Labor Education Service


The Labor Education Service (LES) is an outreach program of the University of Minnesota’s Industrial Relations Center. It was created to provide training, applied research services and technical assistance to Minnesota workers and their organizations. LES offers a variety of non-credit courses and seminars at both campus and off-campus locations, scheduled and customized to meet the needs of your organization. LES staff travel across the state and region to provide training, video production, research and other services, at dates, times and locations that are convenient for your union and its members. We are currently working on classes in other languages to meet your non-English speaking membership needs.


Courses & Seminars

LES offers customized non-credit courses and seminars on subjects such as collective bargaining, steward training, occupational safety and health, labor law, labor economics, labor and politics, parliamentary procedure, and union administration. Staff also travel throughout the region to provide conferences, workshops, and training for unions in contract negotiations, arbitration, organization, and more.


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Union Women's Leadership GatheringSharing Stories...Building Power


Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Minnesota Humanities Center,
987 Ivy Avenue East, St. Paul

+ Gain new organizing tools
+ Share ideas for networking
+ Discover the importance of sharing your story
+ Build your leadership skills

Registration Deadline: July 8
Fee: $35


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Midwest School for Women WorkersWORKING WOMEN: OUR VOICES AND VOTES COUNT

Save the Date:

2008 Midwest School for Women Workers

July 10-13, 2008
(Program begins at 5:30pm Thursday July 10 and ends at 1:00pm Sunday July 13)

University of Missouri-St.Louis

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Labor & Community Film Series

Labor & Community Film Series & Untold Stories


  • The film series selections for next year will be announced here in the near future. Please check back or contact us for more information.
  • Untold Stories celebrated its 10th anniversary with over a month of lectures, tours, performances and more, including several programs commemorating the 75th anniversary of the New Deal. Untold Stories is a national award-winning labor history series sponsored by The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library.


More about Untold Stories events...

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