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May 27, 2008
Northeast Regional Summer School for Union Women
The Northeast Regional Summer School for Union Women is pleased to announce its 33rd Annual School: Union Women Taking Back America.
August 3 – 8, 2008
University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut
The 33rd UALE Northeast Regional Summer School for Union Women is a five-day residential program sponsored by the United Association for Labor Education (UALE), and the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW). The school brings together union women rank-and-file members, staff and officers to strengthen their knowledge of the American labor movement, understand its present challenges and issues, and develop skills that will prepare them to be more active union members and leaders. This year's school will be hosted by the University of Connecticut, August 3-8 2008, and will be coordinated by Lee Clarke, District Council 37, AFSCME, Mark Sullivan and Ana Ketch, University of Connecticut.
Our Philosophy – Residential Schools for Union Women
"Union leadership is perhaps the only major profession in the United States for which there is no established and generally recognized sequence of professional training;” Dr. Lois Gray, Jean McKelvey/Alice Grant, Professor of Labor Management Relations Emeritus, of Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations.
“Residential schools provide union activists and rank‑and‑file leaders with a concentrated training experience that encourages a better understanding of and more effective participation in the labor movement and a willingness to assume increased union responsibility.” Barbara M. Wertheimer.
For further information contact: Ana Ketch at 860.486.9124, e-mail: Ana.Ketch@uconn.edu or Lee Clarke at 212.815.1685, email: Lclarke@DC37.net, and to download a registration form, click here.