Undergraduate Programs
Labor Studies Degree Program
Union Education Program
The Labor Studies program offers the Union Education Program (UEP); an extensive noncredit program offering workshops, short courses, and conferences that emphasize the development of union skills. UEP courses, scheduled to suit the needs of local unions and Central Labor Councils, often meet on Saturdays for three to eight consecutive weeks and are held in union halls and on IU campuses.
The LS program offers a variety of UEP courses and can design a course to meet specific unions’ needs. Some of the course offerings include:
- Arbitration
- Collective Bargaining
- Contract Campaigns
- Family and Medical Leave Act
- Grievance Handling/Steward Training
- Indiana Workers’ Rights
- Labor Law
- Legal Rights of Union Stewards
- Mobilizing the Membership
- Occupational Safety and Health
- Researching a Company/Employer
- Union Officers’ Training
- Workers’ Compensation