Labor Notes conferences are the biggest gatherings of grassroots union activists, worker center leaders, and all-around troublemakers out there—and this time we’re in Chicago! Register online until May 3. More than 100 workshops and meetings to "put the movement back in the labor movement."
Join thousands of union members, officers, and grassroots labor activists who are on the front lines in our workplaces, our unions, and our communities. Meet troublemakers from around the country and around the world.
More than 100 meetings and workshops include contract campaigns, creative organizing tactics, beating apathy, running for local union office, bargaining over technology, understanding the economy, and reviving the strike.
Organize with others in your union, industry, or campaign. Face-to-face meetings to share tactics and swap notes are the heart of the Labor Notes Conference. Join
an existing industry, union, or caucus meeting—or contact us to set one up.
Logistics
- Schedule: Workshops and meetings begin 1 p.m. Friday, May 4, and end at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 6.
- Registration: $130. Sign up here. Includes Saturday banquet. Some scholarships are available. Sponsor a low-wage, unemployed, or young worker by supporting the scholarship fund.
- Scholarships: Apply for a scholarship through our online form.
- Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. Near Rosemont CTA train station (Blue Line).
- Hotel Booking: All rooms at the Crowne Plaza O'Hare and at the Embassy Suites have been booked, but there are still rooms very nearby at the union Intercontinental. Call 847-544-5300. Labor Notes does not have a special block there.
- Parking: Parking for conference attendees at the Crowne Plaza is $5 a day. There is also parking available to the immediate northwest of the Crowne Plaza for $13. Public transportation on the CTA Blue Line is recommended.
- Air Travel: Fly in to Chicago O’Hare (ORD). There is a free shuttle to the Crowne Plaza O'Hare.
- Train Travel: Amtrak is offering Labor Notes Conference attendees a 10 percent discount. Call 800-872-7245 and use discount code X59J-944.
- Childcare: Available for a donation for children over 1 year. Request by April 13.
- Labor History Tour: Join us Friday afternoon for a tour of important sites in Chicago labor history. Get an expert perspective on some of U.S. labor’s most hallowed ground.
- For more info: Call Labor Notes at 347-460-7460.
We'll be there...
Where am I gonna be at on Cinco de Mayo? I will be with my people—union people—in a union town! Chicago! We’ll be networking, planning, building, sharing, learning and most important getting RE-IGNITED for what lies ahead. So what are you are waiting for? Get yourself to Labor Notes! I’ll be there.
Carlos Castillon, President, Communications Workers Local 9588, Colton, California
At the last conference I met so many people who were deeply involved in union work, and I saw what it really meant to be an activist. That was before everything happened here in Wisconsin. At the next conference I’ll be able to let other people know what we really did here, and find out how the Wisconsin uprising appeared from the outside.
Colette Brown, Wisconsin Professional Employees Council, AFT 4848
Struggle is in the air and boy does it smell good! Working people have had enough of “austerity” for the many and excess for the few, but the Occupy battle has just begun. Meet me at the Labor Notes Conference. Together we can plan how we take our economy back and make it work for workers—the 99%.
Pat Fahy, Verizon Striker, Electrical Workers Local 827, New Jersey
