Events
Workers across the country are taking up the fight for health and safety and against furloughs, budget cuts and concessions.
Faced with unsafe school openings, educators are at the forefront of these struggles - and we can learn a lot from them.
Please join us next Tuesday, August 25 at 7:00 pm EDT for a Labor Notes Webinar. We will hear from educators organizing for safe school openings, how they've been building power and why it matters to all workers. »
Join us for the second in a series of webinar events, "Weingarten Rights: How to represent workers in investigatory interviews," with veteran Boston labor lawyer Robert M. Schwartz, moderated by Labor Notes staffer Bianca Cunningham.
The webinar will take place on Thursday, August 6, at 7 p.m. EDT.
Registration is free but if you can contribute please do. Your support is appreciated.
To learn more, check out Robert M. Schwartz's Work Rights Press book series: »
Organizing Everyone – A Labor Notes online workshop
Wednesday July 22 – at 7 PM EDT
THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL. WE WILL BE SCHEDULING MORE. STAY TUNED.
Join Labor Notes for this online interactive workshop. Learn the steps to organize monthly union meetings for all of your co-workers, whether in the workplace, at home or both. You will have several chances during this Zoom workshop to practice the techniques presented and apply them in your own workplace. »
The country has erupted in protests after the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, from big cities to small-town America. Citywide coalitions are pushing to reduce funding for police and use the money for the many other public services that are always on the chopping block.
How are union members and unions rising to the moment? Join a Labor Notes discussion Wednesday, June 24 at 8pm eastern time with: »
No sooner had the pandemic hit than the attack on public education—K12 through higher ed—began. Workers are being furloughed, jobs cut, and the "common sense" of online learning imposed. We are told that we have to tighten our belts and accept austerity measures. »
Hard fights are up ahead for educators, parents, students and our communities- from fighting back against looming budget cuts (and fighting for more funding) to resisting unsafe reopening of schools, it's going to take powerful collective action to defend public education. That has to start with educators talking to each other school by school district by district. »
Celebrate May Day with a discussion from leading labor voices about how we can build a radical working class response to the current crisis.
This event is a fundraiser for Haymarket Books and Labor Notes. Haymarket Books is an independent, radical, non-profit publisher. Labor Notes is a media and organizing project that is the voice of union activists who want to put the movement back in the labor movement. »
The rescheduled in-person conference will be next year, April 16-18, 2021.
Registration for the digital conference is now full. However, all the panels and workshops will be live streamed to the Labor Notes Facebook page.
At the virtual conference, worker leaders and activists will discuss organizing strategies and the state of the labor movement during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond.
Virtual Conference Schedule
Saturday, April 18, 2020
1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. EDT »
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