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FALL 2008 NON-CREDIT COURSES

We are developing a non-credit labor certificate. The courses offered as part of our certificate program over the Interactive Video Network can be taken not-for-credit at half the price of regular tuition.

The first offerings are:

American Labor History

Saturdays September 6 , 13, 27; October 11, 25, November 8, 22

9:00 AM -- 4:00 PM

Hist 366RR/5566RR, ECON 404RR/504RR

Reference # 47916/47917

 Location: 307 Fine Arts Bldg.

Instructors: Judy Ancel, UMKC and Bob Ubriaco, UMSL

This course will survey the history of working people and their organizations from the settlement of America to the present. We will concentrate in particular oTo register as continuing education student, call (816) 235-2736 or 816-235-1588 for PACE degree students. For admission as a degree-seeking student, call 816-235-1111, and for more information, call ILS at 235-1470.

Fees are $865.33 for one course, $1,697.93 for two. Graduate fees are $1,024.63 for one course and $2,016.53 for two. Non-credit is half of undergraduate rate.

n the 20th century – an era of heroic struggles and tremendous transformations. By analyzing the strategies, successes, and obstacles faced by workers in the past, we can deepen our sense of the possible and be able to understand today's workplace and labor movement in historical context.

Labor Law

Wednesdays 7:00-10:00 PM starts August 27

Pol Sci 370, Pol Sci 5580A

Reference # 47463/47464

 Location: 307 Fine Arts Bldg.

Instructor: Paul Rainsberger, UMC

In this course, participants will examine the role of government in the regulation of labor-management relations in the United States. While the focus of the course will be on federal laws regulating private sector labor relations, parallel issues addressed in the Railway Labor Act and state public sector labor relations law will also be covered. Specific topics include the legal framework for the organization of workers, definition of prohibited or unfair labor practices of employers and unions, legal regulation of the collective bargaining process, regulation of the use of economic weapons in labor disputes, enforcement of collective bargaining agreements and the regulation of internal trade union activities.

To Enroll in non-credit courses at UMKC

Call (816) 235-2736. Fees are $432.67 for one course, $848.97 for two. For more information, call ILS at 235-1470.