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.

Registration is now OPEN for the May-June 2026 semester. Please check out the available courses below. Registration is open until one day before the course starts, or until courses are filled.

What is Asian Labour School

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Course Offers in 2026

The Rise and Fall of Chinese Labour Movement (Course Starts on May 11, 2026)
The Rise and Fall of Chinese Labour Movement (Course Starts on May 11, 2026)

How do we understand the cycle of workers’ struggles in China that emerged out of industrialisation and labour migration in the 1990s, culminated in militant strikes in the 2000s and 2010s, and faced repression and decline in the late 2010s?

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Reimagining Asian Labor Futures (Course Starts on May 6, 2026)
Reimagining Asian Labor Futures (Course Starts on May 6, 2026)

The "Future of Work" is usually a story told to us by experts and consultants. This course is an invitation to take that story back.

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Building Movement Democracy through Democratic Facilitation (Course Starts on May 5, 2026)
Building Movement Democracy through Democratic Facilitation (Course Starts on May 5, 2026)

Democracy starts in the smallest conversations, dialogues and meetings by raking in most diverse opinions and ideas, piecing them together to create something new and meaningful to all participants.

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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 in the Spring and Fall Each course consists of 5 sessions, each session 1.5-hour long and delivered every week. 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. The course fee is non-refundable.

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.

We will be offering 3 courses: Building Movement Democracy through Democratic Facilitation, The Rise and Fall of Chinese Labour Movement, and Reimagining Asian Labor Futures.
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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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