Events
Join labor activists from around Alabama—and the whole region—to strategize, share skills, and learn ways to organize to win.
Troublemakers Schools are day-long mini-conferences that cover organizing skills and highlight real-world examples of taking on the boss, and winning!
Whether you're new to union activism or are an experienced union activist, there's something there for you!
Date: October 19, 2024, 10:00 am
Location: First Church Birmingham, 518 19th St. N, Birmingham, AL 35203 »
Join Labor Notes and labor activists from around the area to strategize, share skills, and learn ways to organize to win.
Troublemakers Schools are day-long mini-conferences that cover organizing skills and highlight real-world examples of taking on the boss - and winning. Whether you’re new to union activism or are an experienced union activist, there’s something there for you!
When: Saturday, October 19, 2024, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Where: UAW Region 9 Hall, 35 George Karl Blvd # 100, Buffalo, NY 14221 »
Cartoon by Mary Matthews, drawingdailyusa.com
This workshop will be held on Tuesday, October 1, and will run from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Eastern Time (4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Pacific). This is an online workshop and will be held via Zoom.
If you’re a union member, unfortunately the chances are good that you’ve had, or will have, your heart broken at least once by one of your own leaders. Whether you tried to get involved and there was nowhere to go, or the members got sold out, or leaders want to keep the union as their exclusive club, it can feel pretty harsh. »
The Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act provides union members a bill of rights, requires unions to publicly disclose certain details about their governance, and regulates union elections and trusteeships of local unions by international unions.
Learn how to use the law to build rank-and-file power in your union, and how to defend that power once you’ve built it!
This workshop will be facilitated by Will Bloom, labor lawyer, Despres, Schwartz, and Geoghegan.
When: Wednesday, September 18 »
Photo credit: Jim West
This workshop has limited capacity and is for stewards and elected officers who work with stewards - not staff. Please register only if this applies to you.
When: Tuesday, September 10
Time: 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Eastern (4.30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Pacific).
Where: This is an online workshop and will be held via Zoom.
Cost: $10. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. »
Cartoon by Mary Matthews, drawingdailyusa.com
This workshop will be held on Tuesday, September 3, and will run from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Eastern Time (4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Pacific). This is an online workshop and will be held via Zoom. »
Are you a K-12 educator wishing your union could be more inclusive, more militant, more democratic? If so, please join us for an introductory workshop from the United Caucuses of Rank-and-File Educators (UCORE) on Tuesday, August 27, 8:00 pm ET.
UCORE 101 is for the caucus curious! Learn how your siblings in Chicago, Dallas, Seattle, Richmond, and many other cities are transforming their unions through opening up bargaining, taking on issue campaigns, running for union office, and building a bottom-up union culture. »
This workshop has three parts. We ask that you attend all of them. The sessions will be on Thursdays, August 15, 22, and 29, from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Eastern (4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Pacific). This is an online workshop and will be held via Zoom.
How does racism show up in our workplaces and our unions? What are some strategies to confront it and build solidarity for a stronger, multiracial labor movement? And what can you say to union siblings who aren’t convinced racial justice has anything to do with union politics? »
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