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Organizing & Bargaining |
Jun 27 |
IBEW, OPEIU Members Honored at Labor College Graduation
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Among the 103 union members who received their college degrees in ceremonies at the National Labor College (NLC) today, two were singled out for special recognition.
Ken Erdman of the Electrical Workers (IBEW) received the 2009 Seidman Award, given to students whose senior paper best focuses on aging and retirement issues. Cathy Merkel, a member of the Office and Professional Employees (OPEIU), was honored with the President’s Award for Outstanding Scholarship, her contribution to labor education and exemplary service to her union, the NLC and the union movement.
AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka told the graduates that the campus is one place we put aside our differences of occupation, geography or union.
Here we focus on what we all have in common: A legacy of great struggle and a deep commitment to build a better future for working families across the nation and everywhere in the world.
All totaled, 101 students received B.A. degrees and two others were awarded M.A. degrees as part of the Labor College’s 11th graduating class in a ceremony on the Silver Spring, Md., campus. The graduates are members of 23 different unions.
The Labor College enables adults working full-time with families and other commitments to break the barriers they face in pursuing higher education.
U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis delivered the commencement address.
Click here to read more about the NLC graduation and the graduates.
Organizing & Bargaining |
Jun 30 |
90 Union Members Graduate from Labor College
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Ninety union members reached a major milestone in their lives over the weekend, receiving their college degrees in ceremonies at the National Labor College (NLC).
Former presidential candidate John Edwards told the graduates they are now the next leaders for justice:
Brothers and Sisters, this is where you take your degrees to wage the next battle of workers’ rights in this country. This is where you become our next leaders to fight for what working men and women need to get ahead.
The graduation also represented two milestones. It marked the National Labor College’s 10th annual commencement and was the first for new NLC President William Scheuerman. He urged the graduates to understand the responsibility that comes with their degrees.
Organizing & Bargaining |
Jun 27 |
Alliance Awards Labor College Grad for Research on Women and Retirement
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When the graduates walk across the stage tomorrow to receive their degrees from the National Labor College (NLC), Pamela Fero, a member of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association from Lauderhill, Fla., will be proudly among them.
Fero is this year’s recipient of the Alliance for Retired Americans’ Bert and Annabel Seidman Prize for her research paper, “Winning the Game: What Unions Can Do to Help Women Plan For Retirement.”
The award will be presented tomorrow at NLC’s 10th annual commencement. This weekend, the college will celebrate a decade of providing education for union members. Some 76 students will receive Bachelor of Arts degrees and another 14 will be awarded master’s degrees through the NLC’s partnership programs with the University of Baltimore and the American University. Former presidential candidate John Edwards will deliver the commencement address.
Organizing & Bargaining |
Jun 25 |
109 National Labor College Graduates Report to Front Lines—of Union Movement
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It’s been said that an employer’s greatest fear is an educated union member. Today, there are 109 more educated union members ready to work for economic justice on the job.
These union leaders and members and staff from across the country received their degrees June 23 at the ninth annual National Labor College (NLC) commencement in Silver Spring, Md.
The 2007 graduates received 91 Bachelor of Arts degrees and 18 master’s degrees through the NLC’s partnership programs with the University of Baltimore and the American University.
Ceremonies at the NLC campus featured keynote speaker Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), who was awarded an honorary degree along with retiring NLC President Susan Schurman.
Several graduates received special honors, including Christopher J. Valverde, a member of the Sheet Metal Workers (SMWA) from San Jose, Calif., who won the Bert and Annabel Seidman Prize for advancing social policy. Valverde won the prize for a research paper on the failure of union members to vote in the best interests of themselves and their unions in national elections, despite knowledge that doing so could put their health care and secure futures at risk.
Legislation & Politics |
Jun 24 |
122 National Labor College Graduates Step into Their Future
It’s been said that an employer’s greatest fear is an educated union member. Today, there are 122 more educated union members ready to work for economic justice on the job.
These union leaders and members and staff from across the country received their degrees today at the eighth annual National Labor College (NLC) commencement at the NLC campus in Silver Spring, Md.
The 2006 graduates include members of 33 unions who received 106 Bachelor of Arts degrees and 16 master’s degrees through the NLC’s partnership programs with the University of Baltimore and the American University.
“I’m pumped,” says Gwen Dunivent, a Southwest Airlines flight attendant from Dallas, who received her bachelor’s degree. Dunivent, a newly elected officer of Transport Workers (TWU) Local 556, used her vacation time to take classes.
Legislation & Politics |
Jun 13 |
Sheet Metal Worker Wins First Bert and Annabel Seidman Prize
Robert Gartner, a Sheet Metal Worker from Heath, Ohio, and a student at the National Labor College (NLC), is the winner of the first Bert and Annabel Seidman Prize for Advancing Social Policy for his research paper on retiree health care costs.
The award, from the Alliance for Retired Americans Educational Fund (Alliance Educational Fund), was established to encourage NLC students to pursue advanced studies and research on issues related to aging and to analyze social policies that affect older people.
The award honors Bert and Annabel Seidman, whose lifelong passion for social justice and workers’ rights inspired their careers.
