Training & Education

Local 1180 offers a host of programs and benefits for its members to enable them to advance their education and further their careers. In this section of the website, you will find information on all these programs and links to registration forms and claim forms to sign up and take full advantage of everything the union offers. The local's educational programs are funded and administered through the union's Education Fund and, like the union's other benefit funds, are paid for by contributions made by our employers. Those contributions are negotiated as part of the union's contracts with various employers. Local 1180's Education Committee is chaired by First Vice President Linda Jenkins.

Workplace Literacy Every year the union offers dozens of free courses to enable Local 1180 members to upgrade their skills in order to function more effectively on their jobs, in such areas as writing, public speaking, computer usage, and more. Registration for Spring 2008 courses is now open.   Union scholarships Bahr Distance Learning Scholarships Empire State College of the State University of New York is now accepting applications for the Morton Bahr Distance Learning Scholarship for the 2008-2009 academic year.   Two new scholarships will be awarded this year. Deadline approaching Joseph Beirne Scholarship application is due April 30, 2008. The Local 1180 Education Benefits Fund The full description of all your educational benefits, from tuition re-imbursement to career development confer-ences, plus claim forms

Seminars Throughout the year, Local 1180 committees organize special one-day seminars on such issues as family medical leave, disability rights, retirement planning, home ownership, and more. Parent & Child Saturday Program The Education Committee is offering a Parent & Child Saturday Program for members, their dependents, and children in Grades 7 and 8. Courses will be held at the Union office: 6 Harrison Street, New York, NY 10013. Urban Leadership Program A program designed especially for 1180 members to pursue bachelor's and master's degrees through the Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education at the City University of New York. Center for Worker Education, CUNY City College classes offered in downtown Manhattan at convenient times for working people. High-tech training with CISCO, CWA/NETT CCNA and A+ computer technology certification training in an innovative on-line curriculum, offered through CWA

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