UNION EDUCATION
Workshops and Seminars
LEP conducts educational services and training programs for:
- local unions
- central labor councils
- Arkansas AFL-CIO
- international unions at the state, regional or district level.
Workshops are offered during the day, evening, or weekends at facilities convenient to the union. In addition, one to three day seminars are held in the Little Rock area that draw participants from Arkansas and surrounding states. Workshop and seminar topics include:
- steward training
- collective bargaining
- arbitration
- labor and employment law
- effective leadership
- workplace health and safety
- labor history
- worker participation programs and new work systems
In addition, LEP develops specific programs in response to needs expressed by client unions.
Information and Technical Assistance
LEP has extensive resources on a wide range of topics and issues of concern to unions and workers, including:
- labor and employment law and regulations
- collective bargaining data & sample contract language
- employer background and financial information
- arbitration decisions and standards
- occupational health and safety issues.
Union Leadership Certificate
LEP offers a certificate in union leadership that requires the completion of six core courses totaling 40 hours, and two electives totaling 12 hours.
Local Union Education Excellence Award
To encourage locals to develop regular, in-depth, and comprehensive educational programming, LEP offers a Local Union Education Excellence Award for locals that hold, in addition to basic steward training, six classes in three years.
