The conference is held at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare, 9300 W Bryn Mawr Ave, Rosemont, IL 60018, (847) 696-1234, a union hotel not far from the airport. (See it on Google Maps.)

Update as of March 5:

Room options nearby: 

There are Labor Notes rates in our blocks at the following hotels: Embassy Suites by Hilton Chicago O'Hare Rosemont and at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Chicago O'Hare Airport—Rosemont. You can book in our block by following the links. Rates vary—you can learn more on the booking links. 

You can also book at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare (10 minute walk) using this link, which guarantees a rate of $154 per night.

Our room block at the Hyatt is now SOLD OUT. Please contact the Hyatt at (847) 696-1234 for questions on accommodations there.

Our room block at the Hilton Rosemont (5 minute walk) may be entirely full, but please check back for cancellations or for individual nights—You can learn more about bookings at the Hilton Rosemont on this link, or book over phone at 1-888-452-6943. Mention the block code “LBR,” and inquire about the Labor Notes Conference rate, which is $189 per night.

There are many hotels clustered in walking distance. The Hyatt Regency is a short walk (0.5 miles) from the CTA's Rosemont Blue Line station, with connections throughout Chicago. 

You can also connect with others coming to the conference! Join the 2026 Labor Notes Conference Facebook group, and see if you might be able to coordinate on lodging together.

If you are staying in a hotel, UNITE HERE recommends that you accept housekeeping every day and tip at least $5 every day (don't wait till the end of your stay). Leave a note so housekeepers know it's for them. Tip more for suites.

The Hyatt Regency O’Hare website provides general info about the hotel and its amenities.

Conference sessions take place on three levels, all accessible by elevator; here is a floor plan.

The main sessions and fundraising dinner are held in an enormous ballroom. The workshops are in conference rooms. We will ask the hotel staff who set up chairs to ensure that each room has accessible seating space for participants using wheelchairs or mobility aids, and a marked path from the door to be kept clear.

Fly to Chicago O’Hare (ORD). There is a free shuttle to the hotel.

From O'Hare Airport, catch the Hyatt Regency (not Hyatt Rosemont) shuttle outside Terminal 2 or Terminal 5:

• Terminal 2: From the Arrivals (lower) level, exit through door 2A and cross to the middle lane to catch the shuttle.

• Terminal 5: Exit through door 5E and cross the middle lane of traffic to find the designated shuttle pickup area under the awning.

The shuttle runs continuously; you don't have to call for it. You can track the shuttle location at this link.

UNITE HERE recommends tipping shuttle drivers $1-2 per person.

Parking at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare costs $9 per day, a rate which includes overnight parking. You can get your parking ticket validated at the Hyatt's front desk or at the Labor Notes registration desk.

The hotel is a short walk (0.5 miles) from the CTA's Rosemont Blue Line station, with connections throughout Chicago.

Accessibility | Childcare | Food | Fundraising Dinner | Lactation/Nursing Room | Mobility Aids | Pronouns | Quiet Room | Recovery Meeting | Restrooms | Schedule | Spanish Interpretation | Volunteering

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 access@labornotes.org. You may also find relevant info under Food, Mobility Aids, and Quiet Room, and under Hotel Layout (in the Hotel tab).

We are pleased to offer childcare throughout the weekend to make the conference accessible to parents. Available for children over one year old. Fill out the request form by May 29. Donations are encouraged for those who are able to give.

Lunches and dinners will be for sale at cash stands inside the hotel. Food options in the immediate vicinity of the hotel are limited, but there are some restaurants within walking distance. Please consider bringing some snacks with you.

Note that the fundraising dinner on Saturday evening, June 13, at 7 p.m., is an optional separate ticket ($100). You can choose to purchase it when you register for the conference.

If you're buying a ticket to the fundraising dinner ONLY: If you’re not attending the conference or if you already have a ticket to the conference, but you want to separately get yourself a ticket to the fundraising dinner on Saturday, June 13, you can do so here.

A lactation/nursing room will be available for anyone who needs to breastfeed or pump milk.

We can help arrange rental of a scooter or walker for the weekend. Email access@labornotes.org.

At registration, everyone will be encouraged to put a gender pronoun sticker on your badge to let others know how you identify.

An unstaffed quiet room will be available for the shared use of anyone who needs a break.

A room and time will be provided each morning and evening for those in recovery to meet; this session is self-organized by the participants who attend.

Both single-gender and all-gender restrooms will be available.

Labor Notes workshops and meetings begin at 9 a.m. Friday, June 12, and end at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 14.

Available for plenaries and selected workshops. Selecting Spanish when you register will help us estimate how many people to plan for. 

Hundreds of volunteers play an integral role in helping us pull off this one-of-a-kind conference! If you're willing to volunteer, please indicate it when you register.

Some volunteer tasks involve moving heavy things, some involve moving only lightweight things, and some can be done sitting at a table. We can also make use of skills you might have, like speaking a second language, troubleshooting the connection between a laptop and a projector, or being warm and welcoming. Thanks for any way you're willing to help out!

Coming from somewhere other than the U.S. or Canada? Please fill out this form to help us with planning, and to let us know if you want to join a post-conference labor history tour of Chicago.

Do you need a scholarship to register for the Labor Notes Conference? You can indicate your scholarship need on the waitlist application form.

If you're planning to send a group larger than 20 people, please first email registration@labornotes.org to get approval! 

You can purchase tickets through this page for up to 20 registrants. You may purchase a block of tickets before you know the names of all the attendees in your group. However, you will need to return to this page and add the names and full contact information of all registrants by May 1. After that deadline, we may cancel and refund unassigned tickets, to make space for others to attend.

Space is limited, and we want to make sure the conference includes a wide variety of workers, so we may not be able to accommodate groups larger than 20 people. Requests will be considered case by case. Call 718-284-4144 or email registration@labornotes.org.

Reimbursement and substitution policy for individual registrations and groups of 20 or fewer: Reimbursement: Refunds are available if for registrations canceled prior to Friday, May 29. We will not be able to process refunds for cancellations made after that date or for no-shows, except in the case of illness or other extenuating circumstances. To cancel your registration and request a refund, please email us at registration@labornotes.org with the subject line, “Refund request for registration: 2026 Conference."

Substitution of attendees for groups of 20 or fewer: You may substitute members in your group at any time by modifying your registration.

If you have an individual registration and would like to transfer it to someone else: Please log in here to modify your registration, and update the name and other details to those of the person you're transferring your ticket to. One detail you won't be able to change is the email address! Please email us at registration@labornotes.org, and we can make that change for you.

Removing members from your registration without replacing them, reducing the overall size of your group: You may remove members from your group at any time by modifying your registration. Refunds will not be processed automatically. To receive a refund for tickets you will no longer use, please email us at registration@labornotes.org prior to May 29 with the subject line, “Partial request for group registration: 2026 Conference.”

Refund and substitution policy for groups larger than 20: To request a refund or substitution, please email us at registration@labornotes.org with the subject line “Refund/substitution request for large group: 2026 Conference.” We can accommodate substitutions until May 29 and will consider refunds on a case-by-case basis before that date. We will not be able to make substitutions or process refunds for large groups after May 29.

If you'd like to request to set up a table at the Labor Notes conference, please fill out this form by March 1. 

We will have many more requests than we have space for—we will let you know by March 9 whether we are able to accommodate you, and will send you a payment link then. 

For more questions on tables or program ads, please contact Labor Notes staffer Jenny Brown at jenny@labornotes.org.

Our rates for this conference are:

Small non-profits, striking or locked out workers, good but underfunded causes: $150

Local unions, grassroots labor groups, nonprofit media, and specialty goods: $300

Publishers, national unions, and nonprofits: $800

A half table is half the price listed above, for whichever category you fall under.

Labor Notes plans to make our 2026 conference as safe as possible for participants, in many different ways.

This includes an effort to keep each other healthy from Covid and other illnesses. However, this guidance is to help reduce the spread of infection, and cannot guarantee that there will not be spread of illnesses at the conference.

• Please stay home if you are sick! Registration refunds are available to anyone who is sick and unable to attend. Please email us at registration@labornotes.org to request a refund.
• The hotel ventilation system has been remodeled to allow for 4-6 air exchanges per hour in all areas and the installation of MERV 13 filtration. Meeting rooms in the "conference center" area of the hotel do even better, 14.5 changes per hour. (Our conference will use these rooms as well as other meeting rooms and ballrooms.) The guest room air filters are replaced every six months.
• We encourage and support masking at the conference. Masks will be available at the registration desk. If you have a condition that places you at significant risk of severe or prolonged complications to respiratory viruses (and you still wish to attend), we encourage you to use an N95 NIOSH approved mask that you have fit tested for your face.
• Labor Notes will provide rapid Covid and flu tests on site upon request at the registration desk. If you develop symptoms, please take a test and wear a mask. If you test positive, please quarantine yourself in your hotel room.
• Please consider masking during travel to the conference. We also encourage folks to test before attending, get vaccinated, and stay healthy. Most importantly, please stay home if you are ill.
• These guidelines will be reviewed with public health professionals in the month before the conference, and we will update them if necessary.

There will be indoor eating. Access to outdoor space is limited.

Why mask? At such a large and important gathering of our movement, with people traveling from around the world and spending long days in close proximity, Covid and other illnesses still pose dangerous risks—and the risks are even greater for those of us who are immunocompromised, or who have loved ones, patients, students, or clients who are. We want the conference to be accessible to all, and we want everyone to stay healthy and safe for the next fight. If you sit next to someone who is masking, at a breakout table or a plenary, consider masking to help them out.