90 Graduate from Labor College
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
"Brothers and Sisters, this is where you take your degrees to wage the next
battle of workers rights in this country," former presidential candidate John
Edwards told the National Labor College (NLC) 2008 graduating class Saturday. "This is where you
become our next leaders to fight for what working men and women need to get
ahead." Edwards addressed more than 800 students and family members, union
officials and elected leaders who attended the 10th annual commencement
exercises on the NLC’s campus in Silver Spring, Maryland. The NLC conferred 76
bachelor's degrees in labor studies disciplines and American University handed
out 14 Master of Science in Organization Development degrees as part if its
graduate partnership with the NLC. "Ours is a college dedicated to service,"
said NLC president William E. Scheuerman, "to our members, to our communities,
to our brother and sister workers both here in the U.S. and around the globe.
Having built our movement through the sacrifices of others you must help to make
it possible for others to gain the benefit of union membership."