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Upcoming Events
Basic Steward Training with Deb Sullivan
This 5-week course is designed to focus on BASIC Stewards training: Expectations of a steward ~ What is a Steward anyway? What you need to have ~ Resources necessary to…
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Building Union Strength Through Conflict Resolution with Ed Watt
During this training, participants will: Understand the root causes, types, and effects of workplace conflict. Learn how awareness and intentional responses can shift conflict outcomes toward collaboration. Practice communication tools—such as…
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Free Workshop: Runaway Inequality and the Crisis of U.S. Health Care
Description: Our healthcare system isn’t working. It costs too much and covers too few people. And at the bargaining table, year after year, unions and employers face off over who…
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Union Power Tools and Media Skills with Ashley Adams
This course will cover the basics of increasing the power of a local union as well as the skills necessary for a positive public union campaign. Specifically, we will address…
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Drafting Contract Language to Reduce Grievances with Mike Loconto
Purpose of the Course: The purpose of this course is to prepare contract negotiators to draft effective collective bargaining proposals. Grievances and costly arbitration’s often arise out of unclear contract…
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Labor Relations of the Construction Industry with Dan Fogarty
Together, in this 5-week class you will learn about and discuss: Key historical moments and recurring trends in American labor relations Major labor legislation and the current legal framework underpinning…
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Intro to Weingarten Rights
There are many benefits to being in a union. We’ll discuss Weingarten Rights, including when and how you can invoke them, and what constitutes a violation. Learn about how they began, and what happens if they are violated.
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News & Resources
January 2026 Economic Theory Part IV. The Move to the New World. By David Kowalski
Disclaimer: These words are the author’s personal views and do not reflect the Labor Guild’s opinion. This new economic model of corporate charters, sanctioned by the crown, produced vast amounts…
Read More +December 2025 Economic Theory Part III. By David Kowalski
Disclaimer: These words are the author’s personal views and do not reflect the Labor Guild’s opinion. This is Part 3 of a series so if you begin at this point…
Read More +November 2025, Economic Theory Part II
Disclaimer: These words are the author’s personal views and do not reflect the Labor Guild’s opinion. Last month we talked about the different economic models and where the idea for…
Read More +October 2025, Economic Theory Part I
Disclaimer: These words are the author’s personal views and do not reflect the Labor Guild’s opinion. If you have been following my writing you will know that from time to…
Read More +So, what have we learned.
Disclaimer: These words are the author’s personal views and do not reflect the Labor Guild’s opinion. I have been writing each month for 19 months now and I have been…
Read More +Post 1930’s
Disclaimer: These words are the author’s personal views and do not reflect the Labor Guild’s opinion. In these past 18 months I have pretty much covered our story of how…
Read More +The Depression Years
Disclaimer: These words are the author’s personal views and do not reflect the Labor Guild’s opinion. The Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt began on March 4, 1933. In his first…
Read More +Lesson of the 1929 Depression
Disclaimer: These words are the author’s personal views and do not reflect the Labor Guild’s opinion. Well, we are into the Roaring Twenty’s, the days of contraband alcohol, speakeasies, and…
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