Churchill Roosevelt Highway Valsayn Park St. Joseph, Trinidad, West Indies
Fax:
868-645-0489
Phone (not United States or Canada):
868-662-5014, 868-663-0975
The Labor Studies program of Cipriani College of Labor and Co-operative Studies builds on the disciplines of Sociology, Psychology, History, Political Science and Law to offer a multi-disciplinary approach to workers and work. Students take courses in labor history, labor law, information technology, economics, sociology, psychology and in other areas such as math, critical thinking and accounting. The aim is to prepare the student for the widest possible concern and interest of the worker. Our students pursue careers in labor unions, all levels of government and in the private sector as industrial relations officers. Cipriani College of Labor and Co-operative Studies offers: Associate of Arts Degree in Labor Studies; Associate of Arts Degree in Human Resource Management; One year Certificate in Industrial Relations (parttime); Ten-week Industrial Relations Program (full-time); an Introductory Course to Industrial Relations (40 hours); and two-day and weekend seminars
Labor Studies Department 1400 Evans Avenue San Francisco, CA 94124 US
Phone:
415-550-4380
Fax:
415-267-6536
The City College Labor Studies program was created by the San Francisco labor movement in association with the college. Its aim is to prepare students for careers in the labor movement and in labor relations, and to educate workers about their rights. The department's credit program leads to either an A.A. degree or a twenty-one unit Certificate in Labor Studies. Core courses are American Labor History, Collective Bargaining, Grievance Handling and Arbitration, Labor Economics and Labor and Employment Law. Elective courses cover a wide range of topics including: Labor in Literature and the Arts, Workplace Safety, Peer Counseling in the Workplace and Labor Leadership for People of Color, for Women, and for Gay and Lesbian People. The program meets the educational needs of San Francisco area union locals primarily through its non-credit program. Non-credit classes include condensed versions of the "big picture" credit courses and a wide range of shop steward and leadership development classes. Non-credit classes are free and their lengths are tailored to suit the needs of the sponsoring locals. Current projects include development of an Immigrant Workers' Rights/English as a Second Language curriculum and workbook, in collaboration with the Center for Labor Research and Education at U.C. Berkeley. New directions include partnering classes with college and community vocational education programs and the community based workers' rights groups. Future plans include an expansion of the credit program to include community organizing and environmental justice classes, linked with an area-wide internship network. This will be coupled with a labor and community arts program which will chronicle working peoples' contributions to the Bay Area and project these out into the broader public arena.
Central Office 340 ILR Research Building Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone:
607-255-2765
Fax:
607-255-0245
For over 60 years the Cornell ILR School and its Extension division have provided support, education and scholarship to assist working people in ensuring their rights on the job, and building effective organizations and strong communities. ILR Extension Labor Programs are designed to deepen the knowledge and strengthen the skills of union leaders and activists, as well as unorganized workers interested in joining together for protection and benefits on the job.
Partnering with unions and other worker-focused organizations, ILR Extension labor faculty conduct critical research, provide comprehensive education and training, and offer a variety of customized services focused on labor, employment and workplace issues.
Capital Office New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations 90 State Street, Suite 600 Albany, NY 12207-1706 ph: (518) 449-4161 fax: (518) 426-0643
(No labor faculty in Albany at present.)
Buffalo Office New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations 237 Main Street, Suite 1200 Buffalo, NY 14203-2702 ph: (716) 852-4191 fax: (716) 852-3802
Rebecca Daniels Labor Programs Administrator rpd2@cornell.edu Arthur C. Wheaton, Workplace & Industry Ed. Specialist, Workforce, Industry & Ec. Dev acw18@cornell.edu
Metropolitan Office New York City 16 East 34th Street New York, NY 10016-4328 Tel: 212-340-2800 Fax: 212-340-2822
Sally Alvarez Director Cornell Labor Programs, Assoc. Dir., NY State AFL-CIO/Cornell Union Lds. Inst.sma21@cornell.edu
Esta Bigler Director, Labor & Employment Law Programserb4@cornell.edu
Legna Cabrera, Assistant Director of Labor Programsljc46@cornell.edu
Gene Carroll Director, Union Leadership Workshop Series gc32@cornell.edu
Maria Figueroa Director of Labor and Industry Research & Senior Ext. Assc, mcf22@cornell.edu
Jeff Grabelsky Director, Construction Industry Programsjmg30@cornell.edu
Lois Gray Jean McKelvey/Alice Grant Prof.of Labor Mgt. Relations Emerituslsg7@cornell.edu
Jill Kubit, Assistant Director, Cornell Global Labor Institutejk356@cornell.edu
Ken Margolies Director of Organizing Programs, NYC Extension kam47@cornell.edu
Rochester Office New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations 16 Main St., Powers Building, Suite 118 Rochester, NY 14614 ph: (585) 262-4440 fax: (585) 262-3715
Queens College University Main Site 25 West 43rd Street New York, NY 10036
Phone:
212-827-0200
Fax:
212-827-5955
Provides credit and non-credit courses to union members who receive tuition support from their unions. Students enrolled in the Bachelor's degree program complete a special Worker Education curriculum to meet the College's general education requirements and then select from among 50 majors, including a major in Labor Studies. Graduate programs are also available. Courses are offered at the College's Flushing campus and its mid-Manhattan Worker Education Extension Center. The program enrolls over 600 students in degree programs from 14 sponsoring unions. The Labor Resource Center conducts research, sponsors monthly forums, organizes conferences, develops curriculum, prepares educational material, and publishes New Labor Forum - a journal of ideas, analysis, and debate.
DePaul University School for New Learning 14 E. Jackson 15th floor Chicago, IL 60604
Phone:
312-362-5823
Fax:
312-362-8809
DePaul Labor Education Center
DePaul University School for New Learning
14 E. Jackson 15th floor
Chicago, IL 60604
Phone: 312-362-5823
Fax: 312-362-8809
The DePaul Labor Education Center offers a three-year certificate program in Labor Leadership that trains union members to become union leaders.The program consists of two semesters each year and cover a wide variety of topics.The first semester covers writing skills and grievance writing; the second semester emphasizes speaking skills, labor law (collective bargaining) and parliamentary procedure; the third semester covers collective bargaining; the fourth semester covers arbitration; the fifth semester covers organizing and economics for the trade unionist; and the six semester covers labor history and health and safety.
Credit towards a bachelor’s degree is available through the School for New Learning.The Labor Center also offers special classes on computer skills, labor laws, labor history tours and writing skills.
The Center’s three-day high school program involves 3,000 students from throughout the state of Illinois.Staff from the Labor Center teach students about unions, engage them in a collective bargaining role play and conduct tours of Pullman and other labor history sites.
Florida International University University Park Miami, FL 33199
Phone:
305-348-2371
Fax:
305-348-2241
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, International Labor Program Union Leadership Academy Certificate Program, and Workplace Issues Certificate Program.
Georgia State University 120 Courtland Street#Suite 400 Atlanta,, GA 30303-3083
Phone:
404-413-9255
Fax:
404-413-9257
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.
Harvard University 125 Mt. Auburn Street#3rd Floor Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone:
617-495-9265
Fax:
617-496-7359
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, 6-week residential session for approximately 30 experienced union officials and senior staff focusing on strategic planning and leadership skills. Additionally, the program organizes conferences, symposiums, and shorter educational sessions on important issues facing the labor movement.
Indiana University 620 Union Drive#503 Indianapolis, IN 46202
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–Purdue University Indianapolis Union Building 503
620 Union Drive
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5167
Toll Free: 1-800-822-4743
phone: (317) 274-3471 fax: (317) 278-2280
Indiana University at Fort Wayne Division of Labor Studies 2101 Coliseum Blvd. East Kettler G-28 Fort Wayne, IN 46805 ph: (219) 481-6831 fax: (219) 481-5784
Indiana University Northwest at Gary Division of Labor Studies 3400 Broadway Lindenwood Building 126 Gary, IN 46408 ph: (219) 980-6825 fax: (219) 980-6834
Indiana University at Kokomo Division of Labor Studies 2300 S. Washington P.O. Box 9003 East Bldg. - Room 120 Kokomo, IN 46904 ph: (765) 455-9403 fax: (765) 455-9504
Indiana University at South Bend Division of Labor Studies1825 Northside Blvd P.O. Box 7111 South Bend, IN 46634-7111ph: (219) 237-4469 fax: (219) 239-5006
Fitzgerald Building, Suite 405 2601 Carson Road Birmingham, AL 35215
Phone:
205-856-8031
Fax:
205-856-8044
Created in 1972, CLEAR provides a full range of labor education programs to workers in Alabama and throughout the southeast. In addition to contract classes with local unions and state and regional organizations, CLEAR offers 4-6 conferences per year on topics such as law, economics, safety and health, arbitration, bargaining, and leadership skills.
CLEAR’s Workplace Safety Training program offers training in recognizing and working with the dangers of hazardous materials and wastes and confined space rescue operations to workers and first responders. Funded by a National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences grant, WST staff work with labor, Native American, government emergency management agencies and other groups throughout the country.
TN Ctr for Labor-Management Relations 1313 Old Fort Pkwy Murfreesboro, TN 37129 US
Phone:
615-895-4166
Fax:
615-895-9389
The Tennessee Center for Labor-Management Relations (TNCLMR) is funded by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development and is associated with Middle Tennessee State University. The Center provides grievance mediation services, assists in the formation of joint labor management committees and delivers educational and consulting services to Tennessee companies and unions. The TNCLMR facilitates two major conferences each year that provide workshops on current issues and celebrate the "best practices" of award-winning joint-labor management initiatives.
10000 New Hampshire Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20903
Phone:
301-431-6400
Fax:
301-434-0371
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. The GMC-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.
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The National Labor College, which offers seven courses of study leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree, was fully accredited by the State of Maryland in October 1997 and is a candidate for accreditation by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. The National Labor College also offers a Masters' Degree in Public Administration through the University of Baltimore. The campus also houses the George Meany Memorial Archives and the AFL-CIO Library
Indiana University of Pennsylvania 390 Pratt Drive#9 Keith Hall Indiana, PA 15705 Toll Free phone: 1-877-314-0581
Phone:
724-357-2645
Fax:
724-357-2564
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.
Other activities conducted by the Center include research on environmental issues, international labor issues, the history of workers and unions, and placement of historical markers commemorating the struggles faced by workers and unions across the state of Pennsylvania.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Labor Education Center 50 Labor Center Way New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Phone:
732-932-9502
Fax:
732-932-8677
Labor studies and employment relations examines work, workers, the organizations employees create to defend their interests and non-work phenomena that affect and are affected by workers. This broad scholarly scope has been complemented by professional education of labor, management, and neutrals working in labor or employment relations. In the 1990's, Department faculty have increasingly emphasized intellectual, research, and scholarly activities, informed by their deep involvement with labor organizations, corporations attempting to transform their work systems, and public policy debates. LSER faculty participate in the undergraduate Labor Studies program, the graduate Master of Labor and Employment Relations Program, the School's PhD program in Industrial Relations and Human Resources, and non-credit adult education programs of the School. Faculty bring to teaching insights from their research and involvement in the world of employment relations (which is rapidly changing), and in turn involve their students in research and internship opportunities. Most fundamentally, the Department believes that all its activities inform on another and increasingly are creating a new paradigm for the study of labor and employment issues nationwide.
The Labor Center South Seattle Community College at Georgetown 6737 Corson Avenue South Seattle, WA 98108
Phone:
206-764-5380
The Labor Center at South Seattle Community College is Washington State's only statewide higher education outreach program providing direct educational and research services to labor unions. The Labor Center's mission is to help union and community members develop the skills, confidence, and knowledge that will enable them to become more effective leaders, staff, and rank-and-file activists. To this end, we provide educational and technical services tailored to specific unions and community-based organizations. We also organize conferences, workshops, and schools open to a broad mix of union and community activists. We have a vision of a labor movement grounded in human rights, open to all working people, and dedicated to developing strong and democratic worker organizations effective at the local, national, and international levels. We join with workers in their unions and with community members to challenge divisions between people based on race, gender, age, sexual orientation, immigrant status, disability, or other characteristics. Our educational work is inspired by labor history but looks forward to substantial growth of the labor movement through disciplined and imaginative workplace organizing, as well as through effective union partnerships with organizations committed to social, economic, and environmental justice. Our teaching is based on a popular education model which draws heavily on the experiences of workshop participants, and which seeks to help people make sense of their experiences through an analysis of economic, political, and social power.
University of California, Berkeley 2521 Channing Way Berkeley, CA
Phone:
310-794-5983
Fax:
510-643-9800
The Labor Center is a public service and outreach program of the Institute of Industrial Relations at UC Berkeley. The Labor Center conducts research and education on issues related to labor and employment. Our curricula and leadership trainings serve to educate a diverse new generation of labor leaders
We are a community outreach program at the University of California, Berkeley. Our work addresses today's health and safety needs in nearly every industry, from healthcare to agriculture to construction. Current projects deal with:
Construction safety
Environmental justice
Ergonomics
Hazardous waste
Human factors
Immigrant workers
Lead hazards
Teens in the workplace
Union health and safety skills
Workers' compensation
Workplace violence
Robin Baker, MPH Coordinator of Public Programs LOHP Director
Pamela Tau Lee, BS Coordinator of Public Programs Projects: Environmental Justice, Safety Committees,Ergonomics, Human Factors, Union Skills, Participatory Research, Popular Education
Barbara Plog, MPH, CIH, CSP Coordinator of Public Programs Director, COEH Continuing Education Program Associate Director, LOHP Certified Industrial Hygienist Certified Safety Professional Projects: Continuing Education, Lead Projects, Industrial Hygiene
Laura Stock, MPH Coordinator of Public Programs Associate Director, LOHP Projects: Ergonomics,Human Factors, Homecare and Healthcare Workers, Safety Committees,Workers' Compensation
UCLA School of Public Policy & Social Research Hershey Hall 2nd Floor,#Box 951478 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1478
Phone:
310-794-5981
Fax:
310-794-6410
As part of the Institute of Industrial Relations (IIR), the UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education plays a unique role as a bridge between the university and the labor community in Southern California.This role has grown in the past few years with the dramatic changes that have overtaken the Southern California economy. As part of the university, the Labor Center serves as an important source of information about unions and workers to interested scholars and students. Through its extensive connections with unions and workers, the Labor Center also provides labor with important and clearly defined access to UCLA's resources and programs. An advisory committee comprised of about forty Southern California labor and community leaders (representing more than one million members in the public and private sectors) provides advice and support for the center
University of Massachusetts-Amherst Gordon Hall 418 N. Pleasant St# Suite B Amherst, MA 01003-202
Phone:
413-545-4875
Fax:
413-545-0110
The focus of the Labor Center is our Master's degree in Labor Studies. With course work in history, law, economics, research, organizing, and bargaining, we equip our graduates to work in the labor movement and associated social justice organizations. In addition to our residential Master's degree, we offer our Master's degree in a limited-residency format for union officers, staff, and activists. We provide extensive research support for national, regional, and local unions with corporate research, economic research in support of living wage campaigns, surveys, and qualitative research. The Center also participates in a four-campus labor extension program in Massachusetts, providing a variety of non-credit courses.
CPCS Labor Resource Center UMass Boston 100 Morrissey Blvd. Boston, MA 02125 US
Phone:
617-287-7426
Fax:
617-287-7404
The Labor Resource Center(LRC) provides an integrated range of educational and research programs to workers and their organizations. The Center advocates for economic and social justice for working families as they seek to gain control over their futures at work, in their communities, and in the political arena. We lend our skills, expertise, and resources to workplace and community activists, assisting them in building a powerful, inclusive labor movement that can effectively advocate for all working people
The Center:
Offers education and training to workers, to enhance their skills and knowledge as leaders, advocates, activists, and citizens
Affects public policy debates by providing research and analysis to unions and other organizations
Disseminates information to the media, community groups, and governmental institutions to enhance public understanding of working people’s concerns
Promotes dialogue and mutually respectful partnerships between labor and community organizations
Seeks to engender strong and enduring connections between local campaigns and wider efforts to build movements for progressive social change at all levels: city, state, national and international
University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth 285 Old Westport Road North Dartmouth, MA 02747-2300
Phone:
508-999-8007
Fax:
508-999-9168
The Arnold M. Dubin Labor Education Center was established in 1975 to meet the educational needs of workers as members and leaders in the labor movement and as active and responsible citizens in the community. The objectives of the Labor Education Center are:
To provide non-credit courses, conferences, seminars and special programs in labor education to workers and unions;
To offer support and consultation to labor organizations in the development and delivery of their own educational programs;
To provide technical and informational resources to workers and unions;
To integrate the concerns and contributions of labor into the curricula and activities of the University;
To serve as a liaison and promote cooperation between the University and labor organizations, and to increase utilization of the University's resources by workers and unions;
To promote greater awareness in the community of the history and present situation of workers and labor organization;
To design and develop credit courses and a degree program in Labor Studies
To promote greater understanding and cooperation between labor and business, religious, environmental, and other civic and community organizations
University of Massachusetts-Lowell One University Ave Lowell, MA 01854
Phone:
978-934-3138
Fax:
978-934-4033
The University of Massachusetts - Lowell Labor Extension Program offers both training and education programs and technical and strategic assistance to unions, Central Labor Councils and other worker organizations. The Extension Program focuses in the geographic area covered by the Lawrence-Haverhill-Newburyport, Greater Lowell, North Worcester, Worcester-Framingham and North Shore Central Labor Councils. While offering a wide range of programming, the Program has particular expertise and focus in topic areas such as Research for Organizing and Contract Bargaining; Women's Leadership Development; Union Strategies for Dealing with Work Restructuring and Technological Change; and Critical Approaches to Labor-Management Program
University of Arkansas at Little Rock UALR / Library 513 2801 South University Little Rock, AR 72204-1099
Phone:
501-569-8483
Fax:
501-569-8538
LEP provides worker education and training programs throughout the state. Training programs are conducted for local unions, central labor councils, the Arkansas AFL-CIO, and international unions at the regional or district level. Several multi-day, special- topic seminars are also held each year. In addition to traditional offerings--steward training, grievance handling, arbitration techniques, collective bargaining, and occupational safety and health, LEP provides specific programs in response to needs expressed by client unions. LEP also develops and delivers site-based workplace skills courses through its Workplace Skills Enhancement Program.
University of Connecticut U-4013 One Bishop Circle#Room 235 Storrs, CT 06269-4013
Phone:
860-486-3417
Fax:
860-486-5221
Offers non-credit courses throughout the state in addition to credit programing in the Bachelor of General Studies program offered by the University of Connecticut. We have specialized credit courses in Occupational Safety and Health leading to a certification.
We conduct residential institutes, conferences and seminars on specialized topics involving workforce development, labor management initiatives, and issues surrounding collective bargaining. The LEC administers a safety and health training program for Connecticut surface miners through a program funded by MSHA; conducts Annual Connecticut AFL-CIO Summer School; co-sponsored AFL-CIO/UCLEA Trade Union Women’s Institutes and CLUW Conferences. The LEC is also involved in the development of contextually based workplace literacy programs and offers a 40-hour program on Alternative Dispute Resolution
Provides credit and non credit courses in the range of union leadership topics including grievance handling, collective bargaining, arbitration, labor history, communications, union administration, labor law, organizing, occupational safety and health, labor economics, and legislative and political action. Conferences and residential institutes are conducted for regional and international unions, industry groups and on an open-enrollment basis. Major programs are held for women union leaders and Hispanic union activists. Recent developments include an on-line Labor Studies credit program, open to both UIUC on-campus students and the public; a partnership with the National Labor College in their degree completion program; and a Basic and Advanced Certificate in Labor Studies. The program operates out of three locations: UIUC in Champaign, the Hazardous Material Worker Safety Training Program in Urbana, and the Chicago Labor Education Program in Chicago.
Hazardous Materials Program University of Illinois School of Labor & Employment Relations 1112 W. University
Suite 202; MC-504
Urbana, IL 61801 Ph: 217-333-0640 fax: 217-244-8396
University of Illinois
School of Labor and Employment Relations
Chicago Labor Education Program
815 W. Van Buren, Suite 110, MC-216
Chicago, IL 60607 Ph: (312) 996-2491 fax: (312) 413-2997
University of Iowa 100 Oakdale Campus M210 OH Iowa City, IA 52242-5000
Phone:
319-335-4144
Fax:
319-335-4464
Since 1951, labor education for Iowa's organized workforce has been carried out through the University of Iowa's labor education program. The Labor Center, located within the Division of Continuing Education, annually reaches over 3,000 Iowa union leaders with a wide range of non-credit educational programs in the areas of practical industrial relations, labor law, labor history, communication, leadership, and citizenship skills, economics and public policy, and related areas
University of Michigan Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations 1111 E. Catherine Ave #302 Victor Vaug Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2054
Phone:
734-764-0492
Fax:
734-763-0913
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.
Programs include on-site training (Collective Bargaining, Fighting Contracting Out, Grievance Handling, Labor History, Contract Interpretation & Labor Law, Effective Speaking, Parliamentary Procedure, Train-the-Trainer, Sexual Harassment, Labor and the Media, Cultural Diversity), corporate development training, joint-labor management training, and annual leadership institutes (the Michigan Summer School for Women Workers, Black Men in Unions Institute, the Latina/o Workers Leadership Institute, Winter Leadership Institute, and the Workers Unity Conference). These institutes, based on some of the major tenets of Popular Education Theory, take place annually and have addressed concerns of the labor community through workshop offerings (in addition to those listed above) such as: Basic Union Skills; Cultural Diversity in the Workplace; Health and Safety; Legal and Civil Rights in the Workplace; Organizing and Political Action and Strategy; Gender Relations in the Workplace; Privatization; Financial and Retirement Planning; Communication and Leadership Skills; and Youth and Unions.
University of Minnesota 321 19th Ave. So #3-300 Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone:
612-624-5020
Fax:
612-624-1585
The Labor Education Service (LES) is an outreach program of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Human Resources and Labor Studies. LES was created in 1951 to provide training, applied research services and technical assistance to Minnesota workers and their organizations. Staff offer a variety of non-credit courses, workshops and conferences at both campus and off-campus locations throughout the state in subjects such as trade, labor economics, collective bargaining, steward training, immigration, labor law, politics, equity issues, communications and union administration. Education is offered in both English and Spanish. LES staff are also involved in the labor communications community and offer a wide range of media services including video production and web communications. The program publishes Workday Minnesota, a statewide daily internet labor news service.
University of Missouri - Kansas City UMKC Economics Dept 5100 Rockhill Road#211 Haag Hall Kansas City, MO 64110
Phone:
816-235-1470
Fax:
816-235-2834
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. It offers custom training for unions and a Labor Studies Credit Certificate Program on the Interactive Video Network in cooperation with other Missouri labor education programs. It's Labor in the Schools program has developed a 15-hour curriculum appropriate for high school 11th grade social studies classes and adaptable for apprenticeship and union education programs. ILS also sponsors and coordinates The Heartland Labor Forum, a one-hour weekly radio show on community radio in Kansas City. ILS does programming and tours on maquiladora issues in Mexico.
University of Missouri - Columbia Heinkel Building Room 212 Columbia, MO 65211-1341
Phone:
573-882-8358
Fax:
573-884-5423
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.
University of Nebraska at Omaha Peter Kiewit Conference Center 1313 Farnam St Omaha, NE 68182
Phone:
402-595-2344
Fax:
402-595-2321
The Institute, established in 1980, offers a wide range of non credit programing to help Neraska 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 1289 University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1289
Phone:
541-346-5054
Fax:
541-346-2790
LERC provides a comprehensive labor education program for union members, officers, and staff. Classes and programs are generally non-credit, although LERC faculty offer occasional credit classes with other University of Oregon departments and coordinate an internship program to place students with unions. LERC also offers a non-credit certificate for union leaders. Major areas of emphasis include grievance handling, organizing, strategic planning, contract campaigns and strategic research, internal organizing and solidarity-building, occupational safety and health, labor and politics, and leadership development. LERC offers conferences, workshops, classes, and programs on an open enrollment basis and for individual unions. LERC faculty conduct research in the areas of occupational safety and health, labor history, labor relations, and public policy.
University of Wisconsin Extension 422 Lowell Hall 610 Langdon St Madison, WI 53703
Phone:
608-262-2112
Fax:
608-265-2391
Education for a Democratic Workplace The mission of the School for Workers (SFW) is to empower working people and labor organizations at the job site, in the national economy, and in the global economic system through a comprehensive program of lifelong adult learning opportunities.
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.
Course and Technical Assistance Subject Areas:
Union Leadership-a three part series: Union Administration, Leading Your Union, and Personal Leadership Skills, New Industrial Relations – high performance work practices, new compensation systems, team work, work group facilitation, interest-based bargaining
Organizing and Mobilization – internal and external union and worker organizing, coalition building, political action techniques, using the media
Collective Bargaining – bargaining skills, contract costing, specialized bargaining for pensions and health care benefits
Human Relations – communication skills, problem solving, conflict resolution, and dealing with difficult people, bullying and violence in the work place
Safety and Health – ergonomics, hazard identification and prevention, safety committees, OSHA law and regulations, Worker’s Compensation law and procedures
Labor History – understanding contemporary work force issues by studying history, culture, class and the struggles of working people in the global economic system
Building Trades – specialized programs on organizing, collective bargaining, labor law and apprenticeship training for the building trades
Special Requests – the School is responsive to client requests for training or technical assistance on virtually any topic related to work, the work environment, unions and industrial relations
West Virginia University Institute of Technology Montgomery, WV 25136
Phone:
304-442-3157
Fax:
304-442-3285
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.
Wayne State University 656 W. Kirby 3178 FAB Detroit, MI 48202
Phone:
313-577-2191
Fax:
313-577-7726
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 Americanauto industry.
West Virginia University P.O. Box 6031 710 Knapp Hall Morgantown, WV 26506-6031
Phone:
304-293-3323
Fax:
304-293-3395
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 week-long residential summer institutes, weekend conferences and one-day study programs attract both regional and national participation.
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Certificates are awarded to those who complete each course. Minimal registration fees are charged to help offset the cost of materials and instruction. There are no examinations or grades. All classes are taught by individuals who possess extensive knowledge and understanding of the labor movement, its function and its goals.
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Classes or conferences are jointly planned by the Institute for Labor Studies and Research along with representatives of local unions, local central bodies, district councils, statewide organizations or international unions.
Youngstown State University Williamson School of Business Administration One University Plaza Youngstown, OH 44555-3701
Phone:
330-941-1783
Fax:
330-742-1459
LSP Phone:330-941-1783
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. The CWCS creates social spaces for civic and academic conversations on working-class life and culture and its intersections with other identities and serves as a clearinghouse for information on working-class culture, issues, and pedagogy. More than an intellectual project, the CWCS is also engaged with the broader society, providing assistance in creating a culture of organizing and education within working-class institutions and society.
CWCS Phone: 330-941-2976
The CWCS develops courses in working-class studies, organizes a biennial conference, publishes a newsletter, and sponsors an annual speaker series. It houses a library and maintains an on-line bibliography on working-class studies to help promote scholarship in the field.
