TWU recently conducted a New Officers' Training Class at the National Labor College,
the AFL-CIO's training center in Silver Spring, Maryland. The newly-elected officers spent
a week learning administrative and leadership skills. The class is sponsored by the
International and open to all newly-elected officers who are nominated by their local.
The class is conducted once a year in January.
 

Since 1990, the Education Department has trained or assisted in the training of well over 7,000 shop stewards and also provided information to various local unions for internal training by the local.

The department also offers programs at the AFL-CIO's George Meany Center for Labor Studies for local union officers. These programs are announced through mailings to all locals and prospective candidates are nominated by the local unions. The week-long residential programs are held at the Meany Center in Silver Spring, Maryland. Since the Department began using the Meany Center in 1994, TWU has trained over 750 local union officers in different leadership skills.

Serving as a clearing house for education services, the department strives to provide timely information and training on all aspects of membership and leadership education.

You can reach Robert Wechsler, TWU Education and Research Director at 1700 Broadway, second floor, New York, NY 10019. Phone: 212-259-4944. E-mail: b-wechsler@twu.org

Research Department
Using a variety of techniques, the department provides immediate data to bolster negotiators' case at the bargaining table, as well as economic and financial analyses of broader issues (such as Federal funding of mass transit) which have a profound impact on members’ jobs and paychecks. The department also undertakes special projects requested by the International or individual locals. More and more, TWU and other unions are using sophisticated financial research to track potential organizing targets.

TWU Research can be contacted via e-mail at b-wechsler@twu.org