DePaul Labor Education Center

DePaul University School for New Learning

14 E. Jackson 15th floor

Chicago, IL 60604

Phone: 312-362-5823

Fax: 312-362-8809

The DePaul Labor Education Center offers a three-year certificate program in Labor Leadership that trains union members to become union leaders.  The program consists of two semesters each year and cover a wide variety of topics.  The first semester covers writing skills and grievance writing; the second semester emphasizes speaking skills, labor law (collective bargaining) and parliamentary procedure; the third semester covers collective bargaining; the fourth semester covers arbitration; the fifth semester covers organizing and economics for the trade unionist; and the six semester covers labor history and health and safety.

Credit towards a bachelor’s degree is available through the School for New Learning.The Labor Center also offers special classes on computer skills, labor laws, labor history tours and writing skills.

The Center’s three-day high school program involves 3,000 students from throughout the state of Illinois.Staff from the Labor Center teach students about unions, engage them in a collective bargaining role play and conduct tours of Pullman and other labor history sites.

Web Site: http//www.snl.depaul.edu/About/Centers/Center_for_Labor Education.asp

e-mail: labor center@depaul.edu

Emily Rosenberg- Director
erosenbe@depaul.edu

Bob Breving- Assistant Director
rbreving@depaul.edu

Jack Metzgar- Instructor in Economics
JackMetz 1@comcast.net