The Labor School connects the Pennsylvania labor movement and the University community through lectures, events, and student career development opportunities.
The Philip Murray Memorial Labor Lecture is a lecture sponsored by the Penn State School of Labor and Employment Relations that brings a distinguished representative of the labor movement to Penn State each year. The lecture promotes the exchange of ideas between the University community–students, faculty, and staff—and leadership in the labor movement. The goal of this interchange is to contribute to a better understanding of the important role the labor movement has played, and continues to play, in a democratic society.
The Labor School organizes regular career panels and supports students in finding employment with labor organizations. Penn State students who are interested in labor issues can check out the Students for International Labor Solidarity club in SLER.