Labor Education Program Update
November 27, 2007
CHICAGO: Yesenia Vargas, 312-996-2624, 815 W. Van Buren Street, Chicago 60607
CHAMPAIGN: Joe Berry, 217-333-2388, 504 East Armory, Champaign 61820
This LEP Update includes activities for both Champaign-Urbana and Chicago sites.
CENTER FOR WORKING CLASS STUDIES (Chicago): November 30, 2-5 pm. The Politics of the New Chicago Labor Movement – the Future of the New Chicago Labor-Community Coalition. At Roosevelt University, Auditorium Building, Room #320. FREE, but register by calling Bob Bruno at 312-996-2491.
HISPANIC INITIATIVE CONFERENCE: (Chicago). Dec. 5, from 6-8:30 p.m.: Knowing your contract: The Nuts and Bolts of Language that Matters. FREE. Call Francisco Montalvo Jr. for more information.
PERU REPORT-BACK (Chicago): Monday Dec 10 at CLEP, 6:00 – 8:30. Helena Worthen and Joe Berry visited Peru Nov. 12-17 at the invitation of a representative of the Ministry of Labor and met with various labor leaders from different parts of the labor movement. During this week the Peru Free Trade Act was passed in the US House, the miners were on strike and there was a strike among professors at all the public universities, as well as a hunger strike. Helena and Joe will report back what we saw, what we heard. Free. Co-Sponsored by Chicago Jobs with Justice and the Global Justice Committee.
PERU REPORT-BACK (Champaign): Tuesday December 11 in the Wisegarver Room, Illinois Disciples Foundation (same building as the Co-op), corner of Wright and Springfield. 6-9 pm. Same program as above. Co-Sponsored by the Champaign-Urbana Jobs with Justice.
CERTIFICATE CLASSES (Chicago): Intro to Labor Law starts Tuesday January 15 and runs every Tuesday night for 6 weeks, from 6:00 –8:30 pm. Steven Ashby, instructor. Cost for all 6 weeks: $150.
Advanced Labor Law: Dealing with the Boards starts Wednesday January 16 and runs every Wednesday night for 6 weeks, from 6:00 – 8:30. Bob Bruno, instructor. Cost for all 6 weeks: $150.
The Intro to Collective Bargaining and Advanced Collective Bargaining: Case Studies classes begin March 4 and March 5 respectively.
CERTIFICATE CLASSES: (Champaign): the entire Basic and Advanced Certificate sequences can be offered at your location. Call Joe Berry at 217-333-2388
HISPANIC INITIATIVE CONFERENCE: Jan. 19- 9:00 a.m.-12 p.m.: Collective Bargaining and Membership Involvement. Contact Francisco Montalvo Jr.
NATIONAL LABOR COLLEGE CLASSES:
CHICAGO: Ed Planning Jumpstart November 29 at CLEP. These are short drop-in meetings that allow NLC students who are working on their portfolios or other papers to confer with other NLC students or the instructor. There is no charge for jumpstarts but you must sign up in advance. Call Helena Worthen at 217-444-4095.
LBST 2990: Educational Planning. Friday Jan 15, 6-9 pm and Saturday Jan 16, 9-4 pm. This required course is designed to help students clarify their educational goals. Students learn how to develop the portfolio which will become the basis for claiming credit for prior learning, both in and out of college. The class is followed by monthly jumpstart meetings. Cost: $490. Instructor, Helena Worthen
LBST 2000: Introduction to Labor Studies. This, along with the Ed Planning class, is one of the required classes that all NLC students have to take. It introduces participants to the required writing and analytical standards of the College. Through course discussions and essays, students critically evaluate recent scholarship in the field of labor studies. Subject areas include: labor and the economy, comparative union structure and governance, membership attitudes and behavior, labor movement theories, changing member demographics, labor law and legislation, labor history, organizing strategies, globalization, and other contemporary labor issues. (3 semester credits). This course meets 9 am to 4 pm four Saturdays in a row, 2/2, 2/9, 2/16, and 2/23. Instructor: Bob Bruno. Cost: $490.
LBHU 2160 - Images of Labor in Film. Working people, their unions, labor issues, in general, and political movements involving the working class have not been a major presence in film. But when images of labor do appear, they are rarely presented in a favorable light. It is, therefore, very important to see and to understand those images that have appeared because we live in a culture that receives so much of its information (and ultimately many of its opinions) from visual media. The course will survey a number of important films that have strong images of labor, both positive and negative. Students will be expected to see four or five films during class hours. (3 semester credits)This class meets 9 am to 4 pm, four Saturdays in a row in March: 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22 with Steven Ashby. Cost: $490.
NATIONAL LABOR COLLEGE CLASSES: CHAMPAIGN
LBHU 2160 - Images of Labor in Film. The course description for the Champaign Images of Labor in Film is the same as for the Chicago class. However, this class will meet Tuesday evenings, 6-9 pm, February 4 through April 8, at the Institute for Labor and Industrial Relations. 3 credits. Instructor: Joe Berry. Cost: $490.
ON-LINE CLASSES – UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS DEGREE
Even if you are not a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign student, you can register for our new on-line degree program. The three Online Labor Studies classes that are being offered in Spring 2008 are Intro to Labor Studies; Globalization and Workers; and Workers, Unions and Politics. The cost per 3-credit class is $882. When the Institute for Labor and Industrial Relations has established its BA degree, these courses will apply to your University of Illinois degree. For more information, call Steven Ashby at 312-996-8733 or email him at skashby@uiuc.edu.
REGINA V. POLK CONFERENCE MAY 15-18. This year the Polk Conference will run Thursday through Sunday to reduce the lost time cost to participants. The collective bargaining simulation will be based on a public sector contract in order to generate workshops dealing with public sector issues. Applications for scholarships will go out to our mailing lists in early December. If you want to make sure you’re on the list, call Yesenia Vargas at the number above.
WORKERS COMP: The CACOSH guide to the 2005 Illinois Workers Compensation Law is in its second printing. To get a copy ($5), call Emanuel Blackwell at 708-359-3303.
The Digitized Book of the Week: Was it a fair trial? A plea to the Governor to save the lives of the Haymarket martyrs. Follow the following link. If it doesn’t come up on the Haymarket book, search “Haymarket.” Click on the pdf to see every inch of the actual book bigger than life: http://www.library.uiuc.edu/blog/digitizedbotw
Unless otherwise noted, Champaign programs take place at 504 East Armory, in the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, and Chicago programs take place at CLEP, Suite 110 The Rice Building, 815 West Van Buren Street (near Halsted and W. Van Buren). Both locations accessible by public transportation. The LEP Update appears every two weeks. Our downstate faculty can now offer most of our programs at your location. If you would like us to come to your organization or local union meeting, call the numbers listed above or email Illinoislabored@uiuc.edu