Staff
Filiberto Nolasco Gomez, M.A., Latin American History
612-624-1104
nolas011@umn.edu
Growing up in a working-class Mexican community in eastern Los Angeles Filiberto was observant of the grind his parents and community members went through to fulfill their daily needs and fight to live with dignity. These insights led to an extensive breadth of union experience having worked with UNITE HERE Local 11, UAW 2865 and SEIU 284. Determined to tell stories that media ignores he started his own media company El Huateque five year ago quickly becoming a platform of expression and commentary. His writing and podcasts have drawn attention to abusive dynamics within the music industry, new slumlord of South Minneapolis, gentrification in Los Angeles and the struggles of everyday latin people. He is excited to leverage the scope of these experiences to sustain and expand the vision and breadth of Workday Minnesota.
Director
Amy Livingston, M.A., Philosophy
612-624-5020
livingst@umn.edu
she/her/hers & they/them/theirs
Amy has been a labor educator at the Labor Education Service since 2015. She has taught classes on a wide range of topics for union members and other workers, including steward trainings and courses on collective bargaining, grievance handling/contract enforcement, labor history, labor law, union leadership, and internal organizing. Additionally, Amy has taught and co-taught classes on Janus and right-to-work; racial justice in the union; the history of race and labor in the U.S.; labor and other social movements; and labor and mass incarceration. Amy has a particular interest in working with unions and workers who are struggling toward racial, gender, and disability justice in their workplaces and unions.
Prior to joining the LES, Amy worked as an internal organizer and representative for two teachers’ unions in Illinois: GEO, IFT/AFT Local 6300; and GEO, IFT/AFT Local 6297.
John See, M.A., Advocacy and Political Leadership
612-624-6039
jsee@umn.edu
he/him
Amie Stager, B.A. Journalism
stage044@umn.edu
Amie has always been a student of media and culture. Her interest in art and literature growing up turned into a curiosity for storytelling that opens up readers' inner and outer worlds. During a Washington D.C. trip in high school, she visited the Newseum and found a way to use her passion and skills to serve, love, and protect her community in an empowering and liberating way. After a gap year and six years working as a barista, she’s now pursuing work in journalism and writing. She graduated spring 2021 from the University of Minnesota Hubbard School for Journalism and Mass Communication with a major in journalism and minors in art and anthropology. When she's not writing for Workday Minnesota or Up with the Workers she's exploring landscapes, museums, and coffee shops.
Cassie J. Williams, M.A., Education
(612) 625-5546
williac@umn.edu
she/her
Cassie earned a B.A. in Literature and Creative Writing and a M.A. in Education from Southwest Minnesota State University (SMSU). With a passion for education, she has an extensive background in student affairs, diversity, equity and inclusion. Her background includes teaching human relations, global studies, and facilitating workshops focused on cultural competency, equity and inclusion. She was also a member and corresponding secretary for MSUAASF at SMSU. Through her involvement in multiple art and rural community based organizations, Cassie has a special interest in how art is used to address social and racial inequalities as well as rural and urban partnerships. Her experience and passion for others led her to commit to empowering union workers to challenge inequities in the workplace, strengthen union bonds by creating spaces of support, and to promote professional growth and leadership by providing workers with tools needed to fight for social and economic justice. When she is not teaching and advocating for the rights of others, she enjoys spending time with her family and writing poetry with aspirations of one day completing multiple works of poetry.
Contact Labor Education Service
- Email: les@umn.edu
- Phone: 612-624-5020