Labor & Employment Law

Labor College Offers Green Workplace Representative Program

By James Parks

Courses in the National Labor College?s (NLC’s) new Green Workplace Representative Certificate Program will begin on June 26. The program consists of four required, weeklong courses. Students must complete 12 credits to earn the certificate.

Students who enroll in the program will learn how to conduct workplace sustainability audits, which can save energy and water, reduce waste, use environmentally-friendly products, recycle materials, maintain employee health, adopt clean technologies and reduce carbon emissions, while retaining good jobs at family-sustaining wages.

They will also consider topics, including green building construction, strategy and design; building labor-management sustainability partnerships; and the union movement?s role in the green economy.

To learn more, click here or here to apply for the program.

The NLC?s Green Workplace Certificate curriculum is designed for people in every workplace. The level of training will not be highly technical. Students will learn from representatives of unions with deep experience in alternative technologies and processes that can be used to achieve workplace sustainability, improve workforce health and ultimately make companies more productive and competitive in the global economy.

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on February 19, 2011 (boomark / email).