Education and Training Services Calendar

Collective Bargaining Institutes Basic Class
Madison, Wisconsin

Course topics include administering the labor agreement, labor history and the Boilermakers’ history, collective bargaining, workers and the global economy, safety and health, listening skills, strategic communication, and structure and services of the Boilermakers union.

Collective Bargaining Institutes Advanced Class
Madison, Wisconsin

Covers advanced topics such as legislative issues, letter writing tips, problem solving and grievance handling, common sense economics, health care bargaining, and building the union.

Hazardous Materials Awareness Training
Silver Spring, Maryland

The training, eligible for 3 academic credits from the National Labor College, addresses OSHA and DOT required procedures and different levels of response and worker protection in a hazardous materials emergency or release, weapons of mass destruction awareness, the incident command system, as well as components required to complete OSHA 10-Hour Outreach Training. Training includes advanced classroom instruction, small group activities, intensive hands-on drills and a simulated hazmat response in full safety gear.
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Union Skills Courses
Silver Spring, Maryland

During the academic year, NLC offers more than seventy week-long labor education classes in areas such as arbitration, organizing, negotiations, safety & health, union building and leadership development. Specialized certificates are available.

A complete list of classes is available at the National Labor College website.

Open Learning Courses
Online

The National Labor College has launched a new cutting-edge union education tool called the Open Learning Course (OLC) program. The OLC is offered free and is a self-directed, web-based learning activity that offers opportunities for union members, leaders, activists and staff to study new topics of interests and improve their current understanding of the labor movement.

A complete list of classes is available at the National Labor College website.

Unions & Diversity: Building Member Solidarity (LS270)
Online

Racial, ethnic, gender and cultural identity relations shape contemporary American unions just as they shape the workplace and society at large. This course will examine how labor's diversity affects the experience of contemporary union membership and expectations for equity (fair treatment, non-discrimination), recognition (respect and openness to difference) and inclusion (opportunity for influence and participation). Course dialogue will invite participants to analyze how diversity issues have played out in the labor movement as a whole as well as in local unions. Particular attention will be given to organizational strategy and leadership skills for building solidarity across a diverse membership.

Register online for this course or contact Alice Torres at (585) 262-4440 or by e-mail at amb27@cornell.edu

Labor & Film (LS214)
Online

This course will use films as a way to examine the labor movement and workers' lives. Students will explore the various social issues and problems raised by each film and discuss how these issues are shaped by important social factors including social class, race, ethnicity and gender. We will pay particular attention to whether workers and their unions are depicted as passive victims of larger social forces or whether they are portrayed as participants in their own destinies. We will also explore how the films depict the relationship between the labor movement and other movements for social change.

Register online for this course or contact Alice Torres at (585) 262-4440 or by e-mail at amb27@cornell.edu

Private Sector Labor Law (LS254)
Online

This course focuses on labor-management relations in the private sector as governed by the National Labor Relations Act, as amended. The course will also cover the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act as it relates to the regulation of internal union affairs in the private sector.

Register online for this course or contact Alice Torres at (585) 262-4440 or by e-mail at amb27@cornell.edu

Conflict Resolution (LB603)
Online

This tools-building workshop is designed as an introduction to dispute resolution theory with special emphasis on interest-based problem-solving. The workshop will utilize role plays, exercises, case studies and other tools to allow participants to practice what we teach. Special emphasis will be given to developing strategies to resolve conflicts at work (even with difficult people) without losing control.

Download the registration form and fax your registration to (585) 262-3715 or e-mail Alice M. Torres at amb27@cornell.edu.

Grievance Writing (LB419)
Online

This advanced steward training focuses on writing and presenting grievances. This tools-building workshop emphasizes effective grievance writing and settling grievances at the lowest step in the grievance procedure. It assumes a basic knowledge of the rights and roles of a steward.

Participants will learn how to settle disputes in the workplace and gives practical tools to help resolve conflict. Participants will write grievances and present their arguments in mock practice sessions and role plays.

Download the registration form and fax your registration to (585) 262-3715 or e-mail Alice M. Torres at amb27@cornell.edu.

Negotiation Skills (LB410)
Online

This introductory-level workshop is designed to develop the skills of union negotiators who do not have extensive experience in advancing a collective bargaining strategy and in conducting face-to-face negotiations at the bargaining table. This workshop will address how to: (1) maximize the effectiveness of the bargaining team; (2) pick up clues about management’s objectives; (3) articulate the union's needs (4) and prevent communication miscues with members and with employers at the table.

Download the registration form and fax your registration to (585) 262-3715 or e-mail Alice M. Torres at amb27@cornell.edu.

Winning Grievances & Arbitrations
Vancouver, British Columbia

This three day comprehensive program will highlight the considerations that you need to make before you take a grievance to arbitration. Have you exhausted all other options for a settlement to be made? Or is this a business or principled decision that requires the award of an arbitrator? Have you used the grievance process to fact find? Have you considered both mitigating and aggravating factors? In this program, you will learn how to use the grievance process to your advantage and to prepare for arbitration if necessary.
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