Cornell Labor Programs

Online Credit Courses

Online Labor Studies college-credit courses are offered each semester to make labor education available to unions activists regardless of where they happen to reside. Online courses bring union activists from across the country together with high quality labor education. Cornell ILR credit and non-credit labor programs are proudly taught by members of the Cornell Adjunct Faculty Alliance, NYSUT, NEA, AFT, AFL-CIO.

Each online credit course is $555.00

Fall 2009 Courses (September - December 2009) 

• LS254 - Private Sector Labor Law
• LS270 - Unions & Diversity: Building Member Solidarity
• LS214 - Labor and Film

Winter 2010 Courses (January - March  2010) 

Contemporary Labor Issues
Labor History
Public Sector Labor Relations

Spring 2010 Courses (April - June  2010) 

Arbitration
Collective Bargaining
Workplace Communications

Preview of Online Courses

To preview our courses follow these steps:

1. Go to: http://blackboard.cornell.edu
2. Log In with "guest" for NetID and Password
3. Select "Course Catalog"
4. Select "Industrial and Labor Relations"
5. Select "Preview" next to the course title

For more information or to register for a course, contact: Alice M. Torres at amb27@cornell.edu or call 585-262-4440.

What People are Saying about our Programs

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  Alphonso Cyrus, Shop Steward
  Teamsters Local 804, Brooklyn, NY

  "As we move toward exiting from this current economic crisis, it is necessary that union representatives be educated in the ever-changing labor field. Taking classes online with Cornell ILR has given me the flexibility needed to further my education with my unpredictable work schedule. The instructors are well-educated in the field of labor studies and offer a broad non-biased view of past, present and future events."

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  Ed Starr, Esq., Business Manager
  IBEW Local 2321, North Andover, MA

  "Cornell University's ILR On-Line Labor Studies Program has enhanced my skills and understanding of the labor movement and provided me with the skills necessary to be proactive in helping not only my union membership but organized labor as a whole."

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  Edward A. Ceccato, Executive Vice President
  Niagara Falls Teachers, Niagara Falls, NY

  "The major advantage of the on-line courses is that the work can be done at your convenience. So even though my job as a teacher, my family, and my positions as an officer in my local union and activist in my state union require a great deal of time and commitment, the on-line courses allow me the flexibilty to participate in the class whenever I had time to do so."

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  Philip M. Knoerzer, Empire State Carpenters
  Buffalo/Niagara, Local 289, Cheektowaga, NY

  "My experience so far with ILR's On-Line Labor Studies Program has been incredibly rewarding and enlightening. I'll have plenty to read for a long time."