Mission Statement

The Arnold M. Dubin Labor Education Center was established in 1975
to meet the educational needs of workers as members and leaders in the
labor movement and as active and responsible citizens in the community.
The objectives of the Labor Education Center are:

To provide non-credit courses, conferences, seminars and special programs in labor education to workers and unions;
To offer support and consultation to labor organizations in the development and delivery of their own educational programs;
To provide technical and informational resources to workers and unions;
To integrate the concerns and contributions of labor into the curricula and activities of the University;
To serve as a liaison and promote cooperation between the
University and labor organizations, and to increase utilization of the
University's resources by workers and unions;
To promote greater awareness in the community of the history and present situation of workers and labor organization;
To design and develop credit courses and a degree program in Labor Studies.
To promote greater understanding and cooperation between labor and
business, religious, environmental, and other civic and community
organizations.

The photo shows some of the founding members of the New Bedford and
Fall River International Longshoremen's Association. Their leader Julio
"July" Alves was a founder of the UMass Dartmouth Labor Education
Center.

Worker's Education Program Betsy Huggard works with a student at one of the program's computer stations.