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

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We are currently living in difficult times. COVID-19 has changed how we live, interact with family and friends and how we educate our students, not to mention the injustices in our world and Minnesota. As we slowly reduce COVID restrictions, we still have more work to do to help public education.

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!

• Attend an event
• Spread the message

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

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

See how the House and Senate higher education budgets stack up.

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

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

• Watch our 2021 legislative wrap-up!

Find out what we're fighting for at the State Capitol.

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

• Fund our students' futures
• Protect our public schools
• Support hourly school workers
• ESP Bill of Rights

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

• Attend a virtual lobby day
• Testify on education and union issues
• Contact my legislators about education and union issues

Find out who represents you at the Legislature, and how you can contact them.

• Find your representative

Summaries of our positions on various legislative issues

Take a look at a side-by-side comparison of how the Minnesota House and Senate education budgets stack up.  

Gov. Tim Walz's "Due North" budget and policy proposal includes $750 million in new education spending and raising additional revenue by making the wealthiest Minnesotans pay their fair share.

All lobby days for the 2021 legislative session will be held virtually due to the pandemic.

Information to help you plan your day at the Capitol.

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

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. 

Resources for educators and parents to support children following acts of police violence, the recent rise in anti-Asian violence and other traumatic events.

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

          

Find out what student debt relief may be available to you as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

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.

Complete our NEW online 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!

Details about Education Minnesota's Educator Policy Innovation Center.

• Read our reports

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

ATTENTION: All in-person Education Minnesota professional development is canceled until further notice due to COVID-19. Please view our online PD booklet below.
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

• Online core trainings booklet

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

• 2020 Emerging Leaders program canceled

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