2026 Labor Notes Conference

2026 Labor Notes Conference

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9:00am CDT

Labor Solidarity and Strategy on Palestine Grand Ballroom GSumaya Awad • Fern Grear • Sonya Karabel • Meghan Peterson Solidarity Wins DFWChris O'Shea • Elijah Zimmerman

11:05am CDT

Labor-Community Alliances HartsfieldCamilo Viveiros • Tyler Fellini • Diego Franco • Mary Manor • Aurélie-Anne Thos Unions Defending Democracy Playbook DFWJessica Tang • Carl Rosen • Arianna Schindle

2:15pm CDT

Queers Against Authoritarianism Int’l Ballroom DLeigh Howard • Tara Chee • Corey M. Blake Lascano • Mae apGovannon • Reilly Gardine 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 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

It Can Happen Here: Unions vs. Authoritarian Attacks Rosemont BSofya Aptekar • Cat Farman • Jill LeBrun • Noelle Mapes • Jonathan Smith