We track legislation, keep you informed and arm you with the resources you need to influence public policy.

Find out what we're fighting for in St. Paul.

Take action on the issues we're fighting for at the Capitol:

• Pay for hourly school workers
• ESP Bill of Rights
• Opportunity gap

The most effective advocates for public schools are you and your colleagues. Get involved!

• Take action on a legislative issue
• Host a public meeting on education with legislators
• Digital actions

A schedule of House and Senate education committee hearings, floor debate and related events at the Capitol.

Summaries of our positions on various legislative issues

UPDATE: All lobby days for the 2020 legislative session are now canceled due to the coronavirus. Please check this page for updates.

Information to help you plan your day at the Capitol.
View upcoming lobby days.

Find out how education and our union will be affected by this year's Legislature.

• 2019 legislative recap

It's time to reverse decades of underfunding public schools. Share stories and discuss policy with your local legislators at one of our public meetings on education!

If you're an Education Minnesota member, don't miss this weekly summary of education news from the Capitol.

Bargaining is one way you have a voice in shaping your profession.

Public education shouldn't be at the mercy of politics. But it is.

2020 and beyond: Uniting in a Minnesota movement for the schools our students deserve!

Through our democracy, and especially our union, we have the collective power to vote for public education in 2020 and win full funding for our schools in 2021. Get involved!

• Become a Worksite Unity Leader
• Attend a candidate screening event
• Spread the message

Find out when early voting starts and other important dates.

Right now, 2020 presidential candidates are deciding which issues to run on. We're fighting to make sure public education is at the top of their agenda.

Visit edmnvotes.org for worksite leader resources, social media shareables and much more.

Education Minnesota can help your local create a campaign plan to win your levy or school board election.

Information about Education Minnesota's legislative screening process. Find or host a screening event.

Education Minnesota's 2020 endorsements for state and federal offices.

Learn more about our Political Action Committee and find your representative!

We're showing administrators, our students, our families and each other that educators are committed to working together to improve public education and our communities.

Nearly 90,000 educators from preservice teachers who are studying to enter the profession to retired educators belong to Education Minnesota. Learn more about our membership and history. 

Hear from fellow educators from across the state talk about why they choose union and belong to Education Minnesota. 

Learn why it's so important for educators and other public workers to stick together as corporate interests and lawmakers try to destabilize labor unions.

Spend money on union-made products, avoid lining the pockets of anti-union forces. 

Learn more about this program to rally public support around decreasing the cost of college and making it easier and cheaper to pay student loan debt.

Attend a Degrees, Not Debt training or schedule one in your local.

Learn how you can reduce what you owe.

There are many opportunities to make your voice heard on this critical issue!

Connect. Collaborate. Join one of our four Educator of Color Forums today!

          

What is ESSA and where are we at now?

What will happen when?

Is your school targeted for support under ESSA? Find out why -- and what happens next.

Details about Education Minnesota's Educator Policy Innovation Center.

Get the training and resources you need for effective union leadership -- all in one place!

ATTENTION: All Education Minnesota professional development is canceled through May 4 -- with the possibility of future cancellations after that -- due to COVID-19. We hope to get as much as possible online in the coming weeks. We are also currently in discussions with PELSB on any extension of relicensure deadlines.
Become an advocate for members and help strengthen your local union by attending one of our core trainings, open to active Education Minnesota members only.

• Certified Negotiator Program (CNP) Parts I & II now available online

This professional development program helps locals identify and prepare new and potential union leaders.

• 2020 registration now open

ALCs can be a powerful way to mobilize fellow union workers to support political, organizing and issue-oriented campaigns in your community.

Learn how to affiliate your local union with your AFL-CIO area labor council.

Delegate forms, map of ALCs and RLFs, and list of locals by ALC/RLF