School of Labor Relations starts up here at The Labor Guild on Mon Sept 15.

   Tuition remains $100 whether you take one class or two  

THE STEWARD'S JOB

George Embleton, AFSCME

 Martin Callaghan, Printing Pressman #3

The steward as the dynamo for making collective bargaining work. Duties as first-line administrator of the contract: problem solving, grievance handling, membership solidarity. Role playing.

    BUILDING TRADES: Moving to the Future

                     Frank Callahan, Pres

                 Mass Bldg Trades Assoc

Issues facing the Building Trades and current strategies to address them. Includes: PLAâ€^TMs, Responsible Employer Ordinances, Targeting Specific Industry Sectors, Lobbying, Public Construction Laws and Organizing..

                  ARBITRATION II

Arbitrators James Cooper, John Hansen & Others

Continuation of Arb. I & additional areas. Discussion of procedural issues in arbitration,. For new Labor/Management representatives â€" you will meet more arbitrators in eight weeks than you will in five years of practice.  Arb I or permission of instructors is required. Limited to fifteen participants

    FINANCIAL REVIEW FOR UNIONS

             Greg Dee  & Tom Iacobucci,

              First Trade Union Bank

Understanding union financial statements, budgetary controls, managing cash flow, preparing for audits, investing fundamentals, and accounting terms/ processes. We will also cover reporting and filing guidelines for the IRS, US DOL, MA Labor Rels. Div., MA Campaigns and Political Finance.

LABOR STRATEGIES

Joseph Sandulli, Esq

Sandulli & Grace

How to coordinate legal action, public relations, and negotiations to deal effectively on the range of labor-management issues in both public & private sectors.  Guest speakers.

NEGOTIATING WORKSHOP

     Paul McCarthy, Pres.

                         Collective Bargaining Associates

This hands-on, nuts and bolts course involves the participants in all aspects of negotiating a collective bargaining agreement

SECOND PERIOD ---- 8:20 â€" 9:30 PM

Paul Kelly, Esq

                              Segal, Roitman , LLP

The relation between the US legal system and American labor from the mid-19th Century, including anti-trust laws, The Railway Labor Act, the, Norris-LaGuardiaAct, Wagner Act, Taft-Hartley Act. Landrum Griffin Act and major judicial decisions.

THE WORKING VOTER

Bob Bower and Tim Sullivan,         Massachusetts AFL-CIO

This class will examine the issues that will
confront voters in the upcoming national  & local  elections in November. Each class will look at a
different issue from a number of perspectives, considering its impact on working people.

THE HISTORY of LABOR THRU STORY & SONG

Sr. Mary Priniski, OP    

The Labor Guild

Throughout the union movement song has been both a rallying cry and an inspiration.  This course will explore the history by looking at and learning
movement songs.

                     BUILDING POWER

           Ashley Adams

Massachusetts Teachers Association

Building Power: How to increase membership power  internally through intentional-relationship- building and collective  action.  Developing
internal structures to better mobilize  the
membership.  Case studies and role playing