2026 Labor Notes Conference

2026 Labor Notes Conference

10:00am CDT

Lessons from Health Care and Hospital Strikes ViennaMichelle Gonzalez • Goodness Iheanachor • Beth Loudin • Gina Ottinger • Kristen Perez

1:00pm CDT

Chokepoints for Supply Chain Workers LondonGifford Hartman • Peter Olney • Sam Levens • Billy Randel Can Political Strikes Restore Labor's Power? Grand Ballroom BAlex Han • Matt Bach • Jackson Potter • Kieran F. Knutson • Marcia Howard

3:05pm CDT

Immigrant Workers Unbossed, Rising Up and Organizing FlorenceSonia Singh • Pablo Acuna • Yolanda Barron Carmona • Walter Hernandez

5:10pm CDT

Picket Signs that Pack a Powerful Punch United BKaren Sanchez • Verraine Fritz Big Strikes, Big Power Grand Ballroom BBarry Eidlin • Joshua Arnold • Sebastien Bouchard • Kim Cordova 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

Get Strike-Ready ViennaJaiveer Grewal • Kristen Perez • Dakota Massman • Ilan Desai-Geller • Martha Williams

2:15pm CDT

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

Listening Session: Strike While the Needle Is Hot United AJosh MacPhee • Kira Yeversky How to Break Your No-Strike Clause (And Live To Tell About It) Int’l Ballroom BMark Meinster • Margot Nikitas

9:00am CDT

Mass Strikes: Past and Present Rosemont CDNelson Lichtenstein • Mercedes Martinez • Kieran F. Knutson • Koo Jinsung

10:45am CDT

Strikes and the Law LambertGay Semel Bargaining a Yes-Strike Clause to Preserve Our Right to Strike Int’l Ballroom AMark Meinster Building the Union Through Strikes ParisZelig Stern • Marta Aziz Tobajas • Meryl DePasquale • Kyle Gekopi