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Welcome!

Thank you for visiting our site and for your interest in our Labor Studies Program. It is my sincere pleasure to welcome all students, alumni, and visitors to our website. After 50 years of leadership in labor studies education, Indiana University continues to stand tall in providing quality education. The Labor Studies program educates students for the workplace and labor movement. We pride ourselves on being a nationally and locally recognized interdisciplinary program housed in the School of Social Work as of July 1st, 2007. The School of Social Work has been in existence since 1911 with a mission …

…to educate students to be effective and knowledgeable professional social workers prepared for practice in the twenty-first century. Such practitioners are committed to the alleviation of poverty, oppression, and discrimination. The school is dedicated to the enhancement of the quality of life for all people, particularly the citizens of Indiana, and to the advancement of just social, political, and economic conditions through excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service. Within the context of a diverse, multicultural, urbanized, global, and technologically oriented society, the school prepares social workers who will shape solutions to a wide range of interpersonal and social problems by developing and using knowledge critically as they uphold the traditions, values, and ethics of the social work profession.

It is within the parameters of this mission that we will devote our energies to continue the excellence of Labor Studies at Indiana University. All of us are committed to make Labor Studies the best it can be. We will continue to offer our online and face-to-face courses for the Certificate, Associate, and Bachelor of Science in Labor Studies degrees. Also, students can earn a Minor in Labor Studies.

Please bear with us as we try to make the transition as seamless as possible.

Please watch for future announcements about our program. Email us at iulabor@iupui.edu for more information or call at 1-800-822-4743

Irene Queiro-Tajalli

Irene Queiro-Tajalli, LCSW, Ph.D.
Professor
Interim Executive Director of Labor Studies

On December 12th, 2007 the Bloomington Office of Labor Studies held an Open House for members of the labor community. Students past and present, faculty, staff, and representatives from several labor groups enjoyed refreshments and had a change to socialize.

Bloomington Labor Studies 2007 Open House

The Bachelor of Social Work Student Association, along with the Indiana University School of Social Work helped with tributes to farm worker activist Cesar Chavez and to the issue of international civil rights.

The tributes and discussion began Friday, March 28, at the Indiana State Museum where 300 students were expected for “Cesar Chavez Day,” to learn more about Chavez and to learn how they too could become agents of change in their communities.

Chavez was born March 31, 1927 in Yuma, Ariz. He was a farmer who became famous for leading the fight to improve the lives of migrant workers.

Craig Campbell, the Labor Studies Student Services Coordinator, was at the state museum with information about the social work school and its programs as part of a “Signs of Protest,” exhibit on the museum’s first floor.

On Sunday, March 30, the action shifts to the IUPUI Campus Center for a semi-formal dinner hosted by the BSW Student Association and the Latino Student Association.

The guest speaker at the dinner will be Baldemar Velasquez, an international civil rights activist, who is expected to discuss immigration issues. A flyer for Velasquez’s appearance includes a quote from Chavez: “Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.”

The BSW Student Association was able to obtain a $2,500 grant from Campus Community Life to help bring Velasquez to IUPUI.

On Monday, March 31, Velasquez will discuss the immigration issue during an appearance at the Multicultural Center Common Area (previously the UC food court) from 12:00 p.m. to 2 p.m.