Labor Notes Conference Input & Feedback Survey

To build a successful Labor Notes conference, a lot of hard work and dedication goes into it.

The most important step, however, begins now. In keeping with the Labor Notes tradition of building a conference around the input, concerns, and dreams of former conference attendees (or first time attendees!), we invite you to be part of this exciting process as we create a conference that'll put us closer to a labor movement that works for all of its members.

If you'd prefer to do this survey by hand, email

for the survey.

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Have you been to a Labor Notes conference before? How many?:

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What do you like best about Labor Notes conferences?:

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On a scale of 1-10, how interested would you and your coworkers or fellow activists be in the following workshops (1 represents the lowest level of interest, 10 represents the highest):

Beat Labor-Management Partnerships:

Beating Health Care and Pension Cuts:

Labor and Immigration:

Labor and the 2008 Elections:

Labor and the War:

Labor History: Lessons for today:

Labor Photography:

Non-majority Unions: A new organizing strategy:

Organizing the Unorganized: How do we grow our movement?:

Structure and Strategy: How to rebuild the U.S. labor movement:

Surviving Bankruptcy:

Using Creative Tactics on the Job:

Why should labor in the U.S. pay attention to the Chinese labor movement?:

Workers Centers: Building power for low-wage workers:

Writing about Work:

What are some workshops you'd like to see at the conference?:

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Are you more interested in skills-building workshops or "big picture/analysis workshops?

Big picture/analysis

Skills-building

Some of each, with emphasis on:

Should Labor Notes offer fewer workshops in each time slot so as to allow more time for informal networking?:

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(At the last conference we offered over 50 unique workshops spread over four timeslots. Some participants complained there were too many to choose from.)

What do you think about the ideas of repeating the popular workshops over several different timeslots?:

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Are there particular issues, campaigns or struggles you'd like to see highlighted? Organizations you'd like to learn more about?:

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Do you have any speaker recommendations for the main sessions?:

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Please list any other suggestions you have for conference content, format, Saturday evening party/social below:

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Can you help build the conference by organizing a bus or group to the conference or by doing local promotion? If so, how?:

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Please share optional information about yourself; including your union or organization, your name, and an email address:

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