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	Fall 07 LABST Schedule .
	Labst 010 - History
	Labst 012 - Bargaining
	Labst 013 - Economics
	Labst 014 - Grv & Arb
	Labst 015 - Leadership
	Labst 016 - Work Rights
	Labst 019 - Safety
	Labst 020 - Global Econ
	Labst 022 - Research
	Labst 021 - Organizing
	Labst 030 - Labor Law
	Labst 048 - Film
	Labst 201 - Stewards
	Labst 202 - Organizing Short, 3 day class
	Labst 210 Assertiveness
	Labst 212 - Eff. Mtgs
	Labst 214 - Chorus
	Labst 219 - WOSHtep Short, 3 day class
	Labst 248 - Union Counselling .
	Transfers Labor BAs Find out about where you can transfer to finish your BA or work on a Labor related Masters
	Past Classes offered Look up what we offered in the past starting with Spring 2006 Semester.
	Labor Resources links to coalitions, etc.
	Book Club Here's what we are reading & talking about...

Laney College Labor Studies Program:

LABOR STUDIES IN ACTION

Ann (left), as a sign & display installer, and Loretta (right), as a journeyman operating engineer take turns explaining what it is like to work in a nontraditional job surounded by men every day.

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This was part of Laney's Women's HerStory Month Celebration

Labor Chorus sings and acts out labor history. This Fall, part of the class will travel to the Highlander Center in Tennesse to perform.

Mike & Brenda interview Richmond City Councilman Tony Thurman at a rally for workers at the Woodfin.

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Students often get involved in community actions involving workers' rights.

Greg & Diana compare work on their action plans during a session of the Leadership & Comunications Skills class.

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Classes provide the oppertunity to learn new skills, and reflect on the effectiveness of various tacticts, and share wisdom gleened from reviewing use of leadership styles.

Labor Studies is part of the Sustainable Peralta Initiative on the Laney College campus, believing that we can create green jobs & good jobs in our community.

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Visit our Eco-Labor page.

Every Summer (and sometimes in December) Labor Studies faculty and stundents lead a walking tour of historic sites during the 1946 Oakland General Strike as part of LaborFest events around the Bay. Karin Hart (left) helps a walker to read a quote from a particpent in the 1946 General strike that described what it was like to "take the power out of the tower" to the 70 other people on last summer's walk on July 28th.

Welcome! Be sure to check back to see what is new on our ever changing page. For more information about our program call the Labor Studies office at 510/464-3210.

The Labor Studies Program is designed to offer both background and current trends in various aspects of labor-management relations. Here is how the California Community Colleges Taxonomy of Programs (6th Edition) describes the labor studies program:

0516.00 � Labor and Industrial Relations:

Describes the history and development of the labor movement, including the analysis and interpretation of federal and state regulations, union contracts, labor negotiations, conciliation, arbitration, and grievance procedures.

New students apply to the college & enroll in a Labor Studies class. Continuing students click here to enroll in a class.

Earn a Certificate of Completion in Labor Studies! Here are the required 21 units of classes needed:

LABST 010 American Labor Movement (3 units)
LABST 012 Collective Bargaining (3 units)
LABST 013 Labor Economics for Labor & Community Leaders (3 units)
LABST 014 Grievance Handling & Arbitration (3 units)
LABST 030 Labor Law (3 units)
Plus six (6) units of Labor Studies elective units

Fisnished your classes and want to petition for your certificate? Fill out this online Petition Form for AA Degree or Certificate, printi out and make on appointment with a counselor to sign off on it by calling 510/464-3152, or 3153 for an appointment. They are open until 7pm on Monday and Tuesday evenings during the semester. NOTE: You can not do a "drop-in" appointment to get a certificate or degree approved.

Earn an Associate Arts degree in Labor Studies by completing the above classes, plus the required general education classes.

	Labor Studies Classes for Spring 2009
	Here is what will be offered in the Spring Semester [or click here to download a ENROLL NOW!!! Tuesdays LABOR STUDIES 012: COLLECTIVE BARGAINING (Registration Code 24402) 6-9:20pm - Structure, content, strategies and relationships between the parties engaged in collective bargaining. Mondays LABOR STUDIES 016: RIGHTS IN WORKPLACE (Code 24405) 6-9:20pm - Comprehensive survey of employee rights in the workplace. Wednesdays LABOR STUDIES 015: LABOR LEADERSHIP & COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS (code 24404) 6-9:20pm - Survey of leadership strategies with practice applying methods for labor leaders and other community activists. Thursdays LABOR STUDIES 013: ECONOMICS FOR LABOR AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP (code 24403) 6-9:20pm - American and global economic forces impinging on employment, taxation, income distribution, public policy and collective bargaining. Alt. Sats. LABOR STUDIES 214A-D: LABOR HERITAGE/CHORUS (codes 21345 & 21348) Starts 1/31 from 12:30-5pm - Study of labor history through songs. 3 Sats. LABOR STUDIES 202: UNION ORGANIZING (code 24406) 4/12, 4/19 & 4/26 � Examines rights workers to organize a union. In December 2007 you can download an 8 1/2 x 11 PDF version of the poster of this schedule by clicking the words "documents" on the yellow bar above just below the Laney logo. Please share it with your friends and co-workers. This web page was woven by Karin Hart, Coordinator & Dept. Chair of the Labor Studies Program at Laney College in Oakland, California. This page is 100% Please give us your input on suggested upgrades to this web page by clicking the "feedback" button below. Thanks!!!