ULA Spring 2013 Courses

Newark

Room 345, Conklin Hall, 175 University Avenue, Newark, NJ, 07102

Labor and Politics

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Mondays: 2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 2/25, 3/4, 3/11

Instructor: Mark Magyar

Learn how to identify issues to create an effective political agenda with a focus on the implication of Obama's reelection for labor. Explore how the political and bill-making process works, how coalitions can be built around issues, and how to lobby effectively.

Effective Communication

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Mondays: 3/25, 4/1, 4/8, 4/15, 4/22, 4/29

Instructor: Maria Peralta

Learn how to effectively communicate, through writing, public speaking, and body language, with union members and leaders, the management, politicians, the media, and the public.

Trenton

IBEW Local 269, 670 Whitehead Road, Trenton, NJ 08648

Rights to Family and Medical Leave

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Tuesdays: 2/5, 2/12, 2/19, 2/26, 3/5, 3/12

Instructor: Andrew Watson

This course will instruct union activists on the most effective methods for filing complaints with the government agencies and assisting members with resolving issues with the FMLA, and other statutes. 

Contemporary Issues: Think Globally, Act Locally

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Tuesdays:3/26, 4/2, 4/9, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30

Instructor: Don Dileo

Learn how local, national, and international events affect you, the labor movement, and our society. Participants will learn to think globally through reading major news and analysis in order to act locally to have a meaningful impact on these events.

Pleasantville

IUOE Local 68, 850 North Franklin Blvd, Pleasantville, NJ 08232

Grievance Resolution

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Wednesdays:2/6, 2/13, 2/20, 2/27, 3/6, 3/13   

Instructor: Mark Belland

This course will examine the grievance procedure, employee and employer rights and responsibilities, screening, investigating, and writing up grievances, and principles of handling just cause and contract violations. Participants will discuss how to resolve grievances at the lowest level.

Labor and Community Coalitions

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Wednesdays: 3/27, 4/3, 4/10, 4/17, 4/24, 5/1

Instructor: Kathleen Kirvan   

Learn innovative approaches and techniques of building strategic coalitions between labor and community organizations in order to bring about positive change for working families and their community.

New Brunswick

Room 166, Labor Education Center, 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901

Collective Bargaining

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Thursdays: 2/7, 2/14, 2/21, 2/28, 3/7, 3/14

Instructor: Pete Donatello

Understand the legal framework and process of collective bargaining. Develop skills and knowledge to conduct successful contract negotiations and contract campaigns.

Finance for Personal and Professional Success

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***New Offering Saturdays:2/9, 2/16, 2/23, 3/2, 3/9, 3/16

9:00a.m.-11:45a.m.  

Instructor: Mary Evans

Overview of core financial concepts and techniques useful both at work and in personal life; interest, credit, insurance, investments, present value; and net worth. Learn to apply effective and efficient mathematical or other formal processes to reason and to solve problems.

Labor History

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Thursdays:3/28, 4/4, 4/11, 4/18, 4/25, 5/2

Instructor: Barry Kushnir

Understand and explore the 19th and 20th century working people and the organizations they created.  This course discusses ways in which labor’s history can be preserved and promoted. 

Labor Law

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***New Offering Saturdays: 3/30, 4/6, 4/13, 4/20, 4/27, 5/4

9:00a.m.-11:45a.m.

Instructor: Bill Schimmel

This course introduces the National Labor Relations Act and the National Labor Relations Board. Participants will learn the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to defend and protect the rights of their members and unions.

Workers Movement in New Jersey

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***New Offering, New Time Saturdays: 1/26 - 5/11

1:00p.m.-3:55p.m.

Instructor: Dan Sidorich

Room 130/131

New Jersey has a proud labor history, but most know little about it. This spring you can learn more about New Jersey's dramatic labor history and its connections to today's labor movement by enrolling in Worker Movements in New Jersey, a unique and interactive course.

This course takes a unique and highly interactive approach to understanding workers movement in New Jersey. Besides readings, discussion, and classroom instruction, the course includes visits to important sites in New Jersey's labor history-the silk district of Paterson where the momentous strike of 1913 took place, the industrial village of Roebling, and a modern-day workers' center. Students will learn the extraordinary story of how Campbell Soup's workers overcame great odds to unite in a strong union. Guest speakers will include top labor leaders, who will share their successful experiences of organizing workers in New Jersey, such as CWA's New Jersey Director Hetty Rosenstein, will relate their personal experiences in organizing the state's workers. The course will form the basis for understanding the history of private sector union, the growth of public sector unions, the changing political role of the New Jersey AFL-CIO, and the challenges faced by union leaders in New Jersey today.

Webinars

Internet access, computer, and microphone are required.

Social Media

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Tuesdays3/26, 4/2, 4/9, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30

6:00-7:45pm   

Instructor: Renee Walker

This course provides a hands-on experience on how to use social media, such as Facebook and Twitter to communicate with members, mobilize members, and organize new members, for both beginners and intermediate level users.