REGION 5
REGIONAL UNION SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, CALENDAR
and FORMS
STRONG LOCALS = BETTER CONTRACTS
2010
(June 12-13, 2010)
Calendar, Forms and Outlines 
(635k)
Deadline for registration . . .
April 1st, 2010
Summary of training offered:
STEWARDS – PART 1
This is the first Part of a two (2)-weekend course.
The second half of the course will be offered at a future educational
This is Part 1 of an intense 4-day program designed to provide stewards with the information needed to be an effective advocate on behalf of local members. Through role plays, exercises, extensive experience sharing and discussion, stewards gain many new skills in a fun, encouraging environment. Part 1 is an introduction to the structures and policies of the Union. Stewards are also introduced to basic problem-solving discussions, shop floor tactics, and communication skills for working with constituency groups in their local.
NOTE:
Participants MUST complete STEWARDS PART-1 prior to registering for STEWARDS-PART 2.
STEWARDS 2:
Facing the Employer, Building Member Involvement
Prerequisite: STEWARDS – PART 1
This revised follow-up to Stewards 1 focuses on investigating and writing a grievance, facing management, and involving members in work site action. Participants will use their own collective agreements to identify grievances. They will become immersed in an evolving case study in order to interview a griever, write up a grievance, face the employer at a step 1 and make a presentation on safety issues to the union side of the Joint Health and Safety Committee. They will examine the elements of effective mobilization and develop a campaign strategy for a local. Participants should bring their collective agreements.
DUTY TO ACCOMMODATE
This introductory course will assist Stewards and OPSEU Human Rights activist to know their rights and responsibilities in the legal framework of the duty to accommodate. Participants will learn the basic skills and concepts to deal with the employer at different points in the local’s bargaining cycle and prepare to represent OPSEU members requiring accommodation with confidence as partners in the accommodation process.
SPEAK UP & PUSH BACK:
Challenging Bullying and Psychological Harassment in the Workplace:
This course aims to strengthen our individual and collective capacity to challenge bullying and promote respectful workplaces. It looks at the symptoms of workplace bullying, clarifies what the law says, and provides practice in gathering credible evidence of bullying and a toxic workplace. It examines how “normal” workplace practices and culture can contribute to bullying, and identifies openings for action. While the course will strengthen skills to document and assemble evidence, it also focuses on a range of strategies to mobilize co-workers, and hold employers accountable for respectful workplaces.
MENTAL HEALTH:
Challenging the Stigma in the Workplace
As workers and labour activists, we are faced with economic, social and political changes in our workplaces that impact our mental well being on a daily basis. We all respond differently to situations that impact our lives and subsequently, our mental health. This introductory course explores mental health, mental health concerns and stigma in the workplace. Some of the topics covered in this course include: demystifying mental health; individual union and employer responsibilities; member-to-member issues and some strategies to challenge stigma and build inclusion.
ADVANCED GRIEVANCE HANDLING
Pre-requisite: MUST have taken Grievance Handling in the last 2 years.
This course is an extension of the Internal Organizing BPL education program. It is aimed at stewards who have an interest in assuming a lead hand role in the operation of the grievance procedure in their local union or unit. The course contains much more skill-based technical information and practical instruction than either Steward as an Organizer or Grievance Handling for Shop Stewards. It will continue to stress the importance of shop steward participation in decision-making and active representation of the workers assigned to them.
W.S.I.B. Level 1
The first level is designed to provide an overview of the Workplace Safety and Insurance system. Participants will review the statutory obligations of both workers and employers mandated by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act. Workers and Employers will also learn their rights as provided This course is designed to help the steward know which issue to take and learn how to resolve issues through the ERC’s how to organize and involve their members around these issues, and how to help the union ERC/LMC members advance them.
EDITORS WEEKEND
(October,TBD, 2010)
NOTE:
This training is limited to active Newsletter & WEB committee volunteers
Calendar, Instructions & Forms (0)
Deadline for registration . . .
(TBD)
Summary of training offered:
See pdf link above.
