Washington, DC
WHEREAS: The AFL-CIO is committed to the promotion of labor education and higher educational opportunities for all working people; and
WHEREAS: The George Meany Center for Labor Studies by establishing The National Labor College has advanced the cause of labor education and increased access to college studies for workers; and
WHEREAS: The National Labor College's current efforts to establish its viability as an independent, degree-granting institution and to achieve full accreditation as the same are necessary and important to achieving our stated goals;
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED: That the AFL-CIO strongly endorses The National Labor College's ongoing application for full accreditation as an independent, degree-granting institution and reaffirms its continuing commitment to support, financially and otherwise, the College.