Serving Working People for More Than 50 Years

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.

LES offers:

Non-credit labor studies courses
Customized training for your union in contract negotiations, arbitration, leadership, organizing and more. Conferences, workshops and other programs to meet your specific needs.
Technology training, from using a computer to setting up your own website
Video production by our award-winning telecommunications team
Research in areas important to your organization
A Northern Minnesota office, to better serve you
Minnesota at Work, the cable TV program about workers airing statewide
www.workdayminnesota.org, your resource for labor news on the Internet
Center for Labor and Working Class Studies, integrating the worlds of academia and the workplace

Main Office

Labor Education Service, Industrial Relations Center
University of Minnesota, 321–19^th Ave. South, Room 3-300
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone 612-624-5020;
Fax 612-624-1585

Website: http://www.laboreducation.org

Northern Minnesota Office

Erik Peterson
228 Cina Hall, 10 University Dr.
Duluth, MN 55812

Phone 218-726-8683;
Fax 218-726-8622

E-mail: epeters5@d.umn.edu

LES STAFF

The staff of Labor Education Service is trained in areas such as labor relations, labor law, arbitration, organizing, diversity, history, economics and new technologies. We have direct experience in the labor movement and have been teaching in the field for many years. Staff Profiles

Howard Kling - Director	612-624-4326 hkling@csom.umn.edu
John Remington Professor of Industrial Relations	612-624-5020 jremington@csom.umn.edu
Larry Casey Director of Building Trades Programming	612-624-7352 lcasey@csom.umn.edu
Randy Croce Telecommunications Coordinator	612-625-5546 rcroce@csom.umn.edu
Tony DeAngelis Director of Public Sector Programming	612-624-1602 tdeangelis@csom.umn.edu
Barb Kucera Editor, WorkdayMinnesota	612-624-1104 editor@workdayminnesota.org
Erik Peterson Director of Northern Minnesota Programming	218-726-8683 epeters5@d.umn.edu
Deborah Rosenstein Director of Diversity Programming	612-626-2034 drosenstein@csom.umn.edu
John See Computer and Internet Specialist	612-624-6039 jsee@csom.umn.edu

LES SUPPORT STAFF

Joyce Hegstrom
Executive Assistant

612-624-6343
jhegstrom@csom.umn.edu

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LES ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Jennifer Burke (2010) SEIU 113, Service Employees International Union

Tom Burke (2007) AFSCME Council 14 American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

Judy Carlson (2008) AFSCME Council 6, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

Jennifer Christensen (2007) UFCW Local 789- United Food and Commercial Workers

Robert DeRoy (2006) IAMAW District Lodge 77 International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers

Don Gerdesmeier (2008) IBT- International Brotherhood of Teamsters

James Hansen (2009) IUOE 49- International Union of Operating Engineers

Robert Killeen, Jr. (2007) UAW 789- United Auto Workers

Karl Knutsen (2007) BMWE- Brotherhood of Maintanance of Way Engineers

Shar Knutson (2008) St. Paul Trades & Labor Assembly

Lyle Krueth (2006) APWU-American Postal Workers Union

Jacquie Luoma (2010) MN Nurses Association

Steven Lucht (2007) FMCS- Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

John Massetti (2006) IAMAW Airlines District Lodge 143- International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers

Wyn Massey (2008) OPIEU-Office and Professional Employees International Union,

Bill Moore (2010) Minnesota AFL-CIO- Minnesota Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations

Ed Nelson (2010) IBEW 110- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

Rick Norby (2008) Educational Assistants, MFT 59- MN Federation of Teachers

TBA, HERE Local 17- Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees

Barry Weiner (2006) NALC- National Association of Letter Carriers

Tara Widner (2006) USWA District #11- United Steel Workers of America

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