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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SKILLS WORKSHOPS - FALL 2009
These classes are open to all, but registration is required.
All classes held on the West Bank of the Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota.
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Collective Bargaining and Contract Administration
Oct. 27 - Dec 10 Tuesdays, Thursdays, 8-9:35 a.m., Carlson School of Management Room 1-135.
Taught by John Remington. This course provides an introduction to collective bargaining, contract administration and the resolution of labor-management disputes. Fee is $150. For registration, contact John Remington at 612-624-7863 or remin003@umn.edu.

Labor and Employment Law
Oct. 28 - Dec. 9 Wednesdays, 5:45 - 9 p..m., Carlson School of Management Room 2-219.
Taught by John Remington. . This course examines employment and labor relations law in terms of its potential impact on human resources administrators and union representatives. Fee is $150. For registration, contact John Remington at 612-624-7863 or remin003@umn.edu.

Basic Steward Training
Saturday, Nov.21, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Hubert H. Humphrey Center Room 60.
Designed for the new steward or member who wants to become a steward. Emphasis will be placed on steward roles, rights and duties; grievance investigation, writing, presentation and day-to-day problem-solving. Fee is $50. For registration, contact the LES office at 612-624-5020 or les@umn.edu. Taught by Tony DeAngelis.

Trade Union Administration
Saturday, Dec. 5, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Hubert H. Humphrey Center Room 60.

Taught by Tony DeAngelis and John Remington. Provides union officers and representatives with the principles of management and administration appropriate to unions. Learn about various management styles, union structures and establishing effective committees. Fee is $75, including textbook. For registration, contact the LES office at 612-624-5020 or les@umn.edu.

We are no longer accepting new applications for the Labor Studies Certificate program. We are in the process of designing new offerings for the 2009-2010 academic year.
Please call us for further information: 612.624.5020.

Some 70 women gathered at the Operating Engineers Local 49 hall Oct. 12 for the Labor Education Service luncheon program on “The Crisis in Health Care: What’s at Stake for Working Women.”

Connie Perpich, senior director of legislative affairs for Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, North and South Dakota, described current proposals in Congress and how her organization and unions are mobilizing to pressure enactment of meaningful health reform. Singer and activist Anne Feeney energized the crowd with several songs on health care and women’s rights. She also led the group in singing “Union Maid” and “Solidarity, Forever.”
 

Union women from across Minnesota participated in the first-ever Minnesota Union Women's Leadership Retreat April 22-24, 2009, at Ruttger's conference center near Brainerd. The focus of the training was “Building Our Labor Movement.” Workshops provided skills on mobilizing members, growing solidarity, working in coalitions and organizing around work/life issues.

Read more about the Retreat at WorkdayMinnesota.