School of Labor-Management Relations
Since the Guild School’s founding in 1952, we have been committed to empowering members of the labor-management community through education and collaboration. We hope you'll join us to Learn. Share. Grow.
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Join us in Fall 2023 for our 142nd term! - $50/course
One of our greatest strengths is the tremendous range, knowledge base, and diversity of our membership network. That depth of labor-relations experience is evident in the Guild’s faculty and guest speakers who present our courses and workshops each year.
- School Session 1 begins Tuesday, September 12, and runs through Wednesday, October 11.
- Session 2 begins the week of October 16th.
- Sign up for as few as 1, or join us for all courses!
This term's classes include:
The American Labor Relations System: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Course Description: The American Labor Relations System: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow will explore how labor history has shaped today’s unions, as well as the challenges and opportunities unions may face…
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Massachusetts Public Sector Law
Course Description: In this five-session class, we will explore the basic structure of public sector labor law in Massachusetts and how to make use of other statutory remedies to be…
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Conflict Resolution
Course Description: An Advanced Communications Skills workshop for union leaders and members. This workshop contains all of the elements necessary to help participants identify, understand, and correct their communication shortcomings,…
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Understanding, Reviewing and Amending Bylaws
Course Description: We will review the importance and function of your union bylaws; what they should and should not include; how to review, evaluate and amend them; their place in…
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Advanced Steward Training
Course Description: This course will build on the skills students developed in the Basic Steward Training course by emphasizing Strategic Planning for local unions, member mobilization, and the grievance process.…
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The School’s most valued asset is our dedicated faculty, which spans the full range of labor-relations practitioners: arbitrators, attorneys, full-time union officers and educational directors, labor organizers, corporate employee relations managers, expert consultants, academics, state and federal mediators, state and federal regulatory agency staff, and more.
The generosity of our volunteer faculty allows the School to keep tuition affordable for working people.
Patti Legault-Frank
Instructor, Parliamentarian and Governance Specialist
Parliamentarian and Governance Specialist
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Sheila Mayberry
Arbitrator
National Academy of Arbitrators
Arbitrator, National Academy of Arbitrators
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Elizabeth Neumeier
Arbitrator
National Academy of Arbitrators
Arbitrator, National Academy of Arbitrators
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Anybody can apply for a Scholarship for the School of Labor-Management Relations. Please submit your application as soon as possible. Scholarships are awarded based on need and amount of support received for the term.