Rochester Labor Studies Program

Category: Labor Education

In 1972 the Rochester Extension office of the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations-Cornell University initiated a labor studies program at this location with an enrollment of 35 students. Since then, over 250 union members and leaders have earned the Certificate in Labor Studies by taking college courses in labor law, labor history, collective bargaining, contract administration, etc. The Labor Studies Program, an associated organization of the Rochester Labor Council, continues to be offered by Cornell-ILR at the Cornell Cooperative Extension.