Wednesday, September 10. Back to school: What better time to swap stories and campaign updates with your favorite local troublemakers, including the authors of How to Jump-Start Your Union: Lessons from the Chicago Teachers?
Join us for a friendly get-together with Labor Notes friends and staff at the bar Dark Horse NYC (serves food too) at 17 Murray St., downtown near City Hall. (A/C to Chambers, 2/3 to Park Place.) »
Thursday, August 7: What's the latest on this summer's top local labor fights? And what lessons can we draw from the 2012 Chicago Teachers strike? Join Seattle-area labor activists and Labor Notes author Samantha Winslow for a round-table discussion on how we can move organizing forward together.
Panelists:
Samantha Winslow, Labor Notes, author, How to Jump-Start Your Union: Lessons from the Chicago Teachers
David Yao, APWU-Seattle vice president, on the struggle to save the Postal Service from privatization »
The 2014 Labor Notes Conference was the largest yet. Though labor’s official numbers are declining, its troublemaking wing seems to be gaining confidence.
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Join us for a discussion of Labor Notes' new book, How to Jump-Start Your Union: Lessons from the Chicago Teachers, with a presentation from Labor Notes director Mark Brenner.
How to Jump-Start Your Union tells how activists transformed their union by engaging their co-workers and neighbors and unleashing the smarts of rank-and-file members. Readers will learn how to work with their communities, organize a caucus, run for office, rebuild a stewards network, train new leaders, run a contract campaign, and strike. »
Join us for a discussion of Labor Notes new book, How to Jump-Start Your Union: Lessons from the Chicago Teachers hosted by the Saint Paul Federation of Teachers.
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Join us for a discussion of Labor Notes' new book, How to Jump-Start Your Union: Lessons from the Chicago Teachers at Madison's Labor Temple, Monday, February 24, sponsored by the TAA and the Labor and Working Class Studies Project and endorsed by the South Central Federation of Labor (SCFL). »
Join us for a discussion of Labor Notes' new book, How to Jump-Start Your Union: Lessons from the Chicago Teachers, with a presentation from Labor Notes editor Jane Slaughter.
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Join us for a discussion of Labor Notes' new book, How to Jump-Start Your Union: Lessons from the Chicago Teachers at the UE Hall.
How to Jump-Start Your Union tells how activists transformed their union by engaging their co-workers and neighbors and unleashing the smarts of rank-and-file members. Readers will learn how to work with their communities, organize a caucus, run for office, rebuild a stewards network, train new leaders, run a contract campaign, and strike.
Books will be for sale at the event for $15. »
