Carlson School of Management

Staff

LES Staff Member Mary BellmanMary Bellman, Ph.D., Political Science
612-624-9072
email: bellm019 at umn.edu

Mary brings many years of experience confronting the global economy to her work as a labor educator. Prior to joining the LES staff in 2008, she spent many years working and studying in Latin America, most notably serving as program director for the labor solidarity organization STITCH based in Guatemala from 2003-2005. In Central America, she gained experience as a labor educator and became well-versed in popular education teaching methods thanks to her skilled Central American counterparts. Mary earned her doctorate from the University of New Mexico with a dissertation focusing on women's efforts to form labor unions in the Central American garment industry. A native Minnesotan, she speaks fluent Spanish and can serve your training needs with Spanish-speakers. Her primary interests include political economy, immigration and building solidarity across borders.

LES Staff Member Randy CroceRandy Croce, M.A., Mass Communications
612-625-5546
email: rcroce at umn.edu

Randy has been doing documentary work since 1976, initially as a still photographer, then in video, focusing first on American Indian communities. He has been a video producer at LES since 1990, where he researches, shoots and edits various programs and teaches media and labor history classes. He is a member of IATSE Local 219 and has been active on University of Minnesota governance committees. One of his special interests has been past and current immigration. Randy's documentary about Italian immigrant stonecutters, If Stone Could Speak, was broadcast by Twin Cities Public Television and has been screened nationally.

Anthony James DeAngelisTony DeAngelis, M.A., Industrial Relations
612-624-1602
email: tdeangel at umn.edu

Tony has more than 30 years of experience with Labor Education Service. His areas of expertise include collective bargaining, steward training, contract administration, leadership, public speaking and communications, labor history, conflict management and parliamentary procedure. Tony is a member of the Labor and Employment Relations Association and an associate member of the United Steelworkers Union.

LES Staff Member Howard KlingHoward Kling, M.A., English
612-624-4326
email: hkling at umn.edu

Howard's work for LES includes being a media and video professional and activist. Howard directs the LES Telecommunications Project, coordinating video production, union website maintenance and development and Workday Minnesota. Howard is also a playwright and for eight years was director of the Solidarity Kids Theater, a youth labor theater group located in the Twin Cities. He earned an MA/ A.B.D. in English from the State University of New York at Buffalo with a concentration in theater and American working class literature. Howard is a member of the Executive Council of the International Labor Communications Association, the Executive Board of the United Association for Labor Education, Board Chair of the national Worker's Independent News radio project and a member of the Board of the Twin Cities Media Alliance, which operates the Daily Planet website.

Barb KuceraBarb Kucera, M.S., Industrial Relations
612-624-1104
email: kucer004 at umn.edu

Barb is an experienced reporter and editor who has worked many years with the labor movement. Prior to coming to LES in 2000, she edited The Union Advocate, the AFL-CIO newspaper in St. Paul. Barb is editor of Workday Minnesota, a ground breaking website that covers news and issues important to workers. In addition, she assists with other LES projects, including videos, teaching and conferences. Barb has a special interest in labor history and has been involved in many history-related projects in the Twin Cities.

Picture of Professor John RemingtonJohn Remington, Ph.D.
Professor of Human Resources and Labor Studies
612-624-7863
email: remin003 at umn.edu

John teaches credit courses for the Center for Human Resources and Labor Studies in the Carlson School of Management as well as serving on the staff of the Labor Education Service. His areas of expertise include arbitration and trade union administration. John is a member of the Industrial Relations Research Association and United Association for Labor Education. He is also a labor arbitrator listed on the panels of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, National Mediation Board and the Minnesota Bureau of Mediation Services.

John SeeJohn See, M.A., Advocacy and Political Leadership
612-624-6039
email: jsee at umn.edu

John started producing television programs in 1982 while an undergraduate at the U of MN as a director, writer, editor, and on-air talent. With these skills he began his work at LES in 1984 by cofounding "Minnesota At Work" which became the longest running, regularly scheduled cable television in the U.S. about labor and working people, and which ended in 2009. He was one of the founders of the Union Producers and Programmers Network (UPPNET). For over 24 years he has taught video production classes and produced many video projects for LES. He served on the board of the Minneapolis Television Network 1989-1996, eventually as board chair, and was instrumental in promoting MTN's non-profit internet service to unions around the state. In 1993, John began teaching classes in website creation and internet skills, and is responsible for dozens of local unions' websites. In 2000 he became webmaster for Workday Minnesota. He has been active as a representative on two University governance committees. He is a long-time member of IATSE Local 219, an associate member of the Minnesota Newspaper Guild and Typographical Union, and a past member of Teamsters Local 4.
John returned to the University of Minnesota-Duluth for a Master of Advocacy and Political Leadership degree in 2009.

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