Center On Wisconsin Strategy (COWS), Joel Rogers
Director, Laura Dresser Research Director, 1180 Observatory
Drive, Madison, WI Phone 608-263-3889 or (http://www.cows.org)
Cornell Work
and Environment Initiative. Edward Cohen-Rosenthal,
Director, 105 Rice Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
14853. Telephone: 607-254-5089. Email: ec23@cornell.edu.
Focuses on job opportunities in new environmental technologies
and "green" markets.
Keystone
Research Center, 412 N. Third St., Harrisburg, PA 17101.
Contact Stephen Herzenberg Director at 717-255-7181 or Keystonerc@aol.com.
Labor-friendly think tank conducts economic research and
policy studies, with a focus on Pennsylvania and neighboring
states.
Minnesota JOBS NOW Coalition, 818 Minnesota Building,
46 East Fourth St., St. Paul, MN 55101-1101. Contact Bruce
Steuernagel, Executive Director at 612-290-0240. Coalition
of labor unions, religious and community groups. Conducted
first "Job Gap" studies and promotes creation
of livable wage jobs.
Rutgers University
Project on Regional and Industrial Economics, 33 Livingston
Ave., Suite 500, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1983. Contact Eric
Parker at 732-932-4590 (ext. 770) or Email: eparker@rci.rutgers.edu.
Analyzes and promotes joint union-management training and
industrial renewal programs.
Baltimoreans
United in Leadership Development (BUILD), 2114 N. Charles
St., Baltimore, MD 21218. Contact Jonathan Lange, Organizer,
at 410-528-0305 or Email: baltbuild@juno.com.
Coalition of labor unions, church and community groups won
Baltimore Living wage ordinance and protection for participants
in welfare reform.
Western States Center, 522 SW 5th Ave.,
Suite 139, Portland, Oregon 97204. Phone 503-228-8866. Progressive
think tank tracks state legislation and identifies progressive
policies.
Labor Education Centers. The many publicly funded
labor education centers based at universities and community
colleges across the country provide valuable resources.
They have produced a new guide on labor education/CLC/state
federation partnerships. The following centers and individuals
were used as examples in this guide.
Kriesky, Jill, editor Working Together to Revitalize
Labor in our Communities (University and College labor
Education Association, Spring 1998) available through AFL-CIO
field Mobilization Dept. or your local Labor Education Center.
103 page book provides 16 case studies of labor education/CLC/federation
collaboration from across the U.S. Projects range from traditional
labor education to legislation, strategic planning, economic
development and more. Names, addresses and key contact included.
Indiana University
– Purdue University at Fort Wayne, Division of Labor
Studies, 2101 Coliseum Blvd. East, Walb 234, Fort Wayne,
Indiana 46805. Contact Mark A. Crouch, Associate Professor
at 219-481-6831 or Email: crouch@ipfw.edu
University of California at Los Angeles, Center for
Labor Research and Education, 1001 Gayley Ave., Los
Angeles, CA 90024. Contact Kent Wong, Director at 310-794-0385
or http://labor.sppsr.ucla.edu.
University or Oregon, Labor Education and Research Center,
1289 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1289. Contact
Margaret Hallock, Director at 541-346-5054 or http://www.uoregon.edu\~lerc\index.html.
University of Wisconsin, School for Workers, 422
Lowell Hall, 610 Langdon St., Madison, WI 53703. Contact
Ken Mericle, Director or Frank Emspak, Associate Professor,
at 608-262-2111 or http://www.uwex.edu/ce/workers/.
West Virginia University, Institute for Labor Studies
and Research Institute of Industrial and Labor Relations,
710 Knapp Hall, Morgantown WV 26506-6031. Contact Jill Kriesky,
Professor at 304-293-3323.
