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DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260611T220000Z
DTEND:20260611T233000Z
SUMMARY:Pub Quiz\, Labor Edition
DESCRIPTION:Come test your labor trivia knowledge and meet other early arrivals to the conference!
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LOCATION:Red Bar
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/d9edfb97e78ff5eefc5d6561280ebba6
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DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260611T223000Z
DTEND:20260611T233000Z
SUMMARY:Recovery/Sobriety Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Those who are in 12-step or other recovery programs are invited to connect at a Recovery Meeting on Friday\, Saturday\, and Sunday at 8 a.m. and in the evenings: Thursday at 5:30\, Friday and Saturday at 6:30 p.m.\, all in JFK.
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LOCATION:JFK
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/5dfcd4c01f99ac6f4c42fa5141add10f
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DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260611T230000Z
DTEND:20260612T010000Z
SUMMARY:International Guests Reception
DESCRIPTION:
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LOCATION:Rosemont A
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/41a93587a9a0a32f3e2fcb30fe05da6a
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DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T000000Z
DTEND:20260612T010000Z
SUMMARY:FILM: Who Moves America
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LOCATION:Rosemont B
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/26ee3345d3321bb255a3b7880bdf694e
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T020000Z
DTEND:20260612T040000Z
SUMMARY:Labor Song Swap and Jam
DESCRIPTION:\n
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LOCATION:Conference Center Foyer
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/9cd49cb737a5e6dd95acdae5340db64f
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DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T130000Z
DTEND:20260612T140000Z
SUMMARY:Recovery/Sobriety Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
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LOCATION:JFK
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/ecf8c82bde876ce86bf63f305703c3d2
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DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T150000Z
DTEND:20260612T164500Z
SUMMARY:Labor Notes 101: Conference Orientation
DESCRIPTION:You’ve made it to the largest gathering of the troublemaking wing of the labor movement! Share your enthusiasm with other newcomers\, and learn about how to make the most of the 2026 Labor Notes Conference.
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LOCATION:Grand Ballroom G
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/020818008516b10eb0b3e2fee5034fc6
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DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T150000Z
DTEND:20260612T164500Z
SUMMARY:Building a Union Culture at Amazon
DESCRIPTION:The workplace throws us together regardless of culture\, race\, gender\, and language. We may have little in common besides the need to earn a livelihood. But working shoulder to shoulder\, we generate a union culture. Hear how Amazon workers have gone about building a union culture in the early days.
CATEGORIES:AMAZON WORKERS\,OVERCOMING DIVISIONS\,SHOP FLOOR POWER
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom F
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/f5843af287f0b2f19feba68c88ae05ee
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DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T150000Z
DTEND:20260612T164500Z
SUMMARY:Rockin' Your Rally and Picket Line
DESCRIPTION:If you’d like to plan better picket lines or rallies\, this workshop is for you! We’ll talk about how to create songs and chants that capture current issues\, but also dig into the practical: developing an event plan that manages logistics for success.
CATEGORIES:ARTS AND CULTURE\, CONTRACT CAMPAIGNS
LOCATION:United A
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/ec31dece3c6ba5fd6603a0db16c6cc57
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DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T150000Z
DTEND:20260612T164500Z
SUMMARY:Bargaining Tactics: Using Unfair Labor Practice Charges Strategically
DESCRIPTION:It's unfortunately common for employers to violate worker and union rights. But an unfair labor practice can be a gift in disguise\, providing a defense against the employer's most dangerous weapons. A union that plays its cards right can use ULPs to help win contract campaigns and strikes. Learn how.
CATEGORIES:BARGAINING
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom A
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/5e39d11d050ebf4489d5fc7b3312a6e3
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DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T150000Z
DTEND:20260612T164500Z
SUMMARY:Continuous Bargaining
DESCRIPTION:Power inside our workplaces is critical to labor’s future. Management frequently restructures work\, introduces new technologies\, and promotes ideologies that undermine our collective voice and power. If your management has introduced new technologies or restructuring programs (e.g. lean\, 5S\, Six Sigma)\, downsizing\, understaffing\, speed-up\, or “continuous improvement\,” come learn a strategy developed by labor educator Charley Richardson. Though Charley died in 2013\, his work continues to build worker solidarity and union power.
CATEGORIES:BARGAINING\, SHOP FLOOR POWER
LOCATION:United B
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/09dbd4da444cac802fb39ef9b7443576
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DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T150000Z
DTEND:20260612T164500Z
SUMMARY:Winning a Strong Contract
DESCRIPTION:What's the secret of winning a strong contract? Hint: You won't find it at the negotiations table! Learn how to organize a successful contract campaign and harness the power of the rank-and-file membership to win the strongest possible contract. We'll cover building a Contract Action Team\, putting together an escalating campaign\, and dynamics between the leadership and the membership. Note: We recommend participants familiarize themselves with Secrets of a Successful Organizer first\, if possible.
CATEGORIES:CONTRACT CAMPAIGNS
LOCATION:Rosemont B
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/03093bd3680c8f53896a899f5cda58c9
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DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T150000Z
DTEND:20260612T164500Z
SUMMARY:App Workers on the Move
DESCRIPTION:Rideshare drivers and food delivery workers are organizing to secure their employee rights against Uber\, Lyft\, Doordash\, and Instacart. Hear how workers across the globe are battling not only their employers\, but also a fundamental attack on what it means to be a worker.
CATEGORIES:INTERNATIONAL\, LABOR LAW
LOCATION:Lambert
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/03671fb8a233eadbd3fddcafc2650f36
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DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T150000Z
DTEND:20260612T164500Z
SUMMARY:What to Do When the Union Breaks Your Heart
DESCRIPTION:Chances are good that you’ve had your heart broken at least once by one of your own leaders. Whether you tried to get involved and there was nowhere to go\, or the members got sold out\, or leaders want to keep the union as their exclusive club\, it can feel pretty harsh. We’ll talk about how to organize with your fellow union members to recommit to your union\, and to change the culture into one where leaders respect and serve the members.
CATEGORIES:KEEP GOING
LOCATION:Rosemont A
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/7c9cbaf420f185009a3c133473800b2b
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DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T150000Z
DTEND:20260612T164500Z
SUMMARY:Overcoming Divisions
DESCRIPTION:Bullying\, conflict\, and divisions weaken us. The more united our worksites are\, the easier it is to solve problems. In this interactive workshop we'll talk about how discrimination shows up in our workplaces and our unions\, and how we can find opportunities to increase respect among co-workers\, build unity\, and respond collecively to workplace problems.\n\nThis session will open with a brief song by: Elise Bryant\, Joe Whitesell\, and Elizabeth Rosenberg\, DC Labor Chorus
CATEGORIES:OVERCOMING DIVISIONS
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom B
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/51a16b7f59fc17c3253ec542ab6a68a0
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T150000Z
DTEND:20260612T164500Z
SUMMARY:Sexual Harassment: What It Is and How to Stop it
DESCRIPTION:What is sexual harassment? How can you create a safe and welcoming work and union environment? Find answers and learn how to engage in active bystander intervention when you witness sexual harassment. Through role-playing exercises\, gain hands-on experience using realistic scenarios for the building trades work environment that can be adapted to any workplace.
CATEGORIES:OVERCOMING DIVISIONS\, STEWARDS
LOCATION:DFW
SEQUENCE:0
UID:03e972e0eb373b8c52bbeb8311c234fa
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/03e972e0eb373b8c52bbeb8311c234fa
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T150000Z
DTEND:20260612T164500Z
SUMMARY:Organizing Worker Cooperatives
DESCRIPTION:Worker cooperatives promote the values of dignity\, democratic control\, educational and financial growth\, and concern for the social health of the community. Interest in this model has been growing since the 2008 financial crisis\, when community credit unions and the New England Cooperative Fund remained solvent and healthy even as more traditional banks and financial institutions went bankrupt. Learn the process to create worker cooperatives in any community or industry.
CATEGORIES:POLITICAL EDUCATION
LOCATION:Heathrow
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/8609799b1bff1b5a2140ebc2aee852a6
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DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T150000Z
DTEND:20260612T164500Z
SUMMARY:Trainings That Engage and Inspire
DESCRIPTION:Does your union training look like an audience listening quietly to a speech? Would you rather get people laughing\, sharing their own experiences\, and strategizing together? "Popular education" is an approach that starts from what people already know about their lives\, workplaces\, and power. We'll try some participatory exercises and talk about how to adapt them to your issues and situations\, whether it's a workshop at your delegate convention or a meeting in the breakroom.\n\nThis session will open with a short song by: Erin Murphy and Susan Rogers\, DC Labor Chorus.
CATEGORIES:POLITICAL EDUCATION
LOCATION:DaVinci
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/ac84396576767efbe05639c89dcc1c1b
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T150000Z
DTEND:20260612T164500Z
SUMMARY:When Costs Rise\, So Should Our Pay
DESCRIPTION:What is inflation\, why is it important\, and what can we do about it? As union members we have little control over prices\, but we do have the power to bargain for pay that keeps up with the cost of living. We’ll cover the basics of inflation\, including how it’s calculated and what we mean by good and bad inflation. The session will also equip organizers with strategies to win strong wage clauses that stay strong even as costs rise.
CATEGORIES:POLITICAL EDUCATION
LOCATION:LAX
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/867fca0bbc73014cf09987dfc9792239
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DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T150000Z
DTEND:20260612T164500Z
SUMMARY:Whose Railroads? Our Railroads! Public Ownership Around the World
DESCRIPTION:(Part of the Railroad Workers United convention\, but open to all.) Hear how rail workers in Canada\, the U.S.\, and the U.K. are fighting for public ownership and worker control of critical rail infrastructure. In North America\, railroading is dominated by corporate "Precision Scheduled Railroading\,” stock buybacks\, and mega-mergers\, while in Britain rail service has been devastated by privatization and franchising\, and the fight is on for re-nationalization. How can we build a national rail system that works for workers\, passengers\, shippers\, and trackside communities?
CATEGORIES:POLITICAL EDUCATION
LOCATION:London
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/79c61f695845bfbc36ffa7eb109108a3
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T150000Z
DTEND:20260612T164500Z
SUMMARY:From Israel’s Genocide to U.S.’s Deportation Sweeps: Workers Organize for a Better World
DESCRIPTION:Companies like Palantir\, Amazon\, and Google have long used Palestine as a testing ground for surveillance tech. Now these militarized technologies are being exported globally—including to the United States to enable anti-immigrant violence. Hear how workers are taking on these tech giants\, from nurses defending their co-workers and patients from ICE terror\, to painters and tech workers calling for divestment.
CATEGORIES:POLITICS
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom H
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/9bb36fa41920da51d7df570fc9f52521
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T150000Z
DTEND:20260612T164500Z
SUMMARY:Tax the Rich! State Campaigns and Success Stories
DESCRIPTION:So you want to tax the rich in your state? Hear about successful campaigns in Massachusetts and Washington and campaigns-in-progress elsewhere. What does it take to win? What obstacles will you encounter?
CATEGORIES:POLITICS
LOCATION:Rosemont CD
SEQUENCE:0
UID:d0aff764e8084dc8a8d88882997af330
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/d0aff764e8084dc8a8d88882997af330
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DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T150000Z
DTEND:20260612T164500Z
SUMMARY:Fundraising for Union Reformers
DESCRIPTION:Do you find fundraising intimidating? Are you scared of asking supporters for money? Don't be! Fundraising is a fun superpower\, and also a necessary skill for scaling up reform organizing\, running for union office\, and many other organizing endeavors. Learn what it takes and how to do it well.
CATEGORIES:REFORM CAUCUSES
LOCATION:Sky Harbor
SEQUENCE:0
UID:0b9abc470a98941fa474270790a56ec0
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/0b9abc470a98941fa474270790a56ec0
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T150000Z
DTEND:20260612T164500Z
SUMMARY:Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Beating Apathy
DESCRIPTION:Are you beating your head against the wall trying to get other workers involved? This workshop is for you. Hear success stories from those who’ve turned their workplaces around and turned apathy into action. Learn practical organizing tools for engaging your co-workers\, taking action\, and getting results. Based on the popular book Secrets of a Successful Organizer.
CATEGORIES:SECRETS OF A SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZER
LOCATION:O'Hare Ballroom
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/4ad4d5cae91b75465c0957d17829d41e
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DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T150000Z
DTEND:20260612T164500Z
SUMMARY:Between the One-on-One and the General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:One-on-one conversations are essential for bringing people into a campaign\, but then what? General meetings are rarely an engaging place to bring new recruits. Instead\, one-on-ones can lead to small group discussions at the worksite\, building a culture of debate and decision-making that leads to sustainable commitment. Learn how it's done.
CATEGORIES:SHOP FLOOR POWER
LOCATION:Midway
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/bf149dd4b82c287492111b2ce0dcc998
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T150000Z
DTEND:20260612T164500Z
SUMMARY:Bring the Union Meeting to the Members
DESCRIPTION:Learn the secret to holding union meetings with high attendance and high participation. In this interactive workshop\, we’ll hear what has worked at different workplaces\, such as parking lot meetings\, 10-minute meetings\, contract clinics\, and monthly union meetings\, member to member. Every participant will get to have a one-to-one talk about creating their own union meetings in the workplace.
CATEGORIES:SHOP FLOOR POWER
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom A
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/3331609fd1743fcb9c59822913f03a77
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DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T150000Z
DTEND:20260612T164500Z
SUMMARY:Inoculación
DESCRIPTION:Cuando construimos poder en el lugar de trabajo\, le estamos arrebatando poder a quienes ya lo tienen\; por eso\, ¡no nos debe sorprender que tiendan a contraatacar! Aprenda a inocular a sus compañeros de trabajo\, es decir\, a prepararlos para posibles represalias y a ayudarlos a interpretar la lucha contra el jefe a medida que esta avanza. Esta capacitación es pertinente para cualquier persona que esté formando un sindicato\, pero también para quienes estén intensificando el nivel de actividad dentro de un sindicato ya existente.
CATEGORIES:SPANISH-LANGUAGE WORKSHOPS
LOCATION:Narita
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/1ee88631965c16fd7ef0c1e8bbc4c8db
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DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T150000Z
DTEND:20260612T164500Z
SUMMARY:Assertive Grievance Handling
DESCRIPTION:When management is breaking the rules left and right\, quietly filing a grievance won't cut it. Fighting grievances isn’t only about how well you argue your case. It’s also about organizing members to build pressure on management. This workshop for stewards and union reps will focus on how to win creatively without going to arbitration. We'll hear from health care workers who took collective action\, fought back against discipline and an unfair firing\, and won.
CATEGORIES:STEWARDS
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom C
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/49f1d58000e6d981a409a7b757e26386
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DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T150000Z
DTEND:20260612T164500Z
SUMMARY:From Defense to Offense: Developing Power and Strategy for the World We Want
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to move from short-term defensive fights to a plan that can win bigger demands. Good long-term strategy requires first getting clear on our destination: what is the world we are trying to win? We'll discuss power—how to assess what power union members have and what power the bosses and their allies have—and seven strategies worker organizations can use to build power over the long term.
CATEGORIES:STRATEGY
LOCATION:Hartsfield
SEQUENCE:0
UID:83a9fb5bca3911aa343f817aa4317b97
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/83a9fb5bca3911aa343f817aa4317b97
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DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T150000Z
DTEND:20260612T164500Z
SUMMARY:Lessons from Health Care and Hospital Strikes
DESCRIPTION:Worsening conditions in medicine are inspiring militancy in health care unions around the country. Learn from recent examples of powerful strikes and their lessons learned about strike-worthy demands\, inoculating co-workers\, escalation in the contract campaign and during the walkout\, and how crucial democracy and transparency are.
CATEGORIES:STRIKES\, HEALTH CARE WORKERS
LOCATION:Vienna
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/bfaf7bd2d7bac8fe042459138abb5504
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DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T180000Z
DTEND:20260612T194500Z
SUMMARY:Singing Resistance and More Songs for Protests and Pickets
DESCRIPTION:Group singing has always been a key ingredient to sustain labor and civil rights struggles in the U.S.\, because it lifts our spirits\, reminds us of our values\, and helps us find the unity and energy to stick it out one day longer. What makes a good song for a rally or march\, and how can you get people singing along? Learn the basics of song-leading\, plus some powerful "Singing Resistance" anthems from Minnesota and other easy-to-learn songs you can adapt to any fight.
CATEGORIES:ARTS AND CULTURE\, CONTRACT CAMPAIGNS
LOCATION:United A
SEQUENCE:0
UID:7fe610f5054fab9a9c9520491dff64a8
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/7fe610f5054fab9a9c9520491dff64a8
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DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T180000Z
DTEND:20260612T194500Z
SUMMARY:Surveillance\, Technology\, and Speed-Ups: How to Identify Them and Fight Back
DESCRIPTION:Pressure to speed up and micromanage your work may come disguised as a new technology to make your job easier or more "efficient." But efficient for whom? Learn how you and your co-workers can decode the boss's plans\, recognize the danger signs\, and resist.
CATEGORIES:AUTOMATION AND A.I.
LOCATION:United B
SEQUENCE:0
UID:e99ed290c46a52a179b11b45414b5430
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/e99ed290c46a52a179b11b45414b5430
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T180000Z
DTEND:20260612T194500Z
SUMMARY:Before\, During\, and After Negotiations: Step-by-Step Strategies
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is designed to take participants (new or experienced in bargaining) through each stage of the process. We'll cover best practices for preparing your team and drafting proposals\, tactics at the table and pacing during bargaining\, ratification once you reach a tentative agreement\, and implementation. You'll leave with notes\, ideas\, and a useful packet of materials.
CATEGORIES:BARGAINING
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom A
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/7f9e7b59c82a2dd620d37671c2f88eb1
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DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T180000Z
DTEND:20260612T194500Z
SUMMARY:Bargaining When the Boss Says They're Broke
DESCRIPTION:When the boss cries poor\, do we take them at their word? Hear how people have gotten creative\, helped their co-workers overcome hopelessness\, and won better deals\, in the public and private sectors.
CATEGORIES:BARGAINING\,STRATEGY
LOCATION:Midway
SEQUENCE:0
UID:bac4ff18d2987a15fde78fe6e8033c68
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/bac4ff18d2987a15fde78fe6e8033c68
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DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T180000Z
DTEND:20260612T194500Z
SUMMARY:Beyond Bread and Butter: Expanding What We Bargain For
DESCRIPTION:Unions can be powerful champions for the whole working class. Hear how some are fighting for creative contract demands to tackle the crises of student debt\, incarceration\, and housing\, and even demanding a four-day work week.\n\nThis workshop will begin with a short song by Jayanni Webster\, CWA Local 3866.
CATEGORIES:BARGAINING\,STRATEGY
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom C
SEQUENCE:0
UID:f15929a21dc17abcfd1e3dd7a8c28dca
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/f15929a21dc17abcfd1e3dd7a8c28dca
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T180000Z
DTEND:20260612T194500Z
SUMMARY:Winning a Strong Contract
DESCRIPTION:What's the secret of winning a strong contract? Hint: You won't find it at the negotiations table! Learn how to organize a successful contract campaign and harness the power of the rank-and-file membership to win the strongest possible contract. We'll cover building a Contract Action Team\, putting together an escalating campaign\, and dynamics between the leadership and the membership. Note: We recommend participants familiarize themselves with Secrets of a Successful Organizer first\, if possible.
CATEGORIES:CONTRACT CAMPAIGNS
LOCATION:Rosemont B
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/ac38c80b9b2da8555ed8d8ca821a6dec
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T180000Z
DTEND:20260612T194500Z
SUMMARY:Asian Unions Resisting Authoritarianism
DESCRIPTION:Hong Kong unions and civil society were crushed in 2020\, driving countless activists into jail or exile. A coup-from-above by the president of South Korea in 2024 was defeated by general strikes and months of mobilization from below. Japan's right-wing president broke with decades of demilitarized diplomacy. Learn about these profound challenges—not dissimilar to those we face in the U.S.—and how union-led responses are challenging authoritarianism.
CATEGORIES:INTERNATIONAL\,POLITICAL EDUCATION
LOCATION:Paris
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/a30daa984b91101ecb33111632bdfd08
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T180000Z
DTEND:20260612T194500Z
SUMMARY:How to Spot an Unfair Labor Practice and What to Do with It
DESCRIPTION:Bosses break the law all the time\, especially when workers are not yet unionized. They get away with it because workers don't know the law. Learn the basics about employers' unfair labor practices and how to use the National Labor Relations Board as part of your campaign\, plus how to tell the difference between a grievance and an unfair labor practice and when to do what.
CATEGORIES:LABOR LAW\, NEW ORGANIZING
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom A
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/fb6d90ef9ff7747542016ef89e981734
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T180000Z
DTEND:20260612T194500Z
SUMMARY:Fighting Oligarchy: Unionizing the Biggest Corporations
DESCRIPTION:Many of the country's biggest industries—from finance to tech to retail—remain almost entirely non-union. Hear from workers on the front lines of organizing unions and fighting for first contracts at Starbucks\, Google\, and Wells Fargo.
CATEGORIES:NEW ORGANIZING
LOCATION:Rosemont CD
SEQUENCE:0
UID:bbdb5be26d69c77d5815d5e00516f975
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/bbdb5be26d69c77d5815d5e00516f975
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T180000Z
DTEND:20260612T194500Z
SUMMARY:Taking on Goliath: Tactics to Bring Amazon to Heel
DESCRIPTION:Hear Amazon workers from different groups across North America and Europe describe how they’re organizing at the corporate giant—running elections\, building independent unions\, organizing with established unions\, taking direct actions on the job\, and striking.
CATEGORIES:NEW ORGANIZING\, AMAZON WORKERS
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom G
SEQUENCE:0
UID:0dae195baf5cde0d6aa938e16e0294af
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/0dae195baf5cde0d6aa938e16e0294af
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T180000Z
DTEND:20260612T194500Z
SUMMARY:Race and Labor
DESCRIPTION:How does racism show up in our workplaces and our unions? What are some strategies to confront it and build solidarity for a stronger\, multiracial labor movement? And what can you say to union siblings who aren’t convinced racial justice has anything to do with union politics?
CATEGORIES:OVERCOMING DIVISIONS
LOCATION:Narita
SEQUENCE:0
UID:34f99cb09f47107213ea89a326b0fcf2
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/34f99cb09f47107213ea89a326b0fcf2
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T180000Z
DTEND:20260612T194500Z
SUMMARY:Health Care Is Broken But Not Broke
DESCRIPTION:Learn about the tricky web of health care profits and money-making schemes\, clearly explained in a way you can break down for your fellow members. But it's not all doom and gloom: you'll also hear how health care unions are fighting for well-funded workplaces and better patient care.
CATEGORIES:POLITICAL EDUCATION\, HEALTH CARE WORKERS
LOCATION:LAX
SEQUENCE:0
UID:9cb86f6a044183e3ab00f514c3208537
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/9cb86f6a044183e3ab00f514c3208537
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T180000Z
DTEND:20260612T194500Z
SUMMARY:Building a Tax the Rich Campaign: The Nuts and Bolts
DESCRIPTION:Learn from the winning campaign in Massachusetts! Get practical advice and Q&A on building a coalition\, developing legislation or a ballot proposal\, raising money\, building a grassroots campaign\, making sure the tax money collected gets spent the right way\, and defending a victory against billionaire blowback.
CATEGORIES:POLITICS
LOCATION:Sky Harbor
SEQUENCE:0
UID:4ce37293f6604dc98184dfc7341e9a25
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/4ce37293f6604dc98184dfc7341e9a25
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T180000Z
DTEND:20260612T194500Z
SUMMARY:Running Labor Candidates for Public Office—What it Takes to Win
DESCRIPTION:Union members are often encouraged to run for office—whether as independents\, third-party candidates\, or progressive\, pro-labor Democrats. But making the transition from labor activism to electoral politics is not easy in a two-party system dominated by big money\, where few working-class people hold public office. We’ll address the challenges of recruiting candidates and campaign volunteers\, raising money\, getting endorsements\, and winning elections\, using the skills and experience of past local union leadership or staff. Hear about running inside and outside the Democratic Party\, at the state\, local\, and federal level.
CATEGORIES:POLITICS
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom H
SEQUENCE:0
UID:32a0e8b6c7a26c1ce7214b36e87ac244
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/32a0e8b6c7a26c1ce7214b36e87ac244
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T180000Z
DTEND:20260612T194500Z
SUMMARY:Untapped Pension Power
DESCRIPTION:Public pensions hold more $6 trillion\, money that billionaires are using to raise your rent\, intensify the climate crisis\, and fuel ICE deportations. Learn how you can take back control of your retirement savings and use your pension dollars to help your community.
CATEGORIES:POLITICS
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom D
SEQUENCE:0
UID:762d1dbd06b81de817362f8551270b12
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/762d1dbd06b81de817362f8551270b12
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T180000Z
DTEND:20260612T194500Z
SUMMARY:How to Expand Your Reach as a Troublemaker
DESCRIPTION:You know you need to get more of your co-workers involved in your organizing\, but are you struggling to reach (or even find) them? Whether you're launching a bottom-up campaign\, building a reform caucus\, or running for union office\, learn how to systematically build a list of your co-workers from scratch\, and how to make the best use of it.
CATEGORIES:REFORM CAUCUSES
LOCATION:DFW
SEQUENCE:0
UID:464440f6193ab27a5690510253826fe2
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/464440f6193ab27a5690510253826fe2
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T180000Z
DTEND:20260612T194500Z
SUMMARY:Democratic Rights of Union Members: Free Speech
DESCRIPTION:Did you know that under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act\, you have free speech rights within your union? Learn what your speech rights are\, how to know if they have been violated\, and how to enforce them.
CATEGORIES:REFORM CAUCUSES\, LABOR LAW
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom B
SEQUENCE:0
UID:88d02c02cd9ea157c0fc908959856d6a
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/88d02c02cd9ea157c0fc908959856d6a
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T180000Z
DTEND:20260612T194500Z
SUMMARY:Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Beating Apathy
DESCRIPTION:Are you beating your head against the wall trying to get other workers involved? This workshop is for you. Hear success stories from those who’ve turned their workplaces around and turned apathy into action. Learn practical organizing tools for engaging your co-workers\, taking action\, and getting results. Based on the popular book Secrets of a Successful Organizer.
CATEGORIES:SECRETS OF A SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZER
LOCATION:O'Hare Ballroom
SEQUENCE:0
UID:60a2ab2fa7d4d2bfc16a82cc9edbc34a
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/60a2ab2fa7d4d2bfc16a82cc9edbc34a
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T180000Z
DTEND:20260612T194500Z
SUMMARY:Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Growing Your Leadership Team
DESCRIPTION:Your workplace may feel like an unorganized mess\, but the truth is you’re not starting from zero. There’s organization there already—though it might have nothing to do with the union. Learn how to map out the existing networks in your workplace\, identify the leaders in those networks\, and then knit them together into an organizing committee. Based on the popular book Secrets of a Successful Organizer.
CATEGORIES:SECRETS OF A SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZER
LOCATION:Rosemont A
SEQUENCE:0
UID:c0b7a063b5708ac1f951f627505072d6
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/c0b7a063b5708ac1f951f627505072d6
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T180000Z
DTEND:20260612T194500Z
SUMMARY:Building a Healthy\, Activist Local Union
DESCRIPTION:Explore creative ways to maximize member participation in contract campaigns... and in the long stretches between contract fights. Learn how to build strong\, healthy locals with high involvement year-round. If you have an approach you've found effective\, come and share it.
CATEGORIES:SHOP FLOOR POWER
LOCATION:Lindbergh
SEQUENCE:0
UID:160081da19439352f2acf4d77f3c997f
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/160081da19439352f2acf4d77f3c997f
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T180000Z
DTEND:20260612T194500Z
SUMMARY:Mexican Workers Fight for Justice/Trabajadores Mexicanos luchan por justicia
DESCRIPTION:In many union campaigns in Mexico\, workers are up against not only the boss\, but also their own unions. Learn how workers are fighting to build democratic and independent unions\, despite threats and intimidation. Note: This panel will be conducted in Spanish\, with interpretation into English. En muchas campañas sindicales en México\, los trabajadores no solo se enfrentan al patrón\, sino también a sus propios sindicatos. Aprende cómo los trabajadores están luchando por construir sindicatos democráticos e independientes\, a pesar de las amenazas y las represalias. Nota: Este panel se llevará a cabo en español\, con interpretación al inglés.
CATEGORIES:SPANISH-LANGUAGE WORKSHOPS
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom F
SEQUENCE:0
UID:1532d8f1886b1db6eeb6f3dbde390277
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/1532d8f1886b1db6eeb6f3dbde390277
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T180000Z
DTEND:20260612T194500Z
SUMMARY:Secretos de un organizador exitoso 1: Vencer a la apatía
DESCRIPTION:¿Se está golpeando la cabeza contra la pared tratando de involucrar a compañeros de trabajo en una lucha para mejorar su lugar de trabajo? Este taller es para ti. Escuche historias de otros trabajadores quienes convirtieron la apatía en acción. Aprenda los fundamentos de cómo organizarse para lanzar campañas que involucren a sus compañeros de trabajo para tomar acción y obtener resultados.[Workshop for Spanish speakers only.]
CATEGORIES:SPANISH-LANGUAGE WORKSHOPS\,SECRETS OF A SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZER
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom C
SEQUENCE:0
UID:ee7006ec7f74f88b9b4f8e57cc269056
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/ee7006ec7f74f88b9b4f8e57cc269056
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T180000Z
DTEND:20260612T194500Z
SUMMARY:Assertive Grievance Handling
DESCRIPTION:Fighting grievances isn’t only about how well you argue your case. It’s also about organizing members to build pressure on management. This workshop for stewards and union reps will focus on how to win creatively without going to arbitration—or sometimes without even filing a grievance. We’ll discuss the do’s and don’ts of settling grievances\, as well.
CATEGORIES:STEWARDS
LOCATION:Heathrow
SEQUENCE:0
UID:e1b9b63c53b530d944401763a8597842
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/e1b9b63c53b530d944401763a8597842
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T180000Z
DTEND:20260612T194500Z
SUMMARY:Decoding Your Contract
DESCRIPTION:Build your contract interpretation skills in this hands-on workshop\, especially useful for stewards. A co-worker comes to you with a workplace problem\, but how do you determine whether it's a potential grievance\, and what kind? We'll look at real contracts and example scenarios to practice identifying and analyzing the relevant contract language.
CATEGORIES:STEWARDS
LOCATION:Hartsfield
SEQUENCE:0
UID:6aa88b7e2916accc78e3427b88da6dfd
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/6aa88b7e2916accc78e3427b88da6dfd
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T180000Z
DTEND:20260612T194500Z
SUMMARY:Building Power in Grocery and Meatpacking
DESCRIPTION:Grocery and meatpacking workers across the U.S. are fighting for stronger contracts\, organizing new unions\, and defeating corporate mergers. We'll discuss the opportunities and challenges of organizing in these sectors\, and how worker coordination across the food supply chain can help beat the boss.
CATEGORIES:STRATEGY\, CONTRACT CAMPAIGNS
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom E
SEQUENCE:0
UID:b8823db6af1f3115540d71b0d6d9469c
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/b8823db6af1f3115540d71b0d6d9469c
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T180000Z
DTEND:20260612T194500Z
SUMMARY:Chokepoints for Supply Chain Workers
DESCRIPTION:(Part of the Railroad Workers United convention\, but open to all.) By understanding production systems and supply chains\, and drawing on our own experience\, logistics workers can identify chokepoints and vulnerabilities that give us leverage to win. Historically workers have used this power to win better wages\, benefits\, and working conditions\, and even to block arms from being shipped to war zones\, such as to Central America in the 1980s or Gaza last fall. Lessons from those actions apply to the war on Iran today.
CATEGORIES:STRIKES\, STRATEGY
LOCATION:London
SEQUENCE:0
UID:00a4e5c19f0572775d80bc6ac3503884
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/00a4e5c19f0572775d80bc6ac3503884
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T180000Z
DTEND:20260612T194500Z
SUMMARY:Can Political Strikes Restore Labor's Power?
DESCRIPTION:Strikes can demand a lot more than a raise. Minnesota unions and community organizations held a mass strike in January\, demanding to kick out ICE\, deny it further funding\, and hold officers accountable for killings. The Chicago Teachers Union won a demand to make May 1 a day of civic action\, allowing educators and students to participate in the national day of no\, work\, no school\, no shopping. Hear from organizers who were on the front lines\, pushing boundaries of what a fighting labor movement can win.
CATEGORIES:STRIKES\,STRATEGY\,POLITICS
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom B
SEQUENCE:0
UID:a3fdf7a3f357d150cb7cc252d00f4662
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/a3fdf7a3f357d150cb7cc252d00f4662
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T200500Z
DTEND:20260612T215000Z
SUMMARY:Open Mic: Great Labor Arts Exchange
DESCRIPTION:Our labor movement is brimming with creativity and artistry. Come share a song\, hip-hop piece\, story\, poem\, dance\, drag piece\, joke\, poster\, puppet\, banner\, spoken word piece\, costume\, chant\, photo\, picket sign\, or whatever you've got... Or just come to listen. You’ll be moved and amazed at what your fellow workers bring to the table.
CATEGORIES:ARTS AND CULTURE
LOCATION:United A
SEQUENCE:0
UID:b5812615ff15ebc8cb7f4044b4ece6ca
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/b5812615ff15ebc8cb7f4044b4ece6ca
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T200500Z
DTEND:20260612T215000Z
SUMMARY:The Labor Notes Podcast: Live!
DESCRIPTION:Bring your burning organizing questions and labor knowledge to the first-ever live episode of The Labor Notes Podcast\, our weekly show on rank-and-file news and organizing tactics! With special guests: two casino dealers who helped lead a remarkable recognition strike at the Horseshoe Indianapolis Casino last fall.
CATEGORIES:ARTS AND CULTURE\, MEDIA
LOCATION:LAX
SEQUENCE:0
UID:55c02271bba7a942c99a8bd3074d77fd
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/55c02271bba7a942c99a8bd3074d77fd
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T200500Z
DTEND:20260612T215000Z
SUMMARY:Working with Media to Tell Our Stories
DESCRIPTION:Get strategic in using media coverage to amplify your campaign—learn where to place your story\, understand what makes a pitch compelling to editors\, and discuss steps you can take\, beyond drafting press releases\, to make sure your story gets across your message. Hear from journalists from The Real News Network\, Workday Magazine\, In These Times\, and a retired reporter from the Minnesota Star Tribune.
CATEGORIES:ARTS AND CULTURE\, MEDIA
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom D
SEQUENCE:0
UID:babed7a5e2d8f8ba9a516ebea6405e33
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/babed7a5e2d8f8ba9a516ebea6405e33
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T200500Z
DTEND:20260612T215000Z
SUMMARY:FILM: Partners: The Campaign to Organize Starbucks
DESCRIPTION:"Partners\," a short documentary on Starbucks baristas’ crusade to bring a coffee behemoth to heel\, charts the seemingly unlikely trajectory ignited by workers in Buffalo\, New York\, who organized the first Starbucks location in 2021 and helped grow a highly energetic movement—one that has emerged as a symbol of persistence against vicious union-busting and brought hope for renewed militancy. The showing will be followed by a panel discussion with Starbucks workers.
CATEGORIES:ARTS AND CULTURE\, NEW ORGANIZING
LOCATION:Rosemont B
SEQUENCE:0
UID:9c55578d58e63f089d07478b4f861f31
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/9c55578d58e63f089d07478b4f861f31
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T200500Z
DTEND:20260612T215000Z
SUMMARY:Approaches to Bargaining Over Tech Changes
DESCRIPTION:New technology and software can threaten your job security\, working conditions\, and union strength. How can you identify your power before management implements its plans? From robots to A.I. “spyware” to GPS\, we'll explore how to prepare and organize co-workers to bargain and take action over tech changes\, including using the "continuous bargaining" approach. We'll consider an example from longshore workers who fought the use of automated equipment\, RFID\, and logistics software.
CATEGORIES:AUTOMATION AND A.I.\, BARGAINING
LOCATION:Midway
SEQUENCE:0
UID:e14432b47487c0d02ec54c03c6657df4
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/e14432b47487c0d02ec54c03c6657df4
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T200500Z
DTEND:20260612T215000Z
SUMMARY:Open Bargaining
DESCRIPTION:Let the members and the power in! This workshop will dive into the tool of open bargaining\, a way to increase democratic participation by members and the community in your contract negotiations. Let the boss organize the workers for you!
CATEGORIES:BARGAINING
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom A
SEQUENCE:0
UID:71298fad966a4125ae7a7c83243637b7
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/71298fad966a4125ae7a7c83243637b7
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T200500Z
DTEND:20260612T215000Z
SUMMARY:Simulated Bargaining: Techniques for New and Experienced Negotiators
DESCRIPTION:This workshop will explore the psychology of bargaining. Participants will learn techniques\, then practice them in a brief session of simulated bargaining.
CATEGORIES:BARGAINING
LOCATION:Paris
SEQUENCE:0
UID:33884015c54f8243e18b247e05aca073
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/33884015c54f8243e18b247e05aca073
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T200500Z
DTEND:20260612T215000Z
SUMMARY:Continuous Bargaining
DESCRIPTION:Power inside our workplaces is critical to labor’s future. Management frequently restructures work\, introduces new technologies\, and promotes ideologies that undermine our collective voice and power. If your management has introduced new technologies or restructuring programs (e.g. lean\, 5S\, Six Sigma)\, downsizing\, understaffing\, speed-up\, or “continuous improvement\,” come learn a strategy developed by labor educator Charley Richardson. Though Charley died in 2013\, his work continues to build worker solidarity and union power.
CATEGORIES:BARGAINING\, SHOP FLOOR POWER
LOCATION:DFW
SEQUENCE:0
UID:8b10c7b04291fe2b80c1560de97d9894
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/8b10c7b04291fe2b80c1560de97d9894
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T200500Z
DTEND:20260612T215000Z
SUMMARY:Unions\, Climate\, and the Fight for Affordability
DESCRIPTION:Corporate profiteers and climate change are driving our cost of living out of control. We'll learn from organized workers leading and winning fights that promote affordable communities and a safer climate. Then we'll discuss how our own unions could lead\, with contracts and coalitions\, to bring down the cost of a good living.
CATEGORIES:CLIMATE\, POLITICAL EDUCATION
LOCATION:Lambert
SEQUENCE:0
UID:597003f110c474fbc0e9681d127c9b6d
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/597003f110c474fbc0e9681d127c9b6d
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T200500Z
DTEND:20260612T215000Z
SUMMARY:How to Build a High-Participation Contract Campaign
DESCRIPTION:Strong contracts are won with the power we build away from the bargaining table. Learn how to develop high-participation contract campaigns that give you the leverage to win your demands and grow the union.
CATEGORIES:CONTRACT CAMPAIGNS
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom C
SEQUENCE:0
UID:669138d06f9b1978e60fdfe058274424
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/669138d06f9b1978e60fdfe058274424
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T200500Z
DTEND:20260612T215000Z
SUMMARY:From Contract Struggle to Shop Floor Power at UPS
DESCRIPTION:Don't pump the brakes after a contract is won! Convert your new leaders\, skills\, and confidence into a shop floor army and keep shifting the power away from the boss. Hear how UPS Teamsters used their 2023 mobilization as a springboard to stronger organization on the job through parking lot meetings and everyday collective action on issues like excessive overtime\, supervisor harassment\, and workplace hazards.
CATEGORIES:CONTRACT CAMPAIGNS\, SHOP FLOOR POWER
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom G
SEQUENCE:0
UID:79b8b6717906625786656a5c7bdadf6f
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/79b8b6717906625786656a5c7bdadf6f
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T200500Z
DTEND:20260612T215000Z
SUMMARY:Tactics to Build Power
DESCRIPTION:Ready to bring your co-workers into collective action? Planning some community actions\, but not quite ready to strike? Discover the wide range of tactics you can use as part of an escalating campaign to target the boss\, get wins\, and build power. Hear some great stories of clever and effective tactics that built solidarity and scared the boss\, and learn how to choose the right tactics for your situation.
CATEGORIES:CONTRACT CAMPAIGNS\, SHOP FLOOR POWER
LOCATION:DaVinci
SEQUENCE:0
UID:18a80c2927cdb43b71d6f315b1bfde4a
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/18a80c2927cdb43b71d6f315b1bfde4a
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T200500Z
DTEND:20260612T215000Z
SUMMARY:The Biggest Union-Busting Effort in U.S. History: Federal Workers Fight Back
DESCRIPTION:The Trump administration has set its sights on unions in the federal sector\, tearing up contracts covering hundreds of thousands of workers in one of the single largest attacks on collective bargaining rights ever seen in the U.S. Hear about what those attacks have meant for federal workers and the services they provide\, and about how they have been organizing in response.
CATEGORIES:GOVERNMENT WORKERS\, POLITICAL EDUCATION
LOCATION:Rosemont CD
SEQUENCE:0
UID:560f9c2d168966ed52462315b9320d4c
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/560f9c2d168966ed52462315b9320d4c
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T200500Z
DTEND:20260612T215000Z
SUMMARY:Fight ICE\, Build the Union
DESCRIPTION:Union members across the country are in an intensifying battle to keep their members and communities safe from federal immigration authorities. While some say unions should avoid "divisive issues\," organizing around immigrant defense can deepen relationships among members and help bridge political divides. Learn how members are taking up this fight—and how do it in your own local.
CATEGORIES:IMMIGRANT WORKERS
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom H
SEQUENCE:0
UID:8e7a26005c191ebe06983a5d81dd14a9
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/8e7a26005c191ebe06983a5d81dd14a9
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T200500Z
DTEND:20260612T215000Z
SUMMARY:Immigrant Workers Unbossed\, Rising Up and Organizing
DESCRIPTION:In these harrowing times\, immigrant workers continue to fight for each other—and against the boss. Learn about their campaigns and tactics to overcome a climate of fear and build collective power.
CATEGORIES:IMMIGRANT WORKERS\, STRIKES\, SPANISH-LANGUAGE WORKSHOPS\, OVERCOMING DIVISIONS
LOCATION:Florence
SEQUENCE:0
UID:f2c83c7c5b94b31ce6e7a4c3dd1fe5a3
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/f2c83c7c5b94b31ce6e7a4c3dd1fe5a3
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T200500Z
DTEND:20260612T215000Z
SUMMARY:Auto Workers of the World\, Unite!
DESCRIPTION:As tariffs and trade threats destabilize the global supply chain\, auto workers across the globe are taking on bold fights. Hear union activists from Brazil\, Italy\, Korea\, and Mexico describe the struggles in this strategic sector and identify key points of leverage for holding auto giants to account.
CATEGORIES:INTERNATIONAL
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom F
SEQUENCE:0
UID:6323d3cb52efc29b8de9a76b7973a71c
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/6323d3cb52efc29b8de9a76b7973a71c
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T200500Z
DTEND:20260612T215000Z
SUMMARY:Cross-Border Solidarity
DESCRIPTION:Corporations reach across the world... labor should too! Hear how workers are making contact with others who share a common employer\, industry\, or supply chain\, flexing our power to back each other up\, and dealing with practical challenges like language barriers.
CATEGORIES:INTERNATIONAL
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom B
SEQUENCE:0
UID:239768d8b7fe56e7b5f972e11e3026ff
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/239768d8b7fe56e7b5f972e11e3026ff
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T200500Z
DTEND:20260612T215000Z
SUMMARY:Using the Railway Labor Act to Our Advantage
DESCRIPTION:(Part of the Railroad Workers United convention\, but open to all.) During the national freight rail contract fight of 2022\, upwards of 90 percent of railroad workers were poised for a national strike for the first time in three decades... but no strike materialized. Government officials use the Railway Labor Act to limit worker actions and undermine our rights\, including the fundamental right to strike. Hear how airline workers have built the power to resist despite these constraints\, and how railroad workers can likewise build effective bargaining campaigns.
CATEGORIES:LABOR LAW\, STRATEGY
LOCATION:London
SEQUENCE:0
UID:975b2a2656c8523dc26b18c1e053d6aa
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/975b2a2656c8523dc26b18c1e053d6aa
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T200500Z
DTEND:20260612T215000Z
SUMMARY:Graduate Worker Organizing
DESCRIPTION:Tens of thousands of graduate student employees are now in unions\, and they're making their presence felt on campus as they push for a better working and learning environment. Learn from campaigns to win better protections for international student workers\, increase pay even without a union contract\, and grow the union by representing workers previously excluded from a contract.
CATEGORIES:NEW ORGANIZING\, EDUCATORS\, CONTRACT CAMPAIGNS
LOCATION:Lindbergh
SEQUENCE:0
UID:a0346a24a99f3e39b718680efcec4546
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/a0346a24a99f3e39b718680efcec4546
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T200500Z
DTEND:20260612T215000Z
SUMMARY:The Hidden Impacts of A.I.: Building Power in the Semiconductor Supply Chain
DESCRIPTION:Semiconductor production in the U.S. is set to triple in the next decade\, with hundreds of billions in private investment and federal and state subsidies. But these new chip factories bring with them exploitation of workers and toxic byproducts that can contaminate our air\, water\, and land. We’ll share reports from the front lines of struggles in the semiconductor industry and talk about building worker and community power to make sure these companies are good employers and neighbors.
CATEGORIES:NEW ORGANIZING\, INTERNATIONAL\, AUTOMATION AND A.I.\, BUILDING TRADES WORKERS\, CLIMATE
LOCATION:Hartsfield
SEQUENCE:0
UID:3be187de60a2bdb66623840ce05042d0
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/3be187de60a2bdb66623840ce05042d0
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T200500Z
DTEND:20260612T215000Z
SUMMARY:Organizing in the Multiethnic Workplace
DESCRIPTION:Ever since workers in the U.S. started forming unions\, we've had to overcome mistrust between groups and get co-workers with different cultures and languages working together. Hear how workers are making solidarity the norm—and building astonishing collective power—in a Kroger grocery warehouse\, on a Minnesota university campus\, at Amazon\, and in food delivery on the streets of New York City. This panel will inspire you!
CATEGORIES:OVERCOMING DIVISIONS\, AMAZON WORKERS
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom E
SEQUENCE:0
UID:dbd5148abe4ebc916ea4f24e124c1394
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/dbd5148abe4ebc916ea4f24e124c1394
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T200500Z
DTEND:20260612T215000Z
SUMMARY:Fighting Against War from the Shop Floor
DESCRIPTION:The wars waged by the U.S. are deeply unpopular at home and abroad\, but workers are still testing out how to use shop floor power to bring them to a halt. Hear from worker activists who are challenging militarism. We'll discuss what strategies can succeed\, what fails\, and how these efforts relate to everyday "troublemaking" around working conditions.
CATEGORIES:POLITICS
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom F
SEQUENCE:0
UID:da3ac722431bba2ba6110548509f2e70
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/da3ac722431bba2ba6110548509f2e70
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T200500Z
DTEND:20260612T215000Z
SUMMARY:For Elected Leaders: Building Democracy vs. Administering Bureaucracy
DESCRIPTION:Increasing participation and democracy means increasing power. So how can you as a union leader move beyond administering bureaucracy\, toward engaging members in all aspects of the union? You'll leave this interactive workshop with active plans to increase democracy in your union.
CATEGORIES:REFORMERS IN OFFICE
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom A
SEQUENCE:0
UID:4a795ae0915c3e96aed682212cbeb531
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/4a795ae0915c3e96aed682212cbeb531
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T200500Z
DTEND:20260612T215000Z
SUMMARY:Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Growing Your Leadership Team
DESCRIPTION:Your workplace may feel like an unorganized mess\, but the truth is you’re not starting from zero. There’s organization there already—though it might have nothing to do with the union. Learn how to map out the existing networks in your workplace\, identify the leaders in those networks\, and then knit them together into an organizing committee. Based on the popular book Secrets of a Successful Organizer.
CATEGORIES:SECRETS OF A SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZER
LOCATION:O’Hare Ballroom
SEQUENCE:0
UID:4e8bbe8333e17b6ee2e308965cccadb0
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/4e8bbe8333e17b6ee2e308965cccadb0
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T200500Z
DTEND:20260612T215000Z
SUMMARY:Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Turning an Issue into a Campaign
DESCRIPTION:Everybody has complaints and frustrations\, but an organizer has the power to turn problems into opportunities. Learn how to sort through the issues you hear from co-workers\, bring people together\, and make a plan to solve them. Based on the popular book Secrets of a Successful Organizer.
CATEGORIES:SECRETS OF A SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZER
LOCATION:Rosemont A
SEQUENCE:0
UID:b231dfd6faf45a1b864d36dbdc9c8e3f
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/b231dfd6faf45a1b864d36dbdc9c8e3f
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T200500Z
DTEND:20260612T215000Z
SUMMARY:Building Density in the Open Shop
DESCRIPTION:Open shop conditions don’t have to be a death sentence. Learn strategies for building and maintaining stronger unions even under so-called “right to work.”
CATEGORIES:SHOP FLOOR POWER
LOCATION:Barajas
SEQUENCE:0
UID:f043d2f42cf3ee079db044782ff80952
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/f043d2f42cf3ee079db044782ff80952
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T200500Z
DTEND:20260612T215000Z
SUMMARY:How to March on the Boss
DESCRIPTION:Ready to declare you’ve had enough? A collective march on the boss can shift the balance of power. Hear from workers who've done it\, and learn how you and your co-workers can prepare to do the same.
CATEGORIES:SHOP FLOOR POWER
LOCATION:Heathrow
SEQUENCE:0
UID:a8cd1dee0f86869b4a486446b5a19365
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/a8cd1dee0f86869b4a486446b5a19365
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T200500Z
DTEND:20260612T215000Z
SUMMARY:Teatro de los oprimidos / Theater of the Oppressed
DESCRIPTION:En este taller exploraremos el teatro campesino\, también conocido como teatro del oprimido. En este espacio\, el arte se convierte en acción: aprenderás a utilizar la creatividad para visibilizar injusticias y generar diálogo en torno a las problemáticas que afectan a nuestras comunidades. This workshop will explore farmworkers theater\, also known as theater of the oppressed. In this space\, art becomes action: you'll learn to harness creativity to bring injustices to light and start dialogue on the issues affecting our communities.
CATEGORIES:SPANISH-LANGUAGE WORKSHOPS\, ARTS AND CULTURE
LOCATION:Sky Harbor
SEQUENCE:0
UID:a21d46ceec2e8ea2ba59a946e426033f
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/a21d46ceec2e8ea2ba59a946e426033f
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T200500Z
DTEND:20260612T215000Z
SUMMARY:Secretos de un organizador exitoso 2: Armar el equipo de tus sueños
DESCRIPTION:¿Se está golpeando la cabeza contra la pared tratando de involucrar a compañeros de trabajo en una lucha para mejorar su lugar de trabajo? Este taller es para ti. Escuche historias de otros trabajadores quienes convirtieron la apatía en acción. Aprenda los fundamentos de cómo organizarse para lanzar campañas que involucren a sus compañeros de trabajo para tomar acción y obtener resultados. [Workshop for Spanish&nbsp\;speakers only.]
CATEGORIES:SPANISH-LANGUAGE WORKSHOPS\,SECRETS OF A SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZER
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom C
SEQUENCE:0
UID:a374f48a38c3408c1d4083410f5af237
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/a374f48a38c3408c1d4083410f5af237
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T200500Z
DTEND:20260612T215000Z
SUMMARY:Building a Strong Stewards Network
DESCRIPTION:Stewards are the backbone of the union! Learn how to build a strong steward structure that helps workers use their on-the-job power to fight the boss.
CATEGORIES:STEWARDS
LOCATION:Narita
SEQUENCE:0
UID:025bf1c463da85f2524aa8407a8fdc8d
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/025bf1c463da85f2524aa8407a8fdc8d
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T200500Z
DTEND:20260612T215000Z
SUMMARY:Dealing with Difficult Supervisors
DESCRIPTION:Stewards often find that regular conflict with supervisors is part of the job. But sometimes you come up against particularly difficult supervisors who try to undermine the union at every turn. Meet with stewards from a variety of industries to talk about strategies for handling bad management\, and learn some new ones.
CATEGORIES:STEWARDS
LOCATION:Vienna
SEQUENCE:0
UID:28bdf712feb04c905176df66dfb2153a
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/28bdf712feb04c905176df66dfb2153a
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T200500Z
DTEND:20260612T215000Z
SUMMARY:Stewards' Skills: Organizing To Defend Our Rights
DESCRIPTION:Stewards wear a lot of hats. This workshop will focus on the role of stewards as organizers in helping members defend their rights.
CATEGORIES:STEWARDS\,SHOP FLOOR POWER
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom B
SEQUENCE:0
UID:a9fba075419704b1839982c24dafa011
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/a9fba075419704b1839982c24dafa011
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T200500Z
DTEND:20260612T215000Z
SUMMARY:What Will It Take to Win? A Conversation with Labor Movement Veterans
DESCRIPTION:Rebuilding labor’s power will take more than winning union elections at individual workplaces. Hear insights from veteran organizers and labor strategies drawn from big campaigns including the effort to organize hundreds of thousands of L.A. manufacturing workers\, the strike by 40\,000 Verizon workers in 2016\, and ongoing organizing and contract fights at Kaiser.
CATEGORIES:STRATEGY
LOCATION:United B
SEQUENCE:0
UID:ba1ce9506719083f7df12236ac17176d
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/ba1ce9506719083f7df12236ac17176d
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T221000Z
DTEND:20260612T234000Z
SUMMARY:Labor Arts Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Meet others who are bringing creativity and heart to labor struggles: the chant writer\, the photographer\, the singer\, the one who makes great signs\, draws comics\, wears a hilarious costume\, or gets everyone dancing on the picket line.
CATEGORIES:ARTS AND CULTURE
LOCATION:United A
SEQUENCE:0
UID:c691470e426e4ed2189ed1d3c02b8e03
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/c691470e426e4ed2189ed1d3c02b8e03
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T221000Z
DTEND:20260612T234000Z
SUMMARY:Picket Signs that Pack a Powerful Punch
DESCRIPTION:A good picket sign helps distill the core message of your campaign into a clear demand with a specific targets. It's also an opportunity for creativity and wit\, with the ultimate goal of bringing supporters in and keeping members out one day longer. We'll be making signs in this workshop!
CATEGORIES:ARTS AND CULTURE\, STRIKES
LOCATION:United B
SEQUENCE:0
UID:7c1c9ece475954d14d1d834149dc2228
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/7c1c9ece475954d14d1d834149dc2228
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T221000Z
DTEND:20260612T234000Z
SUMMARY:Bargaining Tools: Using Your Caucus Time Powerfully
DESCRIPTION:Without preparation\, bargaining teams can spend their caucus time reacting to the boss and lose track of their goals. Learn strategies to use that time to build consensus\, make key decisions\, and push your bargaining forward with a unified team.
CATEGORIES:BARGAINING
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom A
SEQUENCE:0
UID:0c8fd0de4e6e1080cc1fc3528edab8ce
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/0c8fd0de4e6e1080cc1fc3528edab8ce
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T221000Z
DTEND:20260612T234000Z
SUMMARY:Building Trades: Jobsite Action
DESCRIPTION:Like few other sectors\, union construction workers have a culture of speaking up and slowing down work to fight disrespect\, dangerous orders\, and time theft from the boss. How can we go beyond cussing out the super\, to collective action that wins lasting power on the job? This interactive workshop is focused on construction\, but open to any kind of worker interested in turning the screws on management.
CATEGORIES:BUILDING TRADES WORKERS\, SHOP FLOOR POWER
LOCATION:O’Hare Ballroom
SEQUENCE:0
UID:940bf9f65d9286c42d0c6200f9081ffb
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/940bf9f65d9286c42d0c6200f9081ffb
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T221000Z
DTEND:20260612T234000Z
SUMMARY:Best Practices and Tools for Building a Multilingual Union
DESCRIPTION:How can organizers foster communication between people who speak different languages? Language justice practices can expand participation in union life and strengthen organizing. Learn practical strategies for multilingual facilitation\, collaborative translation\, and using accessible digital tools. Leave with ideas and tools you can apply in union trainings\, campaigns\, and leadership programs.
CATEGORIES:IMMIGRANT WORKERS\, OVERCOMING DIVISIONS
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom B
SEQUENCE:0
UID:3784dc3cad2a6a037c54f569894d9a61
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/3784dc3cad2a6a037c54f569894d9a61
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T221000Z
DTEND:20260612T234000Z
SUMMARY:Asian and Asian Diaspora Meetup
DESCRIPTION:A chance for grassroots labor activists from China\, Japan\, Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, and South Korea to exchange with their counterparts in the Asian diasporic community in the U.S.
CATEGORIES:INTERNATIONAL
LOCATION:Rosemont B
SEQUENCE:0
UID:317a3fa378c9d1613b6145a32c34da66
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/317a3fa378c9d1613b6145a32c34da66
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T221000Z
DTEND:20260612T234000Z
SUMMARY:Building Rank-and-File Unionism Around the World
DESCRIPTION:Building democratic and militant unions\, from the bottom up\, has guided Labor Notes for decades. These international unionists describe how this approach is taking hold and thriving elsewhere.
CATEGORIES:INTERNATIONAL\, SHOP FLOOR POWER
LOCATION:Florence
SEQUENCE:0
UID:81f0be7b2343fdb25ad599e8e4e031db
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/81f0be7b2343fdb25ad599e8e4e031db
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T221000Z
DTEND:20260612T234000Z
SUMMARY:LGBTQ+ Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Meet other LGBTQ+ labor activists and organizers in the movement! Hear from important campaigns\, make connections\, strategize\, and build community.
CATEGORIES:LGBTQ+\, OVERCOMING DIVISIONS
LOCATION:DaVinci
SEQUENCE:0
UID:e85ac9a6717e9e31704471bff7964e42
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/e85ac9a6717e9e31704471bff7964e42
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T221000Z
DTEND:20260612T234000Z
SUMMARY:Breaching the Non-Union Citadel: Southern Auto Workers Organize
DESCRIPTION:The South has long stood out as nearly impenetrable for labor\, but the Auto Workers have been organizing for decades to breach these anti-union fortresses of exploitation. Hear from auto workers about their efforts to build a union at Mercedes\, Toyota\, Hyundai\, and Subaru plants.
CATEGORIES:NEW ORGANIZING
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom E
SEQUENCE:0
UID:4f893056cc57b5dc1dc366ff0aa63ec7
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/4f893056cc57b5dc1dc366ff0aa63ec7
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T221000Z
DTEND:20260612T234000Z
SUMMARY:Getting Unions Involved in New Organizing Campaigns
DESCRIPTION:Less than 10 percent of U.S. workers belong to unions. To build working-class power and raise standards\, the labor movement needs to organize millions more workers. Hear how unions are stepping up to the plate\, and learn how your union can do more new organizing.
CATEGORIES:NEW ORGANIZING
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom F
SEQUENCE:0
UID:c21e133d95f4cfc0d023e032737e4c7d
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/c21e133d95f4cfc0d023e032737e4c7d
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T221000Z
DTEND:20260612T234000Z
SUMMARY:Keeping the Momentum in a First Contract Fight
DESCRIPTION:In the fight for a first contract\, the boss has every incentive to stall\, stall\, stall! Learn how to keep members engaged and determined through the course of a long fight.
CATEGORIES:NEW ORGANIZING\, CONTRACT CAMPAIGNS
LOCATION:Hartsfield
SEQUENCE:0
UID:db9323dd658bfe07db68c64a72d8c318
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/db9323dd658bfe07db68c64a72d8c318
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T221000Z
DTEND:20260612T234000Z
SUMMARY:Black Workers Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Join Black activists to discuss what unions are doing and could do to address the issues affecting Black workers and our communities. How can we get our unions in gear\, and how can we build stronger connections across unions?
CATEGORIES:OVERCOMING DIVISIONS
LOCATION:Rosemont A
SEQUENCE:0
UID:397e6a0070e7a633a9deed87cb546e4f
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/397e6a0070e7a633a9deed87cb546e4f
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T221000Z
DTEND:20260612T234000Z
SUMMARY:Building Unity Across Job Classifications
DESCRIPTION:Different groups of workers in the same workplace or union are easily pitted against each other\, but we're all stronger when we have each other's backs. Hear how drivers and package loaders\, teachers and paraeducators\, nurses and housekeepers\, electricians and factory workers are learning about each other's concerns\, overcoming friction and mistrust\, and building power together.
CATEGORIES:OVERCOMING DIVISIONS
LOCATION:Tegel
SEQUENCE:0
UID:1395ece6fd07fe0999a4d6b1049bb803
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/1395ece6fd07fe0999a4d6b1049bb803
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T221000Z
DTEND:20260612T234000Z
SUMMARY:Disabled Workers Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Meet other disabled and chronically ill workers to talk about organizing for accessibility and fairness\, in the workplace and the union.
CATEGORIES:OVERCOMING DIVISIONS
LOCATION:Midway
SEQUENCE:0
UID:f4844f63e772dc827229644058d02230
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/f4844f63e772dc827229644058d02230
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T221000Z
DTEND:20260612T234000Z
SUMMARY:Winning Back Working-Class Voters
DESCRIPTION:In the U.S. and across the world\, working-class voters are increasingly being won over by right-wing populist appeals. What are some possible elements of a labor political program that can both win back workers from the forces of reaction\, and force elected officials to address the needs of working people? Hear about initiatives including the Maine AFL-CIO’s campaign to develop a Contract with the Working Class and the Grassroots Power Project’s Solidarity Wins member-to-member political education program.
CATEGORIES:POLITICAL EDUCATION\,POLITICS\,OVERCOMING DIVISIONS
LOCATION:Vienna
SEQUENCE:0
UID:bc552c72cecfe4a0c85ff5053f190a56
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/bc552c72cecfe4a0c85ff5053f190a56
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T221000Z
DTEND:20260612T234000Z
SUMMARY:Dismantling the War Machine: Lessons from Pro-Peace Organizing
DESCRIPTION:Despite promising to be the “peace president\,” Trump is using our tax dollars to wage illegal wars and regime change operations in Latin America and the Middle East\, bringing suffering to our fellow workers abroad and endangering everyone’s future. Join a discussion with an intergenerational group of unionists who have been at the forefront of labor’s antiwar organizing at key moments in our recent history—from Reagan’s nuclear arms buildup to Bush’s invasion of Iraq to the ongoing Gaza genocide.
CATEGORIES:POLITICS
LOCATION:LAX
SEQUENCE:0
UID:91e464351531fc61a0c22119655a91fa
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/91e464351531fc61a0c22119655a91fa
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T221000Z
DTEND:20260612T234000Z
SUMMARY:Strategies for Reforming International Unions
DESCRIPTION:Reforming one local is hard enough\, but what about an international union? Leaders from reform caucuses undertaking this task will talk about best practices and strategies for how activists can organize around international union conventions\, leadership elections\, national contract campaigns\, and more.
CATEGORIES:REFORM CAUCUSES
LOCATION:Lambert
SEQUENCE:0
UID:c80f984c2679ea5c738649bb7fde28c6
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/c80f984c2679ea5c738649bb7fde28c6
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T221000Z
DTEND:20260612T234000Z
SUMMARY:Developing the Leaders Your Union Needs
DESCRIPTION:It’s not enough to tell your co-workers to “get involved” or say\, “We need to be unified.” This workshop will look at how you identify\, support\, and nurture new leaders. Learn the steps to identify potential stewards and develop rank-and file leaders.
CATEGORIES:SHOP FLOOR POWER
LOCATION:Narita
SEQUENCE:0
UID:48f043ebb255367bd9a1b252e0b25cea
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/48f043ebb255367bd9a1b252e0b25cea
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T221000Z
DTEND:20260612T234000Z
SUMMARY:Secretos de un organizador exitoso 3: Convertir un problema en una campaña
DESCRIPTION:Todo el mundo tiene quejas y frustraciones\, pero un organizador tiene el poder de convertir los problemas en oportunidades. Aprenda a resolver los problemas que escucha de sus compañeros o compañeras de trabajo\, reúna a las personas y elabore un plan para resolverlos de forma democrática a través de un esfuerzo de grupo. [Workshop for&nbsp\;Spanish speakers only.]
CATEGORIES:SPANISH-LANGUAGE WORKSHOPS\,SECRETS OF A SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZER
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom C
SEQUENCE:0
UID:7bbfcaa6db5d8f08769813963d57cf6a
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/7bbfcaa6db5d8f08769813963d57cf6a
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T221000Z
DTEND:20260612T234000Z
SUMMARY:Defending Your Co-Workers in Disciplinary Meetings
DESCRIPTION:Stewards are the backbone of the union\, defending co-workers when they need it most. We'll review how stewards can use their special rights and protections to most effectively advocate for their co-workers in investigatory interviews—and how to handle supervisors who are trying to put you off or trip you up.
CATEGORIES:STEWARDS
LOCATION:Heathrow
SEQUENCE:0
UID:51877b6b90593937907c18de11b575d0
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/51877b6b90593937907c18de11b575d0
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T221000Z
DTEND:20260612T234000Z
SUMMARY:Grievance Handling: Best and Worst Practices
DESCRIPTION:We can learn a lot from our mistakes and those of others. In this workshop we’ll follow a grievance handling from beginning to end and ask: What went wrong? What should have been done? We start with the initial report of a disciplinary suspension and follow step by step\, identifying mistakes which could have been damaging to the union’s case. The goal is to be persuasive and have a principled settlement. Come laugh and leave reminded of what to avoid. Presenter Richard De Vries confesses to having made all of the mistakes.
CATEGORIES:STEWARDS
LOCATION:DFW
SEQUENCE:0
UID:70f4a65c13c69a9ac67c08a5018fcdee
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/70f4a65c13c69a9ac67c08a5018fcdee
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T221000Z
DTEND:20260612T234000Z
SUMMARY:Big Strikes\, Big Power
DESCRIPTION:Three thousand Boeing Machinists in St. Louis\, who build F-15 and F-18 fighter jets\, struck last summer. Four thousand meatpacking workers in Greeley\, Colorado\, walked out in March on the industry’s first major strike in 40 years. And in 2023\, nurses with the 80\,000-member FIQ in Quebec struck after rejecting a contract offer. Hear how taking militant action has strengthened their unions.
CATEGORIES:STRIKES
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom B
SEQUENCE:0
UID:265b7453b6b87d29a1ad7f954296a5a3
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/265b7453b6b87d29a1ad7f954296a5a3
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T221000Z
DTEND:20260612T234000Z
SUMMARY:No Work\, No School\, No Shopping: Organizing for Mass Disruption
DESCRIPTION:Hear how unions got in gear to participate in Minnesota's January 23 strike and economic blackout. How did the rapid-response networks\, the defensive side of the fight\, and the workers' movement\, the offensive side\, relate to each other and help build power? What was the interplay between the 2020 George Floyd Uprising and the resistance to ICE? How did public schools become hubs of resistance?
CATEGORIES:STRIKES\, POLITICAL EDUCATION
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom C
SEQUENCE:0
UID:a34a2dbdb5b44ea61ae261c395755240
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/a34a2dbdb5b44ea61ae261c395755240
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T230000Z
DTEND:20260613T013000Z
SUMMARY:Parent + Kids Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Room for children and parents to gather after childcare ends on Friday. Livestream will be available to watch the Opening Plenary.
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Sky Harbor
SEQUENCE:0
UID:4aed7f9dd453f6d015a847ded1fa6207
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/4aed7f9dd453f6d015a847ded1fa6207
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260612T233000Z
DTEND:20260613T003000Z
SUMMARY:Recovery/Sobriety Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:JFK
SEQUENCE:0
UID:70ede31b3c40256e3b6f191b685ac7a6
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/70ede31b3c40256e3b6f191b685ac7a6
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T000000Z
DTEND:20260613T013000Z
SUMMARY:Friday Main Session
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom
SEQUENCE:0
UID:ff0f18bbc775c07e64c1d9ca67ad07e2
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/ff0f18bbc775c07e64c1d9ca67ad07e2
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T013000Z
DTEND:20260613T033000Z
SUMMARY:TDU
DESCRIPTION:
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Rosemont CD
SEQUENCE:0
UID:4b47f519bfd8527ab6be93069be30efe
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/4b47f519bfd8527ab6be93069be30efe
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T013000Z
DTEND:20260613T033000Z
SUMMARY:World Cup Watching Party
DESCRIPTION:Watch the second half of the USA v Paraguay World Cup match with your fellow soccer-loving troublemakers.
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:United B
SEQUENCE:0
UID:f65c3f4f5d20fb3637750e413c33a9c8
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/f65c3f4f5d20fb3637750e413c33a9c8
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T020000Z
DTEND:20260613T040000Z
SUMMARY:Black Rose Anarchist Federation
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:LAX
SEQUENCE:0
UID:6bd085ced876dc4c744ee5755589614e
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/6bd085ced876dc4c744ee5755589614e
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T020000Z
DTEND:20260613T040000Z
SUMMARY:FUN Solidarity Social powered by Federal Unionists Network
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:DFW
SEQUENCE:0
UID:9493e945e8f87e7acd2820270d06c2ba
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/9493e945e8f87e7acd2820270d06c2ba
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T020000Z
DTEND:20260613T040000Z
SUMMARY:Labor Song Swap and Jam: Fri
DESCRIPTION:
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Conference Center Foyer
SEQUENCE:0
UID:d1de299e470f836b702f170add23fc22
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/d1de299e470f836b702f170add23fc22
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T020000Z
DTEND:20260613T040000Z
SUMMARY:UMass Labor Center Social
DESCRIPTION:
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Rosemont B
SEQUENCE:0
UID:588b0824395719f0d822708578f324be
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/588b0824395719f0d822708578f324be
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T030000Z
DTEND:20260613T060000Z
SUMMARY:UAW Member Action\, Essential Workers for Democracy (EW4D) & IBEW CREW Reception
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Rosemont A
SEQUENCE:0
UID:32acfbc6138699a52577a8088b2df7f9
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/32acfbc6138699a52577a8088b2df7f9
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T114500Z
DTEND:20260613T124500Z
SUMMARY:Bird Walk
DESCRIPTION:Meet in the conference hotel lobby at 6:45am for a casual bird walk with fellow nature lovers! We’ll walk the nature trails in Catherine Chevalier Woods\, right behind the hotel. Bring binoculars if you have them.
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Conference Lobby
SEQUENCE:0
UID:970a05368eb172ca585c307bd3a830b4
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/970a05368eb172ca585c307bd3a830b4
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T130000Z
DTEND:20260613T140000Z
SUMMARY:Dance in Labor Movements
DESCRIPTION:Get grounded and inspired through movement!
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:United A
SEQUENCE:0
UID:1f6a8b1e6da109b7eb94828cfd8259d1
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/1f6a8b1e6da109b7eb94828cfd8259d1
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T130000Z
DTEND:20260613T140000Z
SUMMARY:Recovery/Sobriety Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:JFK
SEQUENCE:0
UID:1bd7e2dbcb2cbce8c035ac9071101d93
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/1bd7e2dbcb2cbce8c035ac9071101d93
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:Amazon's Robot Revolution: Lessons from the Shop Floor
DESCRIPTION:Robotics at Amazon is just getting started\, but already it's intensifying work\, degrading jobs\, and displacing workers. Hear how robotics and A.I. are reshaping the relationship between workers and bosses.
CATEGORIES:AUTOMATION AND A.I.\, AMAZON WORKERS\, SHOP FLOOR POWER
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom F
SEQUENCE:0
UID:0c41a513b4fbf4202cc59ac033a4d54a
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/0c41a513b4fbf4202cc59ac033a4d54a
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:Fighting the Wrongs of Management's Rights
DESCRIPTION:The management's rights clause has found its way into almost all union contracts. For years it often consisted of a single sentence\, but the longer this clause gets\, the more it can undermine the whole rest of your contract. Learn why these clauses are so dangerous and how to narrow the language back down.\n\nThis session will feature a short song at the start by&nbsp\;Joe Jencks\, Musicians Local 1000.&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:BARGAINING
LOCATION:John Wayne
SEQUENCE:0
UID:af9f76e94456e43c4935f573a5f078d2
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/af9f76e94456e43c4935f573a5f078d2
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:Coordinated Bargaining
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion of coordinated bargaining in various scenarios: within the same union with a common employer\, across different unions with a common employer\, and across different unions with different employers. Topics will include aligning contracts\, coordinating actions and strikes\, and negotiations strategy.
CATEGORIES:BARGAINING\, STRATEGY
LOCATION:Lindbergh
SEQUENCE:0
UID:9cd6c9671c54819260d8ae579c2b32a2
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/9cd6c9671c54819260d8ae579c2b32a2
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:Building Democracy in Contract Campaigns
DESCRIPTION:An expiring contract can get members fired up and paying close attention. How can we use contract campaigns to build union democracy that lasts? Learn from union members who organized daring contract campaigns. Based on inclusive member discussions and creative collective actions\, they won more than paycheck gains\, making their unions more member-led and ready to fight.
CATEGORIES:CONTRACT CAMPAIGNS
LOCATION:Hartsfield
SEQUENCE:0
UID:fd27204f00982e2acb3b02f818200cf8
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/fd27204f00982e2acb3b02f818200cf8
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:Building Your Contract Action Team
DESCRIPTION:The engine of any contract campaign is a member-to-member communication and organizing network that reaches the entire workforce. Panelists will take us through the steps of how they built and activated Contract Action Teams and used that power to win.
CATEGORIES:CONTRACT CAMPAIGNS
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom E
SEQUENCE:0
UID:3ddb4201c9eee8c2df05258e342832cb
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/3ddb4201c9eee8c2df05258e342832cb
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:Accessing our Power: Faculty and Staff Organizing on Campus
DESCRIPTION:Colleges and universities are not only places to explore and test ideas\; they're also workplaces with increasingly corporate structures. Faculty and staff members are fighting to defend vibrant\, diverse education and demand better employment opportunities. Hear how unions are organizing militant contract campaigns\, defending workers' rights from attack\, and devising strategy to set standards across multiple states.
CATEGORIES:EDUCATORS
LOCATION:HILTON - Lindbergh 
SEQUENCE:0
UID:0430467ea4b5c73e6b2ce49376a6d363
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/0430467ea4b5c73e6b2ce49376a6d363
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:Challenging Production Standards and Understaffing
DESCRIPTION:Work where the output is measured poses special challenges for workers. Where did the company get its standard? How can we know if it's accurate? What can we do if we think it’s unreasonable? We'll explore the basis of standards and how to address them\, including the most effective ways to investigate and challenge output quotas and inadequate staffing.
CATEGORIES:HEALTH AND SAFETY
LOCATION:Paris
SEQUENCE:0
UID:8a2c3a5a3f9d48764a122f400a401b26
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/8a2c3a5a3f9d48764a122f400a401b26
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:Modelos efectivos: Comités de salud y seguridad
DESCRIPTION:Muchos lugares de trabajo tienen comités de salud y seguridad que no son tan efectivos como podrían ser para cambiar condiciones peligrosas en el trabajo: condiciones que pueden lesionar\, enfermar o matar a los trabajadores. Este taller se basará en las experiencias de los participantes y discutirá los elementos clave que pueden hacer que el comité del sindicato o centro de trabajo sea más eficaz. También exploraremos estrategias para aumentar la eficacia de los comités laboral-patronales y lograr que la dirección solucione los peligros clave que identifican los trabajadores.
CATEGORIES:HEALTH AND SAFETY\, SPANISH-LANGUAGE WORKSHOPS
LOCATION:Sky Harbor
SEQUENCE:0
UID:3a71ed857792da61a7285e97e64dfa4c
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/3a71ed857792da61a7285e97e64dfa4c
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:Forcing Corporations to Drop ICE
DESCRIPTION:Across the country\, ICE is terrorizing workers and stomping on our most fundamental civil liberties. But they can't do it without support from major corporations who are only too happy to rent them hotels and vehicles\, offer logistical support\, and carry out deportation flights. Hear from organizers who are identifying and holding these corporate collaborators to account\, and learn how you can join the fight.
CATEGORIES:IMMIGRANT WORKERS
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom C
SEQUENCE:0
UID:a681946f55a28e5bb173baa816de60c7
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/a681946f55a28e5bb173baa816de60c7
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:Conozca sus derechos como trabajadores inmigrantes
DESCRIPTION:A pesar de los esfuerzos de la administración Trump para intimidar a los trabajadores inmigrantes\, usted sigue teniendo derechos\, sea o no sea ciudadano. Descubra secretos poco conocidos sobre los derechos que asisten a los trabajadores inmigrantes y a aquellos no sindicalizados bajo la legislación laboral federal\, así como estrategias para defenderse de las cartas de discrepancia de datos\, del sistema E-Verify y de las auditorías de los formularios I-9.
CATEGORIES:IMMIGRANT WORKERS\, SPANISH-LANGUAGE WORKSHOPS
LOCATION:Midway
SEQUENCE:0
UID:f5882a61e38258feda4c3bc1bb2f7423
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/f5882a61e38258feda4c3bc1bb2f7423
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:Utilizando las agencias laborales para fortalecer el poder de los trabajadores
DESCRIPTION:Las políticas discrecionales en la aplicación de las leyes laborales impactan el terreno de la lucha para los trabajadores\, los centros de trabajadores y los sindicatos. Trabajadores y organizadores compartirán estrategias para dar seguimiento a investigaciones y litigios de varios años de duración\, en un tiempo de inestabilidad política y los cambios en las políticas sobre la protección de los trabajadores.
CATEGORIES:IMMIGRANT WORKERS\, SPANISH-LANGUAGE WORKSHOPS
LOCATION:Gatwick
SEQUENCE:0
UID:7b7d30286a9f71196846cca70214e29e
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/7b7d30286a9f71196846cca70214e29e
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:Organizing Across Language Divides
DESCRIPTION:The boss hopes we'll let language divides make organizing a nonstarter\, but it doesn't have to be. Learn how to build member power across multiple languages in your union and forge winning campaigns in a multilingual workplace.
CATEGORIES:IMMIGRANT WORKERS\,OVERCOMING DIVISIONS
LOCATION:Rosemont A
SEQUENCE:0
UID:a25b35930c9cc61903d6c50f86b28f44
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/a25b35930c9cc61903d6c50f86b28f44
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:Chinese Workers in China and the World
DESCRIPTION:Chinese capital and workers have spread across the Global South\, where they find heightened exploitation and deteriorating labor and environmental standards. Learn about the conditions and struggles of Chinese workers\, both within China and overseas—including in the Middle East and Southeast Asia—and consider possibilities for building international solidarity.
CATEGORIES:INTERNATIONAL
LOCATION:Tegel
SEQUENCE:0
UID:00b8996a006dcb1754b6f605f5713e8b
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/00b8996a006dcb1754b6f605f5713e8b
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:French Unions in Struggle
DESCRIPTION:Hear from French postal\, transit\, and hospital workers about union organizing and fighting the far right.
CATEGORIES:INTERNATIONAL
LOCATION:JFK
SEQUENCE:0
UID:49f0f54f1906cd82b03d3dee098d0f5e
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/49f0f54f1906cd82b03d3dee098d0f5e
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:Teachers Fight Back Around the Globe
DESCRIPTION:Educators everywhere are facing the pain of savage austerity\, government coercion\, and attempts to repress union militancy. But bottom-up resistance and resilience are also everywhere. From a massive strike this March by teachers across Catalonia\, Spain\, to "little fires everywhere" in the UK\, to resistance against Trump-like demagoguery in Alberta\, Canada\, the stories will teach and inspire.
CATEGORIES:INTERNATIONAL\, EDUCATORS
LOCATION:Florence
SEQUENCE:0
UID:157743a5f701a83a0026de05f26a4eb3
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/157743a5f701a83a0026de05f26a4eb3
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:Book Launch! Keep Going: A Guide to Organizing When It's Hard
DESCRIPTION:When everything feels like it's falling apart\, this book will be your lifeline. Drawing on 50 years of experience helping thousands of workers to navigate just about every imaginable organizing challenge\, Ellen David Friedman has created a field guide to help you make sense of the everyday chaos and devise your next step in any situation. Hear from the author and four of the organizers featured\, and nab your copy of our new book before it sells out!
CATEGORIES:KEEP GOING
LOCATION:Rosemont CD
SEQUENCE:0
UID:833caa058f52a4c5cc0110cd8b438129
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/833caa058f52a4c5cc0110cd8b438129
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:Sustaining Ourselves as Organizers
DESCRIPTION:Improving our workplaces\, strengthening our unions\, and fighting for a better world: it's good work\, but it's often hard. Hear successful organizers describe strategies to take care of ourselves and each other as we build a dynamic movement that can win. Between brief presentations\, everyone will have a chance to share what they've figured out in their lives.
CATEGORIES:KEEP GOING
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom C
SEQUENCE:0
UID:7a710b6c335852246c8da85c755327ab
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/7a710b6c335852246c8da85c755327ab
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:Collectively Fabulous
DESCRIPTION:Queer and trans workers have long been at the forefront of intersectional solidarity\, bridging identities and social movements. We’ll share highlights of LGBTQIA+ labor culture\, comics\, and current dispatches\, and connect towards building queer futures and vibrant multiracial unions\, in style.
CATEGORIES:LGBTQ+
LOCATION:Rosemont B
SEQUENCE:0
UID:be1d12c22f07715fac98e92286dfa7de
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/be1d12c22f07715fac98e92286dfa7de
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:Using Health and Safety Committees in New Organizing
DESCRIPTION:Hear how worker leaders and organizers are using workplace safety issues to build worker power on the shop floor at Amazon. Learn about different models that union and not-yet-union workers can use to challenge abusive workplace practices and improve safety conditions. We’ll explore strategies for comprehensively addressing worker demands around health and safety\, the structures and tools that work best\, and how to make health and safety campaigning effective across industries and workplaces.
CATEGORIES:NEW ORGANIZING\, HEALTH AND SAFETY
LOCATION:Heathrow
SEQUENCE:0
UID:d1970fecae7c06276f3eb4fc1c304992
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/d1970fecae7c06276f3eb4fc1c304992
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:Overcoming Generational Divides
DESCRIPTION:"These kids don't want to work any more!" "These boomers ruined it all for us!" Generational divides are played up in the media\, and show up at our workplaces and in our unions. This session will explore what's behind generational conflict at work\, and share strategies for building unity.
CATEGORIES:OVERCOMING DIVISIONS
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom A
SEQUENCE:0
UID:0aa9a70529f258f34d855e9d0412bd6e
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/0aa9a70529f258f34d855e9d0412bd6e
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:FILM: The Alabama Solution: Organizing Workers In and After Prison
DESCRIPTION:Authoritarianism and corporate power converge through the system of courts and prisons to keep wages low\, undermine organizing\, and make profit. A clip from the award-winning documentary "The Alabama Solution" opens this session\, spotlighting incarcerated organizers who are leading work stoppages against brutal repression inside Alabama prisons. Panelists will discuss the continuum from prison labor on the inside to sub-minimum wage temp work on the outside. Hear why organizing criminalized workers—in and after prison—is essential to building working-class power.
CATEGORIES:OVERCOMING DIVISIONS\, ARTS AND CULTURE\, NEW ORGANIZING
LOCATION:LAX
SEQUENCE:0
UID:d06c3e8c076e3846e983804036b8488a
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/d06c3e8c076e3846e983804036b8488a
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:Labor Solidarity and Strategy on Palestine
DESCRIPTION:Palestinian unions continue to ask workers of the world to end all complicity with Israel’s regime of apartheid and genocide. Since the founding of the Boycott\, Divestment\, and Sanctions movement in 2005\, unions and labor federations across the world have endorsed BDS as a key form of solidarity with Palestinian workers. Hear from unionists engaged in solidarity organizing\, including a case study of divestment\, a campaign to defend journalists\, and grad workers speaking out on campus. You'll get concrete tactics and strategies to implement in your own union.
CATEGORIES:POLITICAL EDUCATION
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom G
SEQUENCE:0
UID:47d70bec9f120132fd1b0a48822b50ec
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/47d70bec9f120132fd1b0a48822b50ec
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:Solidarity Wins
DESCRIPTION:Are you tired of greedy corporations and executives taking and taking... and leaving us crumbs? This interactive workshop focuses on how billionaires and bosses try to divide working people so that we will fight each other instead of them\, and how we can build a strong working-class movement to stand up to their money and power. You'll leave able to run similar political education workshops for members of your own union.
CATEGORIES:POLITICAL EDUCATION
LOCATION:DFW
SEQUENCE:0
UID:685dbf806ebe003bed1524709cfb388a
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/685dbf806ebe003bed1524709cfb388a
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:How Is Labor Building Political Independence from the Democratic Party?
DESCRIPTION:We’ll discuss labor-backed independent candidacies running both on and off the Democratic ballot line\, what to do in areas where elections are completely dominated by Republicans\, union political education in the face of bleak electoral choices\, referendums on working-class issues\, and lessons from the Labor Party of the 1990s.
CATEGORIES:POLITICS
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom H
SEQUENCE:0
UID:dfeb692e1a483f84019f47ab380fa106
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/dfeb692e1a483f84019f47ab380fa106
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:State and Local Policy Campaigns: Building Labor's Power
DESCRIPTION:It's a natural step from building shop floor power to building campaigns for policy change. As organizers\, we're often already engaged in campaigns beyond the workplace. How can we apply democratic unionism in these campaigns? How can we use them to expand membership and empower members to lead? Learn from organizers who have translated workplace power into policy campaigns that expand workers' rights.
CATEGORIES:POLITICS
LOCATION:Capital
SEQUENCE:0
UID:b68f974d257f36d9aabddc307e7f50d2
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/b68f974d257f36d9aabddc307e7f50d2
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:The Fight for the VA: Veterans and Union Members Organize
DESCRIPTION:The murder of VA nurse and AFGE member Alex Pretti\, during anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis\, drew national attention to the role of federal workers in resistance to the Trump administration. This panel brings together VA caregivers and health care reform advocates to discuss union mobilization of vets within their own ranks\, efforts to build cross-union unity among VA labor organizations currently stripped of bargaining rights\, and “Save The VA” coalition-building.
CATEGORIES:POLITICS\, HEALTH CARE WORKERS\, GOVERNMENT WORKERS
LOCATION:Mirabel
SEQUENCE:0
UID:cd7ca053fa05580f2d621099ec1fba47
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/cd7ca053fa05580f2d621099ec1fba47
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:For Elected Leaders: Leadership Development and Building the Team You Need
DESCRIPTION:Leaders should be aiming not only to find a replacement when it's time to move on\, but also to identify and develop new leaders who can help build the union's capacity and power. We'll talk about where to find potential new leaders\, how to support and develop them\, and what kinds of union structures can help.
CATEGORIES:REFORMERS IN OFFICE
LOCATION:Narita
SEQUENCE:0
UID:63da5ab026761e2c4d7bb37a5391df6c
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/63da5ab026761e2c4d7bb37a5391df6c
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:How We're Turning Our Unions Around
DESCRIPTION:Sometimes our unions feel like they need a "restart" button. Maybe members were used to more of a service model of leadership\, or a tough fight has left your leadership in shambles. Hear from folks who have built up a strong\, fighting local when it seemed unlikely.
CATEGORIES:REFORMERS IN OFFICE
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom F
SEQUENCE:0
UID:06590fcd949d79f139647d01e2e1c093
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/06590fcd949d79f139647d01e2e1c093
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:I've Been Elected\, Now What?
DESCRIPTION:Getting elected was the easy part—running the union brings a new set of challenges. Hear from experienced reformers about how to turn things around at your workplace\, get members involved\, and move a program. Learn what pitfalls to avoid and what steps are essential to leading effectively at your worksite and in your union.
CATEGORIES:REFORMERS IN OFFICE
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom D
SEQUENCE:0
UID:3e9eb00311cb9300d2aaa37b9c40e1b6
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/3e9eb00311cb9300d2aaa37b9c40e1b6
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:How to Have an Effective Organizing Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to listen to your co-workers and recognize what they care about\, assess their attitude towards forming a union\, and ultimately get them to support the campaign. We'll discuss the importance of socializing before you organize\, and getting to know your co-workers. This workshop is for workers forming a union.
CATEGORIES:SHOP FLOOR POWER
LOCATION:McCarran
SEQUENCE:0
UID:4ab75a4f63ad609d029e7a7aeb9eceae
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/4ab75a4f63ad609d029e7a7aeb9eceae
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:How to March on the Boss
DESCRIPTION:Ready to declare you’ve had enough? A collective march on the boss can shift the balance of power. Hear from workers who've done it\, and learn how you and your co-workers can prepare to do the same.
CATEGORIES:SHOP FLOOR POWER
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom B
SEQUENCE:0
UID:3a847c6c63641fea74d805b808abe579
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/3a847c6c63641fea74d805b808abe579
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:Thinking Like an Organizer
DESCRIPTION:Shop stewards are the face of the union—the ones members see day to day\, and rely on for everything from basic questions about the job to handling complicated grievances. But stewards are also in a great position to strengthen the union by getting more people involved: by thinking like an organizer. Meet with activists from different unions across the country to learn about how to be more effective stewards by organizing.
CATEGORIES:SHOP FLOOR POWER\, STEWARDS
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom A
SEQUENCE:0
UID:a578c9b16ac534859d786c1c01ad56b9
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/a578c9b16ac534859d786c1c01ad56b9
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:¡Nos protegemos!
DESCRIPTION:Bajo las amenazas de la administración Trump\, los trabajadores inmigrantes han tenido que organizarse para defender sus derechos. Escuche de líderes sindicales y comunitarios sobre como han hecho este trabajo de autodefensa.
CATEGORIES:SPANISH-LANGUAGE WORKSHOPS
LOCATION:London
SEQUENCE:0
UID:7c7a8a8037652b6488e613e164f21b89
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/7c7a8a8037652b6488e613e164f21b89
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:Defending Your Co-Workers in Disciplinary Meetings
DESCRIPTION:Stewards are the backbone of the union\, defending co-workers when they need it most. We'll review how stewards can use their special rights and protections to most effectively advocate for their co-workers in investigatory interviews—and how to handle supervisors who are trying to put you off or trip you up.
CATEGORIES:STEWARD SKILLS / NUTS AND BOLTS / TACTICS
LOCATION:O’Hare Ballroom
SEQUENCE:0
UID:3a8d3bbcaeddfb815745cf2c340abb0d
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/3a8d3bbcaeddfb815745cf2c340abb0d
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:Getting Off the Grievance Treadmill
DESCRIPTION:When it comes to grievances\, is your local stuck pushing paper more often than winning “instant justice”? Are grievances bottlenecked in the hands of a veteran steward or solo staffer? Hear from activists who are changing their unions’ grievance culture with direct action\, group grievances\, and mini-campaigns\, and drawing more members into solving everyday problems on the job. We’ll also review the challenges\, and how to avoid slipping back into well-worn grooves.
CATEGORIES:STEWARDS
LOCATION:DaVinci
SEQUENCE:0
UID:6dcb7c0033c712c03d5ce54fb18577ab
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/6dcb7c0033c712c03d5ce54fb18577ab
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:How to Build Power: From Acting Tactically to Thinking Strategically
DESCRIPTION:You can maximize the impact of tactics by making them part of a larger strategy. Draft individualized components for reaching your organization’s main goal. Practice activities that will help you recognize members’ strengths\, identify community alliances\, and align purposeful\, escalating tactics to build the power to win.
CATEGORIES:STRATEGY
LOCATION:United B
SEQUENCE:0
UID:23c8fbffedf38acb6187180bf86dcfa4
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/23c8fbffedf38acb6187180bf86dcfa4
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:Upping Our Strategy to Build Working-Class Power
DESCRIPTION:Unions fight for better wages and working conditions\, but we also want to build power to win transformative change for working people and the planet. How can we work across unions and sectors\, align with community partners\, and build powerful alliances that begin to change the balance of power? Hear how unions are developing a long-term agenda and strategy to win bigger gains.
CATEGORIES:STRATEGY
LOCATION:Barajas
SEQUENCE:0
UID:f38d38a8694eb42858365d27718af0f4
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/f38d38a8694eb42858365d27718af0f4
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:Find Your Workplace Leverage—and Use It
DESCRIPTION:Workplace mapping\, a tried-and-true step in campaign planning\, can help workers discover different sources of leverage based on specific work performed. Reflect on new ways to bring pain to the boss and explore possibilities for adapting this method to different industries.
CATEGORIES:STRATEGY\, SHOP FLOOR POWER
LOCATION:Seatac
SEQUENCE:0
UID:a69c3b7321b77b6bee56bdf57a14504a
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/a69c3b7321b77b6bee56bdf57a14504a
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T140000Z
DTEND:20260613T154500Z
SUMMARY:Get Strike-Ready
DESCRIPTION:Striking sounds exhilarating\, but it's also scary and takes a lot of work. What are the building blocks for getting your union and co-workers ready to strike? Panelists in this interactive workshop will reflect on their strike experiences and share lessons from the picket line to the bargaining room.&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:STRIKES\,CONTRACT CAMPAIGNS
LOCATION:Vienna
SEQUENCE:0
UID:0391cf1927b4d610b50dd65acf314584
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/0391cf1927b4d610b50dd65acf314584
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:AFSCME Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Talk issues and strategy with your fellow public (and not-so-public) employees.
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom C
SEQUENCE:0
UID:d196e95ebb0134fffd6ae581b4035676
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/d196e95ebb0134fffd6ae581b4035676
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:Airline Workers Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Anyone who works in the airline industry is invited to this meeting to build solidarity and hear about each other’s fights.
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Heathrow
SEQUENCE:0
UID:79ee3d420b9cd0d1efdbb4f90719437e
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/79ee3d420b9cd0d1efdbb4f90719437e
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:Amazon Workers Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Meet with union and nonunion workers at logistics giant Amazon. The more we're in touch\, the better we can use our collective power along Amazon's supply chain.
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom A
SEQUENCE:0
UID:a7e669dac556ab24dddd0e656dd18a0d
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/a7e669dac556ab24dddd0e656dd18a0d
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:Canadian Workers Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Meet the other Canadians at Labo(u)r Notes.
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Malpensa
SEQUENCE:0
UID:e0ddab8bd29792bfd3b0705ebe6411e8
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/e0ddab8bd29792bfd3b0705ebe6411e8
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:Co-ops meeting
DESCRIPTION:Are you in a workers cooperative? Is your union or worker center organizing or supporting workers co-ops? Are you curious about how unions and cooperatives can work together for democracy and workers’ power? Come share experiences\, resources\, and ideas.
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:John Wayne
SEQUENCE:0
UID:35a97b0762d60a8785e56b821c0a440a
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/35a97b0762d60a8785e56b821c0a440a
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:Federal Workers Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Federal workers are under attack and the best solution is to connect\, learn from one another\, and share ideas.
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:O'Hare Ballroom
SEQUENCE:0
UID:d581d8d8820a42b9a98a35b875d480cc
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/d581d8d8820a42b9a98a35b875d480cc
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:Grad Labor Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Graduate workers have a lot of organizing to discuss\, from creative grievance victories to challenging contract fights. Discuss what's working and reflect on what is not with fellow grad employees.
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:HILTON - Lindbergh 
SEQUENCE:0
UID:05843c47930c4b7ec3d27c11d012d088
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/05843c47930c4b7ec3d27c11d012d088
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:Health Care Workers Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Health care organizing is divided across many different unions-use this opportunity to connect\, build relationships\, and strategize worker to worker.
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Rosemont A
SEQUENCE:0
UID:21f53c233e679bc05f3ee3f3f7676604
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/21f53c233e679bc05f3ee3f3f7676604
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:Higher Education Workers Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join fellow rank and file higher education workers as we share and discuss strategies and tactics to grow power on our campuses.
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:HILTON - Grand Ballroom 
SEQUENCE:0
UID:3117c1740caf7f42d5d8d52839911c94
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/3117c1740caf7f42d5d8d52839911c94
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:IATSE Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Meet other members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. How can we keep building the momentum to strengthen and democratize our union?
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Seatac
SEQUENCE:0
UID:afa85c7eda17c67dc2e55867264f6a1c
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/afa85c7eda17c67dc2e55867264f6a1c
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:ILWU/IBU Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Meet with workers from across the ILWU and IBU to talk about industry issues and contract fights.
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Paris
SEQUENCE:0
UID:55d82381a0a1ce9dee211a2dd9dbf7e3
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/55d82381a0a1ce9dee211a2dd9dbf7e3
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:Labor Educators
DESCRIPTION:For anyone working on trainings and workshops for union members. Come to build networks for curriculum\, ideas\, support and more.
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Lambert
SEQUENCE:0
UID:56997a5b594c9039219cbd64df31d59c
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/56997a5b594c9039219cbd64df31d59c
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:Labor Lawyers Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Labor attorneys\, here's your chance to meet each other and talk about strategies and new developments in labor law.
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:McCarran
SEQUENCE:0
UID:8b75bcf633b1c3bd67f591b915637097
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/8b75bcf633b1c3bd67f591b915637097
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:Manufacturing Workers Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Are you a blue-collar worker toiling in a factory building stuff? Share strategies and learn from other workers in the manufacturing sector about how they've won stronger contracts and transformed their unions.
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom A
SEQUENCE:0
UID:5882b8ef79b6a347de92a3259e1a0197
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/5882b8ef79b6a347de92a3259e1a0197
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:Media Workers Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Meet with your fellow media workers and organizers to talk about the challenges facing the industry and share ideas for organizing and fighting back.
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom F
SEQUENCE:0
UID:0ae4d6a441db5111d659fbe362c035a0
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/0ae4d6a441db5111d659fbe362c035a0
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:Nonprofit Workers Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom G
SEQUENCE:0
UID:ac9c2ee98278e9d27e04d5c73a766a8f
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/ac9c2ee98278e9d27e04d5c73a766a8f
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:Palestine Solidarity Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom H
SEQUENCE:0
UID:daecaf86f7a025eaee9145f0d6ef1082
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/daecaf86f7a025eaee9145f0d6ef1082
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:Postal Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join postal workers from all four U.S. postal unions\, and abroad\, to talk about how we’re organizing to breathe life into our unions and save the public postal service.
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Florence
SEQUENCE:0
UID:d25ead01ec1f8178ddcfc7e6f23d51b8
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/d25ead01ec1f8178ddcfc7e6f23d51b8
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:Pre-K-12 Educators Meeting
DESCRIPTION:What are the challenges you are facing? How are you organizing to take these up? Come share your stories and strategies with other Pre-K-12 educators.
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Rosemont CD
SEQUENCE:0
UID:ddadfbb5784cc485752f3c78ca277785
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/ddadfbb5784cc485752f3c78ca277785
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:SEIU Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Meet fellow SEIU members from around the country\, talk about issues and strategize next steps.
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom E
SEQUENCE:0
UID:64a657a6d463d9a3a1c913efdb670df1
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/64a657a6d463d9a3a1c913efdb670df1
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:Tech Workers Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Meet with other workers from across the tech industry.
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Midway
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/67f9a5cd09348d40d90ab00b7b76970f
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:Telecom Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Lindbergh
SEQUENCE:0
UID:1155f5ef6f46e42a5fdd0e44d6658f8c
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/1155f5ef6f46e42a5fdd0e44d6658f8c
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:Tenant Unions
DESCRIPTION:A space for tenant union activists from the U.S. and other countries to connect.
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom B
SEQUENCE:0
UID:bbfa46e1365b03dd3f4ca24dd0460835
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/bbfa46e1365b03dd3f4ca24dd0460835
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:Transit Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join other transit workers to discuss common issues on our jobs and challenges facing the industry\, share best practices\, and grow our networks.
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:London
SEQUENCE:0
UID:7028de6679b4cd9bd0cf9fb05c2ff9fe
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/7028de6679b4cd9bd0cf9fb05c2ff9fe
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:UFCW/RWDSU Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Meet fellow members of the United Food and Commercial Workers and the Retail\, Wholesale\, and Department Store Union to talk about issues in our industries\, how we can coordinate campaigns at common employers\, and how we can transform our union into a fighting force. All grocery\, retail\, and meatpacking workers are welcome\, union or no union.
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom B
SEQUENCE:0
UID:bf862d670bf469adac53f24f4d0d44b8
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/bf862d670bf469adac53f24f4d0d44b8
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:Union Staff Meeting
DESCRIPTION:A space for union staff to connect about challenges and opportunities in union workplaces\, and network with others.
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Vienna
SEQUENCE:0
UID:17f798f3138a809d7e5611d835be4cd7
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/17f798f3138a809d7e5611d835be4cd7
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:Workers Centers Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Workers centers are waging bold fights for fair wages\, immigrant defense and more. Learn about tactics others are taking up and how to build power in your community.
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:LAX
SEQUENCE:0
UID:9ac729c184c9dc87ebdb98cd0686ea7f
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/9ac729c184c9dc87ebdb98cd0686ea7f
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:Art: A Hammer to Shape the World
DESCRIPTION:Culture is how movements build identity\, sustain energy\, and make change imaginable. An upsurge of new alliances—fusing politics and culture—is transforming organizing\, labor\, and community activism. Drawing on historical and contemporary campaigns\, artists and activists on the front lines will share the cultural strategies they deploy to build power\, win campaigns\, and resist authoritarianism.
CATEGORIES:ARTS AND CULTURE
LOCATION:Rosemont B
SEQUENCE:0
UID:25f5e37105b0f690c73fe2ec5e09fce5
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/25f5e37105b0f690c73fe2ec5e09fce5
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:Building Trades Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Calling all construction workers: meet up here to discuss big issues on our jobsites\, challenges for our unions\, and how to grow networks to transform them. Members of related trades like utilities are welcome too.
CATEGORIES:BUILDING TRADES WORKERS
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom F
SEQUENCE:0
UID:ff251d9bc701428823a43822db075493
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/ff251d9bc701428823a43822db075493
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:Fight the Boss\, Fix the Climate
DESCRIPTION:It's 110 degrees out\, but the boss wants business as usual. How can we bring our co-workers together to keep us safe—and build our power—through all the climate mayhem? Hear from workers who have organized around heat\, floods\, and other dangerous weather. Then you'll have the chance to discuss how your co-workers already bring up climate issues\, and plan steps towards collective action.
CATEGORIES:CLIMATE
LOCATION:Narita
SEQUENCE:0
UID:d2376e61fd556a1c55f330b26f0fe991
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/d2376e61fd556a1c55f330b26f0fe991
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:A Collective Response to Divisions in the Workplace and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:Bullying\, conflict\, and other divisions weaken us. The more united our worksites are\, the easier it is to solve problems. In this interactive workshop we’ll practice member-to-member communication tools that help increase respect among co-workers\, fight oppression\, and respond collectively to workplace problems.
CATEGORIES:OVERCOMING DIVISIONS
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom C
SEQUENCE:0
UID:2864cb71401d0ea36516acdace04de63
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/2864cb71401d0ea36516acdace04de63
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:Labor-Community Alliances
DESCRIPTION:The strongest alliances go deeper than "you support us on this\, we'll support you on that." Hear how unions and community groups are forging long-term ties based in shared values and strategy. Years of spadework have laid strong foundations for current fights to defend immigrants\, oust ICE\, defeat Islamophobia\, and win a contract at Starbucks.
CATEGORIES:POLITICAL EDUCATION
LOCATION:Hartsfield
SEQUENCE:0
UID:b55566a0926cc61a3bf20ff41e881b4c
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/b55566a0926cc61a3bf20ff41e881b4c
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:Unions Defending Democracy Playbook
DESCRIPTION:Unions are critical in the fight to push back authoritarianism and the erosion of our rights. Join us to learn the anti-authoritarian playbook and how to use our union power to defend democracy. From the Freedom Trainers program.
CATEGORIES:POLITICAL EDUCATION
LOCATION:DFW
SEQUENCE:0
UID:b878147ea31cfb358135576aa35a43af
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/b878147ea31cfb358135576aa35a43af
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Growing Your Leadership Team
DESCRIPTION:Your workplace may feel like an unorganized mess\, but the truth is you’re not starting from zero. There’s organization there already—though it might have nothing to do with the union. Learn how to map out the existing networks in your workplace\, identify the leaders in those networks\, and then knit them together into an organizing committee. Based on the popular book Secrets of a Successful Organizer.
CATEGORIES:SECRETS OF A SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZER
LOCATION:United B
SEQUENCE:0
UID:809d96bc1d1a2de1ec51cdaff7a1e1ee
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/809d96bc1d1a2de1ec51cdaff7a1e1ee
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T160500Z
DTEND:20260613T173500Z
SUMMARY:Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Turning an Issue into a Campaign
DESCRIPTION:Everybody has complaints and frustrations\, but an organizer has the power to turn problems into opportunities. Learn how to sort through the issues you hear from co-workers\, bring people together\, and make a plan to solve them. Based on the popular book Secrets of a Successful Organizer.
CATEGORIES:SECRETS OF A SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZER
LOCATION:DaVinci
SEQUENCE:0
UID:8b1f62eace815d4cf97098f3cc147eb5
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/8b1f62eace815d4cf97098f3cc147eb5
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T173500Z
DTEND:20260613T175000Z
SUMMARY:Entertainment Workers Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Calling all entertainment industry workers! A meet-up for all who work in film\, TV\, theater\, music\, live performance\, and/or adjacent industries.
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Midway
SEQUENCE:0
UID:62f7517eb1cb191fe8ea63107fed2f3e
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/62f7517eb1cb191fe8ea63107fed2f3e
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T173500Z
DTEND:20260613T175000Z
SUMMARY:Essential Workers for Democracy (EW4D) Meeting
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Heathrow
SEQUENCE:0
UID:4478642346cad45ab55370cb85c80f3e
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/4478642346cad45ab55370cb85c80f3e
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T173500Z
DTEND:20260613T175000Z
SUMMARY:MAY DAY STRONG
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Rosemont A
SEQUENCE:0
UID:283339702d4604cc7be9332c1a1f5a34
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/283339702d4604cc7be9332c1a1f5a34
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T173500Z
DTEND:20260613T175000Z
SUMMARY:Union Democracy Law Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Meetup for union democracy lawyers and those interested in union democracy law.
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:McCarran
SEQUENCE:0
UID:91728e33169200a1e120eda72698fc9f
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/91728e33169200a1e120eda72698fc9f
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:Creative Tactics and Strategic Mischief
DESCRIPTION:Surprise\, creativity\, and humor can be the keys to rank-and-file engagement. Whether you’re facing a contract campaign\, a privatization battle\, or a dormant membership\, these tools can be scaled to fit your situation. Discover the talents among your members for song\, humor\, creative props\, and theatrics. Learn the principles of creative organizing\, share examples\, and develop tactics you can take home. Solidarity and laughter make a potent mix!
CATEGORIES:ARTS AND CULTURE
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom A
SEQUENCE:0
UID:3d59af04f8666745e01d3553a4897090
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/3d59af04f8666745e01d3553a4897090
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:The Soul in the Machine: Resisting A.I. Pressure on the Character and Quality of Our Jobs
DESCRIPTION:Your boss isn’t using A.I. just to write emails. Hear from workers across industries about what happens when employers use A.I. to surveil\, transform\, and automate work\, and learn how workers and unions are defending their dignity and autonomy.
CATEGORIES:AUTOMATION AND A.I.
LOCATION:Rosemont CD
SEQUENCE:0
UID:ca1d6d0fff59d76bec1d72d79f84604a
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/ca1d6d0fff59d76bec1d72d79f84604a
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:Bargaining Fundamentals for a Strong Contract
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to skillfully navigate contract negotiations! This bargaining crash course will cover legal frameworks\, common terminology\, drafting proposals\, opening up bargaining to members\, and other tips and strategies.
CATEGORIES:BARGAINING
LOCATION:DFW
SEQUENCE:0
UID:f8dc37a1a24d15ddd94a9846ad989d52
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/f8dc37a1a24d15ddd94a9846ad989d52
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:Data Centers and Union Power
DESCRIPTION:A massive boom in A.I. data centers is sparking fierce controversy in towns across the country. While construction workers see a rare chance to grow their unions\, many working people fear higher electric bills\, water shortages\, job cuts\, and rampant pollution. Hear from workers and a researcher about how unions can build common ground\, organize data center workers\, and win huge concessions from corporate developers.
CATEGORIES:BUILDING TRADES WORKERS
LOCATION:Hartsfield
SEQUENCE:0
UID:d94edc70bd18af368564752c28fb25ef
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/d94edc70bd18af368564752c28fb25ef
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:Climate Change Is a Workplace Safety Fight
DESCRIPTION:Rising temperatures\, severe storms\, and other climate-fueled disasters are already threatening workers' safety. While health and safety laws are designed to protect workers during emergency conditions\, enforcement agencies do not have resources to keep workers from harm. Unions can both prevent these risks and fight for a sustainable planet. Practice using health and safety tools to reflect on your own experiences with climate change hazards and take action in your union.
CATEGORIES:CLIMATE\, HEALTH AND SAFETY
LOCATION:John Wayne
SEQUENCE:0
UID:3bf551f7c5d36f246d151dfa6408c497
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/3bf551f7c5d36f246d151dfa6408c497
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:What the Boss Doesn't Want Us to Know: Building Rank-and-File Corporate Research Teams
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to build rank-and-file teams to dig up information on your employer\, and once you’ve got it\, how to turn it into a winning organizing or bargaining campaign. Explore the basics of company and industry research to supercharge your campaign and build your union.
CATEGORIES:CONTRACT CAMPAIGNS
LOCATION:LAX
SEQUENCE:0
UID:ebadfafa8deb59c62442d8b5c859c3fa
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/ebadfafa8deb59c62442d8b5c859c3fa
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:Strategies to Get a Solid First Contract
DESCRIPTION:Management attorneys' strategy in a first contract is to delay with multiple counters for each proposal\, refuse to bargain more than two to three hours a week\, and propose frustratingly long management rights clauses. After an exhausting organizing drive\, what's a newly organized group to do? We'll get into different strategies such as transparent and participatory bargaining\, doing a power analysis during the organizing drive\, having most proposals ready to go right away\, and planning communications and actions.
CATEGORIES:CONTRACT CAMPAIGNS\, NEW ORGANIZING
LOCATION:Heathrow
SEQUENCE:0
UID:c25df2423a8355ff5dc1f9f16f972830
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/c25df2423a8355ff5dc1f9f16f972830
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:Public Sector Fightback
DESCRIPTION:Public sector workers provide vital services working people depend on\, and they're a bastion of union strength. That's why the 1 percent and their political allies love to attack the public sector through austerity and union-busting. Hear how unions are organizing and fighting back.
CATEGORIES:GOVERNMENT WORKERS
LOCATION:Lambert
SEQUENCE:0
UID:2a19fe122649e72fcdf34ee5942d5c53
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/2a19fe122649e72fcdf34ee5942d5c53
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:Black Workers and the Public Sector
DESCRIPTION:Unionized publc sector employment has been a critical source of stability for Black workers both historically and today. Austerity and attacks on public workers are a threat to this pillar of racial justice. Hear from Black workers about their experience in the public sector and why it's so important for fighting racial inequality.
CATEGORIES:GOVERNMENT WORKERS\, OVERCOMING DIVISIONS
LOCATION:Lindbergh
SEQUENCE:0
UID:cfe71a059aee437bb75cd94706950702
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/cfe71a059aee437bb75cd94706950702
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:Fighting Against Abusive Guestworker Programs
DESCRIPTION:Under a "guestworker" temporary immigration program\, your ability to work is tied to your employer\, granting the boss extreme control and significantly raising the stakes of an organizing campaign. Learn how workers are fighting against this abusive system through litigation and cross-border organizing.
CATEGORIES:IMMIGRANT WORKERS
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom E
SEQUENCE:0
UID:1532f68cb93f8a0274ede47a2245e935
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/1532f68cb93f8a0274ede47a2245e935
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:How to Keep Going: A Workshop on Organizing When It's Hard
DESCRIPTION:The organizer's creed is: it's always possible to do something. But in truth\, it doesn't always feel that way. Getting exhausted\, being overwhelmed\, dealing with conflicts among co-workers... these obstacles are real\, and hard. The wisdom we can cultivate as organizers is how to keep going at these moments. We'll learn from one another.
CATEGORIES:KEEP GOING
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom B
SEQUENCE:0
UID:dbac7542f20da3c5955dcc52f1d34113
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/dbac7542f20da3c5955dcc52f1d34113
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:Burnout: What We Can Do About It Together
DESCRIPTION:Burnout—emotional\, physical\, or mental—is a fact of life for many of us in the labor movement\, whether it's due to our jobs\, our union activism\, or both. Join us for a thoughtful and compassionate discussion of how we can address burnout on an individual and a group level\, and how we can organize ourselves so that our work can be sustained.
CATEGORIES:KEEP GOING\, STEWARDS
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom F
SEQUENCE:0
UID:2387795a955ce498d60b86abda1f3709
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/2387795a955ce498d60b86abda1f3709
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:Just Cause
DESCRIPTION:Employers impose aggressive discipline policies like “zero tolerance” to reinforce their authority. Unions must be equally aggressive in insisting on the time-honored principles of just cause. This workshop will help you to prepare and present grievance and arbitration cases\, raising defenses such as disparate treatment\, lax enforcement\, and double jeopardy. A model request for information will be distributed.
CATEGORIES:LABOR LAW
LOCATION:Rosemont B
SEQUENCE:0
UID:d2dc6b73cfcf37a2acd679d48243709c
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/d2dc6b73cfcf37a2acd679d48243709c
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:Queers Against Authoritarianism
DESCRIPTION:Attacks from the Trump administration on queer and trans people—including blows to gender-affirming health care\, education\, and legal gender recognition—are intertwined with efforts to erase the existence of immigrants in the U.S. and dismantle federal agencies and social safety nets. Hear how LGBTQ+ workers are involving their unions in these fights\, organizing to protect the rights and dignity not just of queer and trans community\, but of others as well.
CATEGORIES:LGBTQ+\, POLITICAL EDUCATION
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom D
SEQUENCE:0
UID:789394539492ee83fca446902475ad87
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/789394539492ee83fca446902475ad87
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:Inoculation
DESCRIPTION:When we build power on the job\, we’re taking power from those who already have it—so it’s no surprise they tend to fight back! Learn how to “inoculate” your co-workers\, that is\, prepare them for a crackdown and help them interpret the boss fight as it goes along. This training is relevant for anyone who is forming a union\, but also for anyone who is stepping up the level of activity in an existing union.
CATEGORIES:NEW ORGANIZING
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom C
SEQUENCE:0
UID:9dbac273dab5b8e07a8d6d52b84761b4
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/9dbac273dab5b8e07a8d6d52b84761b4
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:Amazon Workers of the World
DESCRIPTION:With facilities on every continent except Antarctica and more than 1.5 million employees\, Amazon is the infrastructure that makes the global economy move\, from the virtual to the physical world. One click can set in motion a vast network of warehouses\, cargo ships\, planes\, and delivery vans. Get a glimpse of how Amazon workers in Spain\, Germany\, Poland and France are organizing against a corporate giant.
CATEGORIES:NEW ORGANIZING\, AMAZON WORKERS\, INTERNATIONAL
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom H
SEQUENCE:0
UID:a7c86d97601aac61da48c3be762b1950
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/a7c86d97601aac61da48c3be762b1950
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:Talking Politics with Your Co-Workers
DESCRIPTION:Many of us avoid talking politics at work... but how can labor change the world if we can't even talk to each other about it? Do you have differences of opinion with your co-workers on immigration\, war\, who’s elected to run the country\, you name it? Hear real stories and practical advice from workers who are finding common ground with their co-workers. Come share your stories and practice how these conversations can go better.
CATEGORIES:OVERCOMING DIVISIONS\, POLITICAL EDUCATION
LOCATION:Barajas
SEQUENCE:0
UID:05a010637128232e8b381478d668c91c
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/05a010637128232e8b381478d668c91c
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:Austerity and Authoritarianism in Puerto Rico: Working-Class Resistance and the Fight Ahead
DESCRIPTION:Hear how Puerto Rico’s working class is organizing in the face of authoritarianism to combat austerity and budget cuts that have made life more difficult. From the Trump administration’s repression and hateful rhetoric to the colonial trajectory of the Fiscal Control Board over the past 10 years\, we’ll examine the various arenas where unionists have fought back\, including struggles to overturn budget cuts\, uphold sexual and reproductive rights\, and defend migrants\, and how we’ve built coalitions with feminists and environmentalists to fight for a better world.
CATEGORIES:POLITICAL EDUCATION
LOCATION:Florence
SEQUENCE:0
UID:f3ba9729bd6edf48ac0b886d572cefd6
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/f3ba9729bd6edf48ac0b886d572cefd6
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:Pensions: An Organizing Tool
DESCRIPTION:Turn your pension fund from an inscrutable black box into a tool for organizing. We'll practice power-mapping your pension fund\, how to begin to research your fund's investments\, and how to talk to your fellow union members about using your pension investments to help\, not harm.
CATEGORIES:POLITICAL EDUCATION
LOCATION:Sky Harbor
SEQUENCE:0
UID:35602921666bec65f1d7c4f0a25c55b0
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/35602921666bec65f1d7c4f0a25c55b0
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:Doing Politics Differently
DESCRIPTION:Politics can feel exhausting and hopeless\, but politicians hold many of the levers that could make our lives better. Hear how some unions are going all in at the local and state levels and chipping away at the changes workers need.
CATEGORIES:POLITICS
LOCATION:Vienna
SEQUENCE:0
UID:9d7ce783a2982bf24c37497d26dea529
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/9d7ce783a2982bf24c37497d26dea529
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:Power in the NYC Mayor’s Office: What Can Labor Win?
DESCRIPTION:Zohran Mamdani won the mayorship in New York City promising free childcare\, free buses\, and a rent freeze. Now he's in office\, childcare and the rent freeze are underway\, and there’s a huge battle to tax the rich. Hear why a few brave unions backed him when he was a long shot\, how city politics changed when he got in\, and what else NYC unions and the working class could potentially win under a Zohran administration.
CATEGORIES:POLITICS
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom G
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/671685356905c1e6feb4d5d32d139de0
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:How (and When) to Start a Reform Caucus
DESCRIPTION:You want a stronger union. Is it time for a reform caucus? How would you get started on solid ground? This workshop\, based on a new Labor Notes guide\, will help you plan first steps to a lasting movement for a democratic union that can beat the boss.
CATEGORIES:REFORM CAUCUSES
LOCATION:United A
SEQUENCE:0
UID:8b3afb4fe2824af486ea431e5a015197
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/8b3afb4fe2824af486ea431e5a015197
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:Case Study: Reflections from the UCORE Network of Teachers Union Reformers
DESCRIPTION:Teachers unions met 14 years ago to chart a path to union reform and organizing through reform caucuses. What was the purpose\, and what were the outcomes? What role does the ongoing network serve now? And what can it teach us about the role of worker networks in transforming our unions?
CATEGORIES:REFORM CAUCUSES\, STRATEGY
LOCATION:London
SEQUENCE:0
UID:1cca40359b3ef79e211c6d01f242f117
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/1cca40359b3ef79e211c6d01f242f117
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:Caucuses and Contract Campaigns
DESCRIPTION:Contract time is an opportunity for a rank-and-file caucus to expand its reach within the union and demonstrate a more powerful way to fight the boss. Hear how caucus activists built successful contract campaigns despite opposition from local union leaders\, and grew their network in the process.
CATEGORIES:REFORM CAUCUSES\,CONTRACT CAMPAIGNS\,BUILDING TRADES WORKERS
LOCATION:Mirabel
SEQUENCE:0
UID:4407ccc6fa90a1968737c95cba0c8cde
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/4407ccc6fa90a1968737c95cba0c8cde
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:How to Lose Your Next Local Election
DESCRIPTION:You know the old saying: "You learn more when you lose." Well\, learn from "the greatest hits" of union administrations that have failed. Put these losing suggestions to work in your administration\, and you're on your way to coming in dead last in your next election.
CATEGORIES:REFORMERS IN OFFICE
LOCATION:JFK
SEQUENCE:0
UID:748b6862ee714e66a328048a72407351
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/748b6862ee714e66a328048a72407351
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:For Elected Leaders: Staying Steady Despite the Noise
DESCRIPTION:Opposition factions\, staff conflicts\, intervention from the international\, management who seems to have endless energy to mess with you: how do you keep from being mired in endless drama? We know the answer is to stay focused on the vision\, but in this workshop we'll discuss some ways to analyze the hurdles\, challenge old norms and structures\, and build supports to stay focused.
CATEGORIES:REFORMERS IN OFFICE\, KEEP GOING
LOCATION:Seatac
SEQUENCE:0
UID:a99f41346d961336b512a444bca391c9
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/a99f41346d961336b512a444bca391c9
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Beating Apathy
DESCRIPTION:Are you beating your head against the wall trying to get other workers involved? This workshop is for you. Hear success stories from those who’ve turned their workplaces around and turned apathy into action. Learn practical organizing tools for engaging your co-workers\, taking action\, and getting results. Based on the popular book Secrets of a Successful Organizer.
CATEGORIES:SECRETS OF A SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZER
LOCATION:Rosemont A
SEQUENCE:0
UID:5ebbf03dc067d02b59c3a254ab5de664
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/5ebbf03dc067d02b59c3a254ab5de664
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Turning an Issue into a Campaign
DESCRIPTION:Everybody has complaints and frustrations\, but an organizer has the power to turn problems into opportunities. Learn how to sort through the issues you hear from co-workers\, bring people together\, and make a plan to solve them. Based on the popular book Secrets of a Successful Organizer.
CATEGORIES:SECRETS OF A SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZER
LOCATION:O'Hare Ballroom
SEQUENCE:0
UID:c5a51bea0050099a0f33a679a4cfbeee
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/c5a51bea0050099a0f33a679a4cfbeee
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:Building a Member-to-Member Network
DESCRIPTION:Could you use more activists at work? How about a way to quickly spread information throughout the workplace? This workshop will help you build power with a member-to-member network at contract time (Contract Action Team) or in between contracts (Member Action Team). Learn how to find other activists and leaders\, and how to build an infrastructure to take on bigger and bigger workplace fights.
CATEGORIES:SHOP FLOOR POWER
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom C
SEQUENCE:0
UID:6c8ea0fb7854d05c713b7fdbcfa1db09
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/6c8ea0fb7854d05c713b7fdbcfa1db09
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:Engaging New Members
DESCRIPTION:Unions can’t expect workers in our shops to line up for a membership card or get active in the union—we need to go out and engage them. Hear from organizers who have taken on the challenge.
CATEGORIES:SHOP FLOOR POWER
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom A
SEQUENCE:0
UID:0a9c557de60d69315a6d28897e5a0d35
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/0a9c557de60d69315a6d28897e5a0d35
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:How to Have a Good Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Chances are we've all been to a bad meeting\, but they don't have to be this way! When run effectively\, meetings can help you bring co-workers together to beat the boss. Learn how to make a good agenda and hold a lively yet focused discussion\, so people leave fired up with an action plan.
CATEGORIES:SHOP FLOOR POWER
LOCATION:Paris
SEQUENCE:0
UID:0cfef28400ea252f0374abebaa1c4562
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/0cfef28400ea252f0374abebaa1c4562
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:You Can't Do It All Yourself: Learn It\, Do It\, Teach It
DESCRIPTION:Leadership isn't about taking everything on ourselves—it's about developing others to participate\, by providing the resources and opportunity. Using the "Learn It\, Do It\, Teach It" philosophy\, this workshop will cover how to get more people involved and expand the capacity of your union.
CATEGORIES:SHOP FLOOR POWER
LOCATION:Midway
SEQUENCE:0
UID:61e9b9e6b648671c5c8ac6468de04196
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/61e9b9e6b648671c5c8ac6468de04196
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:¡Basta ya! Nos fuimos a huelga
DESCRIPTION:Nuestro poder como trabajadores se basa en la herramienta más esencial a nuestra disposición: la huelga. Escucha cómo los trabajadores han retenido su fuerza laboral para construir poder juntos y obtener concesiones del patrón.
CATEGORIES:SPANISH-LANGUAGE WORKSHOPS
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom B
SEQUENCE:0
UID:b01957652c706f9e5d28a42ae009432f
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/b01957652c706f9e5d28a42ae009432f
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:Dealing with Difficult Supervisors
DESCRIPTION:Union stewards often find that regular conflict with supervisors is part of the job. But sometimes you come up against particularly difficult supervisors who try to undermine the union at every turn. Meet with stewards from a variety of industries to talk about strategies for handling bad management\, and learn some new ones.
CATEGORIES:STEWARDS
LOCATION:Narita
SEQUENCE:0
UID:0a3ad41604aaa00d9331516eff49d53a
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/0a3ad41604aaa00d9331516eff49d53a
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:Investigating Grievances
DESCRIPTION:Grievances are a lot more than what you write down on a form or what gets said in a hearing. Some of the most important work that goes into winning a grievance happens before you even file\, and pays off big time if the grievance ends up going to arbitration. Join stewards and officers from a variety of industries to discuss strategies for grievance investigation and share best practices.
CATEGORIES:STEWARDS
LOCATION:United B
SEQUENCE:0
UID:a175e6da5d197caf66e4e5e1770b9392
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/a175e6da5d197caf66e4e5e1770b9392
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:Maintaining Unity in a Right-to-Work Shop
DESCRIPTION:Open shop conditions don’t have to be a death sentence. We'll cover strategies for building and maintaining stronger unions even under so-called “right to work\,” particularly in the public sector.
CATEGORIES:STEWARDS
LOCATION:Tegel
SEQUENCE:0
UID:ed51ec9a341322f7bed4adcd7d088ebd
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/ed51ec9a341322f7bed4adcd7d088ebd
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:Industrial Policy: Union Visions for Our Jobs
DESCRIPTION:To shape a pro-worker economic future\, we'll need industrial policy: coordinated goverment action to plan what our economy produces and how. Learn how some unions and community organizations are beginning to do this at the state and federal levels.
CATEGORIES:STRATEGY\, POLITICS\, CLIMATE
LOCATION:Capital
SEQUENCE:0
UID:ff2df48467492d6a06dacc7f4880bc7f
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/ff2df48467492d6a06dacc7f4880bc7f
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T191500Z
DTEND:20260613T210000Z
SUMMARY:Melting ICE: Lessons from the Twin Cities
DESCRIPTION:Minnesota unions and community organizations seized the public imagination on January 23 with an economic blackout and 100\,000-person march. Minnesotans have formed dense networks to patrol neighborhoods\, feed the hungry\, and train everyday people to scout for rampaging federal agents. Hear from union leaders about the lessons they learned by taking on the state and winning.
CATEGORIES:STRIKES\,IMMIGRANT WORKERS\,POLITICAL EDUCATION
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom F
SEQUENCE:0
UID:0c73a023e8fa80d160bbac956592b69f
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/0c73a023e8fa80d160bbac956592b69f
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T213000Z
DTEND:20260613T231500Z
SUMMARY:Communications Workers of America (CWA) Meeting
DESCRIPTION:This meeting is open to all members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA)\, across industries.
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom F
SEQUENCE:0
UID:56a765a0356f1b94ff3e35ad012f2018
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/56a765a0356f1b94ff3e35ad012f2018
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T213000Z
DTEND:20260613T231500Z
SUMMARY:Forging Ahead in Difficult Times
DESCRIPTION:What can teachers and Amazon workers learn from one another? Hear how workers are building power and striking in two very different kinds of workplaces (and three countries). Between an anti-union mega-corporation and an embattled public sector\, and across national borders\, it's illuminating to see what our struggles have in common.
CATEGORIES:AMAZON WORKERS\, EDUCATORS
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom H
SEQUENCE:0
UID:4667ca1b0851b8081feb5a4a13e26cc0
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/4667ca1b0851b8081feb5a4a13e26cc0
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T213000Z
DTEND:20260613T231500Z
SUMMARY:Meet the Authors
DESCRIPTION:Hear from the authors of a rich crop of recently published labor books\, followed by a meet and greet. Buy a book and get it signed!
CATEGORIES:ARTS AND CULTURE\, KEEP GOING
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom C
SEQUENCE:0
UID:1fc7b0489f6f685df70fcc0ee0aa34c1
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/1fc7b0489f6f685df70fcc0ee0aa34c1
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T213000Z
DTEND:20260613T231500Z
SUMMARY:Listening Session: Strike While the Needle Is Hot
DESCRIPTION:Audiophiles of the world\, unite! Strikers in the 20th century sometimes made vinyl records to raise funds and get their message out. These artifacts offer a lively glimpse of grassroots worker culture in different times and places. Enjoy the music\, browse the album art\, and hear the history behind a few of these fascinating records collected in the new book Strike While the Needle Is Hot (Common Notions Press\, 2025).
CATEGORIES:ARTS AND CULTURE\, STRIKES
LOCATION:United A
SEQUENCE:0
UID:58030d38194c97dd53611ff34b164d65
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/58030d38194c97dd53611ff34b164d65
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T213000Z
DTEND:20260613T231500Z
SUMMARY:A.I. at Work: From Digital Workplace Tech to Contract Language
DESCRIPTION:Build practical skills for bargaining in this hands-on workshop. We'll examine how employers use technology and its effects on work\, then work through a structured exercise to define a bargaining problem\, draft targeted information requests\, and develop enforceable demands and contract language. We'll draw on examples from the UC Berkeley Labor Center's Negotiating Tech inventory to highlight real-world provisions and bargaining strategies.
CATEGORIES:AUTOMATION AND A.I.\, BARGAINING
LOCATION:LAX
SEQUENCE:0
UID:165e609ede21e445823fc7cf93bcc9db
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/165e609ede21e445823fc7cf93bcc9db
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T213000Z
DTEND:20260613T231500Z
SUMMARY:Opening Up Bargaining
DESCRIPTION:Open bargaining isn’t a particular template or set of boxes to check. It’s more like an attitude towards democratic inclusion and power for rank-and-file members. We’ll hear from unions that have increased transparency and democracy in negotiations\, along the spectrum of open bargaining\, and discuss pitfalls that may occur as you close in on a tentative agreement.
CATEGORIES:BARGAINING
LOCATION:Rosemont CD
SEQUENCE:0
UID:c77db52c880425a369ef8ddefc276202
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/c77db52c880425a369ef8ddefc276202
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T213000Z
DTEND:20260613T231500Z
SUMMARY:Blue Collar Women Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Women and gender-nonconforming workers face a host of additional challenges on the job—not just from the boss\, but also sometimes from co-workers and union officials\, particularly in male-dominated jobs. Join us for solution-oriented conversations about being the “only” on a job site\, sexual harassment\, pregnancy and childcare\, gender discrimination\, the importance of mentoring networks\, and solidarity on the job. Transgender and nonbinary workers are welcome.
CATEGORIES:BUILDING TRADES WORKERS
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom A
SEQUENCE:0
UID:fa2f5f370b427cd113690e91411433f6
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/fa2f5f370b427cd113690e91411433f6
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T213000Z
DTEND:20260613T231500Z
SUMMARY:Climate Jobs Organizing Strategies
DESCRIPTION:It's critical that jobs in the clean energy sector become high-quality\, union jobs. Unions are beginning to make this happen in two ways: legislative campaigns and industrial policy from the top\, and new organizing from below. Come learn about the development of clean energy industries and how unions are taking advantage of opportunities to organize.
CATEGORIES:CLIMATE\, STRATEGY
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom E
SEQUENCE:0
UID:542d0f325e3d1f70e9c1d5c9fb3b3568
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/542d0f325e3d1f70e9c1d5c9fb3b3568
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T213000Z
DTEND:20260613T231500Z
SUMMARY:AFSCME Convention Delegates Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Connect with other delegates—or people running to be delegates—to AFSCME's August convention.
CATEGORIES:GOVERNMENT WORKERS
LOCATION:McCarran
SEQUENCE:0
UID:7a0de37ccdb057e7fa9ee896e4b9bd0a
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/7a0de37ccdb057e7fa9ee896e4b9bd0a
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T213000Z
DTEND:20260613T231500Z
SUMMARY:Defending and Expanding Public Sector Collective Bargaining Rights
DESCRIPTION:Public sector bargaining laws are highly uneven across the U.S.—from states with union shop to states with absolutely no bargaining or union recognition rights for public workers. Hear how fights to win back collective bargaining rights are reinvigorating unions and empowering members.
CATEGORIES:GOVERNMENT WORKERS\, STRATEGY\, POLITICS
LOCATION:Vienna
SEQUENCE:0
UID:9149034cdcd66b0fcac0ce32f57e12e4
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/9149034cdcd66b0fcac0ce32f57e12e4
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T213000Z
DTEND:20260613T231500Z
SUMMARY:Strengthen Your Local with a Fighting Health and Safety Program
DESCRIPTION:Much of the U.S. labor movement was built through struggles over safe working conditions. Learn how others have used a reactivated focus on health and safety to win not only a safer workplace but also a revitalized union\, and learn new tools and strategies that you can apply in your workplaces and industries.
CATEGORIES:HEALTH AND SAFETY
LOCATION:Heathrow
SEQUENCE:0
UID:d6b3288c190fbf204830c8f8b387059d
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/d6b3288c190fbf204830c8f8b387059d
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T213000Z
DTEND:20260613T231500Z
SUMMARY:Effective Worker-Led Health-and-Safety Committees
DESCRIPTION:A health and safety committee can transform the workplace: jump-starting your organizing with action that gets a lot of people involved\, and victories that people really feel. We'll explore committee models that both union and nonunion workers can use\, and the structures and strategies that make committees effective.
CATEGORIES:HEALTH AND SAFETY\, STEWARDS
LOCATION:United B
SEQUENCE:0
UID:e525afb47b730f324ac3448966838d42
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/e525afb47b730f324ac3448966838d42
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T213000Z
DTEND:20260613T231500Z
SUMMARY:Bringing Immigrant Workers into Union Life
DESCRIPTION:The bosses fear our collective power\, so they try to pit us against each other\, non-immigrant vs. immigrant. But the more workers are active in the union\, the greater our power on the job. Learn how to build a union culture that welcomes and develops immigrant leaders\, fosters open discussion to overcome divisions\, and builds our collective power.
CATEGORIES:IMMIGRANT WORKERS\,OVERCOMING DIVISIONS\,BUILDING TRADES WORKERS
LOCATION:Lindbergh
SEQUENCE:0
UID:2b804ba8ed1f35bdd3ae9b69cecb97c8
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/2b804ba8ed1f35bdd3ae9b69cecb97c8
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T213000Z
DTEND:20260613T231500Z
SUMMARY:Starting a “Labor Notes” in Your Country
DESCRIPTION:This meeting brings together workers from around the globe who are in various stages of starting their own Labor Notes-like networks or organizations. Whether you’re well on your way or just beginning to dream\, come exchange ideas and experiences.
CATEGORIES:INTERNATIONAL
LOCATION:Tegel
SEQUENCE:0
UID:146f6cf8d90cc81f5cb7c6b88221558d
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/146f6cf8d90cc81f5cb7c6b88221558d
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T213000Z
DTEND:20260613T231500Z
SUMMARY:The Emergency for Emergency Response Workers
DESCRIPTION:Catastrophic fires\, floods\, earthquakes\, and the daily degradation of life from industrial pollution are the urgent realities of emergency responders around the world. Firefighters\, first responders\, and emergency room nurses are embedded in these harsh realities day after day\, while our governments cut budgets\, reduce services\, and ignore long-term consequences. But\, as these unionists explain\, it is possible to use the power of emergency workers to forge a path forward.
CATEGORIES:INTERNATIONAL\,CLIMATE
LOCATION:Lambert
SEQUENCE:0
UID:fc6be51deb23c0bf0b9436d8942ab388
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/fc6be51deb23c0bf0b9436d8942ab388
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T213000Z
DTEND:20260613T231500Z
SUMMARY:Burnout: What We Can Do About It Together
DESCRIPTION:Burnout—emotional\, physical\, or mental—is a fact of life for many of us in the labor movement\, whether it's due to our jobs\, our union activism\, or both. Join us for a thoughtful and compassionate discussion of how we can address burnout on an individual and a group level\, and how we can organize ourselves so that our work can be sustained.\n\nThis workshop will start with a short poem by Katie Giede\, Union of Southern Service Workers.
CATEGORIES:KEEP GOING\,STEWARDS
LOCATION:Hartsfield
SEQUENCE:0
UID:5b889946f31fb96c500559ae49aec9bd
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/5b889946f31fb96c500559ae49aec9bd
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T213000Z
DTEND:20260613T231500Z
SUMMARY:Moving from Research to Campaign
DESCRIPTION:Strategic corporate research is a powerful tool\, but it can't be used on its own. Union victories depend on developing a serious analysis of a company\, and using that information to build a comprehensive\, multifaceted\, escalating campaign. Bring your knowledge of your company\, union\, and allies\, and we'll work from there to learn how to move from research to a winning campaign.
CATEGORIES:NEW ORGANIZING
LOCATION:Sky Harbor
SEQUENCE:0
UID:97535fa07d0588fd02f909eca4417776
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/97535fa07d0588fd02f909eca4417776
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T213000Z
DTEND:20260613T231500Z
SUMMARY:Organizing Despite the Churn
DESCRIPTION:How can you build any lasting organization in a workplace where the annual turnover is 150 percent? This panel is about sharing and developing strategies to organize with our co-workers at large employers like Amazon\, despite the churn.&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:NEW ORGANIZING
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom C
SEQUENCE:0
UID:99df7c026fafd9979e604becf783f89e
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/99df7c026fafd9979e604becf783f89e
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T213000Z
DTEND:20260613T231500Z
SUMMARY:Organizing Across Amazon Subcontractors
DESCRIPTION:Most Amazon delivery drivers are employed by third-party subcontractors. In a typical last-mile warehouse\, the workforce is divided among several of these small companies\, plus some Flex drivers using their personal vehicles and a phone app. How do you organize under these conditions? We'll hear from drivers who are doing it\, and strategize how to hold Amazon accountable through collective action.
CATEGORIES:NEW ORGANIZING\, AMAZON WORKERS
LOCATION:Midway
SEQUENCE:0
UID:a628fa17b1bae4f5c8986240cffb528f
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/a628fa17b1bae4f5c8986240cffb528f
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T213000Z
DTEND:20260613T231500Z
SUMMARY:Anticipating the Boss's Playbook: Strategies to Win Your Amazon Union Election
DESCRIPTION:Frequent collective action builds power. In this participatory workshop for Amazon workers\, learn how to evaluate workplace problems to find which ones are ripe for organizing\, and how to involve more members and build union power.
CATEGORIES:NEW ORGANIZING\,AMAZON WORKERS
LOCATION:London
SEQUENCE:0
UID:9a0df89f8034fa393533fde87af80ce2
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/9a0df89f8034fa393533fde87af80ce2
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T213000Z
DTEND:20260613T231500Z
SUMMARY:Don't Wait for Recognition: Pre-Majority Unionism
DESCRIPTION:Labor movement membership is at 10% of the workforce and shrinking nearly every year. Unions do a good job of winning NLRB elections\, but not nearly at the scale we need to grow. We need more ways to organize and reach the millions of workers who want to join a union. One way is where workers without official recognition and a contract form a union and fight for improvements on the job - what EWOC calls Pre-Majority unions. This form of organizing is available to any group of workers now—whether they can't get legal union recognition\, or they feel that winning an election may be years away\, or they don't necessarily want a contract\, but simply want to organize for immediate improvements. Panelists from several pre-majority unions will discuss challenges and successes in their campaigns.
CATEGORIES:NEW ORGANIZING\,STRATEGY
LOCATION:Florence
SEQUENCE:0
UID:29a8ee55265c0b4c54023c5edad93974
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/29a8ee55265c0b4c54023c5edad93974
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T213000Z
DTEND:20260613T231500Z
SUMMARY:Latino Workers Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Join Latino activists to discuss how our unions can foster Latino leadership and address the issues affecting workers of color and our communities. How can we get our unions in gear and how can we build stronger connections across unions?
CATEGORIES:OVERCOMING DIVISIONS
LOCATION:O'Hare Ballroom
SEQUENCE:0
UID:78ba97b913dad5a175b4ff51602e4f50
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/78ba97b913dad5a175b4ff51602e4f50
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T213000Z
DTEND:20260613T231500Z
SUMMARY:It Can Happen Here: Unions vs. Authoritarian Attacks
DESCRIPTION:State repression isn't new for the labor movement\, but the tone has shifted with the rhetoric of the current administration. Bosses are finding new ways to sow fear and distrust. Yet union activists are pushing back and getting stronger through organizing. Their experiences offer insight that can help us all prepare for the next wave of challenges.
CATEGORIES:POLITICAL EDUCATION\, OVERCOMING DIVISIONS
LOCATION:Rosemont B
SEQUENCE:0
UID:eaa9a73623a1c14c4d46bb96af9295e9
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/eaa9a73623a1c14c4d46bb96af9295e9
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T213000Z
DTEND:20260613T231500Z
SUMMARY:Running for Union Office
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to build an effective campaign team\, increase your visibility\, identify voters\, deal with negative attacks\, avoid common mistakes\, and get out the votes.
CATEGORIES:RUNNING FOR UNION OFFICE
LOCATION:Narita
SEQUENCE:0
UID:34b182df3ccca862c14c58cb51061973
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/34b182df3ccca862c14c58cb51061973
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T213000Z
DTEND:20260613T231500Z
SUMMARY:Case Study: Minnesota Bargaining and Organizing Coalition
DESCRIPTION:There's a backstory to the inspiring uprising in the Twin Cities. Trump picked the wrong place to pick on\, because a coalition of unions and community organizations there had been planning and building together for many years. Those relationships yielded a coordinated bargaining plan in 2024\, shared demands\, and political power\, and set the stage for mass action against Trump in 2025. Learn more about their education\, organizing\, and political coalition work.
CATEGORIES:STRATEGY\, BARGAINING
LOCATION:DFW
SEQUENCE:0
UID:75ac5849a831281a0204989443cb7c2e
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/75ac5849a831281a0204989443cb7c2e
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T213000Z
DTEND:20260613T231500Z
SUMMARY:How to Break Your No-Strike Clause (And Live To Tell About It)
DESCRIPTION:For as long as unions have waged strikes\, bosses have fought to restrict them using no-strike clauses\, lawsuits\, and labor laws. Today most union members face some restriction of our most powerful weapon: our right to strike. So how do we get around no-strike clauses while minimizing potential harm to the union\, leaders\, and members? How do we challenge restrictive laws without giving bosses a free shot at our bargaining rights and assets? There are no easy answers\, but we'll start the conversation.
CATEGORIES:STRIKES\, LABOR LAW
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom B
SEQUENCE:0
UID:1ed4c0e05d9d9ce3a29ab11b2d24220a
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/1ed4c0e05d9d9ce3a29ab11b2d24220a
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T220000Z
DTEND:20260614T000000Z
SUMMARY:Reformers in Elected Office Reception
DESCRIPTION:Troublemakers are winning union office all over! Join other elected reformers in office to connect and discuss building a stronger\, militant labor movement together.
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Rosemont A
SEQUENCE:0
UID:fdb6294b7c51395691847445ccfe225b
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/fdb6294b7c51395691847445ccfe225b
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260613T233000Z
DTEND:20260614T003000Z
SUMMARY:Recovery/Sobriety Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:JFK
SEQUENCE:0
UID:77428f1634d674f72c69af4cfb7f4dd8
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/77428f1634d674f72c69af4cfb7f4dd8
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T010000Z
DTEND:20260614T040000Z
SUMMARY:DSA Labor Reception
DESCRIPTION:
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Rosemont B
SEQUENCE:0
UID:197cf5e148ec1802d21c49def7ae0be6
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/197cf5e148ec1802d21c49def7ae0be6
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T013000Z
DTEND:20260614T033000Z
SUMMARY:Building Relations with Cuban Labor Reception
DESCRIPTION:
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:McCarran
SEQUENCE:0
UID:76e57c26bf2891af5d26a65d7bb251da
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/76e57c26bf2891af5d26a65d7bb251da
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T020000Z
DTEND:20260614T040000Z
SUMMARY:EWOC Reception
DESCRIPTION:
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Rosemont A
SEQUENCE:0
UID:3fbb7e3e8270c96e1bdb9f3872f4d09f
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/3fbb7e3e8270c96e1bdb9f3872f4d09f
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T020000Z
DTEND:20260614T040000Z
SUMMARY:Great Labor Arts Exchange Concert
DESCRIPTION:
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:United AB
SEQUENCE:0
UID:84529e3e8a4dfb86bdebd39237b32dfb
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/84529e3e8a4dfb86bdebd39237b32dfb
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T023000Z
DTEND:20260614T050000Z
SUMMARY:Dance Party
DESCRIPTION:
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Conference Center Foyer
SEQUENCE:0
UID:4b1ee0e112870dfce50e66c4d9348881
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/4b1ee0e112870dfce50e66c4d9348881
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T130000Z
DTEND:20260614T140000Z
SUMMARY:Recovery/Sobriety Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:JFK
SEQUENCE:0
UID:105a09b92a2e0f47528b74b4a2c202ea
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/105a09b92a2e0f47528b74b4a2c202ea
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T140000Z
DTEND:20260614T153000Z
SUMMARY:Using Comics in Your Organizing
DESCRIPTION:Is your union newsletter or flyer a wall of words? Drawing cartoons is a great way to make ideas clearer and materials more appealing. Hear how workplace activists are putting their artistic talents to use—and try your hand at making your own union comics!
CATEGORIES:ARTS AND CULTURE
LOCATION:United B
SEQUENCE:0
UID:aa1046e9536dbdb97cf2d20abdae9a6f
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/aa1046e9536dbdb97cf2d20abdae9a6f
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T140000Z
DTEND:20260614T153000Z
SUMMARY:Write a Story for Labor Notes!
DESCRIPTION:Ever wanted to write for Labor Notes magazine or website? When you discover a good tactic\, uncover a problem\, or win a righteous fight\, we want to help you share the news. If it’s the first time you’ve written a published article\, no problem! Come learn do’s and don’ts\, what editors look for in a story\, and how to get started.
CATEGORIES:ARTS AND CULTURE\, MEDIA
LOCATION:United A
SEQUENCE:0
UID:b66225da07644908984e5c8df76be303
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/b66225da07644908984e5c8df76be303
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T140000Z
DTEND:20260614T153000Z
SUMMARY:FILM: We Build Power: Organizing Coalitions to Fight For Public Education
DESCRIPTION:Tune in for a screening of "We Build Power\," a short film about how United Teachers Los Angeles has been building coalitions with students\, parents\, the community and other unions for the past decade to increase their collective leverage. After the film\, there will be a panel discussion with educators building power in their communities to fight for better public education from California to Canada.
CATEGORIES:ARTS AND CULTURE\,EDUCATORS
LOCATION:Rosemont B
SEQUENCE:0
UID:7f5376a08340d7411f9cf87f391b3315
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/7f5376a08340d7411f9cf87f391b3315
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T140000Z
DTEND:20260614T153000Z
SUMMARY:Drafting Contract Language: 20 Worst Mistakes to Avoid
DESCRIPTION:You could have a great contract campaign and powerful strike... and lose all that leverage because your contract language was poorly drafted before you even got to the bargaining table. We'll identify the words that create ambiguity and expensive arbitrations\, and management's favorite wiggle words and hedge words\, which all seem perfectly reasonable. Reasonable is a hedge word. Zipper clauses waive bargaining rights\; no-strike clauses waive member rights\; your arbitration language could waive member rights.
CATEGORIES:BARGAINING
LOCATION:LAX
SEQUENCE:0
UID:10a8e9a453a2ccdc2b38fd89b2cf04f6
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/10a8e9a453a2ccdc2b38fd89b2cf04f6
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T140000Z
DTEND:20260614T153000Z
SUMMARY:Getting Members Ready to Lead at the Bargaining Table
DESCRIPTION:You want your co-workers to be running the show at bargaining\, but how do you get them prepared to do that if they've never done it before?
CATEGORIES:BARGAINING
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom B
SEQUENCE:0
UID:9681cb11e0f615eb7eadee0cd6c3df35
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/9681cb11e0f615eb7eadee0cd6c3df35
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T140000Z
DTEND:20260614T153000Z
SUMMARY:How to Investigate a Safety and Health Incident
DESCRIPTION:Which sources of information can you trust? How can you involve members? Workers often are\, or feel\, excluded from investigating incidents\, but they shouldn’t be. Avoid traps: “blame the worker" is often used to avoid finding out what actually happened\, but that’s the key to preventing future dangers.
CATEGORIES:HEALTH AND SAFETY\, STEWARDS
LOCATION:Paris
SEQUENCE:0
UID:9071f9f595f5c02232d3c162cf0c2219
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/9071f9f595f5c02232d3c162cf0c2219
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T140000Z
DTEND:20260614T153000Z
SUMMARY:Hospital Workers Building Solidarity
DESCRIPTION:When workers are divided\, our bosses reap the benefit. Hear from hospital workers who have helped their co-workers build relationships and stronger unions by standing up to union-busting\, racism\, and anti-immigrant attacks.
CATEGORIES:HEALTH CARE WORKERS\, OVERCOMING DIVISIONS
LOCATION:Vienna
SEQUENCE:0
UID:8e4966dc24abc989fedf73ff247ec073
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/8e4966dc24abc989fedf73ff247ec073
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T140000Z
DTEND:20260614T153000Z
SUMMARY:Know Your Rights for Immigrant Workers
DESCRIPTION:Despite the Trump administration's best efforts to scare immigrant workers into the shadows\, you still have rights\, whether you're a citizen or not. Learn well-kept secrets about the rights that nonunion and immigrant workers have under federal labor law\, and strategies to defend yourself from no-match letters\, E-Verify\, and I-9 audits.
CATEGORIES:IMMIGRANT WORKERS\, LABOR LAW
LOCATION:Narita
SEQUENCE:0
UID:7d497214201b0f0f082e823214bee46c
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/7d497214201b0f0f082e823214bee46c
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T140000Z
DTEND:20260614T153000Z
SUMMARY:Heartbreak for Union Staffers
DESCRIPTION:Have you had your heart broken by the leadership of the union you work for? Frustrations can be plentiful in organizations that are supposed to be all about justice and democracy. Join other union staff to talk frankly about what you can do when a few people at the top—either officers or executive staff—are hoarding information\, decision-making\, and power. Share experiences of helping rank-and-file members democratize their unions\, and strengthen practices of power-from-below.
CATEGORIES:KEEP GOING
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom C
SEQUENCE:0
UID:b741242fdd5a30c5602311b577c0eae3
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/b741242fdd5a30c5602311b577c0eae3
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T140000Z
DTEND:20260614T153000Z
SUMMARY:Beyond Rainbow Capitalism
DESCRIPTION:Corporate logos decked out in rainbows for Pride month don’t mean businesses are actually looking out for queer and trans people. How do we move beyond visibility and representation toward material gains? LGBTQ workers can bridge the gap\, bringing community muscle into unions and vice versa. Hear from workers who are unionizing queer workplaces\, building mutual aid networks to support queer and trans community\, and sustaining queer economies.
CATEGORIES:LGBTQ+
LOCATION:Hartsfield
SEQUENCE:0
UID:a11b584b4219c53a8bf236f166f95289
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/a11b584b4219c53a8bf236f166f95289
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T140000Z
DTEND:20260614T153000Z
SUMMARY:Casing an Employer: On-the-Ground Research for New Organizing Targets
DESCRIPTION:Smart targeting of employers for a union drive begins with research. But that doesn’t just mean sitting at a computer\; gathering on-the-ground intelligence is key. Learn what types of information to look for\, and tools to gather it.
CATEGORIES:NEW ORGANIZING
LOCATION:Lambert
SEQUENCE:0
UID:5b1c2f49fb21f77365cd5ac65eac7894
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/5b1c2f49fb21f77365cd5ac65eac7894
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T140000Z
DTEND:20260614T153000Z
SUMMARY:Southern Workers Meeting
DESCRIPTION:This meeting is open to all workers from the U.S. South\, union and nonunion. We’ll talk about what’s working well and what we’re struggling with\, and build solidarity and connections.
CATEGORIES:OVERCOMING DIVISIONS
LOCATION:Heathrow
SEQUENCE:0
UID:713efe053da406c9798ec065b6760486
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/713efe053da406c9798ec065b6760486
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T140000Z
DTEND:20260614T153000Z
SUMMARY:A Pro-Worker Approach to Trade Policy
DESCRIPTION:Free trade deals have been a disaster for working people. Without a progressive\, worker-centered vision for trade policy\, Trump’s chaotic and corrupt approach to tariffs and trade will be the only game in town. Join us to discuss building a trade agenda that strengthens unions\, fights corporate power\, and offers a fair deal to working people around the world.
CATEGORIES:POLITICAL EDUCATION
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom E
SEQUENCE:0
UID:8db6df7d5ab4ed1be77eef02d2a6c7a7
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/8db6df7d5ab4ed1be77eef02d2a6c7a7
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T140000Z
DTEND:20260614T153000Z
SUMMARY:People Over the Pentagon
DESCRIPTION:A huge portion of your tax money goes to the Pentagon. This money\, used to wage unnecessary wars\, could be spent instead on programs that support the real needs of workers. Besides taxes\, we pay for excessive militarism in other ways: lost benefits\, deaths\, and trauma. Yet labor has often endorsed wars. How can we get our unions to endorse cuts to military spending? How can labor and anti-war veterans work together?
CATEGORIES:POLITICAL EDUCATION
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom A
SEQUENCE:0
UID:89bbf10ee9616e4f3fa31d3c005315a1
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/89bbf10ee9616e4f3fa31d3c005315a1
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T140000Z
DTEND:20260614T153000Z
SUMMARY:Fighting for Good Health Care for Working People
DESCRIPTION:Our worsening national health care crisis is bankrupting workers\, impeding bargaining\, draining union funds\, and causing misery for the entire working class. So unions have to be fighting on two fronts: to win good health insurance in our contracts\, and to upend corporate control of health care. Learn how to put the boss on defense in bargaining while simultaneously building the capacity of members to fight for single-payer universal health care (Medicare for All).
CATEGORIES:POLITICS
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom F
SEQUENCE:0
UID:5afe0eb737405e5e60fc0d4376b9ff37
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/5afe0eb737405e5e60fc0d4376b9ff37
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T140000Z
DTEND:20260614T153000Z
SUMMARY:Veterans and Military Families Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Share experiences in our local\, national and international unions\, and with organizations now organizing veterans and military families against fascism and unjustifiable wars and military actions.
CATEGORIES:POLITICS
LOCATION:Midway
SEQUENCE:0
UID:857b6458c72a3eb291e17bf13a2f5a6e
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/857b6458c72a3eb291e17bf13a2f5a6e
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T140000Z
DTEND:20260614T153000Z
SUMMARY:Your Caucus Won. Now What?
DESCRIPTION:How does the work of a union reform caucus develop\, after you win campaigns against the boss or get a slate into union office? Learn from veteran organizers in three of the longest-running reform caucuses about how their caucuses reflected and evolved in the unions they helped transform.
CATEGORIES:REFORM CAUCUSES
LOCATION:Lindbergh
SEQUENCE:0
UID:8b1cddfdd8f6ed99bfd6b411cb335760
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/8b1cddfdd8f6ed99bfd6b411cb335760
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T140000Z
DTEND:20260614T153000Z
SUMMARY:Democratic Rights of Union Members: Know Your Rights
DESCRIPTION:The Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act provides a bill of rights for union members\, requires unions to publicly disclose certain details about governance\, and regulates union elections and trusteeships of locals by international unions. Learn how to use the law to build rank-and-file power in your union\, and how to defend that power once you’ve built it.
CATEGORIES:REFORM CAUCUSES\, LABOR LAW
LOCATION:DFW
SEQUENCE:0
UID:8c2879791d2a3a6442f53bd7e7586b2d
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/8c2879791d2a3a6442f53bd7e7586b2d
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T140000Z
DTEND:20260614T153000Z
SUMMARY:Running for Union Office
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to build an effective campaign team\, increase your visibility\, identify voters\, deal with negative attacks\, avoid common mistakes\, and get out the votes.
CATEGORIES:RUNNING FOR UNION OFFICE
LOCATION:DaVinci
SEQUENCE:0
UID:ef30d3007b625ac5c428bbf596a565b3
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/ef30d3007b625ac5c428bbf596a565b3
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T140000Z
DTEND:20260614T153000Z
SUMMARY:Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Growing Your Leadership Team
DESCRIPTION:Your workplace may feel like an unorganized mess\, but the truth is you’re not starting from zero. There’s organization there already—though it might have nothing to do with the union. Learn how to map out the existing networks in your workplace\, identify the leaders in those networks\, and then knit them together into an organizing committee. Based on the popular book Secrets of a Successful Organizer.
CATEGORIES:SECRETS OF A SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZER
LOCATION:O'Hare Ballroom
SEQUENCE:0
UID:9735f23a9a362659d9ae6b9db34a7493
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/9735f23a9a362659d9ae6b9db34a7493
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T140000Z
DTEND:20260614T153000Z
SUMMARY:Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Turning an Issue into a Campaign
DESCRIPTION:Everybody has complaints and frustrations\, but an organizer has the power to turn problems into opportunities. Learn how to sort through the issues you hear from co-workers\, bring people together\, and make a plan to solve them. Based on the popular book Secrets of a Successful Organizer.
CATEGORIES:SECRETS OF A SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZER
LOCATION:Rosemont A
SEQUENCE:0
UID:ea141a43664010bc266e4807aa890e64
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/ea141a43664010bc266e4807aa890e64
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T140000Z
DTEND:20260614T153000Z
SUMMARY:You Can't Do It All Yourself: Learn It\, Do It\, Teach It
DESCRIPTION:Leadership isn't about taking everything on ourselves—it's about developing others to participate\, by providing the resources and opportunity. Using the "Learn It\, Do It\, Teach It" philosophy\, this workshop will cover how to get more people involved and expand the capacity of your union.\n\nThis session will open with a song by:&nbsp\;Sigute Meilus and Sarah Starrett\, DC Labor Chorus
CATEGORIES:SHOP FLOOR POWER
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom A
SEQUENCE:0
UID:ba6d41a95b96dac8ce1757c0e40cb024
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/ba6d41a95b96dac8ce1757c0e40cb024
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T140000Z
DTEND:20260614T153000Z
SUMMARY:Cómo luchar contra la desorganización del jefe
DESCRIPTION:El jefe quiere mantener la ilusión de que las cosas no pueden mejorar. En este taller\, aprenderas a reconocer las tacticas que usa el jefe para mantenernos desorganizados\, y como combatirlas.
CATEGORIES:SPANISH-LANGUAGE WORKSHOPS
LOCATION:London
SEQUENCE:0
UID:b0db5a4693a3512fe6ce8ad94ae730a8
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/b0db5a4693a3512fe6ce8ad94ae730a8
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T140000Z
DTEND:20260614T153000Z
SUMMARY:Mass Strikes: Past and Present
DESCRIPTION:Unions can advance democracy\, especially in authoritarian times and places. To do so\, the unions must act not just as organizations representing a narrow sector of workers but as social movements with much wider aspirations. Mass strikes\, even general strikes\, are now on the progressive agenda. Fom Milan to Minneapolis\, and from Seoul to San Juan\, hear how these strikes have been organized and made politically potent\, and how they're reviving working-class institutions.
CATEGORIES:STRIKES\,POLITICAL EDUCATION
LOCATION:Rosemont CD
SEQUENCE:0
UID:d05989130d8fe32f34693170186abea7
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/d05989130d8fe32f34693170186abea7
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T154500Z
DTEND:20260614T173000Z
SUMMARY:Creative Tactics and Strategic Mischief
DESCRIPTION:Surprise\, creativity\, and humor can be the keys to rank-and-file engagement. Whether you’re facing a contract campaign\, a privatization battle\, or a dormant membership\, these tools can be scaled to fit your situation. Discover the talents among your members for song\, humor\, creative props\, and theatrics. Learn the principles of creative organizing\, share examples\, and develop tactics you can take home. Solidarity and laughter make a potent mix!
CATEGORIES:ARTS AND CULTURE
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom C
SEQUENCE:0
UID:2991a66cb5cef0ce6cd03dc00e592d7f
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/2991a66cb5cef0ce6cd03dc00e592d7f
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T154500Z
DTEND:20260614T173000Z
SUMMARY:Songwriting for the Movement
DESCRIPTION:Songs are at the heart of powerful social movements\, and some of the songs that have changed the world have been written by ordinary working people. Two accomplished labor songwriters will share some songs from their wide-ranging catalogs and discuss the roles different kinds of songs can play in movement-building. But this isn’t just a performance\, it’s also a hands-on workshop. You’ll learn some tools of the trade and get started writing a song!
CATEGORIES:ARTS AND CULTURE
LOCATION:United A
SEQUENCE:0
UID:2de8b813cf578559af764d9926c3a010
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/2de8b813cf578559af764d9926c3a010
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T154500Z
DTEND:20260614T173000Z
SUMMARY:Secrets of a Successful Social Media Video
DESCRIPTION:Learn to make vertical videos that can help your campaign stand out within seconds on a social media feed—the brutal grace period before it disappears into the doomscroll archives. Learn basic video formats\, nail down your script and narrative voice\, and get familiar with simple editing techniques.
CATEGORIES:ARTS AND CULTURE\, MEDIA
LOCATION:United B
SEQUENCE:0
UID:b181bbe06c1897dfa4c5c69945ebee96
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/b181bbe06c1897dfa4c5c69945ebee96
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T154500Z
DTEND:20260614T173000Z
SUMMARY:Building Trades: Internal Organizing
DESCRIPTION:A strong communication network among members is essential to enforcing contracts\, campaigning for new demands\, and having our co-workers' backs. But how can we build these structures in an industry where our jobsites\, bosses\, and co-workers mostly change with each short-term job? This is an internal organizing workshop for workers in building trades and other unions with hiring halls and spread-out jobsites.
CATEGORIES:BUILDING TRADES WORKERS
LOCATION:Narita
SEQUENCE:0
UID:884ff47e698af70fb00ce5ce69caa47d
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/884ff47e698af70fb00ce5ce69caa47d
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T154500Z
DTEND:20260614T173000Z
SUMMARY:Steering Green Transitions
DESCRIPTION:Real solutions to the climate crisis depend on workers' know-how. But CEOs hope to cash in on "greener" technology to undercut our unions and degrade our jobs. Hear from workers who started conversations and took action to set the terms for clean energy shifts at work. Then you'll have the chance to discuss what your co-workers are saying about green changes ahead\, and plan workplace conversations for green transitions that grow worker power.
CATEGORIES:CLIMATE
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom A
SEQUENCE:0
UID:c5f97be89a013ff392648458f190b346
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/c5f97be89a013ff392648458f190b346
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T154500Z
DTEND:20260614T173000Z
SUMMARY:Take a Closer Look: They’re Privatizing Your School
DESCRIPTION:Privatizing public schools and public colleges is a long-term goal of the right\, including market fundamentalists\, neoliberals\, the religious right\, and white nationalists.This participatory workshop will help school and campus workers recognize both covert and overt forms of privatization that are steadily replacing bargaining unit work and eroding worker autonomy\, and provide case studies of how school and campus unions have begun to organize against privatization.
CATEGORIES:EDUCATORS\, POLITICAL EDUCATION
LOCATION:Rosemont B
SEQUENCE:0
UID:86548001bf649fb5cd6f8b19799514ed
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/86548001bf649fb5cd6f8b19799514ed
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T154500Z
DTEND:20260614T173000Z
SUMMARY:We Keep Each Other Safe: Protecting All of Us During Street Actions
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to protect ourselves and each other when we're picketing or demonstrating. Learn what protesters have been facing\, what preparation is needed\, and practical advice for common injuries. Use this mutual aid capacity to enhance coalition-building and organizing in your union and community.\n\nThis session will open with a song by: Robyn Robbins and Kimmon “MacGyver” Williams\, DC Labor Chorus
CATEGORIES:HEALTH AND SAFETY
LOCATION:DaVinci
SEQUENCE:0
UID:19abaec281f694788ed61a7208faa39e
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/19abaec281f694788ed61a7208faa39e
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T154500Z
DTEND:20260614T173000Z
SUMMARY:Strikes and the Law
DESCRIPTION:What do I need to know about the law and striking? What is an economic strike? What is a ULP strike? Can I be fired for striking? What does it mean to be permanently replaced? What is a secondary strike or boycott? Find out the answers to these and many other legal questions.
CATEGORIES:LABOR LAW\, STRIKES
LOCATION:Lambert
SEQUENCE:0
UID:d53bdd09f8cf6fea2a1e3251cdd68d53
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/d53bdd09f8cf6fea2a1e3251cdd68d53
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T154500Z
DTEND:20260614T173000Z
SUMMARY:How to Form an Organizing Committee
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to use a chart\, assess co-workers\, and build a team to unionize your workplace. The Organizing Committee is the backbone of any union drive\, and the chart is the best way to track your progress. This workshop is for workers forming a union.
CATEGORIES:NEW ORGANIZING
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom C
SEQUENCE:0
UID:b8749914009d0116b1061216e252e396
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/b8749914009d0116b1061216e252e396
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T154500Z
DTEND:20260614T173000Z
SUMMARY:How We Organized Our Union
DESCRIPTION:Survey data suggests that over 60 million people in the U.S. would join a union if they could\, but pulling off a successful organizing campaign is still no easy feat. Hear from workers who have built their unions from the ground up on how they fostered relationships with co-workers and overcame the boss's scare tactics.
CATEGORIES:NEW ORGANIZING
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom H
SEQUENCE:0
UID:72c6d5ccfca9cbb0cd9116a54ce01433
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/72c6d5ccfca9cbb0cd9116a54ce01433
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T154500Z
DTEND:20260614T173000Z
SUMMARY:Organizing the South
DESCRIPTION:Rebuilding the U.S. labor movement will require serious advances in the South\, long the area where unions have been weakest. Hear from leaders on the front lines of organizing at Amazon warehouses\, auto plants\, and universities.
CATEGORIES:NEW ORGANIZING
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom B
SEQUENCE:0
UID:cbe022011c6ccc3d9537a816c6147a19
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/cbe022011c6ccc3d9537a816c6147a19
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T154500Z
DTEND:20260614T173000Z
SUMMARY:Salts and Peppers: Get a Job\, Organize a Union!
DESCRIPTION:Inside organizing—a.k.a. organizing your own workplace—is the most critical way to rebuild the labor movement. Whether you're organizing a workplace you're already in or getting a job with the goal of organizing ("salting")\, building relationships with co-workers\, understanding how to overcome employer opposition\, and identifying the hammer to bring down on your company are all essential skills. Veteran organizers from the Inside Organizer School will give tips on inside organizing and discuss the role of salts in recent campaigns.
CATEGORIES:NEW ORGANIZING
LOCATION:LAX
SEQUENCE:0
UID:c4fa3af437465c7d61403f3856f93459
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/c4fa3af437465c7d61403f3856f93459
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T154500Z
DTEND:20260614T173000Z
SUMMARY:Organizing Remote and Scattered Workers
DESCRIPTION:How do you build power and solidarity on the job when workers are scattered and working from home? Hear how the panelists have overcome the obstacles of distance and isolation to organize their shops.
CATEGORIES:NEW ORGANIZING\, SHOP FLOOR POWER
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom E
SEQUENCE:0
UID:12673a77052e38b24f04cc2ee0d9ec7a
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/12673a77052e38b24f04cc2ee0d9ec7a
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T154500Z
DTEND:20260614T173000Z
SUMMARY:Solidarity Wins
DESCRIPTION:Are you tired of greedy corporations and executives taking and taking... and leaving us crumbs? This interactive workshop focuses on how billionaires and bosses try to divide working people so that we will fight each other instead of them\, and how we can build a strong working-class movement to stand up to their money and power. You'll leave able to run similar political education workshops for members of your own union.
CATEGORIES:POLITICAL EDUCATION
LOCATION:DFW
SEQUENCE:0
UID:323a718c29218289d1792587b0debad3
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/323a718c29218289d1792587b0debad3
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T154500Z
DTEND:20260614T173000Z
SUMMARY:Union Fights on Mergers and Corporate Consolidation
DESCRIPTION:Big mergers and corporate consolidation are opportunities for companies to cash in big\, but often threaten workers and consumers alike. Hear how unions in the railroad\, grocery\, health care\, and news media industries have navigated mergers.
CATEGORIES:POLITICAL EDUCATION
LOCATION:Hartsfield
SEQUENCE:0
UID:74a4e2f561853a7429d1c7e1b50c31f8
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/74a4e2f561853a7429d1c7e1b50c31f8
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T154500Z
DTEND:20260614T173000Z
SUMMARY:From May 2026 to May 2028: Seasons of Class Struggle
DESCRIPTION:Nearly 1 million people in Minnesota joined a political strike January 23\, demanding that ICE agents stop occupying their state. Tens of thousands turned out for May Day demonstrations across the country. And the United Auto Workers has put out a call for a May 1\, 2028\, national strike. The next leap is to prepare for open-ended and full workplace strikes\, not one-day partial strikes\, and to hit the big companies nationally rather than a handful of name-brands in one state. Hear how unions are building momentum towards contract alignments and possible large-scale strikes in 2028.
CATEGORIES:POLITICAL EDUCATION\, STRATEGY
LOCATION:Rosemont CD
SEQUENCE:0
UID:759a29f74d64862e6c174d0a2133439a
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/759a29f74d64862e6c174d0a2133439a
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T154500Z
DTEND:20260614T173000Z
SUMMARY:Tenants and Labor: Unions Teaming Up
DESCRIPTION:In Spain\, the long and militant tradition of tenant unions is now being reshaped by the influence of bottom-up teacher union practices\, and converging into a movement of workers resisting exploitation by landlords. In the U.S.\, solidarity organizing between teacher unions and tenant unions is also emerging. Both will be explored here.
CATEGORIES:POLITICS\, INTERNATIONAL
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom D
SEQUENCE:0
UID:789be6e7b50ec1f008adc3d154d444a1
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/789be6e7b50ec1f008adc3d154d444a1
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T154500Z
DTEND:20260614T173000Z
SUMMARY:For (Newly) Elected Leaders: Crash Course for Taking Office
DESCRIPTION:They've handed you the keys to the union hall—now what? Learn nuts and bolts\, how to start out on the right foot\, and best practices for building a strong local. This workshop is for newly elected union officers and those preparing to take office.
CATEGORIES:REFORMERS IN OFFICE
LOCATION:McCarran
SEQUENCE:0
UID:eab3024dca84148d9f71ba2503ed93cd
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/eab3024dca84148d9f71ba2503ed93cd
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T154500Z
DTEND:20260614T173000Z
SUMMARY:The Role of Union Staff in a Member-Led Movement
DESCRIPTION:Working for a union can seem ideal for people who want to build the movement\, but any staffer can tell you that between democratic decision-making\, power dynamics\, and politics\, it can be difficult to navigate. Hear from union staff in a variety of sectors\, career paths\, and perspectives on how they approach the task of building democratic unions and developing leaders\, in supportive conditions or not.
CATEGORIES:REFORMERS IN OFFICE
LOCATION:Vienna
SEQUENCE:0
UID:c6e04aa063d1cc7cb6a04c79eeefc05f
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/c6e04aa063d1cc7cb6a04c79eeefc05f
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T154500Z
DTEND:20260614T173000Z
SUMMARY:Women in Union Leadership
DESCRIPTION:How does being a woman affect the experience of being a union leader? What particular challenges do women face when they take on leadership roles? What strategies can help them resist being pulled off course? The panelists will explore these questions as they share their experiences and wisdom gained.
CATEGORIES:REFORMERS IN OFFICE\, OVERCOMING DIVISIONS
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom G
SEQUENCE:0
UID:477c1af99d7dc87980e6a4a5dee11dc4
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/477c1af99d7dc87980e6a4a5dee11dc4
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T154500Z
DTEND:20260614T173000Z
SUMMARY:Running for Union Office: How We Did It
DESCRIPTION:More reformers running for office is a key part of transforming our unions. There's a method for success and a wealth of experience to draw on. Hear from troublemakers about how they built a team to run a strong campaign.
CATEGORIES:RUNNING FOR UNION OFFICE
LOCATION:London
SEQUENCE:0
UID:b6d7dcbea94763b0464db2df39e969f3
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/b6d7dcbea94763b0464db2df39e969f3
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T154500Z
DTEND:20260614T173000Z
SUMMARY:Mieux S'Organiser Pour Gagner
DESCRIPTION:Êtes-vous découragé lorsque vous essayez d'impliquer vos collègues? Cet atelier est pour vous. Écoutez des exemples de réussite montrant comment d'autres personnes ont transformé leur lieu de travail et ont transformé l'apathie en action. Découvrez des outils d'organisation pratiques pour engager vos collègues\, organiser des actions et obtenir des résultats. [Workshop for French speakers only.]
CATEGORIES:SECRETS OF A SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZER
LOCATION:Lindbergh
SEQUENCE:0
UID:db447cb68afa4405dd6a3beb447a1b9f
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/db447cb68afa4405dd6a3beb447a1b9f
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T154500Z
DTEND:20260614T173000Z
SUMMARY:Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Beating Apathy
DESCRIPTION:Are you beating your head against the wall trying to get other workers involved? This workshop is for you. Hear success stories from those who’ve turned their workplaces around and turned apathy into action. Learn practical organizing tools for engaging your co-workers\, taking action\, and getting results. Based on the popular book Secrets of a Successful Organizer.
CATEGORIES:SECRETS OF A SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZER
LOCATION:O'Hare Ballroom
SEQUENCE:0
UID:93e1f1cfacaad780b32e1e09dba5e4bd
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/93e1f1cfacaad780b32e1e09dba5e4bd
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T154500Z
DTEND:20260614T173000Z
SUMMARY:Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Turning an Issue into a Campaign
DESCRIPTION:Everybody has complaints and frustrations\, but an organizer has the power to turn problems into opportunities. Learn how to sort through the issues you hear from co-workers\, bring people together\, and make a plan to solve them. Based on the popular book Secrets of a Successful Organizer.
CATEGORIES:SECRETS OF A SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZER
LOCATION:Rosemont A
SEQUENCE:0
UID:f7400fda048ed2215e8ca7516780a0c6
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/f7400fda048ed2215e8ca7516780a0c6
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T154500Z
DTEND:20260614T173000Z
SUMMARY:How to Have a Good Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Chances are we've all been to a bad meeting\, but they don't have to be this way! When run effectively\, meetings can help you bring co-workers together to beat the boss. Learn how to make a good agenda and hold a lively yet focused discussion\, so people leave fired up with an action plan.
CATEGORIES:SHOP FLOOR POWER
LOCATION:Midway
SEQUENCE:0
UID:5d39c6c747c7b15541724a459ee8515d
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/5d39c6c747c7b15541724a459ee8515d
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T154500Z
DTEND:20260614T173000Z
SUMMARY:Mexico's Independent Union Movement: Challenges and Victories/El movimiento sindical independiente de México: Desafíos y victorias
DESCRIPTION:Workers in Mexico have achieved significant strides\, including the recognition of employment status for workers of app "platforms" and a historic shift in the legal landscape. Hear Mexican labor activists discuss their efforts to form independent unions and improve their working conditions\, and examine the role of cross-border solidarity in strengthening unions throughout North America. Note: This workshop will be conducted in Spanish\, with simultaneous interpretation into English. Los trabajadores en Mexico han logrado grandes avances incluyendo el reconocimiento de la relacion laboral para los trabajadores de plataformas y un cambio histórico en el panorama legal. Escuche a activistas laborales mexicanos hablar sobre sus esfuerzos para formar sindicatos independientes y mejorar sus condiciones\, y analice el rol de la solidaridad transfronteriza en el fortalecimiento de los sindicatos en toda América del Norte. Nota: Este taller se llevará a cabo en español\, con interpretación simultánea al inglés.
CATEGORIES:SPANISH-LANGUAGE WORKSHOPS
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom F
SEQUENCE:0
UID:437fb4233994b1ff7b73421516870f58
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/437fb4233994b1ff7b73421516870f58
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T154500Z
DTEND:20260614T173000Z
SUMMARY:Case Study: NewsGuild's Member-Leader Program
DESCRIPTION:Hear how one union has built out its member education and development program. The NewsGuild has grown by 50 percent in the last decade\, which required it to bargain dozens of new contracts\, train hundreds of new stewards\, and support even more organizing committees at new workplaces. Hear how The NewsGuild is trying to solve the “not enough staff capacity” problem by training members to do the work of the union.
CATEGORIES:STRATEGY\, SHOP FLOOR POWER
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom F
SEQUENCE:0
UID:4eb357d544f5c872a3bcd83b41d419da
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/4eb357d544f5c872a3bcd83b41d419da
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T154500Z
DTEND:20260614T173000Z
SUMMARY:Bargaining a Yes-Strike Clause to Preserve Our Right to Strike
DESCRIPTION:If the right to strike is our most powerful weapon\, why do we give it away in exchange for a union contract? Can we bargain loopholes that allow us to strike while the contract is in effect? What strategies can we use to water down no-strike clauses so we can use our collective power more effectively? If you and your co-workers ever wished you didn’t have to wait until your contract expired to strike\, this workshop is for you.
CATEGORIES:STRIKES\, BARGAINING
LOCATION:Int’l Ballroom A
SEQUENCE:0
UID:5153366858a57b347e6f1c969b904257
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/5153366858a57b347e6f1c969b904257
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T154500Z
DTEND:20260614T173000Z
SUMMARY:Building the Union Through Strikes
DESCRIPTION:Strikes aren't just a great way to terrify the boss. Done right\, they also help members develop skills\, deepen relationships\, and see themselves as leaders. Learn how to bring your co-workers in\, find your leverage\, and pull off a strike that builds the union for the long haul.
CATEGORIES:STRIKES\,SHOP FLOOR POWER
LOCATION:Paris
SEQUENCE:0
UID:8d53ed97d7314460c07b4bb492c0bbb8
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/8d53ed97d7314460c07b4bb492c0bbb8
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260603T012137Z
DTSTART:20260614T180000Z
DTEND:20260614T190000Z
SUMMARY:Sunday Main Session
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Grand Ballroom
SEQUENCE:0
UID:98567befc5f138e828580edd52735ca1
URL:http://labornotes2026.sched.com/event/98567befc5f138e828580edd52735ca1
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