2026 Labor Notes Conference

2026 Labor Notes Conference

10:00am CDT

Organizing Worker Cooperatives HeathrowAna Guajardo • Martin Unzueta Trainings That Engage and Inspire DaVinciKristyn Joy When Costs Rise, So Should Our Pay LAXEmma Cohn • Connor Lewis Whose Railroads? Our Railroads! Public Ownership Around the World LondonAdam Barrington • Gary Pollock • Conor Price • Tabitha Tripp • Nick Wurst

1:00pm CDT

Asian Unions Resisting Authoritarianism ParisKevin Lin • Kim Jongtae • Keisuke Fuse • Christopher Mung Health Care Is Broken But Not Broke LAXSarah Buckley • Jodi Huang • Paula Hickman

3:05pm CDT

Unions, Climate, and the Fight for Affordability LambertBatul Hassan • Stephanie Holsinger • Jay Oak-Schiller • Conor Price The Biggest Union-Busting Effort in U.S. History: Federal Workers Fight Back Rosemont CDJacob Morrison • Paul Osadebe • Suzanne Englot • Laura Griffin • Micah Niemeier-Walsh

5:10pm CDT

Winning Back Working-Class Voters ViennaMargarita Hernandez • Cynthia Phinney No Work, No School, No Shopping: Organizing for Mass Disruption Grand Ballroom CSarah Lazare • Marcia Howard • Kieran F. Knutson • Dan Mendez Moore • Leah VanDassor

9:00am CDT

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

11:05am CDT

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

2:15pm CDT

Queers Against Authoritarianism Int’l Ballroom DLeigh Howard • Tara Chee • Corey M. Blake Lascano • Mae apGovannon • Reilly Gardine Talking Politics with Your Co-Workers BarajasLorene Scheer • Paco Arago • Eileen Hagerman • JoAnna McClenathan • Phil Rubianes Austerity and Authoritarianism in Puerto Rico: Working-Class Resistance and the Fight Ahead FlorenceJuan González • Maria del Mar Rosa Rodríguez • Vanesa Contreras Capó • Miguel Rivera Pensions: An Organizing Tool Sky HarborJay O’Neal • Dan Cohn • Vicki Kurzydlo • Dan Nicolai • Mullissa Willette Melting ICE: Lessons from the Twin Cities Grand Ballroom FHamilton Nolan • Mara Solis • Gabby Benavente Hobart • Fabien Ghilgagabre • Kieran F. Knutson • Greg Nammacher

4:30pm CDT

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

9:00am CDT

A Pro-Worker Approach to Trade Policy Int’l Ballroom ERyan Harvey • Elías Iván García Ríos • Dustin Guastella • Lyron Hope People Over the Pentagon Int’l Ballroom AJohn Braxton • Steve Morse • Virginia Rodino Mass Strikes: Past and Present Rosemont CDNelson Lichtenstein • Mercedes Martinez • Kieran F. Knutson • Koo Jinsung

10:45am CDT

Take a Closer Look: They’re Privatizing Your School Rosemont BNick Cream • Anna Derby • Joanna Gonsalves • Rich Levy Solidarity Wins DFWJoe Tarulli • Dennis Dunn Union Fights on Mergers and Corporate Consolidation HartsfieldJon Schleuss • Joe Mizrahi • Reece Murtagh • Katherine Wallace From May 2026 to May 2028: Seasons of Class Struggle Rosemont CDSamantha Winslow • Rose Bookbinder • Katie Murphy • Stacy Davis Gates • Natalie Hrizi • Derrick Osobase