This course provides a comprehensive survey of the American Labor Movement and its evolution from slavery, through the conception and growth of labor unions, to today’s issues of “living wage,” outsourcing, borderland conflicts, and globalization. This course examines the on-going struggle of American workers to achieve the “American Dream” against the counter tide of the corporate-political machine (locally and nationally), and demonstrates how unified and organized workers have used the Labor Movement to profoundly affect social, economic, and political change for all Americans.
Labor Law (Labor Studies 102, crn 63294)
Mondays, commencing August 25, 2008
6 P.M. – 9:05 P.M.; San Diego City College Main Campus, Room B-103
(3 hours lecture weekly, 3 units)
Labor Law will provide a comprehensive overview of the laws governing labor-management relations and workplace rights as mandated by the National Labor Relations Act. This course will also address the role of the National Labor Relations Board and other Federal and California administrative enforcement boards, with emphasis upon the topics of discrimination, retaliation, wages, safety, and union affiliation/organization. The course will stimulate student participation by incorporating discussion of actual and hypothetical workplace situations.
For more information regarding this course, contact Jason Aldrich at 619-232-8142, or, jaldrich@gattey.com
To register in either class visit: http://schedule.sdccd.edu/.
