Union Leadership

This workshop focuses on understanding different behavioral styles at work and how to adapt when conflicting styles cause misunderstandings, unproductive efforts, and impede progress on reaching goals.  This is Part 2 of a workshop series on Managing With Labor's Values.

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Register for Managing With Labor's Values - Part 2: Building Accountability

Labor History can be understood from the perspectives of both union history and the social, cultural, and political life of workers. Here we explore not only union organizing, collective bargaining, and labor legislation, but also what workers thought, how they work and lived, and their impact on the larger society.

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Register for Labor History

This course will examine the foundation and the tools to mount an effective organizing campaign based on theory, principles, and determination.

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Register for Union Organizing

In this two-day workshop, participants will delve into the intersection of precarious immigration status and employment, as well as current immigration policies and ongoing debates. We will analyze the evolving landscape of the labor market and consider the labor movement's and labor unions' role in creating equitable environments for its members while supporting workers from diverse backgrounds across various sectors. Additionally, we will draw insights from successful organizing models that integrate traditional unions with worker-justice organizations.

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Register for Immigrant Workers in the Current Labor Economy

This online for-credit course helps union activists build practical skills needed in collective bargaining today through role-plays and mock bargaining with students across the country. Organizations benefit from union members learning bargaining skills in a safe environment instead of at bargaining tables which can impact the entire workplace.

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Register for Advanced Collective Bargaining

Part of the Online Labor Studies Program this course examines the history of unions in the US through the use of film. Students will explore the various social issues raised by each film. Each week we will watch a film, analyze it, and discuss our reactions.

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Register for Labor and Film