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MONTEAGLE TENNESSEE PRESENT PROGRAM 1. Resident Courses. Resident Terms for Workers are the backbone of the year-round program. In the summer and in the spring, the six weeks term of intensive resident courses is con- ducted for trade-union students. Students are drawn from South- ern labor unions, with an occasional student from outside of the South. The qualifications for admission are: the ability to read and write and devotion to the Jabor movement. No student ie ac- cepted without the recommendation of his or her ‘union. T po a narpose of all the courses je to pr a2 4a1t pM *pu Fs aii tne TVUMLAOLSG -2D LL au mation bearing on the practical problems faced i by the students in their unions. Sharing of experiences and discussions enables students to meet their local situations more constructively. € Classes are always informal, and draw from and relate back to, the students’ experiences. In addition to discussions led by the regular staff members, leading experta from the field ot organized labor and from Federal and State agencies frequently contribute to the classes as visiting lec- turers. The School's Jib- rary of six thousand Class in union books and pamphleta, poster-making. built up by the gifts of friends, is eagerly drawn on by the stu- dents to supplement their class work. The courses include the following subjects: Union Prob- lems: discus- Gi sion of definite .. . problemsof the Ka ~, ra) students as . labor sanionisia. Methods of organizing, duea collecting, and making the meet- ings interesting: fundamentals of collective bargaining, negotia- ting contracts, and Labor Board procedure.