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.