The half-day event will start with registration and continental breakfast at 8 a.m. and will run until 12:30 p.m. at the Minnesota Humanities Center, 987 Ivy Ave. E., St. Paul.
The program will include a multigenerational panel of local union women activists, as well as workshops on how to use women\'s stories to build the labor movement. The nuts and bolts of internal organizing and oral history collection will both be covered. 
"Last December, the Institute for Women\'s Policy Research released a new report that found that unions are good for women workers, but they could be much better at promoting women into leadership positions," said Tara Widner, staff representative for the United Steelworkers and a member of the planning committee for the July 22 event. "This gathering will be a step in that direction."
Lonna-Jean Schmidt, a labor relations specialist for the Minnesota Nurses Association and the last president of the Twin Cities chapter of the Coalition of Labor Union Women, said women need to develop more ways to network and learn from each other.
"Women play an important role in the labor movement, but we need the tools to become more effective leaders," she said. Schmidt also has been involved in planning the gathering.
Cost is $35 per person and includes continental breakfast and all materials. Limited scholarships are available thanks to donations from the Minnesota Nurses Association and the United Steelworkers. Deadline for registration is July 8. Enrollment is limited to 75 women, so early registration is encouraged. Call the Labor Education Service office at 612-624-5020 to register and for scholarships.
Download a scholarship application (Word document).
Share
The half-day event will start with registration and continental breakfast at 8 a.m. and will run until 12:30 p.m. at the Minnesota Humanities Center, 987 Ivy Ave. E., St. Paul.
The program will include a multigenerational panel of local union women activists, as well as workshops on how to use women\’s stories to build the labor movement. The nuts and bolts of internal organizing and oral history collection will both be covered.
"Last December, the Institute for Women\’s Policy Research released a new report that found that unions are good for women workers, but they could be much better at promoting women into leadership positions," said Tara Widner, staff representative for the United Steelworkers and a member of the planning committee for the July 22 event. "This gathering will be a step in that direction."
Lonna-Jean Schmidt, a labor relations specialist for the Minnesota Nurses Association and the last president of the Twin Cities chapter of the Coalition of Labor Union Women, said women need to develop more ways to network and learn from each other.
"Women play an important role in the labor movement, but we need the tools to become more effective leaders," she said. Schmidt also has been involved in planning the gathering.
Cost is $35 per person and includes continental breakfast and all materials. Limited scholarships are available thanks to donations from the Minnesota Nurses Association and the United Steelworkers. Deadline for registration is July 8. Enrollment is limited to 75 women, so early registration is encouraged. Call the Labor Education Service office at 612-624-5020 to register and for scholarships.