2026 Labor Notes Conference

2026 Labor Notes Conference

10:00am CDT

Sexual Harassment: What It Is and How to Stop it DFWEmily E. LB. Twarog Assertive Grievance Handling Grand Ballroom CBillie Adeosun • Fabiola Casas

1:00pm CDT

Assertive Grievance Handling HeathrowLillian Stone • Bill Zoda Decoding Your Contract HartsfieldDawn Tefft

3:05pm CDT

Building a Strong Stewards Network NaritaMikel Herb • Martha Williams • Geoffrey Paquette Dealing with Difficult Supervisors ViennaAdeeba Khan • Daniella Pagan Stewards' Skills: Organizing To Defend Our Rights Grand Ballroom BNate Franco • Pam Galpern

5:10pm CDT

Defending Your Co-Workers in Disciplinary Meetings HeathrowJack Dickey • Yuchen Jin Grievance Handling: Best and Worst Practices DFWRichard de Vries

9:00am CDT

Thinking Like an Organizer Grand Ballroom AJoe DeManuelle-Hall Getting Off the Grievance Treadmill DaVinciCarl Biers • Ben Reynolds • Dayshawn Simmons • Vanessa Weldon

2:15pm CDT

Burnout: What We Can Do About It Together Int’l Ballroom FSarah Slichter • Michael Aguilar • Eileen Chen • Meghan Day Dealing with Difficult Supervisors NaritaHaley Shaffer • Jukie Tsai Investigating Grievances United BJoe Sexauer Maintaining Unity in a Right-to-Work Shop TegelAlejandra Lopez

4:30pm CDT

Effective Worker-Led Health-and-Safety Committees United BJessie Cruz Pineda • Daisy Cossio • Bryan Gaytan • Rosalia Tenorio Burnout: What We Can Do About It Together HartsfieldJoel Solow • Maggie Goll • Antonio Rosario • Carol Tanzi

9:00am CDT

How to Investigate a Safety and Health Incident ParisDiane Stein • Denis Stephano