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University and College Labor Programs Cornell University The division was created in 1946 and now has district offices in six locations. The program is flexible and broad; subjects and teaching methods adapted to particular groups. Subdivisions include: Labor Studies, Construction Industry Program; Labor Education Research; Programs for Employment and Workplace Systems; Institute for Women and Work; Chemical Hazards Information Program. Capitol District Metropolitan District Rochester District Great Lakes Region DePaul University - School for New
Learning The DePaul Labor Education Program offers a three-year certification program in Labor Leadership that trains union members to become union leaders.
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University Center Empire State College/State University of
NY The Harry Van Arsdale Jr. Center for Labor Studies partners with labor unions, worker associations and joint labor-management training programs to offer on-site Associate and Bachelors Degrees in Labor Studies through individualized mentoring and group studies. Florida International University Provides comprehensive statewide labor education services, supports faculty research in labor relations and labor studies, offers credit and non-credit curriculum in labor studies. Houses projects such as the Immigration and Ethnicity Institute, the Human and Labor Rights Institute, Applied and Theoretical Research Projects, Florida Labor Archives. Georgia State University Long- and short-term continuing education classes. Classes are usually sponsored by local unions, central bodies, union regional offices, or the Ga. State AFL-CIO. George Meany Center for Labor Studies,
Inc. The National Labor College is the national educational institute of the AFL-CIO, offering more than 80 non credit labor studies institutes and workshops which are open to officers, representatives, staff and members of AFL-CIO affiliates. NLC and its facilities are also available to all AFL-CIO national and international unions for their own leadership programs, staff training and education conferences. Harvard University The Labor and Worklife Program is a public policy and research center at Harvard Law School, which sponsors the Harvard Trade Union Program an annual, six-week residential session for approximately 30 experienced union officials and senior staff focusing on strategic planning and leadership skills Indiana University Indiana University's Division of Labor Studies program, established in 1946, encompasses five principal areas of activity: 1) credit degree courses which lead to a Certificate, Associate, and Bachelor of Science in Labor Studies; 2) Union Education Program (UEP) non-credit courses and conferences; 3) residential institutes and conferences; 4) an Occupational Safety and Health Resource Center that provides instruction, materials, technical assistance and a "Hotline" for workers in the state; 5) Institute for the Study of Labor in Society that provides technical consulting in economic policy, labor resources, market research, public opinion and workplace education programs policy, etc. Indiana University of Pennsylvania Workshops currently being offered by the center include steward training, worker safety and health, and negotiations. The center can tailor other workshops to fit union's needs on topics including violence in the workplace, sexual harassment, organizing, labor history, chemical right-to-know, labor research over the internet, media campaigns, workers' compensation, family medical leave, Americans with disabilities, as well as others. Michigan State University The Labor Studies Center at the University of Michigan offers a number of non-credit conferences that promote self-empowerment and the participation of women and minorities in leadership roles, both in the workplace and in their communities. These include leadership, stewardship and educational workshops as well as programs on workers culture. University of Minnesota Continuing series of one day to weeklong institutes and conferences on special topics either for individual union groups or for general labor audiences. Labor Education Telecommunication Project produces and telecasts year-round programs in over 20 communities throughout the state of Minnesota. The project also publishes Workday Minnesota, a statewide daily Internet labor news service. LES also publishes a series of instructional manuals and information bulletins on topics of interest to organized labor. University of Missouri - Columbia The MU Labor Education Program is a comprehensive labor education center providing credit and non-credit classes, research and technical assistance to labor organizations throughout Missouri. Non-credit classes, conferences and institutes are developed both on a contract and open-enrollment basis. The credit program is delivered in cooperation with the University of Missouri campuses at Kansas City and Saint Louis, through an interactive video network.
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Missouri - Kansas City and Longview Community College The Institute for Labor Studies offers credit and non-credit courses on a wide range of labor issues including bargaining, grievance handling, internal organizing, the global economy, labor history University of Nebraska at Omaha The Institute, established in 1980, offers a wide range of non credit programming to help Nebraska labor leaders and activists gain the education and skills necessary for success in today's changing economy and workplace. Courses include: grievance handling, collective bargaining, labor history, strategic planning, parliamentary procedure, safety and health, FMLA, leadership skills, increasing political effectiveness, common sense economics, internal organizing, and the use and abuse of worker participation programs. University of Oregon LERC provides a comprehensive labor education program for union members, officers, and staff. Classes and programs are generally non-credit, although LERC faculty offers occasional credit classes with other University of Oregon departments, and coordinates an internship program to place students with unions. LERC offers a non-credit certificate for union leaders. Portland Office LERC University of Wisconsin - Extension Founded in 1925, SFW is the oldest University labor education program in North America. Annually the School provides over 120 non-credit courses to nearly 3000 students from Wisconsin and the rest of North America. Classes are held at the Extension Conference Centers on the UW Madison campus as well as in communities around the State and throughout North America. Currently the School has eight active faculty members with a wide range of academic and real-world backgrounds reflecting a dedication to the concerns of working people. The faculty provides a full range of technical assistance and other outreach services related to worker and union concerns, conducts applied research, and actively contributes to the body of scholarship that informs the discipline of labor education. www.uwex.edu Wayne State University The Labor Studies Center is a comprehensive labor education center committed to strengthening the capacity of organized labor to represent the needs and interests of workers, while at the same time strengthening the University's interdisciplinary research and teaching on labor and labor relations issues. The Center's primary areas of research and practice include: training and technical assistance to unions on labor relations and workplace issues; an undergraduate Labor Studies major and internship program; interventions to increase the organizational effectiveness of unions; the development and diffusion of constructive labor-management relations practices, particularly in the public sector; the formation and institutionalization of labor-community coalitions; and the impact of lean production systems on workers and labor relations practice in the North American auto industry. West Virginia University Institute of
Technology Offers four year B.S. degree in Labor Resources and Industrial Relations. Courses include CB; Labor History; Labor Agreements; Arbitration Procedures; Labor Welfare Policies; Constitutional Law; Labor Law; Wage Theory; Contemporary Labor Issues; Industrial Sociology; and a Practicum. Program also conducts non-credit outreach programming through Southern Appalachian Labor School 304/442-3157 or 304/779-2772 on variety of issues including labor issues, work with the unemployed, community economic development, health, housing, and the environment. Academic Degree Program.
West Virginia
University The Institute for Labor Studies and Research (ILSR) at West Virginia University Extension Service provides labor education and research services for rank and file workers, stewards, officers, and staff representatives. While the emphasis is primarily on service to West Virginia union members, some weeklong residential summer institutes, weekend conferences and one-day study programs attract both regional and national participation.
Youngstown State
University The Labor Studies Program is a two-year program leading to an Associate's Degree in Labor Studies. The program offers courses that are both practical and theoretical including union leadership skills, negotiations, contract administration, labor law, grievance processing and arbitration, fundamentals of occupational safety and health, and the organizing model of unionism. The Center for Working-Class Studies is an interdisciplinary research and teaching center devoted to the study of working-class life and culture. Independent and Community-Based Organizations - Members of UALE
The
Institute for Labor Study and Research Provides credit Labor Studies courses in cooperation with Rhode Island College and non-credit education and training in the complete range of traditional union needs. Provides classes in adult education. Provides information about workplace rights for teachers, students, immigrants and workers. Produces television program broadcast on every cable franchise in Rhode Island.
Holt
Labor Library The Holt Labor Library, founded in 1992, is a non-profit labor and radical history library located on the campus of New College of California School of Law. The library's collection includes books, current and historical periodicals, pamphlets, videos, audiotape and archives. A significant part of the collection contains out-of-print, rare, and other difficult to find materials. For more information on these and other programs, visit http://www.uale.org/links/leos.shtml#top. |
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