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41 Lab. Stud. J. 5 (2016)

handle is hein.journals/labstuj41 and id is 1 raw text is: Official Journal of United Association for Introduction Labor Education Labor Studies journal 2016, Vol. 41(1) 5-8 Labor Education's Evolving Res@2016UALE Reprints and permissions: Forms and Expanding sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOl: 10. 1177/0160449XI16630486 Applicability Elizabeth A. Hoffmann' Labor education programs exist across the country. Some are parts of certificate- or degree-granting programs, others are sponsored and presented by unions, and still oth- ers are ad hoc community initiatives to address specific crises or needs. Other worker- education efforts are finding new life through community groups and activist initiatives. Labor education is an important component of the labor movement. It cre- ates memberships that are engaged with what their unions are doing and are knowl- edgeable about what the labor movement has done and is attempting to do. Labor education can nurture the union leaders of tomorrow and build membership ranks that can withstand ideological, financial, and political attacks on organized labor. It also can mobilize membership to achieve a range of social justice goals, not only bettering themselves but also improving the world around them. At the 2015 United Association for Labor Education (UALE) Conference, three panels of papers addressed this topic. This special issue of Labor Studies Journal (LSJ) presents five papers from these panels-four articles as well as an additional Innovations piece that discusses how one educator used community theater to trans- form labor education. The authors represent a range of disciplines-labor studies, political science, sociology, labor education, and crime and justice studies-and come from both sides of the Canadian/U.S. border. As they discuss labor education in a range of contexts-union halls, colleges and universities, worker institutes, summer schools, and community theater-the writers in this special issue address critical ques- tions in understanding where labor education has been, what challenges remain, and how labor education might evolve in the future. The article by Twarog, Sherer, O'Farrell, and Coney addresses women's labor edu- cation programs, focusing specifically on residential summer schools. These programs have a rich history of enabling and empowering women to assume greater leadership 'Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA Corresponding Author: Elizabeth A. Hoffmann, Department of Sociology, Purdue University, 351 Stone Hall; 700 W. State St., West Lafayette, IN 47907-2059, USA. Email: hoffmanne@purdue.edu

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