Labor Education Program Update
Dec 12, 2007

This LEP Update includes activities for both Champaign-Urbana and Chicago sites.
CHICAGO: Yesenia Vargas, 312-996-2624, 815 W. Van Buren Street, Chicago 60607
CHAMPAIGN: Joe Berry, 217-333-2388, 504 East Armory, Champaign 61820

January 23. (CHAMPAIGN). Introduction to Workers’ Rights. Douglass Library, Grove Street, 5:30 – 7:30 pm. FREE, everybody welcome.

UCAN classes (DECATUR) start January 21, 6-8 pm at the United Way of Decatur and Mid Illinois, 202 E Eldorado Street, Suite B, Decatur, IL. Cost is $60 per person for eight classes. 1.21: Denise Smith and Bill Francisco, Welcome and introductions. 1.28: Mike Matejka, Labor History. 2.4: Helena Worthen, Basic Worker Rights. 2.11: Joe Berry: Political Economy, ours and theirs. 2.18: Amy Girardi, Winning back the American Dream. 2.25: Community Outreach: FCFH, Salvation Army, NECF, IDES, Catholic Charities. 3.3: Effective communication. 3.10: Graduation at IBEW Local 146. Contact: Sarah Sylvester, 217-422-8537.

CERTIFICATE CLASSES LABOR STUDIES 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 LABOR STUDIES Champaign : the entire Basic and Advanced Certificate sequences can be offered at your location. Call Joe Berry at 217-333-2388

HISPANIC INITIATIVE CONFERENCE (Chicago): Jan. 19- 9:00 a.m.-12 p.m.: Collective Bargaining and Membership Involvement. Contact Francisco Montalvo Jr. Fee: $20

NATIONAL LABOR COLLEGE CLASSES LABOR STUDIES :
CHICAGO: LBST 2990: Educational Planning. Friday Jan 25, 6-9 pm and Saturday Jan 26, 9-4 pm. This required course teaches students 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 for NLC students. 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). 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. 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 LABOR STUDIES: 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 LABOR STUDIES  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. You can download an application form from our new website at http://lep.ilir.uiuc.edu

Website of journal of overwork: http://www.hazards.org/workedtodeath/workedtodeath2.htm

AFGE on the air: www.federalnewsradio.com or 1050 AM WFED in Washington DC, Friday 10-11 am.
Free download of the books by the best writer in the world about labor education as adult education, Mike Newman: http://www.michaelnewman.info/

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 Labor Ed program at UIUC is located at 504 East Armory, in the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations. The Labor Ed program in Chicago is at Suite 110 The Rice Building, 815 West Van Buren Street (near Halsted and W. Van Buren). Both locations accessible by public transportation. If you would like us to come to your organization or local union meeting, call the numbers listed above or email Illinoislabored@uiuc.edu