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LECET works with LIUNA Minnesota and North Dakota to give LIUNA and signatory contractors the competitive advantage to win projects and jobs.

Who We Are

MINNESOTA LECET BUILDS THE FUTURE OF THE UNION CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

The Laborers – Employers Cooperation & Education Trust (LECET) of Minnesota and North Dakota was created in 1992 as a non – profit joint labor management cooperation organization in affiliation with LIUNA Minnesota & North Dakota. LECET works to promote and improve a number of opportunities for the Union construction industry while addressing initiatives that are of mutual benefit and concern for both LIUNA signatory Union contractors and skilled construction craft LIUNA members (Laborers International Union of North America members).

LECET VALUE ADDED SERVICES INCLUDE:

LECET Safety Driven Program • LECET Safety Seminars and Professional Development Series • LECET Scholarship Program • Various Industry Related Open Houses & Events • Networking Opportunities • LIUNA Union Construction Careers & Workforce Promotions • Strategic Advertising & Marketing Efforts • Specialized Industry Communications • Construction Projects, Jobs & Industry Tracking • Worker Safety & Health Promotions

What's New

Career Opportunity Announcement: Minnesota LECET Fund Executive Director

Minnesota Laborers-Employers Cooperation & Education Trust (LECET) is currently seeking an Executive Director for the Fund. The position is affiliated with the Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA) Minnesota & North Dakota and based out of St. Paul, MN.

The Director serves as a key leader in Minnesota & North Dakota as it pertains to marketing and promoting the many advantages of Union construction. Specifically, the Director will manage all duties associated with the Minnesota LECET Trust fund working with and reporting to the Minnesota LECET Board of Trustees. Duties include member and contractor related safety and health outreach initiatives, monitoring fair contracting issues, promoting skills and Apprenticeship training, growing LIUNA’s workforce through promoting Union construction careers and tracking construction opportunities in all construction market sectors.

This is an excellent opportunity for the new Director to continue building on the positive relationship between Union Signatory Contractors and LIUNA Members and lead the organization into the future. This career position offers competitive pay commensurate with experience and the full Minnesota Laborers Fringe Benefit package.

Interested candidates should contact Joel Bergstrom, Orion Search Group at (952)345-1006 or Email: joelb@orionsearchgroup.com.

Career Opportunity Announcement: Minnesota LECET Fund Executive Director

LIUNA Construction Career Fairs planned for 2025

ATTENTION: Construction Career Seekers

This may be your chance to get started in the construction trades and join a Union!

Please revisit this page for our listing of 2025 LIUNA Construction Career Fairs as it will be updated.

We are tentatively planning career fairs in 2025 with hiring Union Contractors on site at these locations in Minnesota:

Mankato

Rochester

Twin Cities

Duluth

Grand Rapids

LIUNA Construction Career Fairs planned for 2025

Members: Schedule Your Seasonal Flu Shot Right Now!

2024 LIUNA MINNESOTA LABORERS FLU CLINICS ANNOUNCED

LIUNA Members – Please reserve your spot by calling your Local Union or Schedule your Flu shot at one of 3 Laborers Clinics: 952-687-8100.

Sept 12: Grand Rapids MN

Oct 3: St. Cloud MN

Oct 7: Mpls MN (New Local 563 Union Hall)

Oct 8: Rochester MN

Oct 10: Mankato MN

Oct 10: Virginia MN

Oct 17: Duluth MN

Nov 18: Bismarck ND

Reminder: Your Flu Shot is Pick 3 Eligible!

Members: Schedule Your Seasonal Flu Shot Right Now!

BUILD THE NORTH JOBS BOARD

FOR CURRENT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES: CLICK HERE >>

Check out our LIUNA MINNESOTA & NORTH DAKOTA JOBS BOARD* for construction career opportunities in both states.
PLEASE NOTE: The job board changes routinely. Please bookmark and check out this site often.

*The LIUNA Build the North Jobs Board is a representation of job opportunities that LIUNA MN & ND is aware of through contractor and industry communication at the time of each job posting. As positions open and close and the season’s change, the postings can change as well. Candidates are referred to Union Contractors, who do all employment hiring.

To locate Signatory Union Contractors with LIUNA Minnesota & North Dakota, who may be hiring, visit our UNION CONTRACTOR ON LINE DIRECTORY

To learn about Apprenticeship and how to get started, visit: BUILD YOUR FUTURE WITH LIUNA!

BUILD THE NORTH JOBS BOARD

North Dakota and Minnesota Locals

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Contact Information

LIUNA Laborers Union Local 563 Joe Fowler , Business Manager Minneapolis Union Hall, 901 14th Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413

Phone:

Email:

jfowler@local563.org

Website:

https://www.liunaminnesota.org/locals/563

LIUNA Laborers Union Local 1091 Dan Olson , Business Manager Duluth Labor Temple, Hall A 2002 London Road 55812 Duluth , MN

Phone:

Email:

laborers@local1091.com

Website:

http://www.liunalocal1091.org/home

LIUNA Laborers Union Local 405 Lorne Lundeen , Business Manager 1848 2nd Avenue SE, 55904 Rochester, MN

Phone:

Email:

lornelundeenlocal405@gmail.com

Website:

http://www.liuna405.org/home

LIUNA Laborers Union Local 1097 Shawn Braford , Business Manager 712 4th St N, Virginia, MN 55792

Phone:

Email:

sbraford1097@gmail.com

Website:

https://www.liunaminnesota.org/locals/1097

LIUNA Laborers Union Local 363 AJ Lange , Business Manager 312 Central Avenue SE 55414 Minneapolis , MN

Phone:

Email:

local363ajlange@gmail.com

Website:

https://www.liunaminnesota.org/locals/363

LIUNA Laborers Union Local 563 - Bismarck, ND 58504 Joe Fowler , Business Manager 2210 E. Broadway Ave., Bismarck, ND

Phone:

Email:

jfowler@local563.org

Website:

http://www.liunanorthdakota.org/home

LIUNA Laborers Union Local 563 - Fargo, ND Nick Slavicek , Director of LIUNA North Dakota 3002 1st Ave. North, Fargo, ND 58102

Phone:

Email:

nslavicek@local563.org

Website:

http://www.liunanorthdakota.org/home

What We Do

Minnesota LECET’s mission is to promote the many benefits of Union construction while addressing issues that are of mutual benefit and concern to both signatory Union contractors and Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA) members in Minnesota & North Dakota.

Minnesota & North Dakota LIUNA

Chartered in 1968 by the Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA), LIUNA Minnesota & North Dakota (a.k.a. Laborers District Council of MN & ND), is based in St. Paul. The District Council is governed by an Executive Board and Delegate Assembly serving LIUNA members and retirees of five Local Unions in Minnesota & North Dakota: LIUNA Local 363 (Public Employees in Mpls, St. Paul and other locations in Minnesota); LIUNA Local 405 (Rochester, Red Wing, Winona & Austin); LIUNA Local 563 (Twin Cities Metro, Mankato, Saint Cloud, Western MN & North Dakota); LIUNA Local 1091 (Duluth and Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas Counties in NW Wisconsin) and LIUNA Local 1097 (Virginia – iron range, Bemidji and NW Minnesota). Shown here: https://liunaminnesota.org/locals

Market Expansion Program for Union Contractors

Project Alerts for Signatory Union Contractors through LECET’s MEP Program

LECET provides FREE resources to track & expand market opportunities for LIUNA and signatory Union contractors through our Market Expansion Program for Contractors (MEP).

The LECET Market Expansion Program is a unique project lead service, designed by LECET for LIUNA signatory contractors. MEP primarily tracks public construction opportunities in the commercial building and heavy/highway construction markets per the contractors business development goals. For other markets including industrial project leads, large scale construction opportunities and all energy industry related markets contact LECET.

Safety Driven Program

Safety Driven Program

Minnesota LECET Safety Driven Program Rules and Forms:

For all the Nomination Forms and Rules, contact Minnesota LECET at 651-429-1600 info@mnlecet.org or kjohnson@liunaminnesota.org.

*Quarterly Awards Program – Each quarter, Signatory Union Contractors can nominate Laborers for the Safety Driven Laborers Quarterly Award program. Nominated Laborers receive a complimentary T-shirt by LECET just for being nominated and winners will pick from a variety of prizes including jackets, coolers, all provided by Minnesota LECET and are shown each quarter in the LECET Feel the Power Newsletter!

*Annual Awards Program – In January, 2025, Signatory Union Contractors can nominate one Laborer for the Safety Driven Laborers Annual Award program and can also apply for the Safety Driven Contractor Annual Award of Excellence. All prizes and awards furnished by Minnesota LECET.

LECET Safety Driven Golf Classic:

Save the Date – July 8, 2025 at Keller Golf Course, St. Paul, MN

Minnesota LECET started the Safety Driven Program in 2007 as a way to recognize both Laborers Union (LIUNA) members and Signatory Union Contractors for their safe work record and proactive approach in improving overall safety. The program includes our Safety Seminar Series for Union Contractor employer representatives to gain additional knowledge on current topics related to construction site safety and member / worker health.

All proceeds gained through the golf classic go toward Laborers Safety Driven Anual Award recognition.

Interested in Joining us or supporting the 2025 LECET Safety Driven Golf Classic? Contact us at info@mnlecet.org.

Academic Scholarship / Leadership Grant Program

Academic Scholarship / Leadership Grant Program

The Minnesota LECET Academic Scholarship and Leadership Grant program helps eligible candidates advance in the construction industry through this specialized financial assistance program awarding over $70,000 since 2007. To see if you are eligible, visit the official program rules or contact Minnesota LECET: info@mnlecet.org (651) 429-1600

Financial assistance is available only to current LIUNA MN & ND members and their immediate family members in the construction trades industry and to staff, representatives / interns working for signatory Union Contractor’s of LIUNA Minnesota and North Dakota.

Congratulations to the 2024 awarded winners:

Abel Girma, Arial Corbett, Garrett McCall, Jaclyn Jarosz, Mikaela Prochnow, Nathan Weckop, Ryan Mattson and Seth Meikle.

2025 Minnesota LECET Academic Scholarship &

Leadership Grant Program:

Contact Minnesota LECET at 651-429-1600.

SAFETY DRIVEN PROGRAM

Since 2007 over 2,000 skilled construction craft LIUNA members and hundreds of signatory Union contractor employers have been recognized in the area of safety excellence through the Minnesota LECET Safety Driven Program. Recognition is given through communications and at LECET’s Annual Union Contractor Appreciation Open House, each Spring. The program has created a platform for contractors to network and share best practices with one another, effectively raising the bar for safety in Minnesota, North Dakota and wherever the Union Signatory Contractors work. Participation in LECET Safety Driven is free for signatory Union contractor employers with all recognition and awards provided by Minnesota LECET.

As part of the Safety Driven Program, Minnesota LECET’s SAFETY SEMINAR SERIES is an educational series designed for Union Contractor representatives covering a myriad of topics in the leadership, professional development, safety and occupational health arena. Prior topics have included: trench safety, covid protocols, silica awareness, elevated work platform safety, hospital protocols, chop saw safety, focus four, leadership development, mental health and more, with over 49 sessions held since 2014! Safety Seminars are held annually in the Twin Cities and Northern and Southern Minnesota.

Minnesota LECET: (651) 429-1600 info@mnlecet.org

FAIR CONTRACTING FOUNDATION OF MINNESOTA

Working closely with LIUNA Minnesota and the Minnesota State Building & Construction Trades Council, Fair Contracting Foundation of Minnesota continually monitors and works on issues of mutual concern to the Union Construction industry that affect both Union construction workers and Signatory Union Contractors in Minnesota. <Click Here to Connect with FCF>

Davis-Bacon and Prevailing Wage - Aug 3, 2018 Report

Fair Contracting Foundation Resources

MN Responsible Contractor Law - 2015

Project Labor Agreements

Right to Work Laws

LIUNA Right to Prosper

CAREERS

INTERESTED IN A LIUNA CAREER? Please contact us using the form below.

Minnesota LECET | LIUNA Minnesota & North Dakota

81 East Little Canada Road, St. Paul, MN 55318

Phone: 651-429-1600
Email: info@mnlecet.org

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