SMLR


Labor Education Center Extension Program
  
  Rutgers University has been in the business of labor education since the creation by statute of the Institute for Management and Labor Relations in 1947. Today, the Labor Extension Program is the umbrella organization for a wide array of programs and services Rutgers University offers trade unionists, workers, and labor relations professionals.  
 

Programs offered include the

Customized Training

We offer customized training programs for unions, assistance in establishing joint labor-management programs, contract research for unions and other labor relations organizations, and consulting for unions on a variety of topics and projects.

 

Research

Labor Studies and Employment Relations faculty are nationally and internationally known for the excellence of their research on a variety of topics. In addition to individually determined faculty research agendas, the LSER department undertakes research projects on contract from unions and related organizations.

Contract Research Projects and Clients:
  • Independent Unions: AFL-CIO, Committee on the Future
  • Economic Analysis for Interest Arbitration: National Association of Letter Carriers
  • Survey of Master Plumbers: Local 9, United Association of Plumbers and Allied Trades
  • The Role of Transformational Union Leadership in Workplace Restructuring: AFL-CIO Human Resources Development Institute
  • Monopoly.com Will the WorldCom-MCI Merger Tangle the Web. (DC: Economic Policy Institute). Jeffrey H. Keefe. 1998

Sample of faculty research projects related to unions:
  • Organizing Experiences Under Union-Management Neutrality and Card Check Agreements.
  • “Organizing Experiences Under Union-Management Neutrality and Card Check Agreements” (Professor Adrienne Eaton)
  • “Lost Ways of Unionism: Historical Perspectives on Reinventing the Labor Movement.” (Professor Sue Cobble)
  • “Representation rights for professionals, supervisors, and managerial employees” (Professor Paula Voos)
  • “Do Seniority Rights 'Trump' the ADA? Conflicts Between Collective Bargaining Agreements and the Duty to Accommodate Workers with Disabilities.”
    (Professor Lisa Schur)
  • “Unionization Trends in the Public Sector” (Professor John Burton)
  • “Workers' Compensation ”(Professor John Burton)
  • Workers Compensation web site www.workerscompresources.com
    (Professor John Burton)
 Consulting

Labor Studies and Employment Relations faculty are available (typically on a fee for service basis) to consult with unions or joint labor-management programs on a variety of topics:

  • Strategic Planning
  • Work Design
  • Organizational Change
  • Interest-Based Bargaining
  • Contract Costing
  • Curriculum Design
  • Program Evaluation
  • Grant-Writing (specific areas)
Workplace Issue Conferences

Responding to emerging issues and challenges facing workers and their unions, Labor Education Extension sponsors an ongoing series of conferences and forums that serve as an opportunity for labor leaders, Rutgers faculty and students, political leaders, and the public to discuss and debate topical issues. Recent conference themes have included Corporate Accountability, Public Sector Labor Relations, State Legislative Issues, and Organizing Professional Employees.
 


School of Management and Labor Relations
Labor Education Center
50 Labor Center Way
New Brunswick , NJ 08903
(732) 932-8559 or (732) 932-9503 Fax: (732) 932-8677
mler@smlr.rutgers.edu