I have participated in Labor studies at Indiana University in Blomington and in Gary and the profesors ar very qualify, top of the line and I sure hate to see the Labor studies at the university interrupted for any reason..
how will our children learn about the rank and file of the working people if you stop labor studies?? this is one of the most important lessons that our children can be taught.
Indiana should remember who keeps this states taxes funded. It is labor and to take a valued tool like Indiana labor studies away would be a huge mistake don't let any one tell you any diffrent.
The DLS program is a vital and necessary for the people of our communities here in Indiana. We are tax payers, voters, students and have benefited emensely by Labor Studies. This program is one of the best in the world. We must keep it alive for the generations to come.
Indiana University needs to say NO to Governor Daniels ever widening campaign against Indiana labor and it can do so by deciding to keep the IU Labor Studies Program.
Indiana's is an old and very good labor program. I knnow several of the faculty from their work. I urge you to retain the program and faculty and to avoid decisions that could compromise issues of tenure and governance.
The dismantling of the IU Labor Studies program is clearly an effort by big business. Such an effort begins in the White House, not just the Indiana State House...thus adequately demonstrating the "trickle down" theory actually works.
Now, more than ever, the need for legitimate and factual discussions about the state of labor in the United States is imperative. Please continue this forum.
At this critical juncture in history, where processes of production have been globalized, Labor Studies has much to contribute to our students' education regarding the nature of "the global assembly line" and its implications both for their futures as workers and for the economy of Indiana. It is a discipline whose survival is critical to our mission of public education.
In a global economy it is imperative that there be a balance of information and instruction from below, those not owning the global economy. While many in the business world take the short term view that workers no longer need any information about their past, or their rights, this is extremely detrimental to all. Educated and informed workers make better consumers, more productive workers and better citizens. As unions die, so does democracy. Only the most reactionary business leader wants the efficency of fascism. History has taught us that capitalism must be balanced with humanity or it results in cycles of violence, repression, revolt and dictatorship. Labor studeis is neither conservative or liberal. It is like the study of economics, a retelling of truth and consequences.
The Indiana University Labor studies is one of the finest in the nation. It is a positive aspect of economic development in the state and the region. Cutting or eliminating would be foolhardy.
There is little debate that the American labor movement has greatly contributed to the expansion of our democracy, the increase of dignity in the workplace,and our national standard of living.
Indiana University's DLS is one of the premier labor education programs in the nation. It plays a vital role in helping working families maintain a modicum of hope in this world of globalization where not just blue collar jobs are leaving this country.
Please keep this beacon of hope alive. Don't hurt the people on main street across Indiana by breaking up DLS.
We can't rely on corporations to relay information to their employees information concerning human rights on the job. Labor studies programs are imperative to any informed U.S. citizen.
I underscore the need for this type of studies to be continued...to keep us informed of business & labor relations, decisions, etc. Please do not be pressured by big business to discontinue these sutdies.
As a Public School Teacher I am all too aware of how our textbooks overlook or downplay the role of labor in United States History. We need students to be given this information so that they will be fully educated, and then be able to make their own choices, rather than their making choices with only partial information. It is imperative that we not only save the Labor Studies program at Indiana University, but that we begin to fully educate elementary school students about the "true" history of our country.
In 20 years of being a Field Organizer, I would like to comment that some of the most intelligent and able union staff I have had the pleasure of working with, attended the IU Labor Studies Program.
It was my great pleasure to work in Indiana for four years with labor there.
In my view, this is just another tenticle of the Labor busting republican party and it's corporate anti worker backers.
Unions are an integral part of a democratic society. Adolph Hitler worked very hard to kill and lock up the Labor leaders in Germany during his infamous reign. He knew they were the people who would stand against fascism.
I often wonder if the present day backers of republicanism and it's anti worker agenda would enjoy installing undemocratic and brutal fascism in America.
I see the elimination of programs such as the IU Labor Studies Program as more of the same tactics leading our country toward fascism.
What is fascism? Dictatorship partnered with the corporations controlling everyone in society through murder, imprisonment of disenters. Democratic society ceases to exist. They run it all.
I for one, will fight every time they get out their knife to whittle away at our programs and our rights as workers. If there is a freedom loving soul among this cut and slash bunch, they need to rethink this and end this ridiculous cutting and labor busting immediately!
If they change their thinking, it may be with the selfish flash thought that maybe, their kids and grandkids may be workers one day because they destroyed our middle class American dream with their garbage agenda and eliminated their OWN childrens ability to live a life such as the one they enjoy today as university bigshots. If that is the only thought that motivates them to not eliminate this wonderful program, so be it. They need to act now to restore the funding.
The Labor Studies Program at IUN has a history of recognizing the talent of workers in the region and removing unnecessary barriers to the education of workers who are not "traditional" learners. The IUN program, as other labor studies programs across the state, should be strengthened and supported; rather than, be under attack.
