Labor Center Classes
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OPEN-ENROLLMENT LABOR CENTER PROGRAMS on UI CAMPUS
New Stewards’ School – NOTE: Last chance to register!
Thursday –Friday, Sept. 27-28, Iowa Memorial Union, University of Iowa, Iowa City
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Two-day school designed to prepare new union stewards for effective workplace representation. Sessions on roles and responsibilities of stewards, basic labor law, rights and roles in investigatory (Weingarten) meetings, grievance investigation and presentation, and introduction to labor history and union values.
Registration fee: $150/person – Click here to register on line, or call 319-335-4144
Financial Officers’ School
Thursday-Friday, Nov. 29-30, BioVentures Center, Univ. of Iowa Research Park, Coralville
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Designed for union officers responsible for union financial recordkeeping (in the private or public sector), this program includes sessions on IRS reporting requirements, LM and PERB forms, audits, changes in Department of Labor regulations, accounting skills, and budgeting.
Registration fee: $150/person – Click here to register on line, or call 319-335-4144
UPCOMING CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL PROGRAM
Cedar Rapids: ObamaCare Upheld! What Does It Mean?
Thursday, Sept. 27, 5:30-7:30 p.m., IBEW Local 405 hall, 1211 Wiley Blvd, SW, Cedar Rapids
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“ObamaCare,” a free two-hour public presentation by the University of Iowa Labor Center. Now that the law has been upheld, what does it mean for you and your family? We’ll learn: what’s in the law and how does it change health care in America? What are the myths and realities of ObamaCare? What does the future hold?
Open to all union members and the public. Sponsored by the Hawkeye Labor Council and the Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Building Trades Council with support from the Iowa Federation of Labor. Call 319-396-8461 if you need directions.
UPCOMING BUILDING TRADES PROGRAM
Des Moines: Understanding Davis-Bacon
Tuesday, Oct. 23, 8 a.m. – 3 p.m., UA Local 33 hall, 2501 Bell Ave., Des Moines
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Class designed for building and construction trades unions covering the basics of Davis-Bacon and related acts, and what unions can do to establish prevailing wages, add classifications, and enforce Davis-Bacon within their jurisdictions. Instruction provided by the Labor Center and the U.S. Dept. of Labor representatives. Open to all building trades members. Sponsored by UA Local 33. Please RSVP by calling Andy Roberts, Local 33 Business Manager, 515-243-3244.
UPCOMING IOWA FEDERATION OF LABOR PROGRAM
Des Moines: Social Media Training
Saturday, Sept. 15, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., 2000 Walker Street, Des Moines
The mysteries of Facebook, flickr, twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, and Picasa revealed! Learn how to use social media in everyday life and with campaign Labor 2012. Free and open to all unions, lunch will be provided. Presented by Cathy Sherwin, Midwest Field Communications Director for the AFL-CIO, and Lance Coles, IFL Communications Director. RSVP to lance@iowaaflcio.org by no later than Friday, Sept. 14.
UPCOMING EVENTS OF NOTE
Kim Bobo, Executive Director, Interfaith Worker Justice, returns to Iowa for two events:
· Public workshop on community coalitions and worker justice: Saturday, Sept. 15, 2:30 p.m., Coralville Public Library, Schwab Auditorium, 1401 5th St., Coralville
Kim Bobo will conduct an introductory public workshop about Interfaith Worker Justice and its national network of worker centers. This would be a great meeting for faith leaders, community groups, or individuals who have not yet been involved in local discussions about creating a workers’ center, as well as those who have been involved and would like to understand more about IWJ and its work. Free and open to the public. Call the Labor Center at 319-335-4144 with questions.
· Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award: Sunday, Sept. 16, 2 p.m., Christ the King Chapel, St. Ambrose University, 518 W. Locust St., Davenport
Ceremony honoring Kim Bobo with the 2012 Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award is free and open to the public. Click here for more information.
Barbara Ehrenreich, Fall 2012 Univ. of Iowa Lecture Committee series
Monday, Sept. 24, 7:30 p.m., Englert Theater, 221 E. Washington St., Iowa City
Ehrenreich, best known for her 2001 book, Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, currently heads the Economic Hardship Reporting Project . An endeavor inspired in part by the Federal Writers Project of the 1930s, the initiative aims “to force this country’s crisis of poverty and economic insecurity to the center of the national conversation.”
