NLC Green Education and Training

Green Workplace Representative Certificate Program Launched by National Labor College

By Tom Kriger
National Labor College
Register now for the first course, June 26- July 1.  Scholarships available.  The program consists of four, week-long courses that the College will offer at reqular intervals as part of the NLC's Union Skills offerings.  The goal is to provide working adults, who are leaders in unions, public sector agencies and other organizations with practical knowledge and skills to conduct sustainability audits and become effective advocates for sustainable workplaces.

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National Labor College Launches Online Bachelor's Degree Programs

By Tom Kriger
National Labor College
The NLC recently launched three fully-online bachelor's degree programs in Construction Management, Emergency Readiness and Response Management, and Business Administration

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Green Workplace Representative Certificate Program Begins June 26, 2011

By Tom Kriger
National Labor College
The program consists of four required, week-long courses that the College will offer at reqular intervals as part of the NLC's Union Skills offerings.  The goal is to provide working adults, who are leaders in unions, public sector agencies and other organizations with practical knowledge and skills to conduct sustainability audits and become effective advocates for sustainable workplaces.

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New Directions for the NLC's Green Workplace Represenative Certificate Program

By Tom Kriger
National Labor College

The Green Workplace Representative Program will not start in September 2010 as originally scheduled.

In response to student feedback, the NLC is rescheduling the classes and redesigning the curriculum to better fit student needs.  A summary of the revised curriculum, along with a new schedule for these courses in 2011, will be posted soon, here on the Green Labor Journal website.

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NLC Green Workplace Representative Certificate Program to Begin on September 26, 2010

By Tom Kriger
NLC Campus

Course Schedule for the Green Workplace Certificate Program:        

1) Introduction to Green Jobs and Green Workplaces / Sept 26 - Oct 1, 2010;  2) Green Audit I: Building the Sustainable Workplace / Dec 5 - 10, 2010;  3) Green Audit II: Reduce, Re-Use and Recycle / March 6 - 11, 2011;  and 4) Building Green Labor-Management Partnerships / June 5 - 10, 2011.

 

 

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National Labor College to Dedicate Workers Memorial on April 28th

By Tom Kriger
National Workers Memorial

The National Labor College will observe Workers' Memorial Day on April 28 by honoring the vicitims of the mining tragedy in Montcoal, West Viriginia, and the Tesaro Refinery explosion in Washington State, along with hundreds of other workers who have lost their lives on the jobs.

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NLC Launches Green Workplace Certificate Program

By Tom Kriger
NLC Campus

New Program trains unions members, others to green the workplace.   In cooperation with the AFL-CIO’s Center for Green Jobs, the NLC has developed the Green Workplace Program in order to empower working people to advance the cause of sustainability in their workplace.

 

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NLC Launches "Green Labor Journal"

By Tom Kriger

Welcome to “Green Labor Journal.” The labor movement has gone green – and one of the goals of Green Labor Journal is to showcase these union green initiatives in an accessible (and sustainable!) format, and to provide up-to-date information from a labor perspective on new developments in green policy, technology and work processes.

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