Men and women who are active in the labor movement today face unprecedented change and profound challenges in providing leadership and advocacy for working people. Dramatic changes in the world economy and the nature, size and composition of the workplace demand new approaches to organizing, bargaining and union administration.
Since 1942, the Harvard Trade Union Program has prepared union activists to meet the challenge of dynamic leadership within their unions and society. Today, the program helps union leaders develop keener analytical, managerial and problem solving skills as well as discover ways to deepen public understanding of the value and importance of labor unions.