Mar 19, 2024
English
CUPE/SCFP
This is open to all CUPE Alberta delegates attending Convention.
Choose one workshop out of the three choices being offered.
1. Digital Tools and Political Advocacy for Bargaining
2. Bargaining Reconciliation/Medicine Teaching and The Importance of Water
3. Preparing for a Successful Strike
Maximum participants is 15 members per workshop.
Bargaining Reconciliation/Medicine Teaching & The Importance of Water
Mar 19, 2024 (9:00am-4:30pm (Mountain)) (full)
Bargaining Reconciliation: Learn about what is cultural safety and how bargaining is one of the most important tools unions have for achieving cultural safety in the workplace by bargaining reconciliation. Medicine Teaching and The Importance of Water: Join our Indigenous Council as they guide you through the importance and significance of traditional medicine teachings.
Digital Tools and Political Advocacy for Bargaining
Mar 19, 2024 (9:00am-4:30pm (Mountain)) (full)
Going into a tough round of bargaining? Learn how to use digital tools like email lists and social media to engage and mobilize members and get your message out to the public during bargaining. Think beyond elections and lobbying when it comes to politics and learn strategies for building political pressure when bargaining with a public sector employer, or with an employer who relies on public funding.
Preparing for a Successful Strike
Mar 19, 2024 (9:00am-4:30pm (Mountain)) (full)
To be effective, a strike needs to be well organized. This workshop covers the four pillars of a well-run strike: administration, finance/strike pay, communications and picket schedules.
Mar 12, 2024
The Medicine Hat Lodge
1051 Ross Glen Drive SE
Medicine Hat, Alberta
(map)
Participant limit per workshop is 15. If you need to cancel your registration, please email Monica Zeniuk, mzeniuk@cupe.ca as soon as possible.
Thanks for your interest in CUPE’s Union Education Program and for your ongoing leadership in our union!
In response to the health concerns of our members and staff, CUPE has implemented a Scent-Free Policy at all of our workshops. Scented products such as hair spray, perfume and deodorant can trigger reactions such as respiratory distress and headaches. Facilitators and participants are asked to refrain from using scented products while attending our workshops and meetings. Thank you for your cooperation.
Monica Zeniuk
mzeniuk@cupe.ca