah Dowd • Ashley Fueston • Jenn Powell Black Workers and the Public Sector LindberghAngela Bonilla • Margaret Cook • Jonathan Smith • Latisha Thompson Fighting Against Abusive Guestworker Programs Int’l Ballroom EMark Medina • Gabriel Allahdua • Edgar Franks • Jessica Maxwell How to Keep Going: A Workshop on Organizing When It's Hard Grand Ballroom BEllen David Friedman Burnout: What We Can Do About It Together Int’l Ballroom FSarah Slichter • Michael Aguilar • Eileen Chen • Meghan Day Just Cause Rosemont BRobert Schwartz Queers Against Authoritarianism Int’l Ballroom DLeigh Howard • Tara Chee • Corey M. Blake Lascano • Mae apGovannon • Reilly Gardine Inoculation Grand Ballroom CClarissa Redwine • Atulya Dora-Laskey Amazon Workers of the World Grand Ballroom HNick Rudikoff • Akinniyi Akinfewa • Boris Bojilov • Oscar Jover Acin • Katarysna Kowalska • Borys Olenski • Gwendeline Legru Talking Politics with Your Co-Workers BarajasLorene Scheer • Paco Arago • Eileen Hagerman • JoAnna McClenathan • Phil Rubianes Austerity and Authoritarianism in Puerto Rico: Working-Class Resistance and the Fight Ahead FlorenceJuan González • Maria del Mar Rosa Rodríguez • Vanesa Contreras Capó • Miguel Rivera Pensions: An Organizing Tool Sky HarborJay O’Neal • Dan Cohn • Vicki Kurzydlo • Dan Nicolai • Mullissa Willette Doing Politics Differently ViennaA.J. Zydzik • Cynthia Davis • Beyoung Yu Power in the NYC Mayor’s Office: What Can Labor Win? Grand Ballroom GAlex Han • Nina Bruckenthal • Jane Fox • Jen Gaboury • Jerome Sloss • Honda Wang How (and When) to Start a Reform Caucus United ANora Meek • Scott Durbin Case Study: Reflections from the UCORE Network of Teachers Union Reformers LondonJane Slaughter • Luke Amphlett • Kelsey Gray • Jia Lee • Jackson Potter • Alison Underdahl Caucuses and Contract Campaigns MirabelMarc Kagan • Grady Johnson • Brandon Benson • Amy Reynolds • Andrea Reynolds How to Lose Your Next Local Election JFKDan Campbell • Stefan Ostrach For Elected Leaders: Staying Steady Despite the Noise SeatacSarah Hughes • Diamonté Brown • Kate Ziegler Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Beating Apathy Rosemont AMeg Jones • Anna Dvorak Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Turning an Issue into a Campaign O'Hare BallroomKyle Loewen • Ilona Nanay Building a Member-to-Member Network Int’l Ballroom CJorge Maldonado • Marsha Niemeijer • Michele Foley • Roxanna Garcia • Lila Goldstein • Saber Uddin Engaging New Members Int’l Ballroom ANathan Ferrell • Alli Sayre How to Have a Good Meeting ParisLeslie Fine • Sarah Koshar You Can't Do It All Yourself: Learn It, Do It, Teach It MidwayCatherine Roberts • Nish Suvarnakar ¡Basta ya! Nos fuimos a huelga Int’l Ballroom BNoelanie Fuentes Cardona • Catalina • Maria Ruvalcaba • Edith Silva • Javier Lorente Díez Dealing with Difficult Supervisors NaritaHaley Shaffer • Jukie Tsai Investigating Grievances United BJoe Sexauer Maintaining Unity in a Right-to-Work Shop TegelAlejandra Lopez Industrial Policy: Union Visions for Our Jobs CapitalDustin Guastella • Kassie Beyer • Patrick Crowley • Brenda Rodriguez • Morten Thaysen Melting ICE: Lessons from the Twin Cities Grand Ballroom FHamilton Nolan • Mara Solis • Gabby Benavente Hobart • Fabien Ghilgagabre • Kieran F. Knutson • Greg Nammacher

4:30pm CDT

Communications Workers of America (CWA) Meeting Int’l Ballroom F Forging Ahead in Difficult Times Grand Ballroom HMario Vasquez • Daniel Indias Valentin • Kain Kaszuk • Jay Procktor • Valerie Stropoli Meet the Authors Grand Ballroom CSteve Early • Aleida Garcia Aguirre • Eric Blanc • Jaz Brisack • Ellen David Friedman • Olivia Geho • Debbie Goldman • Suzanne Gordon • Fred Glass • Dave Kamper • Mike Konopacki • Ricardo Levins Morales • Nelson Lichtenstein • Rob McKenzie • Fred Naiden • Robert Ovetz • Sal Rosselli • Jeff Schuhrke • Kim Scipes • Jerome Scott • Gay Semel • Wendy Thompson • Joe Uehlein • Kevin Van Meter • and Kevin Young Listening Session: Strike While the Needle Is Hot United AJosh MacPhee • Kira Yeversky A.I. at Work: From Digital Workplace Tech to Contract Language LAXRichard de Vries • Lisa Kresge Opening Up Bargaining Rosemont CDMaya Suzuki Daniels • Caressa Aamodt • Justin Brown • Alano De La Rosa Blue Collar Women Meetup Int’l Ballroom ALaura Gabby • Celina Barron Climate Jobs Organizing Strategies Int’l Ballroom ERohan Palacios • Patrick Crowley • Eileen Hagerman • Ben Harper • Lerry Thomas AFSCME Convention Delegates Meeting McCarran Defending and Expanding Public Sector Collective Bargaining Rights ViennaJayanni Webster • Eyklipse Baca • Dane MacNeil • Ivy Smith • Harry Szabo Strengthen Your Local with a Fighting Health and Safety Program HeathrowTenaya Lafore • Sarah Bodansky • Donna Dorman Effective Worker-Led Health-and-Safety Committees United BJessie Cruz Pineda • Daisy Cossio • Bryan Gaytan • Rosalia Tenorio Bringing Immigrant Workers into Union Life LindberghSarah Lazare • Paco Arago • Scott Durbin • Rafael Espinosa Starting a “Labor Notes” in Your Country Tegel The Emergency for Emergency Response Workers LambertEmma Tai • Ricardo Marzo Rodriguez • Rubén García Arevalo • Declan Crowe • Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez Burnout: What We Can Do About It Together HartsfieldJoel Solow • Maggie Goll • Antonio Rosario • Carol Tanzi Moving from Research to Campaign Sky HarborKate Bronfenbrenner • Adam Obernauer Organizing Despite the Churn Int’l Ballroom CMadeline Wesley • Michael Lebron • Clay Hurand • Chantel Staley Organizing Across Amazon Subcontractors MidwayBrendan Radtke • Chris Trimboli • William Overholtzer Anticipating the Boss's Playbook: Strategies to Win Your Amazon Union Election LondonItalo Medelius-Marsano • Nate Faithful Don't Wait for Recognition: Pre-Majority Unionism FlorenceEric Dirnbach • Drew Curtis • Lu Liu • Carlos Perez • Mark Medina Latino Workers Meetup O'Hare BallroomJorge Mujica • Ligia Gualpa It Can Happen Here: Unions vs. Authoritarian Attacks Rosemont BSofya Aptekar • Cat Farman • Jill LeBrun • Noelle Mapes • Jonathan Smith Running for Union Office NaritaScott Jenkins Case Study: Minnesota Bargaining and Organizing Coalition DFWStephanie Luce • Greg Nammacher • Taylor Shevey • Catina Taylor • Jay Wahi How to Break Your No-Strike Clause (And Live To Tell About It) Int’l Ballroom BMark Meinster • Margot Nikitas

5:00pm CDT

Reformers in Elected Office Reception Rosemont A

6:30pm CDT

Recovery/Sobriety Meeting JFK

8:00pm CDT

DSA Labor Reception Rosemont B

8:30pm CDT

Building Relations with Cuban Labor Reception McCarran

9:00pm CDT

EWOC Reception Rosemont A Great Labor Arts Exchange Concert United AB

9:30pm CDT

Dance Party Conference Center Foyer

8:00am CDT

Recovery/Sobriety Meeting JFK

9:00am CDT

Using Comics in Your Organizing United BNess Garza • Annabelle Heckler • Dan Mendez Moore • Aaron Novik Write a Story for Labor Notes! United AJane Slaughter FILM: We Build Power: Organizing Coalitions to Fight For Public Education Rosemont BArlene Inouye • Sam Cleare • Jay Procktor • Denisha Jordan Drafting Contract Language: 20 Worst Mistakes to Avoid LAXRichard de Vries Getting Members Ready to Lead at the Bargaining Table Grand Ballroom BTimothy Kurtz • Danielle Newsome • Evan Yeats How to Investigate a Safety and Health Incident ParisDiane Stein • Denis Stephano Hospital Workers Building Solidarity ViennaHeather Bauman • Belinda Carpenter • Blandine Chauvel • Rosa Villarroel Know Your Rights for Immigrant Workers NaritaJorge Mujica Heartbreak for Union Staffers Grand Ballroom CEllen David Friedman Beyond Rainbow Capitalism HartsfieldKeturah Johnson • Melia Delaney • Crystal Gong • Jackson Katz • Mina Leon Casing an Employer: On-the-Ground Research for New Organizing Targets LambertCarey Dall • Eric Dryburgh Southern Workers Meeting HeathrowJessica Magnani A Pro-Worker Approach to Trade Policy Int’l Ballroom ERyan Harvey • Elías Iván García Ríos • Dustin Guastella • Lyron Hope People Over the Pentagon Int’l Ballroom AJohn Braxton • Steve Morse • Virginia Rodino Fighting for Good Health Care for Working People Int’l Ballroom FChuck Pennacchio • Carl Rosen Veterans and Military Families Meetup Midway Your Caucus Won. Now What? LindberghBarbara Madeloni • Basil Darling • Max Page • Jackson Potter Democratic Rights of Union Members: Know Your Rights DFWWill Bloom Running for Union Office DaVinciWillem Morris Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Growing Your Leadership Team O'Hare BallroomSarah Slichter • Joel Solow Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Turning an Issue into a Campaign Rosemont AKyle DeAngelis • Lauren Monaco You Can't Do It All Yourself: Learn It, Do It, Teach It Grand Ballroom AJulian Meltzer • Stephanie Basile Cómo luchar contra la desorganización del jefe LondonLigia Gualpa • Yolanda Barron Carmona • Estela and Gerania • Juan Vargas Mass Strikes: Past and Present Rosemont CDNelson Lichtenstein • Mercedes Martinez • Kieran F. Knutson • Koo Jinsung

10:45am CDT

Creative Tactics and Strategic Mischief Grand Ballroom CEric Johns • Bahaar Tadjbakhsh Songwriting for the Movement United AJoe Jencks • Colleen Kattau Secrets of a Successful Social Media Video United BWhitney Washington • Caitlyn Clark • Erica Markson • Craig Stewart Building Trades: Internal Organizing NaritaDave Pinkham • Anthony Valladares Steering Green Transitions Grand Ballroom AMeghann Adams • Crystal Bernard • Kandis Sebro • John Parry Take a Closer Look: They’re Privatizing Your School Rosemont BNick Cream • Anna Derby • Joanna Gonsalves • Rich Levy We Keep Each Other Safe: Protecting All of Us During Street Actions DaVinciDiane Stein • Kenny Pailes • Janelle Nystrom Strikes and the Law LambertGay Semel How to Form an Organizing Committee Int’l Ballroom CHarinee Suthakar How We Organized Our Union Grand Ballroom HIsabela Escalona • Tera Arnold • Suzi Carbone • Ed Dupree • Ella Fent Organizing the South Grand Ballroom BJacob Morrison • Trenton Adkins • Mary Hill • Jeremy Kimbrell • Hannah Miller Salts and Peppers: Get a Job, Organize a Union! LAXJaz Brisack • Jeff Armstrong • Stasha Lampert • Atulya Dora-Laskey • Adam Obernauer • Clarissa Redwine Organizing Remote and Scattered Workers Int’l Ballroom EEmma Kinema • Rachel Kincaid • Tahlia Kirk • Rachel Weiss Solidarity Wins DFWJoe Tarulli • Dennis Dunn Union Fights on Mergers and Corporate Consolidation HartsfieldJon Schleuss • Joe Mizrahi • Reece Murtagh • Katherine Wallace From May 2026 to May 2028: Seasons of Class Struggle Rosemont CDSamantha Winslow • Rose Bookbinder • Katie Murphy • Stacy Davis Gates • Natalie Hrizi • Derrick Osobase Tenants and Labor: Unions Teaming Up Int’l Ballroom DSilvia Abadia • Deb Gesualdo • Eduardo Lozano • Pablo Perez For (Newly) Elected Leaders: Crash Course for Taking Office McCarranSandy Pope The Role of Union Staff in a Member-Led Movement ViennaSarah Hurd • Billie Adeosun • Bill Bradley • Charlotte Kelly Women in Union Leadership Grand Ballroom GDiamonté Brown • Sultana Hossain • Julie Hedrick • Ashaki Robinson • Sabrina Creque Running for Union Office: How We Did It LondonZach Taylor • Frank Halstead • Cristina Rodriguez-Hart • Kaleigh Roehl • Duncan Zevetski Mieux S'Organiser Pour Gagner LindberghMarsha Niemeijer Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Beating Apathy O'Hare BallroomJia Lee • Shelby Shoup Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Turning an Issue into a Campaign Rosemont AShelby Shoup • Brian St. Pierre How to Have a Good Meeting MidwayLena Solow • Ben Mabie Mexico's Independent Union Movement: Challenges and Victories/El movimiento sindical independiente de México: Desafíos y victorias Grand Ballroom FSergio Villalobos • Willebaldo Gomez Zuppa • Luis Fernando Mora Reyes • Gerardo Martínez • Mayra Leon Velázquez Case Study: NewsGuild's Member-Leader Program Int’l Ballroom FNick Bedell • Nish Suvarnakar Bargaining a Yes-Strike Clause to Preserve Our Right to Strike Int’l Ballroom AMark Meinster Building the Union Through Strikes ParisMarta Aziz Tobajas • Meryl DePasquale • Kyle Gekopi

1:00pm CDT

Sunday Main Session Grand BallroomMichelle Gonzalez • Danielle Smith • Emily Lumpkin • Alfonso Martínez Valero