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Help the InstituteWe Need Your Help!
We've been told that we do a lot of work with a small staff. Our secret?-the assistance of committed activists like you. We have an ongoing need for volunteers who can donate time and talent to the work of the Institute. We need:
If you can help, please give us a call at 401-463-9900 or e-mail us.
Make a tax-deductible contribution For over 25 years the Institute for Labor Studies has provided adult literacy instruction, health and safety training, workplace rights training, and workplace skills instruction to help workers succeed.
You can help by making a contribution in any amount.
How your money can be put to work at the Institute: $1000 - Fifteen weeks of ESL or GED instruction for one worker at his/her workplace $600 - Ten weeks of computer skills instruction for one worker at our mobile classroom $200 - One workplace rights training for 25 high school students $125 - One week of job counseling for one displaced worker $75 - Books and supplies for one student for one semester $50 - One month's worth of video tapes for LaborVision
Mail a check to: Institute for Labor Studies & Research 99 Bald Hill Road, Suite 3 Cranston , RI 02920
Or call us to make your contribution with a credit card: (401) 463-9900
Thanks to generous contributors the Institute publishes workplace rights literature, and provides adult literacy, labor relations, and workplace rights trainings. We could not do it without you!
By pledging to make an annual contribution you help the Institute build a fixed and dependable source of income.
Call Margo Guernsey, Development Manager, at (401) 463-9900 for more information or click here to email.
Join the RI Workforce Literacy & Education Project In 2004 the Institute created the RI Workforce Literacy & Education Project to raise money to support our adult literacy programs. Currently we are running three programs that are supported by these funds.
Workplace Adult Education The Workplace Adult Education Project was established in 1987 to develop workplace-based adult education courses. The courses have included English as a Second Language (ESL), Adult Basic Education (ABE), GED, Spanish for Your Job, Applied Math, Study Skills, Laboratory Applications (Math), Computer Basics, and customized work-specific programs. The project receives funding for the ESL, ABE and GED classes from the Rhode Island Department of Education. In addition, significant financial and in-kind contributions are made by sponsoring employers and unions.
Mobile Education Center In September 2005, the Institute began offering classes at its new Mobile Education Center . This classroom on wheels is equipped with 12 computerized workstations in a small fully functional classroom. Teachers provide literacy services such as pre GED, ESL, computer literacy and worksite instruction. A job counselor provides interpreting services, employment and education counseling, and referral and social service support.
HomeGoods Retraining Program Over 400 workers were laid off from the HomeGoods warehouse in Mansfield, MA in 2005. The Institute is conducting 6 ESL classes and job development for these laid-off workers.
2005 RI Workforce Literacy & Education Sponsors AFSCME Council 94 Bliss Properties Blue Cross & Blue Shield of RI Citizens Bank CountryWide Home Loans Bank Delta Dental of Rhode Island Gencorp Insurance Group Harrah's Entertainment New England Laborers' Health and Safety Fund Procaccianti Group RI Federation of Teachers and Health Professionals Royal Bank of Canada Tillinghast Licht LLP UBS Financial Services Inc. Coventry Teachers Alliance Lincoln Park Charitable Fund National Education Association of Rhode Island UNITE HERE! Warwick Mall Washington Trust Company Charitable Fund.
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