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

May 6, 2025, 7:30 pm EDT
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. »

Race and Labor (May)

May 14, 2025, 8:00 pm EDT
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. »

Stewards' Workshop: Thinking Like an Organizer (May)

May 28, 2025, 7:30 pm EDT
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. »

New Orleans Troublemakers School

May 31, 2025, 10:00 am CDT
Join labor activists from New Orleans and the South 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. Date: Saturday, May 31, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Location: IATSE union hall 511 N. Hennessey St., New Orleans, LA 70119 »

Bay Area Troublemakers School (June)

June 14, 2025, 9:00 am EDT
Bringing together union members, labor activists, and local officers, a Troublemakers School is an incredible space for networking, building solidarity, and sharing successes, strategy, and inspiration. It’s a real shot in the arm for newbies and seasoned activists alike. In these perilous times, it more important than ever for workers to gather, share our knowledge, and build the labor movement we need to claim the world we want. »

UCORE CONFERENCE 2025

July 11, 2025, 3:00 pm EDT
Join us for UCORE's 2025 summer conference. »

Past Events

Portland Troublemakers School 2025

May 3, 2025, 9:00 am PDT
Online registration is now closed, but you can still attend! Walk-in registrations are welcome. La preinscripción ya está cerrada, ¡pero aún puedes asistir! Se aceptan inscripciones sin cita previa. Español abajo Join labor activists from in and around Portland, Oregon, 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. »

Workshop: Winning a Strong Contract Parts I & II

April 30, 2025, 7:00 pm EDT
What's the secret of winning a strong contract? Hint: You won't find it at the negotiations table! Save the date for a two-part workshop from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Eastern on Wednesdays, April 30 and May 7, on how to build a successful contract campaign and harness the power of the rank-and-file membership to win the strongest possible contract. Registration fee $15 - Regular registration $30 - Registration plus a HALF OFF one-year subscription to Labor Notes »

Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Colorado Springs, CO

April 26, 2025, 9:30 am MDT
Times are tough: bosses are attacking worker rights, the public good, and the well-being of our communities. Are you ready to do something about problems where you work, or in your community? Strengthen your organizing skills with Labor Notes' step-by-step guide to building power on the job. Join us for an IN-PERSON "Secrets of a Successful Organizer" training this April in Colorado Springs, Colorado! When: Saturday, April 26 Time: 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Where: IBEW Local 113 Hall at 2150 Naegele Rd, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80904 »

Stewards' Workshop: Dealing With Difficult Supervisors (April)

April 24, 2025, 7:30 pm EDT
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. »

Steering Green Transitions (April)

April 23, 2025, 8:00 pm EDT
Real solutions to the climate crisis depend on workers' know-how. CEOs usually cling to their dirty profits, or try to cash in on green technology to bust our unions and degrade our jobs. In this online workshop from Labor Notes, you'll hear from rank-and-file workers who organized construction strikes for the environment in Australia, and are building a new union in the heart of the Southern battery belt: Dave Kerin, construction laborer, Australian Builders Laborers Federation - Melbourne & Earthworker Cooperative »

Expand Your Reach as a Troublemaker

April 17, 2025, 7:00 pm EDT
As a troublemaker, you know you need to get more of your coworkers involved in your organizing, but are you struggling to reach (or even find) them? Whether you're launching a bottom-up campaign, building a stewards network, or running for union office, learn the skills you'll need to systematically build a list of your coworkers from scratch, and to make the best use of it. Join rank-and-file workers at our new workshop, "Expand Your Reach as a Troublemaker." »

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

April 15, 2025, 7:30 pm EDT
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. »

Tactics To Build Power (April)

April 14, 2025, 7:30 pm EDT
Got a boss making some bad decisions? Angry about the dismantling of public services and the attack on federal workers? Ready to bring your co-workers into collective action? Planning some May Day 2025 actions, but not quite ready to strike? Join us for a workshop about campaign tactics that target the boss, get wins, and build the power to take on shop floor fights and grow the movement to stop the billionaire agenda. We will hear about effective tactics that bring workers into solidarity and scare the boss—and the billionaires. »

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