Guild Announcements
Human Trafficking and How it Affects Workers and Management
This FREE symposium will take place at the Pastoral Center in Braintree. Details and agenda coming soon. Please RSVP if interested in attending.
New Video Series
Check out our new educational video series on a wide range of topics. Visit the School of Labor-Management Relations to see an example.
Labor Life Archives
Missed a newsletter? Prefer to read online? We've created an archive of recent newsletters for easy access.
This Week at the Guild
For the last 56 years, the Cushing-Gavin Awards have recognized and celebrated four outstanding practitioners in the area of labor-management relations.
Thank you to all who joined us to celebrate their accomplishments!
Why A Labor Guild?
Promoting good order and justice in today's workplace.
The collective bargaining process drives wage equality, and economic and social justice in a vibrant democracy. Since 1945, the Guild's mission has been to provide training, support, and connection through:
- Labor education, professional training, and personal development via school, workshops, forums, and conferences.
- Networking and leadership opportunities.
- Our Cushing-Gavin Awards honoring our labor relations since 1967.
Membership Benefits
For as little as $20/year, not only will you be supporting our mission of fighting for just workplaces and communities, you'll have access to:
- A growing library of online labor education courses from some of the nation's top labor professionals
- Early access to workshops, forums, and classes
- Your choice of a print or emailed Labor Life newsletter
- Membership card
Join over 1800 other individuals and organizations!
School of Labor-Management Relations
The Labor Guild has continuously provided labor education since 1953.
Today, our School of Labor-Management relations hosts Spring and Fall classes at our Braintree, MA headquarters and virtually via Zoom. We hope you'll join us for an upcoming class.
May 2024 Labor History Blog: May Day
by David Kowalski, Former Executive Director of The Labor Guild This month, I am going to talk about the May Day Riot in Chicago in 1896. Labor is just one…
CatholicTV Mass For May Day 2024
The Labor Guild was honored to have our Executive Director, Fr. Marc Fallon, C.S.C., say mass live on CatholicTV for the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker/May Day, on Wednesday…
What Can We Learn From the History of American Labor Law?
by Howard B. Lenow, Founding Partner, Lenow & McCarthy and Labor Guild School Instructor *Disclaimer: The views expressed in this essay are my own and do not necessarily reflect the…