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Save the Date: North Carolina Troublemakers School

September 20, 2025, 10:00 am EDT
Join labor activists from around North Carolina—and the whole region—to strategize, share skills, and learn how 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! Workshops and panels will cover topics like: »

Milwaukee Troublemakers School

October 4, 2025, 9:30 am CDT
Bringing together union members, labor activists, and local officers, a Labor Notes Troublemakers School is a space for 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. »

Save the Date: The Labor Notes 2026 Conference

June 12, 2026, 9:00 am CDT
The Labor Notes Conference is the biggest gathering of rank-and-file union activists, union reformers, and all-around troublemakers out there. Save the date to join us in Chicago in 2026. WHEN: Friday, June 12, 2026, 9 a.m. to Sunday, June 14, 2026, at 3 p.m. WHERE: Hyatt Regency O'Hare, Rosemont (Chicago), Illinois Details to come. »

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Past Events

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. »

Secrets of a Successful Organizer (April)

April 2, 2025, 7:30 pm EDT
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. »

Stewards' Workshop: Investigating Grievances (March)

March 31, 2025, 7:30 pm EDT
Photo credit: Jim West 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. The workshop will be held on Monday, March 31, and will run from 7.30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Eastern (4.30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Pacific). This is an online workshop and will be held via Zoom. »

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