Our vision for the Grace Carroll Rocky Mountain Labor School is to develop the premier labor activist training program in the Western United States; affiliated with or through other labor colleges and universities that serve union members.  Our vision includes a curriculum where each trade unionist can develop their personal skills as a labor activist by enhancing or increasing their knowledge of subjects like: union history, labor legal issues, the role of a steward, how to improve internal organizing efforts, lobbying with legislative bodies, grievance representation, collective bargaining, leadership techniques and arbitration of cases.  We envision our program establishing a learning environment where labor activists can talk to and learn with their counterparts from other locals, other unions and other states regarding their personal experiences in the labor movement effort, to build on what works best.  We foresee the friendships and the camaraderie that develops in this school as critical to building solidarity and unity within the labor movement; making the work of each individual a part of something greater than just themselves and their Local.  We recognize this experience may be a student’s first or only opportunity to learn about labor issues, so we take our role seriously, aspiring to make this experience both fun and enlightening, while remaining a good value for the time and dollars invested by all stakeholders.  We see each student and each Local as our customer and we will strive to maintain or increase our customer’s satisfaction so they are delighted with their investment and their experience to the level they will endorse the Grace Carroll Rocky Mountain Labor School to everyone in their organization.  We will continue to look for other opportunities to benefit our customers individually and the labor movement generally, by increasing the value of our program through the addition of new and innovative approaches to the education of labor leaders.