Since 1979, Labor Notes and the Troublemakers Union has brought grassroots labor activists together to exchange organizing notes, tactics, success stories and lessons learned.  The 2024 Labor Notes conference is just wrapping up in Chicago and featured presentations from activists in the United Auto Workers, the Writer’s Guild, Independent Union of Audi Mexico Workers, the Italian Federation of Metalworkers and many others. 

Two Madison-area labor activists who attended the Chicago conference, Joanna Frasch and Barbara Smith, called in to WORT studios to fill us in on the event. 

Joanna Frasch is the at-large Executive Board Member for AFSCME Local 1. Barbara Smith is a member of the American Federation of Teachers Local 4848. 

Photo courtesy of Labor Notes.

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