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Labor organizations offer many scholarships and opportunities for higher education to members and their families.

Subcategories

• Labor Libraries

Resources in This Category

• American Labor Movements at Spirit of America

  http://www.genordell.com/stores/spirit/labor.htm
  Books and historical information on the labor movements in America, from Samuel Gompers and the A.F.L. to Joe Hill and the I.W.W. to Cesar Chavez and the U.F.W.

• Athabasca University Labour Studies Program

  http://labourstudies.athabascau.ca/
  Offers 30-credit University Certificate, 90-credit BA degree and 120-credit BA degree in Labour Studies. All courses are taken via distance education.

• Brock University - Department of Labour Studies

  https://brocku.ca/social-sciences/departments-and-centres/labour-studies
  Program builds on the disciplines of Economics, Politics and Sociology

• Carlos Bulosan Memorial Exhibit

  http://www.bulosan.org/
  Apermanent display of the contributions of Filipino laborers, local union leaders and other manongs in the social and cultural development of the International District.

• Center for Labor Research & Studies

  http://labor.fiu.edu/
  Center for Labor Research and Studies.

• Centre for Industrial Relations (CIR), University of Toronto

  http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/cir/
  An interdisciplinary graduate teaching and research centre in the fields of industrial relations, human resource management, and labour market and social policy

• History at the Department of Labor

  https://www.dol.gov/general/aboutdol/history
  Creation and history of the department, biographies, and research areas.

• Holt Labor Library

  http://www.holtlaborlibrary.org/
  Working people, activists, and scholars can study the class struggles of the 19th and 20th century industrialized world.

• Indiana University South Bend Division of Labor Studies

  https://www.iusb.edu/labor-studies/
  Deals with work, the workplace, and workers and their organizations and reflects the concerns of modern labor organizations

• International Institute for Labour Studies

  http://www.ilo.org/inst/
  Established by the International Labour Organization in 1960 as a centre for advanced studies in the social and labour field.

• Labor Education and Research Center - University of Oregon Eugene

  http://lerc.uoregon.edu/
  A bridge to the public university system for the state's working people and their unions

• Labor Relations Research Center - UMass Amherst

  http://www.umass.edu/lrrc/
  Equips graduates to work in the labor movement and other organizations advocating for workers' rights.

• Laney College Labor Studies Club

  http://www.well.com/user/couey/lcls/
  Offerings include organizing, history, grievance handling, labor law.

• Michigan State University School of Human Resources & Labor Relations

  http://hrlr.msu.edu/
  Offers outreach programs and graduate programs.

• Northwest Laborers-Employers Apprenticeship & Training

  http://www.nwlett.org/
  Provides state-of-the-art construction training to the men and women in our region.

• Tamiment Institute Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

  http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/tam/
  A center for scholarly research on labor history and radical political movements

• The Institute for Labor Studies

  http://cas2.umkc.edu/labor-ed/
  A Kansas City based labor education program offering credit and non credit courses for union members and the general public. Sponsors a radio show: the Heartland Labor Forum.

• UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education

  http://www.labor.ucla.edu/
  A source of information about unions and workers to interested scholars and students

• UCLA's Institute of Industrial Relations

  http://www.iir.ucla.edu/
  Research and community service programs

• University of Hawaii Center for Labor Education & Research

  http://www.hawaii.edu/uhwo/clear/home/
  Established in 1976 by State Law, the Center provides labor education, research and labor-related programs.

• University of North Texas Labor Education Program Leadership Workbook

  http://www.econ.unt.edu/lewis/contents.html#Table of Contents
  Steward training, negotiations, organizing, grievance handling; all online and free

• University of Wisconsin - The School for Workers

  http://schoolforworkers.uwex.edu/
  A university-based labor education program conducting applied research and offering education and consultation to unions and workers on the full range of labor relations issues.

• Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs

  http://www.reuther.wayne.edu/
  Wayne State University: education, exhibits, labor archives, lectures, and newsletter.

• WVU-ES: Institute for Labor Studies and Research

  http://laborstudiesandresearch.ext.wvu.edu/
  West Virginia University Extension Service Institute for Labor Studies and Research

 

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