UMass Dartmouth Labor Education Center

UMass Dartmouth Labor Educaiton Awards Evening October 28

Fri, 10/22/2021 - 10:43am

The 46th Annual Arnold M. Dubin Awards Evening will take place Thursday, October 28, 2021 at 6:00pm by Zoom This annual event honors those who spend their days fighting for workers.

To protect our community, we will be meeting online this year and it promises to be a meaningful and fun night!

Please register for free and visit the donation page to attend and donate to the event.

Summer Week of Justice

Summer Week of Justice 2021: Aug. 22-31 a week of Solidarity with the UMass Dartmouth Labor Education Center

Sun, 05/30/2021 - 10:05am

Are you interested in making a difference this summer? Join other students, recent grads, local social and economic justice activists for a week this summer from August 22- August 31.

The UMass Dartmouth Labor Education Center is offering stipends to select students the week before the fall semester starts to engage in our communities; work directly with organizations doing social and economic justice work; and participate in sessions on the labor movement and workshops about organizing.

Practicing Union Activism Remotely

Sun, 08/30/2020 - 2:31pm

On April 9, The UMass Dartmouth Labor Educaiton Center held an online panel and discussion on ways our Massachusetts unions are working together for power in light of the COVID- 19 crisis.

Speakers were:

Beth Kontos, President, American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts

Bob Bower, Special Advisor to the President of the Mass AFL-CIO

Ethan Snow, Chief of Staff, New England Joint Board, UNITE-HERE

We ended with a statewide update from Steve Tolman

Frontline workers forum

Frontline Workers Forum Bares Stress, Courage, and Action

Sun, 08/02/2020 - 2:39pm

The UMass Dartmouth Labor Education Center sponsored an online forum on June 5 to discuss the challenges they face working in frontline, essential jobs during the COVID-19 epdemic. The Greater SE Mass Labor Council was co-sponsor.

There were 1-minute video reports from a rank and file members first about conditions faced on the job. Panelists included workers in the grocery, nursing home and hospital industries, as well as spokespeople from the unions that represent these workers. The three unions taking the lead were UFCW Local 328, the MNA and SEIU 1199. Camilo Viveiros was the moderator.

Some of the issues raised were, fighting to get adequate PPE (personal protective equipment) and hazard pay for workers, overwork and stress caused by staff shortages, and the effects of racism, which has intensified the harms caused by the virus in communities of color.

Kim WIlson receives 2019 Award from AFT Local 1895

Mon, 12/09/2019 - 2:01pm

The Labor Extension program is very proud to announce that UMass Dartmouth Labor Education Center Director Kim Wilson was the recipient of this year’s Bruce Sparfven ESU Service Award. With this award, the Educational Services Unit (ESU), AFT Local 1895, honors one of its members who has demonstrated outstanding service to both the local union and to the university.

The award was presented at an event on December 4, by fellow AFT 1895 member and Labor Center stafff Camilo Viveiros and Greater Southeastern Mass Labor Council President Lisa Lemieux.

Steward as Organizer

Steward as Organizer: 3 session training in January 2020

Mon, 12/09/2019 - 12:57pm

The UMass Dartmouth Labor Education Center and the Greater Southeastern Mass Labor Council will present a 3-part training on "Steward as Organizer" inJanuary. The sessions are aimed at both current union stewards and other workplace leaders.

Dates: Three Thrsday evenings: Jan. 16, 23, and 30
Time: 6:00 - 8:30 pm
Location: Greater SE Mass Labor Council Hall at 560 Pleasant Street, New Bedford
Cost: $30 for all three sessions.

UMass Dartmouth hosts event celebrating history of Pride at Work in Provincetown Aug 24

Wed, 09/18/2019 - 6:17pm

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the historic Stonewall Rebellion.

In commemoration of that historic occasion, the UMass Dartmouth Labor Education Center, in collaboration with Eastern Mass Pride at Work, held an event at the Provincetown Public Library on the afternoon of Saturday, August 24. The Director of the Provincetown library provided an introduction and we thank them hosting the Labor Education Center for our first event at the library.

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