Welcome to Asian Labour School

We share critical labour movement skills and knowledge to ground workers, organisers and students in practical organising, and in the history and theory of labour.

Enrollment is now CLOSED for the Sept-Nov 2024 Semester, as all classes are now filled. We are grateful and overwhelmed by all the interest and support. If you have registered, you will be hearing from us soon.

School starts on Sept 16, 2024.

What is Asian Labour School

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Course Offers in 2024

Labour, Power and Strategies
Labour, Power and Strategies

This course helps grasp the fundamentals of labour power and actions, and the essential principles that drive effective organisation and mobilisation.

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Secrets of Successful Organisers
Secrets of Successful Organisers

The course will crystallize lessons from 50 years in labour movements based on the Freirean principles of popular education.

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Worker Struggles across Asia in the 21st Century
Worker Struggles across Asia in the 21st Century

This course will take you on a journey through the landscape of labour movements in India, China, Myanmar, Indonesia and South Korea.

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Writing Worker Stories
Writing Worker Stories

This course introduces students to a movement-centered approach to writing labour stories for publishing.

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What You Need To Know about Asian Labour School

The Asian Labour School is established as an institution of labour movement education in Asia, and an extension of Asian Labour Review. By offering an array of courses on critical movement skills and knowledge, our aim is to cultivate a new generation of workers, activists and students to revitalise mass, democratic and radical labour movements in Asia. The School is for anyone interested in learning to become more effective organisers, or expanding their knowledge of Asian labour movements. We combine skills and knowledge from the movement and in research to help participants to become historically and theoretically informed of our movement.

The Asian Labour School consists of two semesters: from March to May, and from September to November each year. Each course consists of 6 sessions, each session 1.5-hour long and delivered every two weeks over a 12-week period. The class size will be limited to ensure the best learning experience. The courses will be delivered online on Zoom in the evening times in Asia, and the language of instruction is English. Completion of a course may involve a class project that demonstrates the students’ learning, but no examination will be required.

Each semester, we offer a variety of courses on practical and organising skills, history, and theory of labour in Asia. Please take a look at the course descriptions on our website, and register for one or multiple courses. Acceptance is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Registration for the Sept-Nov 2024 Semester ends on Sept 9, 2024. School starts on Sept 16, 2024.

We do not make a profit from the School, and keep the costs to a minimum. To make the School sustainable and compensate for the labour of the course facilitators to prepare and teach the courses, we charge a fee for each course. We aim to keep the fees to an affordable level and offer two tiers of fees, depending on your ability to pay. For the regular fee, each course is USD$60; for students/workers/unemployed who cannot afford the regular fee, each course is USD$40. You can choose either option at the time of registration. The course fee is non-refundable.

In the first Semester from Sept to Nov 2024, we will be offering 4 courses: “Writing Workers Stories”, “Labour, Power and Strategies”, "Secrets of Successful Organisers" and "Workers Struggle across Asia in the 21st Century".
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Become a Skilled Organiser and Informed Strategist with Asian Labour School

Be part of a new generation of activists to build a mass, democratic and radical labour movement in Asia.

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