Labor Education Program Update
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January 17, 2008
This LEP Update includes activities for both Champaign-Urbana and Chicago sites. We can put on our entire Certificate Program in Labor Studies anywhere in Illinois.
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. Joe Berry and Helena Worthen, instructors.
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.
UNION CARPENTERS APPRENTICESHIP (CHICAGO): February 7, 6 PM at St. Anselm at 110 East 61st Street, Chicago, church basement. The Building Bridges Project of the Chicago Interfaith Committee on Worker Issues has room for 12 more students in our pre-apprenticeship program. Classes are 11 weeks long and are 8am to 4pm, Monday through Friday, and include math and hands-on training. Stipends, child care. Call 773-728-8400 Extension 19 for details.
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY CLASS (CHICAGO): February 25, March 3, & March 10 (CHICAGO): African American Labor History Class. Instructor, Emanuel Blackwell. 6:00 – 8:30 PM Mondays at CLEP. Focus on the central role of African American organizing in the Chicago packinghouses 1910-60, the civil rights movement and the Final Campaign of Dr. Martin Luther King among sanitation workers. Cost: $75 per person for three sessions and instructional materials. Call 312-996-2624 to register.
HISPANIC INITIATIVE CONFERENCE (CHICAGO): Jan. 19- 9:00 a.m.-12 p.m.: Collective Bargaining and Membership Involvement. Contact Francisco Montalvo Jr. Fee: $20
LABOR STUDIES CLUB (CHAMPAIGN). Contact Dierdre Darnall at d-darnall@hotmail.com for information about the Labor Studies Club at UIUC.
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. (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. 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 12 through April 15, at the Institute for Labor and Industrial Relations. 3 credits. Cost: $490. People have begun to enroll in this class so it may actually run. Call Joe Berry at 217-333-2388.
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. Also, all U of Illinois Labor Studies classes will count toward the NLC degree. If you are a University of Illinois employee, you can take these classes for free. The three Online Labor Studies classes are described below. 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.
LIR 100 Introduction to Labor Studies (3 credits)
The course provides an overview of workers and unions in American society..
LIR 200 Globalization and Workers (3 credits)
Is globalization good for working people in the United States and around the world? Globalization is the driving force in the world economy but it is also provoking tremendous debate and popular resistance.
LIR 300 Workers, Unions and Politics (3 credits)
The course explores political power, political participation, and political change from a broad historical and cross-cultural perspective, always focusing on a view of politics from the bottom up.
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. Download an application at http://lep.ilir.uiuc.edu Please fax it to 312-413-2997. Fax number on brochure was incorrect.
March 12: Book reading and signing of On the Global Waterfront: The Fight to Free the Charleston 5, by Suzan Erem and Paul Durremberger. At UNITE! HERE, 333 S. Ashland, 5 to 7 p.m. with refreshments etc. www.ontheglobalwaterfront.org
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
Labor Education Program Update
January 1, 2008
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. Joe Berry and Helena Worthen, instructors.
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 IN 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.
February 25, March 3, & March 10 (CHICAGO): African American Labor History Class. Instructor, Emanuel Blackwell. 6:00 – 8:30 PM Mondays at CLEP. Focus on the central role of African American organizing in the Chicago packinghouses 1910-60, the civil rights movement and the Final Campaign of Dr. Martin Luther King among sanitation workers. Cost: $75 per person for three sessions and instructional materials. Call 312-996-2624 to register.
The Intro to Collective Bargaining and Advanced Collective Bargaining: Case Studies classes begin March 4 and March 5 respectively.
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 COURSES 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 COURSES (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. Download an application at http://lep.ilir.uiuc.edu
On the Global Waterfront: The Fight to Free the Charleston 5, by Suzan Erem and Paul Durremberger is now out. According to the authors, “This is the definitive story of South Carolina longshoremen who fought racial and economic injustice with a worldwide campaign to end the prosecution of men guilty only of protecting their way of life. It’s more than what happened that January night in 2000 when 660 riot police faced off against 150 longshoremen. It’s more than the 2-year prosecution that could have wiped out the last well-funded, organized group of black workers in South Carolina. It is the story of the beginnings of the Bush Era. It exposes the roots of neoconservativism and the new, more insidious religious right but it also shows the path to demanding more and better from global capital.” More details at www.ontheglobalwaterfront.org
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.
CERTIFICATE CLASSES IN LABOR STUDIES Champaign : the entire Basic and Advanced Certificate sequences can be offered at your location. Call Joe Berry at 217-333-2388
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