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Philadelphia Troublemakers School 2024

December 7, 2024, 10:00 am EST
Join labor activists from Philadelphia and beyond to strategize, share skills, and learn ways to organize to win. Download the program for the school here, including our list of workshops and plenary speakers. Troublemakers Schools are day-long mini-conferences that cover organizing skills and highlight real-world examples of taking on the boss and winning. Date: December 7, 2024, 10:00 am to 5:00 p.m. »

Workshop: What To Do When Your Union Breaks Your Heart (December)

December 10, 2024, 7:30 pm EST
Cartoon by Mary Matthews, drawingdailyusa.com If you’re a union member, unfortunately the chances are good that you’ve had 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. In this workshop, we’ll talk about how to organize with your fellow union members to recommit to your union, and to change the culture into one where leaders respect and serve the members. »

Stewards' Workshop: Thinking Like an Organizer (December)

December 12, 2024, 6:00 pm EST
This workshop is intended for stewards and elected officers who work closely with stewards. Please register only if this applies to you. Join Labor Notes for an online workshop for shop stewards on “thinking like an organizer.” This workshop is based on this article of the same name. Shop stewards are the face of the union for most members - the people members see day to day, and rely on for everything from basic questions about the job to handling complicated grievances. »

Past Events

Labor Notes National Call: Beating the Billionaires in 2025

November 20, 2024, 8:00 pm EST
Following the presidential election, CEOs are eager to use 2025 to bust our unions and divide working people like we've never seen. From public workers to the building trades to everyone striving to win their first union, we all have a ton on the line. It's time to get organized to fight. This national online workshop will start with a panel of union members and leaders sharing lessons learned in their unions about how billionaires disorganize us, then laying out ideas for their unions to go on offense. »

Stewards' Workshop: Dealing With Difficult Supervisors (November)

November 14, 2024, 7:30 pm EST
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. As the union's most active members in the workplace, stewards can regularly find themselves in conflict with supervisors. Sometimes this is just part of the job. But sometimes, stewards come up against particularly difficult supervisors who try to undermine the union at every turn. Join Labor Notes and other stewards from a variety of industries to talk about strategies for handling bad management. »

Race and Labor (November)

November 12, 2024, 7:00 pm EST
How does racism show up in our workplaces and in 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? This workshop addresses how class and race are inextricably linked, tracing back the origins of “race” as an invention of the ruling class to divide workers. We'll talk about how to move to strategies of unity. This workshop has three parts. We ask that you attend all of them. »

Secrets of a Successful Organizer (November)

November 11, 2024, 7:30 pm EST
You've been talking to your coworkers, and they say they feel overworked, underpaid, and increasingly pressured by productivity quotas and the ever present threat of discipline. How do you fight for better? Secrets of a Successful Organizer is Labor Notes' core organizing training, in three sessions full of lively participatory exercises. We welcome first-timers and repeat attendees looking to sharpen their skills. »

Free online event: Lend and Rule Webinar (October)

October 29, 2024, 8:00 pm EDT
Colleges closing. Departments and courses eliminated. Austerity driving debt and debt driving austerity. Public higher education’s future is being held hostage by financial institutions and actors. How did it get this way? How do we organize to free public higher education from the talons of debt and create a space for liberatory education? Join the Coalition Against Campus Debt as they share insights to these questions from their book, Lend and Rule: Fighting the Shadow Financialization of Public Higher Education. »

Stewards' Workshop: Make the Most of Weingarten Rights (October)

October 23, 2024, 7:30 pm EDT
Photo credit: Jim West This workshop is for stewards and elected officers who work with stewards - not staff. Please register only if this applies to you. When: Wednesday, October 23 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. Registration fee $25 - Registration plus a HALF OFF one-year subscription to Labor Notes $10 - Regular registration No one will be turned away for lack of funds. »

Alabama Troublemakers School 2024

October 19, 2024, 10:00 am EDT
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 »

Buffalo Troublemakers School 2024

October 19, 2024, 9:30 am EDT
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 »

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