ยง 5100. Definitions.    As  used  in this article, the following terms
  shall have the following meanings:
1. "Eligible agency" means labor organizations, their  federations  or
  organizations   of   employers   acting   in   consortium   with   labor
  organizations,  that  have  been  approved  by  the  commissioner,  upon
  application  therefor,  to  conduct  workplace literacy and basic skills
  education programs.
2. "Labor organization" means organizations of workers established  to
  bargain collectively on behalf of their member workers.
3.  "Workplace literacy and basic skills education" means those common
  branch skills and English-as-a-second-language skills that are  directly
  related to the ability to perform occupational tasks.