The Wheeling Academy of Law and Science Foundation

The Wheeling Academy of Law and Science Foundation (WALS Foundation) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit foundation established in 2004 to promote educational outreach on issues of vital concern to our community, state, and country. Our educational focus is on Education, Employment, The Environment, and Professional Development.

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The Jobs First Agenda seeks to facilitate the pursuit of a just economic life for all Americans Read More»

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Access all issues of the WALS Commentaries published from 2006 to the present
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Coming in September: The Reuther-Pollack Labor History Symposium VII

Reuther-Pollack Labor History Symposium VII. Saturday, September 2, 2023. Click here, Email Sean Duffy or call for Sean Duffy at 304.242.0244 for more information. Click here for the Facebook event page. Purchase ticket through Eventbrite.

Exploring a Jobs First Agenda

Once Upon a Time in America, fairness mattered. Corporations and their employees actually worked as teams, with mutual respect, toward common goals. But somewhere along the way, things went terribly wrong. Obsession with the bottom line replaced fairness as the guiding principle. In order to maximize profits, wages were minimized. And everything changed. But why?

THE REUTHER-WHEELING LIBRARY AND LABOR HISTORY ARCHIVE

The WALS Foundation maintains a library and archives as a research and study center on the life, times, and thought of Wheeling’s native son, labor leader and human rights activist, Walter P. Reuther. The archive collects, preserves, digitizes and makes accessible, material related to the life and work of Reuther and to the history of organized labor and the working class in Wheeling and the Upper Ohio Valley region.