Labor Education Service

Congratulations to the MULP graduating class of ‘25-26! We had a truly incredible group this year during challenging times in Minnesota and around the world. This cohort met the moment by learning from labor history, strategizing together, and building connections across unions.

Congrats to the grads and thank you to our inspiring speakers, Bernie Burnham, President of the and Alex Han from !

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Apply to MULP 2026-2027! The Minnesota Union Leadership Program (MULP) is an innovative educational series designed to address the most critical issues facing working people in Minnesota for members of unions and worker centers.

Learn more & apply at:
https://z.umn.edu/MULPapplication

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Interested in connecting with fellow Minnesota union and worker center leaders at a beautiful retreat center in northern MN? Join MULP’s ‘26-’27 cohort!

The Minnesota Union Leadership Program (MULP) is an innovative educational series designed to address the most critical issues facing working people in Minnesota for members of unions and worker centers. We begin our cohort at Ruttger’s Bay Lake Resort for the first two sessions.

Learn more & apply at: https://z.umn.edu/MULPapplication

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The Earth is our home and our workplace.


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We want to build a just, sustainable, and accountable movement, remembering that the earth is our home and our workplace.

Which Side Are You On? How Minnesota Workers Have Resisted Fascism
Date & Time: Thursday, April 16, 5-6:30pm
(please note date change from@previous post!)
Facilitators: Amie Stager & Keith Christensen

Workers have a long and storied history of resisting attempts to pit them against each other. We will discuss examples specific to Minnesota’s labor movement, such as the Teamsters truckers’ strike of 1934, and its militant legacies that we are seeing today. Workers organized and mobilized to take defensive and offensive measures against various entities—hate groups, armed forces, corporations, and corporate-backed elected officials—that sought to violently divide their communities and hoard resources. This class is for anyone wanting to learn more about Minnesota’s history of radical resistance.

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Register here: https://z.umn.edu/LESCommunityClasses

Workers have a long and storied history of resisting attempts to pit them against each other. We will discuss examples specific to Minnesota’s labor movement, such as the Teamsters truckers’ strike of 1934, and its militant legacies that we are seeing today. Workers organized and mobilized to take defensive and offensive measures against various entities—hate groups, armed forces, corporations, and corporate-backed elected officials—that sought to violently divide their communities and hoard resources. This class is for anyone looking to learn more about Minnesota’s radical social movement history. 🪧

Facilitated by Amie Stager & Keith Christensen.
https://carlsonschool.umn.edu/centers-institutes/center-human-resources-labor-studies/labor-education-service/what-we-offer/classes

https://z.umn.edu/LESCommunityClasses

https://z.umn.edu/LESCommunityClasses

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Matewan (1987) at Trylon Cinema: Watch and Discuss

Date & Time: Monday March 23, 2026 (Movie at 7:00pm, optional discussion afterwards)

Facilitator: Isabela Escalona

Labor Education Service is leading a group screening and discussion of Matewan (1987) at Trylon Cinema in Minneapolis as a part of the Trylon Cinema’s, “Bad Company: 19 Films Featuring Evil Corporations” programming. LES has secured 10 tickets—first to register, first serve! If we run out, feel free to buy your own ticket and join us!

After the screening, we will lead an (optional) discussion at Merlin’s Rest Pub a few blocks away to talk about the movie and the portrayal of unions and labor in Hollywood movies.

The screening is available on a sliding scale and comes with 1 free ticket to the movie screening for the first 10 participants to register.

Registration link here: http://z.umn.edu/LESCommunityClasses