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Basic Labor Leadership Skills Online Program Available Through Cornell University
The Cornell ILR Online Labor Studies Program provides busy union activists with an opportunity to take college credit courses without regard to their location or work schedules.These workshops are intended to increase the ability of union members and leaders to successfully respond to new conditions confronting organized labor.
Participants learn valuable skills that are applicable in day-to-day functions. The materials combine academic and practical instruction with real-life experiences. Participants increase their understanding of labor unions and the legal context in which unions function; the rights and obligations of members and leaders, and future prospects for American workers in union and non-union workplaces.
Why is the Basic Labor Leadership Skills Certificate Unique?
On-Line Training (24/7)
Supportive Learning Environment
Taught by Experienced, Well-Respected Labor Educators and Practitioners
What Workshops Are Offered?
The Basic Labor Leadership Skills Certificate Program's 2013 workshops are:
March 4–24 Steward Training LB408
April 9–29 Basic Negotiations Skills for Collective Bargaining LB410
May 1–21 Costing Out Contracts LB409
June 3–23 Effective Communications LB666
$199 per workshop or all four for $600.
To register for online workshops, click here
On-Line Labor Studies College Credit Certificate Program
April 1 (week of) – June 10, 2013 (week of)
The Cornell ILR Online Labor Studies Program provides busy union activists with an opportunity to take college credit courses without regard to their location or work schedules. While there is no physical classroom there is considerable student-to-student and student-to-instructor interaction, making for lively discussions and group learning.
Courses advance students’ knowledge about the issues that matter most to their day-to-day roles and include Collective Bargaining, Labor History, and Labor/Employment Law, Contemporary Labor Issues, and Contract Administration. Each course earns the student 3.0 undergraduate college credits which can be transferred toward a degree at most colleges/universities.
Participants can earn a Certificate (and an Advanced Certificate) of Labor Studies once they complete the requirements.
Employment Law 3.0 Credits (LS248)
In this course students will examine both federal and state laws governing public and private sector workplaces and will use examples from a number of industries such as manufacturing and construction. Among the laws to be studied are those protecting workers from discriminatory practices, that regulate wages and hours of work, that provide for job safety and health, and that afford benefits to workers who are disabled or unemployed. The focus will be on the practical application of laws and their impact on the workplace and American society.
Instructor: Harry Bronson, Esq.
Collective Bargaining 3.0 Credits (LS200)
This course examines the principles of contract bargaining including bargaining environments and structures as well as standards used in negotiations. Students will learn to prepare bargaining demands, cost economic items, draft non-economic language, negotiate economic and non-economic issues, and resolve a bargaining impasse. Discussion will consider the impact of bargaining outcomes on workers, unions, employers, and the public.
Instructor: Patrick Domaratz
Cost per class is $595.00
To register for a credit class, click here or contact Alice Torres at (585) 262-4440 or by e-mail at (amb27@cornell.edu)