Program Partners (since 1987)

 

We are a partnership program with four core partners: the University of Massachusetts, AFSCME Local 1776, the University Staff Association, and the Professional Staff Union.  All that we do, we do in partnership.  Partners are essential to our work.  Over the years, we have been fortunate to engage with more than 160 partners, some from our region, some from across the Commonwealth, some from across the nation, and a few outside the United States.  Our ever-expanding list of partners includes:

 

Employer Partners

  • Ames Distribution Center
  • Amherst College
  • Amherst, Town of
  • Auburn Public Schools
  • Barr & Barr
  • Blackstone Valley
  • Cambridge Public Schools
  • Coghlin Electric
  • Consigli
  • Cooley Dickinson Hospital
  • Daniel O’Connell’s and Sons
  • Department of Public Works, Northampton
  • Early Children’s Care of Greater Springfield
  • Employers' Association of Western Mass.
  • Five Colleges, Inc.
  • Fontaine Brothers
  • Greenfield Community College
  • Hanover Public Schools
  • Hasbro
  • Intelligent Systems and Controls
  • Kennemetal Consumer Products
  • Kennemetal Industrial Products Group
  • Lawrence Public Schools
  • Leicester Public schools
  • Ludlow Public Schools
  • Massachusetts Department of Public Works
  • Mayhew Steel
  • MGM Resorts
  • Monson Public Schools
  • Mount Holyoke College
  • New Beginnings
  • New North Citizen’s Council
  • Northampton Public Schools
  • Northampton State Hospital
  • Northfield Mount Hermon School
  • Pittsfield Public Schools
  • Professional Drywall Construction, Inc.
  • Sisters of Providence
  • Smith & Wesson
  • Smith College
  • Sodexho
  • Springfield Public Schools
  • Tubed Products
  • US Tsubaki
  • Westfield Public Schools
  • Worcester Public Schools

 

Labor Partners

  • 1199NY Service Employees International Union Training and Employment Funds
  • 1199 Service Employees International Union Training and Employment Funds
  • American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Council 93
  • American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Local 1067
  • American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Local 1776
  • Carpenters Local 108
  • Graduate Employees Organization, United Autoworkers Local 2322
  • Heat and Frost Insulators Local 6
  • International Union of Elevator Constructors, Local 41
  • International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, District Council 11
  • Laborer’s Training Center
  • Laborer’s Union 596
  • Local 32BJ SEIU Thomas Shortman Training, Scholarship & Safety Fund
  • Massachusetts Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations
  • Massachusetts Nurses Association
  • Massachusetts Society of Professors
  • Massachusetts Teachers Association, Northampton
  • Minnesota Teamsters Service Bureau
  • New England Apprenticeship Fund
  • New England Carpenters Training Fund
  • Northampton Public Schools, Massachusetts Teachers Association
  • Northeast Center for Tradeswomen’s Equity
  • Operating Engineers Local 98
  • Pioneer Valley Building Trades Council
  • Pioneer Valley Labor Council
  • Professional Staff Union, Massachusetts Teachers Association
  • Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union Local 224
  • Service Employees International Union Local 211
  • Service Employees International Union Local 285
  • Service Employees International Union Local 509
  • Service Employees International Union Local 263
  • Sheetmetal Workers Local 63
  • UNITE (Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees)
  • United Auto Workers, Local 2322
  • United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1459
  • United Steel Workers Local 7912
  • University Staff Association, Massachusetts Teachers Associations

 

Workforce Development Partners

  • Association of Joint Labor/Management Educational Programs, New York City
  • Building Pathways Boston
  • Building Pathways Worcester
  • Career Development Institute, Indiana
  • CareerPoint, Holyoke
  • Connecticut Healthcare Training Fund
  • District 1199/Service Employees International Union and the Connecticut Nursing Homes Training and Upgrading Fund
  • Franklin/Hampshire Career Center
  • Franklin/Hampshire Employment and Training Consortium
  • Franklin/Hampshire Regional Employment Board
  • FutureWorks
  • Hampden County Regional Employment Board
  • International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee
  • Institute for Quality Public Services, Sacramento, California
  • New England Healthcare Employees Unions 1199 Service Employees International UnionTraining and Upgrading Fund
  • New York State and Civil Service Employees Association Partnership for Education and Training
  • Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 104 Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee
  • Regional Employment Board of Hampden County
  • Roundtable: Worker Education Consortium
  • Springfield Electrical Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee
  • Regional Employment Board of Hampden County
  • The Alliance for Employee Growth and Development: Cooperative Labor/Management Venture (AT&T, Avaya Communications, CWA, IBEW, Alcatel-Luscent, Optical Fiber Solutions)
  • The Construction Institute
  • Unseen America NYS, a collaboration of the Bread and Roses Cultural Project of 1199 Service Employees International Union, the NYS AFL-CIO & the Workforce Development Institute

 

University of Massachusetts Departmental Partners 

  • Archeological Services
  • Auxiliary Enterprises
  • Campus Recreation
  • Civic Engagement and Service-Learning
  • College of Education
  • College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Commonwealth College
  • Custodial Services
  • Donahue Institute
  • DuBois Library
  • Graduate School
  • Isenberg School of Management
  • Labor Studies (Amherst)
  • Labor Studies (Boston)
  • Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity
  • Office of Equity and Inclusion
  • Ombuds Office
  • Physical Plant
  • Retail Services
  • Residential Dining Services
  • Residential Life
  • The Stonewall Center
  • Transportation Center
  • University of Massachusetts Building Authority
  • Workplace Learning & Development
  • Writing Program

 

Community Partners

  • Alternative Energy Works
  • Anti-Displacement Project
  • Chester, Town of
  • Easthampton Community Center
  • Hampshire Educational Collaborative
  • Hilltown Community Development Corporation
  • Holyoke, City of
  • Huntington, Town of
  • Northampton Consortium
  • Northampton, City of
  • Russell, Town of
  • Springfield Partners for Community Action
  • Springfield, City of
  • Urban Industries

 

Education Partners

  • Association for World Education, Denmark
  • Catalyst Centre, Toronto, Ontario
  • Community Education Project
  • Easthampton High School
  • ECHO
  • Gateway Regional School District
  • HALO Center
  • HartBeat Ensemble
  • Holyoke Community College
  • International Language Institute
  • Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School 
  • Springfield Technical Community College
  • The Center for New Americans
  • The Literacy Project
  • Texas Center for Working Class Studies at Colin College, Plano, Texas (proposed)
  • The YWCA, Springfield, MA
  • Western Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health