2022 Labor Notes Conference: June 17-19, Chicago
WHEN: Friday, June 17, 9 a.m. - Sunday, June 19, 3 p.m.
WHERE: Hyatt Regency O’Hare at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport
EARLY BIRD SPECIAL!: Registration just $130 ($45 off the regular price of $175) until May 1! To register, click here.
The Labor Notes Conference is the biggest gathering out there of grassroots union activists, worker center leaders, and all-around troublemakers.
- Join thousands of union members, officers, and labor activists who are on the front lines in our workplaces and our communities, organizing new workers and agitating together. Meet troublemakers from across the country and around the world.
- More than 100 meetings and workshops include creative organizing tactics, beating apathy, running for local union office, winning contract campaigns, understanding the economy, and reviving the strike.
- Organize with others in your union, industry, or campaign. Face-to-face meetings to share tactics and swap notes are the heart of the Labor Notes Conference. Join an existing industry, union, or caucus meeting—or contact us to set one up.
Some scholarships are available. Click here to apply. Please note that the Saturday night fundraising dinner is sold separately from registration for the conference and space is limited. If you wish to attend the banquet, please select one of the options that includes the fundraising dinner in the purchase below.
Labor Notes on Juneteenth!
The Juneteenth holiday celebrates the end of slavery in the U.S. It marks the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when word reached Galveston, Texas, of President Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, though many enslaved African American workers across the South had already been emancipating themselves in what W.E.B. DuBois characterized as a general strike that won the Civil War. Last year, after decades of struggle, Juneteenth became the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Day was established in 1983; many unions are fighting for their members to have the day off. Today Black workers are more likely to be union members than any other group, and have often pushed forward workplace militancy. The confluence of Juneteenth and the Labor Notes Conference offers us an opportunity to celebrate the Black liberation movement, explore its connection to labor struggles throughout our history, and make connections and plans together to expand the power of labor to win racial justice.
Hotel Booking: $163 per night. Rooms can hold up to four people for the same price. Book at bit.ly/2022LNhotel or (888) 421-1442. Mention “Labor Notes Conference” to get this room rate (guaranteed until May 25 or until rooms sell out).
Covid vaccination required: For everyone’s safety, to attend the 2022 Labor Notes Conference you must show proof you are fully vaccinated against Covid. After you register, we will ask you to email us a picture of your vaccination card. If you are registering for others to attend, you can send in the vaccine card photos for your whole group or ask participants to send the photos directly to us at vax@labornotes.org. Any person who does not provide this proof in advance will not be allowed to attend. See below for more details on Covid protocols.
Air Travel: Fly to Chicago O’Hare (ORD). There is a free shuttle to the hotel.
Childcare: Available for children over 1 year old. Request by May 15. Donations appreciated. Email barbara@labornotes.org with request.
Accessibility: Labor Notes is enthusiastic about hosting inclusive, accessible events that enable all workers, including people with disabilities, to fully engage. Please let us know in advance if there are any specific adjustments we need to make to allow you to fully participate in the conference. Contact Sarah by May 1 at sarah@labornotes.org.
For more information please go to https://www.labornotes.org/2022