Article 28

Family Education Center Department

  32.       Section 1. The International Executive Board
  33.   shall create a Family Education Center Department.

  34.       Section 2. The International President shall
  35.   appoint a director to supervise the activities of the
  36.   Family Education Center Department and such
  37.   appointment shall be subject to the approval of the
  38.   International Executive Board. The President shall
  39.   also appoint and assign a qualified staff to service
  40.   the Department.

  41.       Section 3. The Family Education Center De-
  42.   partment shall formulate and implement programs
  43.   at Family Education Centers for the education and
  44.   training of UAW members and their families

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  1. through participation in the Family Education
  2. Scholarship Program in order to bring about a bet-
  3. ter understanding of the UAW's programs, poli-
  4. cies, aims and objectives and to broaden and en-
  5. lighten participants with a view toward the im-
  6. provement of the quality of life. The function of
  7. the Department shall be to develop a cadre of fu-
  8. ture leadership, with supportive family involve-
  9. ment for all levels of the UAW.

  10.     Section 4. It shall be the function of the Family
  11. Education Center Department to formulate and
  12. implement programs at Family Education Centers
  13. for the training of Local Union leadership and to
  14. develop among potential leaders and their fami-
  15. lies a clearer inderstanding of the Union and the
  16. complex problems facing our society.

  17.     Section 5. All subordinate bodies of the Inter-
  18. national Union shall cooperate with the Depart-
  19. ment and assist in the promotion of the
  20. Department's programs and activities.

  21.     Section 6. The Department shall develop a com-
  22. prehensive program to encourage and promote the
  23. continuation, on the local level, of family interest
  24. and family participation in activities related to the
  25. UAW and the community, following participation
  26. in a Family Education Center Program. The Fam-
  27. ily Education Center Department shall be charged
  28. with the duty of providing an ongoing program to
  29. draw the family closer together around common
  30. interests and into continuing Union and commu-
  31. nity programs to build a stronger labor movement
  32. and a better society.