Labor Studies & Employment Relations

Take the Next Step

A Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science in Labor and Employment Relations will prepare you for the working world. You can also enhance your studies through our many minors and concentrations. For more information contact:

Sixth Labor and Management Partnership Conference

Each year, the New Jersey Labor-Management Partnership Conference brings together the most experienced, thoughtful, and creative minds in New Jersey labor-management community to share ideas, strategies and concerns in an academic environment where debate is encouraged and nourished.  Out long-term goal is to improve labor-management relations in New Jersey and beyond as the results of the Rutgers Labor-Management Partnership begin to shape professional practice.  Past conference topics include:

Current Schedule & Syllabi

Please click on the location for the Labor Studies and Employment Relations courses offered and a copy of their syllabus:

Research Briefs

• Brief 1: Is Disability Disabling in all Workplaces?, Lisa Schur, Douglas L. Kruse, Joseph R. Blasi
• Brief 2: Local Union Leaders' Conception and Ideology of Stewards' Roles, Tracy F. H. Chang, Director, Labor Education and Research Now

Course Offerings

FALL 2011 | SPRING 2012 | SUMMER 2012 | FALL 2012 | SPRING 2013

Program Faculty 

Employment Law for Union Representatives Certificate Program classes are taught by full-time and adjunct faculty of the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations, and experienced legal experts. Each instructor brings an extensive background in consulting and training for labor and management relations, in both the public and private sectors.  

Course Offerings

FALL | SPRING

A complex and ever-changing set of federal and state laws govern the American workplace.  Union representatives must understand basic provisions of these laws and how they interact with collective bargaining agreements in order to protect their members' rights in the workplace.