The Boss Can't Do That, Can He? A Training on Workers' Rights - Part 1 (W)
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- Overview
- An Interactive workshop, in two parts, on Worker Rights including Health and Safety Issues, presented by the UMass Labor Extension Program.
- Details
- Most ABE and ESOL students are also working people who may or may not be aware of the laws that govern the workplace and provide and protect their rights at work. This workshop is designed for ABE and ESOL teachers who are interested in addressing in their classes relevant topics of workers rights, but who are unfamiliar with the laws. The workshop facilitators are from the University of Massachusetts Labor Extension Program, a statewide program which has developed an eleven module participatory course on workers’ rights, in both English and Spanish. Participants will receive a copy of the full curriculum at the workshop.
- When
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April 17, 2008
from
09:00 am
to
12:30 pm
- Where
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- Holyoke Community College
- Kittredge Center - Room 302
- 303 Homestead Avenue
- Holyoke, MA 01040
- Topics
- Other Curriculum & Instruction, Work Force Development
- Multi-session attendance required
- no
- Contact info
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Dori McCormack
dmccormack@hcc.mass.edu
(413) 552-2393 - Indicators of Program Quality
- IPQ1 - Curriculum and instruction
- Learning objectives
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As a result of this training, participants will be able to:
- Name state and federal laws that govern work and workplace issues, including safety and health issues;
- Access additional information about these laws,including major provisions, scope and remedies offered;
- Identify which laws are the most relevant to the concerns of their students;
- Use and adapt the UMass Labor Extension Program's Workers' Rights Curriculum to teach classes on workers' rights to their ABE/ESOL students; and
- Identify challenges to using workplace issues and laws as classroom topics, and generate possible solutions.
- Presenters
- Dale Melcher and Tess Ewing
- Presenters Bio
- Dale Melcher and Tess Ewing are the Coordinators of the UMass Labor Extension Program on the Amherst and Boston campuses respectively. In that capacity, they provide training, education and technical assistance to unions and other workers organizations, with an aim toward building these organizations' capacity to effectively advocate for the rights of working people. They also teach at the Women's Institute for Leadership Development (WILD) and the United Association for Labor Education's Northeast Women's Summer School. Between them, they have over 30 years of experience as labor educators using popular education and participatory techniques.
- Host RSC
- West Massachusetts Region
- PDPs
- no
- More Sessions
- May 1, 2008 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
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