Union Power Project - Education Pillar

Union Education Series

The MAPE Basics training is designed for anyone represented by MAPE who would like to learn more about our union. You will learn what is different when a union represents you, how a union contract is negotiated, how to have a say in your workplace and more!

Delegate Assembly (DA) Basics is a training in the "Get to Know Our Union" Education Series. DA Basics is designed for anyone represented by MAPE who would like to learn more about DA, which gathers delegates who represent each local every year to vote on important union issues, including the budget, policies, dues and other governing documents.

This training is designed to educate MAPE members about strikes, including what circumstances MAPE could have a strike vote, what would happen during a strike, how members can participate in other unions' strikes and more!

This training is designed for anyone in MAPE who is interested in running for a MAPE elected position. The MAPE fall elections include Local positions, Regional Directors, Statewide Offices and Statewide Committees. Other non-elected committees that have openings will also be covered as a different way to get involved in your union. There will be time for Q&A after the presentation.

Other Trainings

PELRA Reading Group

Have you ever wondered why we don’t talk about doing stand-up strikes, rolling strikes or limited-duration strikes? We are regulated under a Minnesota State Statute called the Public Employees Labor Relations Act, and this law limits what we can legally do as a union. Want to learn more about the legal rules we operate under, and talk about how the law influences what actions we can and can’t take (and the grey areas in between)?

Then, sign up for the Union Power Project Education Pillar’s PELRA Reading group! We will be running six discussion sessions, every 2nd Tuesday of the month, running from March to August, at 6 p.m. Learn more

Minnesota Paid Leave Info Session

Info session recording and FAQ.

The Union Power Project Education Pillar is hosting an info session about the newly implemented Minnesota Paid Leave (MPL).

Passed in 2023, the Minnesota Paid Family and Medical Leave Act allows workers to take up to 20 weeks of leave in a year with partial wage replacement. Employees will be eligible to use up to 12 weeks for a single qualifying event under family or medical leave and allowed to use up to eight additional weeks for the other type of leave in a year. Leave Comparisons

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