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Photos from the Union Women's Leadership Retreat
23 May 2009
| BRAINERD - Union women from across Minnesota participated in the first-ever Minnesota Union Women's Leadership Retreat April 22-24, 2009, at Ruttger's conference center near Brainerd. |
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Time for discussion and networking . . .
Just some of the union delegations that participated . . .
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UFCW Local 789
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AFSCME Local 3801
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| SEIU Health Care Minnesota |
Women's Voices . . .
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| Women who told their stories at the retreat included Lois Jensen (above), who challenged sexual harassment in the Iron Range taconite industry; and Elva Neubauer (below), whose experience in overcoming adversity in her native Mexico honed her skills to be a leader for SEIU Health Care Minnesota. |
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| Several people performed in a skit that examined issues raised within unions. Then others were able to take on a role and suggest different ways to handle challenges that arose. |
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Workshops . . .
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| Vibhuti Mehra of the Labor Project for Working Families and Anne Nolan of WFC Resources facilitated the Emma Goldman workshop, which focused on organizing to advance issues important to working women. |
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Some of the participants in the Emma Goldman workshop.
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| Vibhuti notes major points made during group discussion. |
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| Deborah Rosenstein, Labor Education Service, and Jennifer Jordan, University of Chicago, facilitated the Ella Baker workshop, which examined ways to build unity and solidarity among workers. |
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Participants in the Dolores Huerta workshop discussed strategies for unions to work in coalition with other groups.
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Facilitators for the Dolores Huerta workshop were Iris Altamirano, SEIU Local 26, and Mary Bellman, Labor Education Service.
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| Mother Jones was the inspiration for a workshop bearing her name, focusing on skills for organizing to strengthen local unions. Facilitators were (above, from left) Anne Cullen of OPEIU Local 12 and Linda Jackson and Gladys McKenzie of AFSCME Council 5. |
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Singing out . . .
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| Sharice McCain, member of OPEIU Local 12 and staff member at the Minnesota AFL-CIO, led participants in song. |
Crafting a memory . . .
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| Among the mementos from the retreat were clipboards that each participant decorated with images of women workers. |
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| Wendy Stuhr of Operating Engineers Local 49 and Lois Jensen. |
Friends . . .
Photos by Wendy Stuhr, Barb Kucera and Anne Cullen |
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