The City College Labor Studies program was created by the San Francisco labor movement in association with the college. Its aim is to prepare students for careers in the labor movement and in labor relations, and to educate workers about their rights. The department's credit program leads to either an A.A. degree or a twenty-one unit Certificate in Labor Studies. Core courses are American Labor History, Collective Bargaining, Grievance Handling and Arbitration, Labor Economics and Labor and Employment Law. Elective courses cover a wide range of topics including: Labor in Literature and the Arts, Workplace Safety, Peer Counseling in the Workplace and Labor Leadership for People of Color, for Women, and for Gay and Lesbian People. The program meets the educational needs of San Francisco area union locals primarily through its non-credit program. Non-credit classes include condensed versions of the "big picture" credit courses and a wide range of shop steward and leadership development classes. Non-credit classes are free and their lengths are tailored to suit the needs of the sponsoring locals. Current projects include development of an Immigrant Workers' Rights/English as a Second Language curriculum and workbook, in collaboration with the Center for Labor Research and Education at U.C. Berkeley. New directions include partnering classes with college and community vocational education programs and the community based workers' rights groups. Future plans include an expansion of the credit program to include community organizing and environmental justice classes, linked with an area-wide internship network. This will be coupled with a labor and community arts program which will chronicle working peoples' contributions to the Bay Area and project these out into the broader public arena.

Bill Shields            Department Chair         wshields@ccsf.edu

Martin J Bennett

Joannie C Chang

Luis A Cuellar

Fred Glass

Linda Gregory

Christopher M. Hanzo

Rodney W Hart

Pamela Tau Lee

Sonya Z Mehta

Patti R Roberts

Thomas Ryan

Renee M Saucedo

Harvey Schwartz

Lamoin Werlein-Jaen

Patricia Wynne