New York State Union Leadership Institute Set for Seventh Year

http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/04/06/new-york-state-union-leadership-institute-set-for-seventh-year/

by Mike Hall, Apr 6, 2008

Union leaders in New York state have a unique opportunity to acquire new tools and sharpen their skills through the New York State AFL-CIO/Cornell Union Leadership Institute. The program begins its seventh year of leadership training this summer.


The one-year course covers leadership and managerial skills as well as critical economic and social questions. With the November elections so critical for working families this year, the program will emphasize politics.


The institute includes seminars, individual projects and elective courses. Students begin with a weeklong seminar in July on Cornell’s Ithaca campus. They complete a series of four two-day seminars during the year and then graduate at the conclusion of the second weeklong seminar the following July. Some of the seminar topics include Internal Organizing, Communications Skills/Conflict Resolution, Building an Inclusive Union and Regional Power Building.



Denis Hughes, president of the New York State AFL-CIO, says:

Leadership is the foundation upon which the future of the labor movement is built. This leadership training initiative is focused on individuals chosen by their unions. It’s based on skills and competencies that our unions have identified as critical I know the institute will make a tremendous difference for the future of our movement and the lives of our members.

Dan Morgan, president of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 43 in Syracuse, says the skills he learned at the institute has paid off for his local.

I completed it in 2003, and I’ve implemented the training I received at the Institute in ways that have benefited our local and members. Now we are sponsoring two more leaders from our local.

Institute participants are nominated by their unions and both the individual and union must submit applications to take part in the institute. Click here for more information.