The UMass Amherst Labor Center is bringing together workers, leaders, and scholars from across the U.S. and around the world to explore the power of strikes and collective action.
The Strike Conference is a one-and-a-half-day event featuring interactive workshops, activist and research panels, roundtable discussions, and networking opportunities as we dive into the dynamics and potential of collective action in the 2020s and beyond.
And the keynote speaker is the dynamic Sara Nelson, President of the Association of Flight Attendants – CWA!
Registration is open but will close on March 8, 2025.
RegisterPanels Include:
- Cross-Border Strikes and Global Solidarity
- Dockworkers Strikes
- Workers' Structural Power
- Building Rank-and-File Research Teams
- A Practical Radical Workshop on Strategic Alignment in 2028
- Planning a Strike Exit Strategy
- Lessons from Transit Strikes
- Museum Workers on Strike
- Regional Labor Councils Supporting Strikes
- Prison Strikes & Takeovers by Incarcerated Workers
- Getting Strike Ready
- Illegal Public Sector Strikes
- Striking Workers and Unemployment Protections
The registration fee is $25, including dinner on Saturday evening.