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University of Massachusetts Amherst will host the 42nd UALE Northeast Summer School for Women in Unions and Worker Organizations in the summer of 2017.  Dates for the program are July 22th to July 26, 2017.
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Join women labor activists throughout the Northeast in this comprehensive, four-day leadership institute. Participate in skills building workshops, cultural activities, and educational sessions on current labor challenges, taught and shared by labor educators, union staff and officers, and worker organization activists. Network and learn; be inspired, be ready!

GET READY FOR:

  • Multigenerational learning and mentorship​
  • ​Learning from and building solidarity across unions, industries, regions and movements
  • Panels, speakers and participants from alternative labor organizations​
  • ​Emphasis on organizing, diversity, international solidarity.

Learn About the Program

Workshops

All students attend classes designed to teach and improve leadership skills. In addition, each student chooses two workshops, which meet daily throughout the week. ​

Instructors

Summer school instructors are union officers and staff and labor educators from universities and unions. Expferts on current union issues are invited as guest speakers and will share their knowledge throughout the week.

Planning committee

This year the the UALE Summer School is coordinated by the University of Massachusetts Labor Extension Program. Read more about the entire committee here.