The UMass Labor Center will host the 42nd UALE Northeast Summer School for Women in Unions and Worker Organizations from July 22th to July 26, 2017.
Earning your master’s degree in Labor Studies at the UMass Labor Center puts you right at the center of the issues and debates around labor, work, and social justice.
For over fifty years, we have built one of the premiere graduate programs in Labor Studies in the United States. With a near 100% placement record, our graduates are in high demand to join our over 1,000 alumni in key position in the labor movement and social justice organizations.
Labor is changing. As the attacks on labor have intensified, unions have been taking bold new directions. They have also combined efforts with a wide variety of alt-labor organizations, building strong connections with new social movements in broad-based coalitions for justice. Become one of our graduates who are at the forefront of many of these new and exciting developments to build justice and dignity in the workplace and the community, here and abroad.
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The UMass Labor Center will host the 42nd UALE Northeast Summer School for Women in Unions and Worker Organizations from July 22th to July 26, 2017.
The UMass Labor Center is excited to announce scholarships for qualifying students to begin our limited residency program this July.
The UMass Amherst Labor Center has re-opened admissions and is accepting applications for our new, accelerated master's degree in Labor Studies.

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