Union Leadership Certificate

The Union Leadership Certificate recognizes union activists who have been trained in courses essential to union leaders.

Requirements

Completion of 6 core courses, totaling 40 hours, as well as 2 electives, totaling 12 hours.

Core Courses

• Arbitration: Making Your Best Case
• Collective Bargaining for Local Unions
• Common Sense Economics
• Effective Union Leadership
• Special Topics in Steward Training
• Labor Law for Local Unions

Electives

• Communication Skills for Union Leaders
• Employment Laws Affecting Workers
• Family and Medical Leave Act
• Health and Safety
• Labor History
• Screening Grievances for Arbitration
• Strengthening the Local Union
• Steward Training
• The Union’s Response to Lean
• Workers’ Compensation

Note: Other classes offered by LEP may also qualify.