Minnesota Union Leadership Program Offers Six-Session Training Series Beginning This Fall

MINNEAPOLIS — Applications are now being accepted for the 2023-2024 Minnesota Union Leadership Program.

The program aims to equip participants with the skills and knowledge to address the challenges facing working people and their unions.

Presented by the University of Minnesota’s Labor Education Service, the program includes six in-depth sessions scheduled over eight months.

Session 1, “Worker Culture and Power,” and Session 2, “Workers and Social Movements,” will take place October 25-27 at Ruttger’s Bay Resort near Brainerd, Minnesota.

All of the other sessions will take place at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, located at the U of M’s West Bank campus in Minneapolis:

• Session 3, “Labor as a Social Movement,” December 7.
• Session 4, “Workers in Media,” January 25.
• Session 5, “Building Worker Power,” March 21.
• Session 6, “Creating the Labor Movement We Want,” May 23.

LES says historically and structurally excluded people — including all people of color, women, LGBTQ people, immigrants, disabled people, and people under age 35 — are strongly encouraged to apply.

Applications must be e-mailed or postmarked by September 1.

Tuition is $2,500 and includes two nights and meals for the sessions  at Ruttger’s Bay Lake Resort as well as parking, light breakfast, and snacks for the sessions at the U of M.

Applicants typically are sponsored by their union or organization. A limited number of scholarships are available to support applicants who do not have union sponsorship.

Application materials and additional information are available at the LES website at https://bit.ly/3PNjcis.