Annual Awards Night

A fast-paced event with music, videos, and inspirational speakers, we will be honoring our respected awardees, paying tribute to essential workers lost to COVID-19 and highlighting labors’ solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement.

Frontline Workers Forum Bares Stress, Courage, and Action

Thank you to the frontline workers from health care and grocery that spoke about their experiences at the forum. We appreciate the generosity of the workers and union leaders who shared their experiences and analysis. The video of the forum is attached below. You can read a full description in the notes here.

Summer Remote & Fall Hybrid Internships with the UMass Dartmouth Labor Education Center

The Center continues to offer credit bearing internships during the pandemic. Join us to learn skills to complement your studies and to utilize these skills to support local community and worker organizations.

Deadline Extended: Undergraduate Journal on Work, Labor and Social Movements

The UMass Dartmouth Labor Education Center is accepting original submissions from currently enrolled undergraduate students. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the deadline for submissions will be moved to the fall. A specific date to be announced.

COVID-19 Resources from the Labor Education Center

The Labor Education Center assists with educational opportunities during the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 Steward Series

Thanks to our Steward as Organizer Graduates!

44th Awards Banquet

Thank you to everyone for a great 44th Awards Banquet! Over 300 people attended the high energy event.

Fall River Labor History Tour

The Labor Education was pleased to offer this tour about Fall River labor history to a group of UMassD students and local labor leaders and union activists. In this photo, Winona Glascock, a former Labor Education Center intern delivers a monologue of the words of a Fall River mill worker. Please contact us to present this program to your class or organization.

Three UMassD Student Articles Published in the Undergraduate Journal on Work, Labor and Social Movements

All four of the UMass campuses have worked jointly to published the inaugural issue of the Undergraduate Journal on Work, Labor and Social Movements.