If you want to sharpen your union skills or learn how to be an effective union organizer and contract negotiator, the National Labor College (NLC) has the courses for you. The Bonnie Ladin Union Skills Program offers a series of online courses to provide tools for building a stronger union movement. The first five union skill courses being offered in September are filling up, so enroll today here.

Whether you need one more class to get your degree or two years’ worth, now is the time to look into the National Labor College’s (NLC) online bachelor’s degree programs. This year NLC is offering a new degree program just for union members and their families.You can earn a degree in Labor Studies, Business Administration, Construction Management or Emergency Readiness and Response. Register today for the fall semester at www.nlc.edu/new-students/degree.

Bridget Benjamin was unemployed for the entire two years she attended the National Labor College (NLC) and wasn’t sure from day to day where the money was going to come from for tuition. Dennis Miller balanced a full-time job, a family of four and traveling across country for classes at NLC.

The Alliance for Retired Americans Educational Fund has awarded its sixth annual Bert and Annabel Seidman Prize for Advancing Social Policy to National Labor College (NLC) student Gary Schaible. The prize, and its accompanying $3,000 honorarium, encourages NLC students to research and analyze social policies that affect the older population.

Don’t miss the explosion of arts and activism at the 2011 Great Labor Arts Exchange June 17-19 at the National Labor College (NLC) in Silver Spring, Md. The three-day festival brings together union and social justice activists who combine union mobilization and outreach with songs, skits, art, poetry, theater, posters, cartoons and film. 

Lara Manzione, vice president for marketing and communications at the National Labor College, reminds union members there’s still time to register for college courses.

If graduation season is making you wish you had completed your college degree, now is the time to do something about it. The National Labor College (NLC) is the labor movement’s own institution dedicated to educating union members and families. The college is currently registering students for the fall. If you apply before June 1, 2011, the application fee ($60 value) is waived.  The tuition is highly discounted for union members (about $250 per credit) and many union classes or apprenticeships are eligible for automatic credit. Union Privilege also sponsors a number of scholarships to help with tuition.

South Seattle Community College’s Georgetown campus is creating new training programs to meet the growing needs for job training with a focus on environmental sustainability. The Georgetown campus also houses the largest regional apprenticeship training program in the Pacific Northwest, representing more than 25 programs with strong labor and management commitment.

Courses in the National Labor College’s (NLC‘s) new Green Workplace Representative Certificate Program will begin on June 26. The program consists of four required, weeklong courses. Students must complete 12 credits to earn the certificate.

The National Labor College (NLC) has launched three new fully online bachelor’s degree programs in Construction Management, Emergency Readiness and Response Management and Business Administration.