We are excited to announce that the application for receiving a scholarship to Labor Notes is now open!
Labor Notes Conference
April 19 -21, 2024
Hyatt Regency O’Hare
Chicago’s O’Hare Airport
What is Labor Notes?
Held every other year, Labor Notes is the biggest gathering in the nation of grassroots union activists and local labor leaders.
Why attend?
Labor Notes gives you the chance to organize with others in your union, industry, or campaign. Over 100 meetings and seminars will be held on a variety of issues, including creative organizing strategies, overcoming indifference, campaigning for local union office, winning contract campaigns, understanding the economics, and resurrecting the strike. The heart of the Labor Notes Conference is face-to-face meetings to share methods and compare notes. Participate in an existing industry, union, or caucus meeting, or contact us to organize one.
MAPE Outcomes
MAPE leaders learn new ideas and methods that are being used throughout the labor movement on a national scale. Leaders will bring their learnings back to MAPE to apply and strengthen our union’s power with new tools. Leaders who attend the conference will make one or more of the following commitments:
- Do a lunch training for MAPE leaders to share out learnings;
- Do a training for Lead Stewards on their learnings; or
- Write an article for the newsletter on their learnings to share with the membership.
Who are we sending?
MAPE will send up to eighteen leaders from throughout the union to learn from other activists across the country about what works and what doesn’t in the struggle for workplace respect and a voice.
- Three Executive Team members
- Five statewide leaders
- 10 Stewards and/or Membership Secretaries
- Speaker of the Meet and Confer Chairs or a Meet and Confer Chair
Application Process
Complete this form to apply for a MAPE scholarship to attend Labor Notes. Applications must be submitted by January 19, 2024. Members selected to attend Labor Notes 2024 will be notified via email. We encourage all leaders who want to continue to make MAPE even stronger to apply!
