Friends & Alumni

Billy Reed, Jr., celebrates earning his Labor Studies Certificate with daughters Tamerra, 5, and Tanea, 9.

"I want to get more involved in my union and the labor studies program helped me learn a lot. The instructors were great. It was a tremendous experience!" — Billy Reed, Jr., an SEIU Local 113 member who lives in Minneapolis, and one of the first Labor Studies Certificate graduates

"I'm trying to improve my knowledge of labor issues and this is a good way to do that. The program is an excellent source of material and you get to meet people. I plan to take more classes." — Bill McAmis, an AFGE Local 3669 member from Maplewood, and one of the first Labor Studies Certificate graduates

LES staffers Larry Casey and Joyce Hegstrom welcome AFL-CIO President John Sweeney to the labor education booth at the 2004 Minnesota AFL-CIO convention in Rochester.

 

"LES played a significant role in my development and education. I can't begin to pay the debt. They educated me; they trained me. I attended many classes in the labor temples in Duluth and Cloquet; spent a lot of Saturdays going to school. It wasn't a theoretical education, It was very practical. I met union leaders there -- so many remarkable people -- and learned from their experience." -Minnesota AFL-CIO President Emeritus Bernard Brommer