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MISSION STATEMENT
The Institute
for Labor Studies is a joint project of the University of Missouri-Kansas
City and Longview Community College. Its aim is to serve the educational
needs of organized labor: its leaders, staff and members and to educate
students of Longview and UMKC as well as the community on the significance
of the labor movement in U.S. society. The Institute for Labor Studies
will provide education on the vital role labor organizations play in
a democratic society in promoting individual rights and dignity, economic
well-being and political participation.
Governance
of the Institute for Labor Studies is shared by UMKC and Longview with
the advice of an Advisory Board which is representative of organized
labor in the Kansas City area.
Specific
objectives are:
- To
provide credit and noncredit courses, conferences and programs
to enhance the skills of workers as members, staff and leadership
of labor organizations and as citizens of their communities, state
and nation.
- To
foster creative and critical thinking by leaders and members of
labor organizations and to provide new information and research
to help them meet the challenges of a changing workplace and global
economy.
- To
provide custom training to central labor bodies, individual unions,
regional or state labor organizations.
- To
help unions and other labor organizations develop educational materials
and training programs for their membership.
- To
educate the community about the role, significance and contributions
of unions in our society, and to promote labor education in the
schools.
- To
develop the field of labor studies through research, course and
curriculum development and a two-year labor studies degree program
at Longview Community College.
- To
provide specific consultation and research to labor organizations
on labor relations.
- To
bring the resources of UMKC and Longview Community College as well
as other educational institutions to the labor movement where appropriate,
and to facilitate better communication and sharing of information
between the labor movement and UMKC and Longview.
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