Union Leadership

This online for-credit course helps union activists build practical skills needed in collective bargaining today through role-plays and mock bargaining with students across the country. Organizations benefit from union members learning bargaining skills in a safe environment instead of at bargaining tables which can impact the entire workplace.

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Register for Advanced Collective Bargaining

This course will examine the foundation and the tools to mount an effective organizing campaign based on theory, principles, and determination.

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Register for Union Organizing

Navigating a leadership role while advocating for workers' rights is undeniably challenging. Directors, organizers, and staff at worker centers and worker justice organizations face specific conditions that make their work particularly demanding, from limited funding, time, and capacity to hard campaigns to protect the most vulnerable workforce. However, it is both possible and essential for managers at worker centers and worker justice organizations to receive the necessary training to become effective leaders.

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Register for Managing With Labor Values for Worker Centers and Worker Justice Organizations

This tools-building workshop emphasizes the rights of stewards/committee persons in resolving disputes in the workplace. Participants will learn how to protect the grievance process, the equality principle, and how to simplify grievance writing. This online workshop is part of the four-course Labor Leadership Skills Certificate Program.

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Register for Steward Training: Problem-Solving in the Workplace (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. This online workshop is part of the four-course Labor Leadership Skills Certificate Program, participants do not have to be online at a specific time.

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Register for Negotiation Skills (online)

This course, part of the Online Labor Studies Program, focuses on how to develop skills to improve the effectiveness of your communication relationships and enhance the quality of your life. The class will be highly participatory and include the most crucial readings on effective communications for working people.

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Register for Effective Communications At Work

This is a practical, how-to-workshop to give union negotiators and bargaining committee members the skills they need to prepare for contract negotiations. This online workshop is part of the four-course Labor Leadership Skills Certificate and participants do not have to be online at a specific time.

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Register for Costing Out a Contract (online)

For anyone who wants to improve oral presentation skills and overcome reluctance to speak in public and gain tools for more effective presentations. This online workshop is part of the four-course Labor Leadership Skills Certificate Program and participants do not have to be online at a specific time.

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Register for Effective Communication (online)