2026 Labor Notes Conference

2026 Labor Notes Conference

10:00am CDT

Rockin' Your Rally and Picket Line United ACharlotte Kelly • Leander Londres Winning a Strong Contract Rosemont BGillian Kingsley • Will McMahon

1:00pm CDT

Singing Resistance and More Songs for Protests and Pickets United AMichael Laslett • Bela Sanchez • Pam Rogers Winning a Strong Contract Rosemont BWill McMahon • Emilly Pike Building Power in Grocery and Meatpacking Int’l Ballroom EErrol Schweizer • Kathleen Scott • Frank Halstead • Alexandra Piper • Nathaniel Mann

3:05pm CDT

How to Build a High-Participation Contract Campaign Grand Ballroom CAndrew Gorry • Nellie Taylor From Contract Struggle to Shop Floor Power at UPS Grand Ballroom GWillem Morris • Justin Alo • John Gascey • Ben Reynolds Tactics to Build Power DaVinciClare Hammonds • Sara Gia Trongone • Laura Wadlin • Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez • Jacob Chapin Graduate Worker Organizing LindberghLevin Kim • Beth Holden • Udayan Tandon • Marta Struve

5:10pm CDT

Keeping the Momentum in a First Contract Fight HartsfieldMaximillian Alvarez • Aithne Feay • Trey Runyan • Jessica Roberson • Ava Robins

9:00am CDT

Building Democracy in Contract Campaigns HartsfieldNatalie Wellen • JoAnna McClenathan • Kathryn Cernera • Antoine Hersberger • Grady Johnson Building Your Contract Action Team Int’l Ballroom ENatalia Bacchus • Roxanna Garcia • Anisa Holmes • Max Vast • Noriko Nakada Get Strike-Ready ViennaJaiveer Grewal • Kristen Perez • Dakota Massman • Ilan Desai-Geller • Martha Williams

2:15pm CDT

What the Boss Doesn't Want Us to Know: Building Rank-and-File Corporate Research Teams LAXTom Juravich • Olivia Geho Strategies to Get a Solid First Contract HeathrowSandy Pope and Baschki Robertson Caucuses and Contract Campaigns MirabelMarc Kagan • Grady Johnson • Brandon Benson • Amy Reynolds • Andrea Reynolds