Labor Studies & Training (U.S.)

For your convenience, we have provided a list of institutions that offer labor studies and training programs, broken down by region, thoughout the United States. 
 

Eastern Region

• Labor Education Center
  University of Connecticut
  Storrs, Connecticut
  Website: http://continuingstudies.uconn.edu/centers/labor/index.htm

• Center for Labor Education & Research
  University of Kentucky
  Lexington, Kentucky
  Website: www.clearuk.org
   
• Bureau of Labor Education
  University of Maine
  Orono, Maine
  Website: http://dll.umaine.edu/ble/
   
• Labor Studies
  The Community College of Baltimore County - Dundalk
  Baltimore, Maryland
  Website: www.ccbcmd.edu/laborstudies/dundalk.html
   
• George Meany Center for Labor Studies
  The National Labor College
  Silver Spring, Maryland
  Website: www.georgemeany.org  
   
• Labor Relations & Research Center
  University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  Amherst, Massachusetts
  Website: www.umass.edu/lrrc
   
• Labor Resource Center
  University of Massachusetts at Boston
  Boston, Massachusetts
  Website: www.lrc.umb.edu
   
• Labor & Work Life Program
  Harvard University
  Cambridge, Massachusetts
  Website: www.law.harvard.edu/programs/lwp
   
• Labor Extension Program
  University of Massachusetts - Lowell
  Lowell, Massachusetts
  Website: www.uml.edu/laborextension
   
• Arnold M. Dubin Labor Education Center
  University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth
  North Dartmouth, Massachusetts
  Website: www.umassd.edu/labored
   
• School of Management & Labor Relations
  Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey
  New Brunswick, New Jersey
  Website: www.smlr.rutgers.edu
   
• School of Industrial & Labor Relations
  Cornell University
  Ithaca, New York
  Website: http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/
   
• Harry Van Arsdale Jr. Center for Labor Studies
  Empire State College/ State University of New York (SUNY)
  New York, New York
  Website: www.esc.edu/labor
   
• Worker Education Extension Center
  Queen’s College, City University of New York (CUNY)
  New York, New York
  Website: http://qcpages.qc.edu/workered
   
• Pennsylvania Center for the Study of Labor Relations
  Indiana University of Pennsylvania
  Indiana, Pennsylvania
  Website: www.hhs.iup.edu/laborcenter
   
• Labor Studies & Industrial Relations
  Pennsylvania State University
  University Park, Pennsylvania
  Website: http://lsir.la.psu.edu
   
• Institute for Labor Study & Research
  Rhode Island College
  Cranston, Rhode Island
  Website: www.rilaborinstitute.org
   
• Virginia Labor Studies Center
  Virginia Commonwealth University
  Richmond, Virginia
  Website: www.vlsc.bus.vcu.edu/index.htm 
   
• Institute for Labor Studies & Research
  West Virginia University Extension Service
  Morgantown, West Virginia
  Website: www.wvu.edu/~exten/depts/ilsr/ilsr.htm
   

• Center for Labor Education & Research (CLEAR)
  Jefferson State Community College
  Jefferson Campus
  Birmingham, Alabama
  Website: www.jeffstateonline.com/clear    
     
• Institute for Economic Advancement - Labor Education Program
  University of Arkansas at Little Rock
  Little Rock, Arkansas
  Website: www.aiea.ualr.edu/lep    

• Center for Labor Research & Studies
  Florida International University
  Miami, Florida
  Website: http://www.fiu.edu/~clrs/ 

• W.J. Usery, Jr. Center for the Workplace
  Georgia State University
  Atlanta, Georgia
  Website: www.userycenter.org  
   
• Tennessee Center for Labor-Management Relations
  Middle Tennessee State University
  Murfreesboro, Tennessee
  Website: www.tnlabormgmt.org   
      
• Labor and Industrial Relations Institute
  University of North Texas
  Denton, Texas
  Website: www.econ.unt.edu/research/LabRelations.htm 
     

• Institute of Labor & Industrial Relations
  University of Illinois
  Champaign, Illinois
  Website: www.ilir.uiuc.edu      
   
• School for New Learning
  DePaul University
  Chicago, Illinois
  Website: www.snl.depaul.edu  
   
• Division of Labor Studies
  Indiana University
  Bloomington, Indiana
  Website: www.labor.iu.edu   
   
• Division of Labor Studies
  Indiana University- Purdue University Fort Wayne
  Fort Wayne, Indiana
  Website: www.ipfw.edu/academics/programs/l/labor         
   
• Labor Studies at IU Northwest
  Indiana University Northwest
  Gary, Indiana
  Website: www.iun.edu/%7Elabornw/ 
   
• Division of Labor Studies
  Indiana University – Purdue University
  Indianapolis, Indiana
  Website: http://labor.iu.edu/LaborStudiesUpClose/Statewide/IUPUIndianapolis.htm                    
   
• Division of Labor Studies
  Indiana University
  Kokomo, Indiana
  Website: www.labor.iu.edu/LaborStudiesUpClose/Statewide/IUKokomo.htm
   
• Division of Labor Studies
  Indiana University
  South Bend, Indiana
  Website: www.iusb.edu/~sblabor        
   
• Labor Center
  University of Iowa
  Iowa City, Iowa
  Website: www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/laborctr    
   
• The Labor Studies Center
  University of Michigan
  Ann Arbor, Michigan
  Website: www.ilir.umich.edu/lsc          
   
• Labor Studies Center
  Wayne State University
  Detroit, Michigan
  Website: www.laborstudies.wayne.edu       
   
• Labor Education Program
  Michigan State University
  East Lansing, Michigan
  Website: www.lir.msu.edu/lep
   
• Labor Education Service
  University of Minnesota
  Minneapolis, Minnesota
  Website: www.irc.csom.umn.edu/page1728.aspx
   
• Labor Education Program
  University of Missouri
  Columbia, Missouri
  Website: http://web.missouri.edu/~labored/ 
   
• Institute for Labor Studies
  University of Missouri
  Kansas City, Missouri
  Website: www.umkc.edu/labor-ed       
   
• William Brennan Institute for Labor Studies
  University of Nebraska at Omaha
  Omaha, Nebraska
  Website: www.unomaha.edu/~wbils/ 
   
• Industrial Relations Research Institute
  University of Wisconsin
  Madison, Wisconsin
  Website: http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/irri  
   
• School for Workers
  University of Wisconsin Extension – Continuing Studies
  Madison, Wisconsin
  Website: http://schoolforworkers.uwex.edu
   

• Center for Labor Research & Education
  Institute of Industrial Relations - University of California
  Berkeley, California
  Website: http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu
   
• Center for Labor Research & Education
  University of California - UCLA
  Los Angeles, California
  Website: www.labor.ucla.edu
   
• Labor Studies Department
  City College of San Francisco
  San Francisco, California
  Website: www.ccsf.cc.ca.us/Departments/ed_programs.html
   
• Labor Studies Department
  San Francisco State University
  San Francisco, California
  Website: http://bss.sfsu.edu/labor
   
• Labor Studies
  San Jose City College
  San Jose, California
  Website: www.sjcc.edu/ACADEMICS/Social_Sci/Labor/LaborStudies.htm
   
• Center for Labor Education & Research
  University of Hawaii
  West Oahu, Hawaii
  Website: http://homepages.uhwo.hawaii.edu/~clear
   
• Labor Education & Research Center
  University of Oregon
  Eugene, Oregon
  Website: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~lerc/
   
• TESC Labor Education Center
  The Evergreen State College
  Olympia, Washington
  Website: www.evergreen.edu/laborcenter
   
• Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies
  University of Washington
  Seattle, Washington
  Website: http://depts.washington.edu/pcls/index.htm