FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, Oct. 24, 2005
Contact: Dave Wellman, Director of Communications (304) 696-7153
 

Marshall business students to learn from national expert

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Matt Mathis, Director of Government Affairs of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from Washington, D.C., will lecture students in Marshall University’s Lewis College of Business on Tuesday, Oct. 25, Dr. Paul Uselding, dean of the college, said today.

Dr. Lorraine P. Anderson, associate dean of the College of Business, said students in her senior-level Labor Relations class, along with graduate students in Dr. Katherine Karl’s Industrial Employee Relations course, will learn why the Teamsters withdrew from the AFL-CIO this past summer.

The lecture will take place at 4 p.m. in room 2W22 of the Memorial Student Center on MU’s Huntington campus.

“I personally believe that to be an excellent leader, a business student must see labor issues from both management’s side as well as that of the union,” Anderson said. “Therefore, I am grateful indeed to Tom McCoy, the General Chairman of the Affiliated System Federation, for arranging Mr. Mathis’ visit to Marshall University. McCoy said he hopes the lecture will be a learning experience from a labor perspective.”

More information is available by calling Anderson at (304) 696-2611.

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