Career Development Resources

Information on employee rights, advocating for yourself in the workplace, trainings and career development opportunities. Email or call us with questions or if you need help accessing these resources online.

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Workplace Rights & Advocacy
Training, Support & Development

Workplace Rights & Advocacy

Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry: A statewide agency that helps protect the rights and the safety and health of workers. They educate employers and employees about their rights and responsibilities under Minnesota employment and safety and health laws. They also assist homeowners with building code concerns and complaints.

Minnesota OSHA: Minnesota OSHA (MNOSHA) Compliance enforces regulations through worksite inspections, responds to employee complaints, conducts accident investigations and provides education and technical assistance.

CTUL (Centro de trabajadores unidos en la lucha): CTUL is a worker-led organization where workers organize, educate and empower each other to fight for a voice in their workplaces and in their communities. We partner with other organizations and leaders to build a movement to win racial, gender and economic justice.

The Greater Minnesota Worker Center: Statewide organization based in St. Cloud working to secure comprehensive economic advancement, social rights, family-sustaining wages, and dignified lives for these workers through power organizing,  leadership development, and policy engagements.

National Labor Relations Board: The NLRB is an independent federal agency to safeguard employees’ rights to organize, engage with one another to seek better working conditions, choose whether or not to have a collective bargaining representative negotiate on their behalf with their employer, or refrain from doing so. The NLRB also acts to prevent and remedy unfair labor practices committed by private sector employers and unions, as well as conducts secret-ballot elections regarding union representation.

Training, Support & Development

Push for Prosperity Career Pathway Program: The PIPE program helps immigrant professionals, people of color and OPT/CPT F1 international students secure rewarding roles in STEM and other high-demand industries.

Push for Prosperity Entrepreneurship Program: Free online courses and personalized business support for aspiring entrepreneurs.

Career Force Training Program Finder: Search for free training opportunities within Minnesota.

Avivo Minnesotan-to-work Program: This program specializes in helping individuals and families who face complex barriers – poverty, homelessness, unemployment, chemical addiction or mental health concerns – achieve recovery and economic stability.

Twin Cities RISE: Twin Cities R!SE has provided comprehensive workforce development to under and unemployed individuals since 1993. Our mission is to transform the lives of those impacted by racial or socio-economic barriers through Personal Empowerment, career training, and meaningful employment. We envision a community where all individuals, especially people of color, have attained financial independence through employment success.