In addition to the standard course list, two new classes, Labor Thru Film and Gaining Access, which will provide information on using labor and government bodies as a tool, have been added. Campaign planning and development, researching your employer, membership mobilization, allies in the community and bargaining strategies are the major topic areas to be covered. Cost varies depending on the number of participants from a local union. Sponsored by the Massachusetts AFL-CIO and the U Mass Labor Extension program. Fighting Racial and Sexual Discrimination in the Workplace is this year s theme.
Scholarships are available and childcare reimbursement is available with pre-registration.
Take advantage of this opportunity to network with women legislators and members of women s organizations. A pilot project of the Mass AFL-CIO Communications Committee, these workshops are designe d to give labor activists the practical tools and skills to get labor's message out in print, radio and television. The ultimate goal of these workshops is to increase labor's presence at the community media level by developing and training media specialists in key unions and labor councils around the Commonwealth. This training is for legal service advocates, lawyers in private practice taking pro bono cases, social services workers and community activists who want to learn or get a refresher course on the nuts and bolts of unemployment compensation. Keynote speaker is Jim Hightower.