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The LABOR School
503 Keller Building
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
EMAIL: laborschool@psu.edu
TEL: 814-867-2287
Looking for something tailored to meet the needs of your organization? The LABOR School offers customized education programs for local unions, labor councils, and other labor organizations on a variety of subjects. We customize the content and design to meet your organization’s desired outcomes for the program. We travel to your location and can work with your staff to deliver training together. We’ve done everything from labor history presentations to a multi-day training program for a growing local union.
If you wish to view any of the previous webinars, please email us at laborschool@psu.edu.
Jointly sponsored by the LABOR School and the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, the first-ever Pennsylvania Labor Forum featured two panels and a discussion addressing the following questions: What are the economic challenges facing our state budget and the public services we rely on? How are workers organizing for more power during the pandemic? How we can use this crisis to advance a bold agenda for working people?
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In this moment of heightened attention to technological tools for communication and connection, there is a need to translate many in-person interactions into digital spaces. For labor organizations, this is particularly relevant as they seek ways to support and educate workers, build new relationships and alliances, and conduct the business of our organizations.
In this webinar, we will hear from labor activists and leaders to learn about how organizations are using existing and new digital tools to engage with members, potential members, and the public. We will focus on best practices and lessons learned to expand and adapt our work in the online sphere, both in the current context and beyond.
There are now five generations of workers in our workplaces and unions. This webinar will highlight current initiatives unions are taking to develop and conduct young worker programs, review new research on best practices in building intergenerational cooperation in our unions, as well as discuss strategies and steps to build participation across all generations of workers. Panelists will include representatives from United Steelworkers, IBEW Local 375, and IATSE Local 8.
Hear from union members and union staff who are working in essential services – like healthcare, food and grocery services, and transportation – to provide for our communities in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Union members will share accomplishments, efforts, and current challenges across industries and regions of Pennsylvania. We will focus on how all workers can provide support and help promote safe and secure workplaces.
This webinar will focus on strategies unions are pursuing to engage in proactive outreach to union members after they are newly hired and after an initial union orientation. Research and experience show that individuals are more likely to be committed and active union members if they both have a positive initial orientation to the union and if they get additional follow-up information, communication, and connections with other union members. The webinar will include a panel of organizers from unions working on systematic follow-up outreach to newly hired union employees. It will also include a short review of research findings and a chance for all participants to ask questions and share their experiences.
This webinar will focus on best practices for union orientations that happen on or near the first day of someone being hired into a union position. Union orientation has been a key part of educating new workers about unions and membership sign-up. JANUS and other attacks in both the private and public sectors have put a renewed emphasis on the critical importance of an effective union orientation system. The webinar will include a panel of union organizers leading orientations, a chance for all participants to ask questions and share, and an overall review of best practices from research and experience for union orientation sessions.