March 2, 2009
Illinois Labor Education Program Update--March 2, 2009
TROUBLEMAKERS SCHOOL ORGANIZING
People interested in working on the May 2nd (tentative) Labor Notes Troublemakers School in Chicago contact paul@labornotes.org or 313-842-6262. Focus on the economy.
VIRDEN
Labor, Myth and Race: a Community Discussion
March 4 and 5 in Virden, Illinois
To create a “usable history”: School and community open discussion on the complex legacy and meaning today of a hard-won labor victory. Showing of interviews from Rose Feurer’s work-in-progress, the Battle of Virden video. http://www.lib.niu.edu/2006/iht1320610.html
HAZMAT CLASSES
Contact www.illinoishazmat.org at 217-333-0640
March 5, 2009
8 Hr HazWoper Refresher – Urbana
March 23-27, 2009
40 Hr HazWoper – Springfield
April 23, 2009
8 Hr Hazwoper Refresher - Springfield
April 20-24, 2009
40 Hr Technician - Peoria
GREEN JOBS SUMMIT
March 27th from 8 AM to 4:30 PM
Kennedy-King College, 6301 South Halsted Street in Kennedy-King College
$39 for Students (limited registration with a valid Student ID); $79 for Non-profits, educational institutions, or government; and $99 for for-profit businesses and organizations. Register at greencollarchicago.eventbrite.org or call 773-929-5552 x 226.
www.greencollarchicago.org
UALE 2009 CONFERENCE “Imagining Alternatives: The Challenge to Labor”
http://uale.org/
United Association for Labor Education, Annual Conference April 15--18 at the National Labor College in Silver Spring, MD. UALE is a professional organization for union-based, community organization-based and university-based labor educators. For more information contact LER-uale09@illinois.edu
POLK WOMEN’S LABOR LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE 2009
May 14-17 at Pheasant Run: Organizing and Bargaining under EFCA, the Employee Free Choice Act. Funded by the Regina V. Polk Scholarship Fund. Scholarship applications have been mailed out to all women on the LEP mailing list. Application deadline March 2. Applications may be downloaded at http://www.ler.illinois.edu/labor/images/Scholarship%20Application%20Form09.pdf
2009 LOCAL UNION PRESIDENTS SCHOOL
September 24, 25, & 26, 2009 at UIUC
WEB LABOR INFO
Labor in Illinois (an electronic clipping service): http://www.library.uiuc.edu/blog/labor/
Library portal: http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ler/
CONTACTS
CHICAGO: Yesenia Vargas, 312-996-2624, 815 W. Van Buren Street, Chicago 60607
CHAMPAIGN: Joe Berry, 217-333-2388, 504 East Armory, Champaign 61820
Helena Worthen
217-244-4095
hworthen@illinois.edu
Posted on March 2, 2009 12:32 AM