Labor Education at Rutgers University, 1931-1981, and the Establishment of IMLR

Abstract

In 1997, the Institute of Management and Labor Relations (IMLR) will mark its 50th anniversary. It was on June 19,1947 that New Jersey Governor Alfred Driscoll signed into law, Assembly Bill 250-A. Passed against the backdrop of the great postwar strike wave that engulfed the United States, this legislation formally established the IMLR. Its primary mission was to promote "harmony and co-operation between management and labor, and greater understanding of industrial and labor relations, thereby to enhance the unity and welfare of the people of the state." In order to carry out this assignment, the IMLR was authorized to "establish programs in order to develop new material and techniques to aid in carrying on the educational activities."