I am a Labor Studies student and beleive this is a very good and much needed program. The instructors are very passionate about their classes and believe that all students have the right to know about issues that affect workers in the United States and also around the world.
Indiana Universty is supported by taxpayers who are mostly working people. I.U. will not fulfill its its mission to serve the community; if it does not attend to the teaching and research needs of employees and their employers.
Labor Studies is unique in so many ways, and as the recent forum in Fort Wayne demonstrated, there are many supporters here. Please do not eliminate the course offerings and outreach that Mark Crouch and Catherine Mulder have worked so hard to establish and foster.
State University systems have a historical mandate to provide services for all citizens of the state.
The Labor Studies Program at Indiana University has a long and distinguished record of providing educational opportunities and it would be a betrayal of the citizen's trust in its education institutions if that commitment were abandoned.
I support full funding of IU Labor Studies and hope that this excellent program can continue its valuable work.
Marcus Widenor
Associate Professor
University of Oregon
Labour people need education to.
Educated people always help to improved the quality of life in the community.
Educated workers do not rush into revolution.
Workers without education are bad news for the free entreprice system.
When something is working why destroyed it. every american should have access to the education that they want to obtain.
Closing Labor Studies is one of the most irresponsble things this administration has done. While more and more emphasis and resources are placed on privatization and big business, the people who make this country run are being left out to dry.
Labour Studies programs have proven to be extremely valuable academic, community and worker resources. I urge the university not to "reorganize", but instead nurture and support this program.
I have a bachelors in Labor Studies from IUPUI and was graduated with distinction. Because of the wonderful staff at the Indy campus, I have held many significant internships and have found gainful and meaningful employment in Indiana, stemming the brain drain.
You Labor Law programs are excellent, benefiting both the Management and Labor sectors of the community. I am a local UAW activist. The Labor Law Professors at IPFW assist me with legal advice, bargaining strategies, and other vital labor information. This is an outstanding free resource I frequently use to help defend our Contract rights and to assist me in Contract Negotiations. The Bargaining Committee and I can rely heavily upon the expertise and advice of the Labor Law Professors at IPFW. This loss would be a terrible blow to our ability to effectively protect our jobs, and the ability to represent my membership in the most effective manner possible.
As incoming Speaker of the IU faculty on the IPFW campus, I feel the plan to do away with the Labor Studies program here represents another exzample of IU's abandonment of North East Indiana. and quite simply reopresents an embarrassment for me regarding your lack of committment.
As incoming Speaker of the IU faculty on the IPFW campus, I feel the plan to do away with the Labor Studies program here represents another exzample of IU's abandonment of North East Indiana. and quite simply reopresents an embarrassment for me regarding your lack of committment.
I graduated from I.U. Bloomington in 1949. Despite majors in government and history, I did not understand the vital role which unionions have played in our nation's development until recently. That fact reflects the limitations of the past.
Unions are even more vital now. They are one of the very few institutions which work for goals which are truly democratic as contrasted with "what we've always done."
I urge you to keep and support the IU Lbor Studies Division.
