Workers' Rights Including Health & Safety -- The Boss Can't Do That -- Can He? session 2 (SE)

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Overview

Most students participating in community based ABE and ESOL programs are working people, many of whom are unaware of the laws that govern the workplace. This interactive workshop is designed for Community-based ABE and ESOL teachers who are interested in addressing the very relevant topics of workers rights for their learners, but are unfamiliar with the laws. The facilitators are from the statewide University of Massachusetts Labor Extension Program, at UMASS Dartmouth and UMASS Lowell.. They have developed a ten module participatory course on workers rights, in English and Spanish. Participants will receive a copy of the full curriculum.

Details

This is a two session workshop. Participation at both sessions is required. Session I Monday November 17 session II Monday Novemmber 24. Please register for both sessions.

When

November 24, 2008 from 12:30 pm to 04:30 pm

Where

• Bristol Community College L108
• Bristol Community College
• Room L108
• 777 Elsbree Street
• Fall River, MA 02720

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Registration Deadline

Nov 13, 2008 at 3:30 PM

Topics

ABE, ESOL, GED, Counseling

Multi-session attendance required

yes

Contact info

Janet Dutra
janet.dutra@bristolcc.edu
508-678-2811, ext 2278

Indicators of Program Quality

IPQ1 - Curriculum and instruction

Learning objectives

Participants Will:

ü      Review state and federal laws that govern the workplace

ü      Identify which laws are most relevant to their students

ü      Try out activities from the UMass Labor Extension Program Workers’ Rights Curriculum and evaluate their effectiveness for ABE / ESOL student populations

ü      Practice adapting the curriculum for use with ABE/ESOL students

ü      Identify challenges to using workplace issues and laws as classroom topics and generate possible solutions 

Presenters

Susan Winning Kim Wilson

Presenters Bio

support for unions, labor councils and community organizations. Prior to that, she was the Director of the Women's Institute for Leadership Development. She has a Masters in Social Work in community organization. Kim Wilson has been the Labor Extension Coordinator for UMass Dartmouth for over ten years. Previously, she worked for several years as an organizer for the International of SEIU and as a union representative for health care workers in the SEIU Local 285 in Boston. Kim is a graduate of The Evergreen State College and the Labor Studies Master’s Program at UMass Amherst.

Host RSC

Southeast Massachusetts Region

PDPs

no