Events

Past Events

Labor Educator Training: Secrets of a Successful Organizer

March 6, 2026, 9:00 am EST
Build your teaching and facilitation skills! Join the Washington Labor Education and Research Center and Labor Notes for a two-day educator training to build skills running participatory organizing trainings in your own organization. When: Friday, March 6, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday, March 7, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Where: South Seattle College Georgetown Campus Costs: Registration will be $50 per person and will include coffee and lunch. »

Secrets of a Successful Organizer

March 4, 2026, 7:00 pm EST
You've been talking to your co-workers, 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. »

Online Workshop: Running for Union Office

February 23, 2026, 8:00 pm EST
One of the most important tools in the rank-and-file toolbox for transforming the labor movement is running for local union office. Internal elections are one of the ways that members can present a new way forward for the union, by putting the direction of the union in the hands of the membership—even if it means challenging existing leaders to do so. »

Stewards' Workshop: Thinking Like an Organizer

February 18, 2026, 8:00 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. »

Online Workshop: Language Equity in Your Local Union

January 28, 2026, 8:00 pm EST
For a strong union, we've got to help all members participate and speak up. This workshop, hosted by stewards and members from the Caucus of Rank-and-file Electrical Workers and the Latin American Electrical Workers Alliance in the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, will cover how to build up member power across multiple languages in your local union. »

Stewards' Workshop: Holding Effective Meetings

January 22, 2026, 7:00 pm EST
This workshop is intended for stewards and elected officers who work closely with stewards. Please register only if this applies to you. Chances are that we've all been to a bad meeting. One person talked the whole time, the meeting ran way too long, people left with no clearer sense of what to do about their workplace problems, and so on. But meetings don't have to be this way. Meetings can be a way for shop stewards to bring their co-workers together to build strength in their fight against the boss—when they're run effectively. »

Workshop: What to Do When Your Union Breaks Your Heart

January 6, 2026, 7:30 pm EST
Cartoon by Mary Matthews, drawingdailyusa.com In November, hundreds of members of the Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) opposed their union president's call for an unconditional end to the then 41-day government shutdown. Hear from some of them at the upcoming "What to Do When Your Union Breaks Your Heart" workshop on Tuesday, January 6: Micah Niemeier-Walsh, AFGE Local 3840 Chelsea Rudman, AFGE Local 12 Mae apGovannon, AFGE Local 2157 »

Online Workshop: Running for Union Office

January 5, 2026, 8:00 pm EST
Labor Notes and the Association for Union Democracy are co-hosting this workshop. One of the most important tools in the rank-and-file toolbox for transforming the labor movement is running for local union office. Internal elections are one of the ways that members can present a new way forward for the union, by putting the direction of the union in the hands of the membership—even if it means challenging existing leaders to do so. »

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