# Labor Studies (LABST) courses

Laney College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 10 courses

Source: https://lan.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/44166/44231/44207/44414/44415

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026.

### LABST 10 — American Labor Movement

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/laney-college/schedule/fall-2026/labst.md)

History of the American Labor Movement from Colonial times to the present: First unions, beginnings of national union structions, rise of AFL, development of CIO, and current issues.

### LABST 12 — Collective Bargaining

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Structure, content, strategies, and relationship between the parties engaged in collective bargaining: Research; analysis; computing costs; simulated bargaining.

### LABST 13 — Economics for Labor and Community Leadership

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- AA/AS area 4;

American and world economic forces which impact on employment, taxation, income distribution, public policy, and collective bargaining: Analysis of such issues as foreign and non-union competition, concession bargaining, plant closing and unemployment, and labor and community strategies to meet these challenges.

### LABST 14 — Grievance Handling and Arbitration

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Grievance handling in the collective bargaining process: Investigation techniques and procedures, resolving issues at the Grievance Committee level; arbitration as a means of resolution.

### LABST 21 — Workplace Organizing

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- AA/AS area 4;

Comprehensive survey of workplace organizing: Emphasis on legal background and current legal issues; group psychology; employer and union campaign strategies.

### LABST 30 — Labor Law

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Development of the basic legal frameworks governing labor-management relations in union, non-union, and public sectors: Rights to organize and bargain collectively; legal framework of grievance/arbitration procedures; overview of protective and income security legislation and agencies.

### LABST 49 — Independent Study in Labor Studies

- **Units:** .5-5
- **Hours:** .5 - 5 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- UC transferability is determined by UC faculty after transfer, please see a counselor for more information.

In-depth exploration of an area or problem of the student's choice not covered by regular catalog offerings in Labor Studies. Student must obtain approval from an appropriate faculty member. For more details, see the section on independent study in the college catalog.

### LABST 201 — Stewards' Training

- **Units:** 1
- **Hours:** 1 hour lecture
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Study of rights, responsibilities and duties of union shop stewards: grievance handling and dispute resolutions; interviewing and investigation techniques; grievance presentation.

### LABST 202 — Union Organizing

- **Units:** 1
- **Hours:** 1 hour lecture
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Organizing strategies: Managerial and union perspectives; evaluating various approaches; the National Labor Relations Act; other public sector laws.

### LABST 456H — Work Experience in Labor Studies

- **Units:** 1-4
- **Hours:** 3 - 12 hours lab
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- Course study under this section may be repeated three times.

Supervised employment providing opportunities in labor studies or a related field: Develop desirable work habits, become a productive, responsible individual, and extend education experience with on the job training. A maximum of 14 units may be earned during one enrollment period.