Northern Washington District Council, I.W.A. Painters District Council No. 5 Seattle CIO Council Washington State CIO Council
Spring is already with us, so sign up for the course that meets your needs NOW! The tuition fee for a single course is $6.00 for 10 weeks. If your trade union or community organization is affiliated with the Northwest Labor School the fee is $3.00. It’s an investment that will pay off in new satisfactions and practical understanding. This is education to make democracy work.
How to organize and run a union meeting. Discuss and practice rules of order; learn to exercise your rights in a union meeting.
Friday, 1:00-3:00 P.M. Friday, 8:30-10:00 P.M. John Deschbach
A background for understanding the labor problems of the present. Deals with major developments in the labor movement, special emphasis on events from World War I and on.
=108--Trade Union Organizational Problems
Continuation of last term’s course, but open to new registrants. Covering problems of organizing and operating a local union.
Wednesday, 8:30-10:00 P.M. Dr. Ralph Gundlach
Problem of making a dues-payer into a union man. Psychological approach to such topics as handling grievances, discrimination, job evaluation and personnel management.
=110--Labor’s Experience in Political Action=
Friday, 6:45-8:15 P.M. H. Richard Seller Thomas C. Rabbitt
Analysis of labor, success and failures in political action. Includes practical information on government and how labor can use its strength to safeguard democracy.
How to buy, what to buy, and what not to buy. Provides “shopping to save” techniques. Class members will cooperate in field work to determine good and bad buys in the Seattle area.
This course is for everyone--but especially for rank and filers who want correct answers on the structure and role of the unions. Here is an opportunity for those outside of organized labor to deal with the facts--rather than the fictions which circulate about unions.
Monday, 6:45-8:15 P.M. Terry Pettus H. Richard Seller
A course for beginners as well as those with some experience in the technique of news reporting for the labor press, with special emphasis on learning-by-doing. It will deal with techniques of journalism and the reporting of news, not views.