The Harvard Trade Union Program
dates back to 1942. It is
an intensive 6-week training program designed for trade
union leaders comparable to the advanced education that
Harvard University offers to executive level individuals
in business and government. It teaches the essential
skills for the management and leadership of unions, and
provides a unique opportunity to explore key issues for
the labour movement.
As part of my investigation into union leadership
development, I enrolled as a student in the program and
reported on the experience through my participant's
blog. Other students who wrote articles on
the experience were kind enough to allow me to
post their observations
as well.
It was impossible to report on all the topics addressed in
the program. What follows is a linked index of subjects
that the blog covers.
Getting ready
The
first week
Strategic
planning for unions
The
case method
PATCO
Life
in Cambridge
Group
survival activity
Strategic
Choice vs. Strategic Planning
Working America – a labour organization for the unorganized
Political
action à la AFL-CIO
Making
organizational change
Evaluating
local union strength
Police
unions and power
Lessons
from community organizing
Harvard
Union of Clerical and Technical
Workers
Noam
Chomsky (audio files)
Leaders
vs. managers
New
South Wales Central Labour Council (audio
file)
Analysing
employers
Howard
Zinn (audio files)
Gender
BCGEU
Work
reorganization
David
Weil (audio file)
Personality
and leadership
Tom
Juravich and Verizons, Steve Early and strikes, John
Trumpbour and labour film
Student
program evaluation (podcast)