Educational Services
Knowledge of the global economy, immigration issues and trends, and policy alternatives is an indispensable tool for organizers, stewards and leaders.
Upcoming Training
Monitoring Freedom of Association
May 15-16, 2008
Global Labor Institute Trainings
We offer 1-3 day workshop trainings on the following topics:
- Globalization Basics for Unions
- The Global Economy and a Program for Change
- Immigration trends, policies, and union approaches
- Understanding the World Trade Organization and other institutions of global governance
- Working with the international labor movement
- Workers Rights, Anti-Sweatshop Campaigns, Corporate Codes of Conduct, and Framework Agreements
- International Labor and the Environmental Crisis
- Fighting for Global Justice in City and State Politics
Cornell University College Credit Courses
Union leaders, staff and activists can also sign up for 12-week college credit courses offered through the Cornell Labor Studies Certificate Program. These courses are:
- Labor and Globalization
- The International Labor Movement: Past, Present, and Future
- Labor and Immigration: A Global Perspective*
* presently being developed
