Massachusetts is home to an excellent labor education system comprised of four labor extension programs and four higher programs (a mixture of certificate/B.A. and M.A. programs) located on the four UMass campuses throughout the state.

Unions can contact Labor Extension staff to design skillsbuilding programs tailored to their members' needs; or, a union can send union members to one of the many leadership programs offered through Labor Extension throughout the year.

For union members seeking to enroll in labor studies or find out about Labor Extension programs, there are a number of routes one can take.

UMass Boston Labor Resource Center offers a certificate and B.A. in Labor Studies and Labor Exension services

UMass Amherst Labor Relations Research Center offers a M.A. program in Labor Studies and Labor Exension services

UMass Dartmouth offers a certificate program in Labor Studies and a B.A. with a minor in Labor Studies and Labor Exension services

UMass Lowell offers Labor Exension programs for unions