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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
