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Labor Leadership Academy | Media Matters | Chicago

Labor Education Program | Chicago 815 West Van Buren, Ste. 110, Chicago

Understanding the economy and examining your day-to-day and long-term social conditions and This class will provide interactive instruction on building an effective union media strategy. Topics include building your mes-sage; writing a press release; writing letters to the editor; how to talk to the press; and creative and impactful social media strategies. The emphasis of ... Read more

$150

Labor Leadership Academy | Internal Organizing | Chicago

Labor Education Program | Chicago 815 West Van Buren, Ste. 110, Chicago

Understanding the economy and examining your day-to-day and long-term social conditions and The class will discuss ways to educate, organize, and mobilize the members. Topics include collective action around grievances; confronting and overcoming divisions such as over race, gender, or immigration status; one-on-one conversations with apathetic or anti-union members; organizing contract campaigns; and organizing in ... Read more

$150

Labor Leadership Academy | The Economy & You: Understanding Worker Power | Chicago

Labor Education Program | Chicago 815 West Van Buren, Ste. 110, Chicago

Understanding the economy and examining your day-to-day and long-term social conditions and worker rights. How much power do you have as a worker in the US? Analyzing how the system works will position workers for better strategy and tactics in labor organizing. Topics will include the growth of "right to work" laws, gig work, and ... Read more

$150