2026 Labor Notes Conference

2026 Labor Notes Conference

10:00am CDT

Building a Union Culture at Amazon Int’l Ballroom FAlethia Jones • Wajdy Bzezi • Kat Cole • Maricruz Delgadillo • Peyton Richardson Continuous Bargaining United BTrish Creech • Ashlee Fitch Between the One-on-One and the General Meeting MidwayJacksyn Bakeberg • Sam Hogan • Jeff Sisson • Lucia Vilallonga Bring the Union Meeting to the Members Int’l Ballroom AJoe Fahey

1:00pm CDT

Building a Healthy, Activist Local Union LindberghAl Davidoff

3:05pm CDT

Continuous Bargaining DFWTrish Creech • Ashlee Fitch 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 Building Density in the Open Shop BarajasDave Schneider • Bryan Trafford How to March on the Boss HeathrowMichael Marchman • Toby Madrone • Dreux Potvin • Sonya Mogilner Stewards' Skills: Organizing To Defend Our Rights Grand Ballroom BNate Franco • Pam Galpern

5:10pm CDT

Building Trades: Jobsite Action O’Hare BallroomPaul Steiner • Cullen Gaston Building Rank-and-File Unionism Around the World FlorenceLaura Gabby • Ritsu Takagi • Jamie Woodcock • Angelique Grosmaire Developing the Leaders Your Union Needs NaritaJorge Maldonado • Emma Bally • Sarah Dowd • Beth Loudin • Karine Raymond

9:00am CDT

Amazon's Robot Revolution: Lessons from the Shop Floor Grand Ballroom FRand Wilson • Paul Blundell • Melissa Lopez • Juan Mereles • Novelette Russell How to Have an Effective Organizing Conversation McCarranJanet Shek How to March on the Boss Grand Ballroom BRyan Olds • Paul Sheprow Thinking Like an Organizer Grand Ballroom AJoe DeManuelle-Hall Find Your Workplace Leverage—and Use It SeatacSarah Mason • Yuchen Jin • Rendi Rogers • Ira Pollock

2:15pm CDT

Building a Member-to-Member Network Int’l Ballroom CJorge Maldonado • Marsha Niemeijer • Michele Foley • Roxanna Garcia • Lila Goldstein • Saber Uddin Engaging New Members Int’l Ballroom ANathan Ferrell • Alli Sayre How to Have a Good Meeting ParisLeslie Fine • Sarah Koshar You Can't Do It All Yourself: Learn It, Do It, Teach It MidwayCatherine Roberts • Nish Suvarnakar

9:00am CDT

You Can't Do It All Yourself: Learn It, Do It, Teach It Grand Ballroom AJulian Meltzer • Stephanie Basile

10:45am CDT

Organizing Remote and Scattered Workers Int’l Ballroom EEmma Kinema • Rachel Kincaid • Tahlia Kirk • Rachel Weiss How to Have a Good Meeting MidwayLena Solow • Ben Mabie Case Study: NewsGuild's Member-Leader Program Int’l Ballroom FNick Bedell • Nish Suvarnakar Building the Union Through Strikes ParisZelig Stern • Marta Aziz Tobajas • Meryl DePasquale • Kyle Gekopi