Labor
Studies Major
Overview:
The Labor Studies major offers students an empowering education
that will prepare them to be activist leaders, worker advocates
and change agents in their workplaces and communities. The bachelor's
degree and certificate programs offer unique opportunities for
learning how to think critically and act effectively in order
to address current workplace problems, to advocate for working
people, and to help them build organizations dedicated to economic
justice.
The
Labor Studies Program has close ties to the College's Labor Resource
Center, which offers students opportunities to apply learning
to ongoing research projects, to public policy initiatives, and
to movement building activities.
The
Labor Studies major prepares students for:
·
staff and leadership positions in unions and other advocacy
organizations,
·
jobs in labor and community organizing,
·
teaching roles in adult literacy and vocational education,
·
positions in government agencies and in community media and
service organizations,
·
advanced degrees in law, mediation, public administration, and
other graduate programs.
Labor
Studies students address the “why” questions as well as the “how”
questions- questions ranging from why a union would choose a particular
organizing target or media strategy to larger questions about
why unions need to be diverse, why they need to be pro-active
about community economic development, why they need to represent
the unorganized, why they need to build coalitions, and why they
need to be part of a global movement for economic justice.
Labor
Studies Requirements:
All
Labor Studies majors complete:
Analyzing
the Problems of Workers and Their Organizations
Assessing
Workers' Power
Negotiation
Legal
Advocacy
Leading
& Strengthening Workers' Organizations
Strategic
Analysis for Worker Organizations
To
complete the major, students may select one of the following concentrations:
Community
Media and Technology
Community
Studies
Legal
Advocacy
Management
Organizing
Planning
Training
and Development
