UMass. Labor Extension Program
Workers Rights Curriculum
• November '07: New materials are being added to Spanish version; keep watching for more updates
• October '07: New Module 10 added: Temporary and Day Laborers; new Chart on Undocumented Workers Legal Rights in Appendices
• July '07: Modules on Minimum Wage and Overtime, as well as Appendices updated to reflect new state and federal minimum wages.
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Julio de '07: Se pusieron al día los módulos
sobre Salario Mínimo y Horas Extras, y los Apendices, para
reflejar los cambios en el salário mínimo.
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Michelle Plaisimond from
Cambridge Eviction Free Zone tries out an exercise from the module on
Overtime.
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The facilitator's notes, the flipcharts and the handouts for the modules are posted below and may be downloaded. Some of the modules have been revised since the initial version. Revisions are noted. Updated modules and materia ls will be posted as they are developed.
Materials in Spanish
Most of the participants materials (i.e., handouts and participants outlines) for this curriculum are now available in Spanish. The rest will be posted when it becomes ready.
For Spanish materials , click here.
Workers Rights for ESOL students
The Workers Rights Curriculum assumes some literacy in English. We encourage ESOL and ABE teachers to adapt our materials as necessary for use with limited English proficiency learners. We would also appreciate getting copies of materials that have been adapted for ESOL or ABE use, so that we can publish them here on this website.
For an ESOL curriculum that was adapted from our Health and Safety module, click here.
(Thank you to Jenny Utech, from Mass. Worker Education Roundtable, who developed this curriculum).
Please Send us Your Feedback
If you have used the Workers Rights Curriculum, or any part of it, with your organization, please take a moment to complete our feedback form, so that we can continue to improve our materials.
Contents |
| Facilitator's Introduction |
| MODULE 1: Introduction to Workers Basic Legal Protections on the Job – 75 - 90 minutes |
| MODULE 2: Beginning Employment: Your Pay and Your Paycheck – 90 minutes |
| MODULE 3: Rights of Workers Under Eighteen – 45 minutes |
| MODULE 4: Overtime – 60 minutes |
| MODULE 5: Protection from Discrimination – 90 minutes |
| MODULE 6: Health and Safety Protection and Workers' Compensation – 90 minutes |
| MODULE 7: Family and Medical Leave – 45 minutes |
| MODULE 8: Unemployment Insurance – 45 minutes |
| MODULE 9: Unions and the Right to Organize – 120 minutes |
| MODULE 10: Temporary and Day Laborers – 130-145 minutes |
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• Feedback form • Warm-up for multi-module session • Government agencies • Partial list of advocacy organizations • Chart: Legal Rights of Undocumented Workers • Safe and unsafe agencies for immigrant workers • Pictures of workplace situations • "In a Nutshell" sections from Schwartz, Your Rights on the Job (all chapters) |
- Module 1: facilitators' notes
- Participant outline
- Handout: Workplace Laws
- Answer sheet for facilitators
- Law cards (formatted) (revised 11/07)
- Pictures for Activity 1. See Appendices (For Activity 1, use pictures 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11.)
- "Partial List of Advocacy Organizations" and "Safe and Unsafe Agencies..." will also be in Appendices
- Module 2: facilitators' notes (revised 7/06/07)
- Participant outline
- Handouts (revised 7/06/07)
- Pay stub handout (revised 7/06/07)
- Flipcharts (revised 7/06/07)
- "In a Nutshell" handouts are in Appendices
- Module 3: facilitators' notes (revised 7/06/07)
- Participant outline and handouts (revised 7/06/07)
- Steps for Organizing a Union (new 7/06/07)
- Workplace Rights brochures for students
- Module 4: facilitators' notes (revised 7/06/07)
- Participant outline
- Handout and Answers (revised 7/06/07)
- Flipcharts (revised 7/06/07)
- "In a Nutshell" handouts are in Appendices
- Module 5: facilitators' notes
- Participant outline
- Handouts
- Flipcharts
- "In a Nutshell" handouts are in Appendices
- Module 6: facilitators' notes
- Participant outline
- Handouts
- Your Rights Under OSHA (new 7/06/07)
- Flipcharts
- "In a Nutshell" handouts are in Appendices
- Module 7: facilitators' notes
- Participant outline
- Handouts
- Answers
- Flipcharts
- "In a Nutshell" handouts are in Appendices
- Module 8: facilitators' notes
- Participant outline
- Handouts
- Answers
- Flipcharts
- "In a Nutshell" handouts are in Appendices
- Module 9: facilitators' notes
- Participant Outline
- Handouts
- Union Activity cards
- Steps to Form a Union (new 11/04/07)
- Flipcharts
- "In a Nutshell" handouts are in Appendices
- Module 10: facilitators' notes
- Participants' Outline
- Handouts
- Flipcharts
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Pages to Download for Workers Rights Curriculum
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Pages are PDF format, and require Adobe Acrobat Reader to
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General (revised 5/31/03)
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Module One: Introduction to
Workers' Basic Legal Protections on the Job (revised 5/31/03)
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Module Three: Rights of Workers Under Eighteen
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Module Four: Overtime
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Module Five: Protection from Discrimination (revised
2/10/04)
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Module Six: Health and Safety Protection and
Workers' Compensation
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Module Seven: Family and Medical Leave (revised
5/31/03)
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Module Eight: Unemplyment Insurance
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Module Nine: Unions and the Right to Organize (revised
1/31/03)
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Module Ten: Temp Agency Workers and Day Laborers (new 10/4/07)
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Appendices
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- Pictures (New Pictures: 10/4/06)
- Warm-up for multi-module session
- Government agencies
- Partial list of advocacy organizations
- Chart: Legal Rights of Undocumented Workers (new
11/04/07)
- Safe and unsafe agencies for immigrant workers
- "In a Nutshell" sections from
Schwartz, Your Rights on the Job (all chapters) (revised
7/06/07)
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Materials in Spanish
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We plan to make all the participants' materials (i.e., the Participants' Outlines, Flipcharts and the Handouts) available in Spanish soon. At this time, we do not plan to translate the materials that are seen only by the facilitator.
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We will post the Spanish versions as they become available, so keep checking back here.