The Boss Can't Do That, Can He? A Training on Workers' Rights - Part 1 (W)
April 17, 2008 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
- Holyoke Community College
- Kittredge Center - Room 302
- 303 Homestead Avenue
- Holyoke, MA 01040
Description:
An Interactive workshop, in two parts, on Worker Rights including Health and Safety Issues, presented by the UMass Labor Extension Program.
Indicators of Program Quality:
IPQ1 - Curriculum and instruction
Learning Objectives:
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.
Registration Deadline:
Presenters
Dale Melcher and Tess Ewing