January 18 - 19, 2025
English
CUPE/SCFP
Durham & Northhumberland District CUPE Council School
LET - Parliamentary Procedure
Jan 18, 2025 (9:00am-4:00pm (Eastern))
Jan 19, 2025 (9:00am-12:00pm (Eastern))
This workshop is about following rules of order when chairing union meetings. Learn about the role of the chair and the different elements (motions, amendments, points of order, etc.). Get a chance to put the learning into practice. NOTE: Please bring a copy of your local bylaws to the workshop.
Introduction to Stewarding
Jan 18, 2025 (9:00am-4:00pm (Eastern))
What does a CUPE steward do? If you are a new steward and want to learn how to help CUPE members solve workplace problems, this introductory workshop is for you! In this workshop, you will learn: • investigating workplace problems; • filing a grievance; • meeting with management; • dealing with workplace complaints. NOTE: Please bring a copy of your collective agreement to the workshop.
SLS - Representing members in front of management
Jan 19, 2025 (9:00am-12:00pm (Eastern))
This module equips stewards to be proactive when meeting with management. Learn tips for effective meetings, and build confidence by practicing meeting situations.
SLS - Disability and ableism in the workplace
Jan 18, 2025 (9:00am-12:00pm (Eastern))
Explore what ableism is, how to recognize it, and ways to address it. Learn about how to make your workplace and union accessible to workers with visible and invisible disabilities.
SLS - Understanding mental health
Jan 18, 2025 (1:00pm-4:00pm (Eastern))
Explore the steward’s role in supporting and representing members dealing with mental health issues. Learn how to challenge stigma, and how to approach a conversation with a member about a possible mental health issue.
SLS - Literacy awareness
Jan 19, 2025 (9:00am-12:00pm (Eastern))
Literacy affects all of us at work. Learning new computer programs, understanding collective agreements, completing forms, or writing reports can all pose barriers for our members. Learn about how stewards can increase literacy awareness, and help make the union inclusive and accessible to members.
SLS - HS - Preventing Mental Injuries at Work
Jan 18, 2025 (9:00am-12:00pm (Eastern))
New forms of work, job insecurity, work intensification, high demands, violence and a resulting poor work-life balance are resulting in psychosocial and mental health problems in CUPE workplaces. This module focuses on the workplace as the cause or a contributor to mental health issues, and not the individual. Discuss strategies and actions that actually help make workplaces psychologically healthier and safer.
SLS - Growing our mobilizing power
Jan 18, 2025 (1:00pm-4:00pm (Eastern))
Stewards can play a key role when the union needs to mobilize our members – whether it’s to support the bargaining committee, or stop the employer’s attempt to contract out our work. Learn basic mobilization theory and explore how stewards can tackle workplace problems in ways that engage more members and build the union’s power.
SLS - Popular economics for stewards
Jan 19, 2025 (9:00am-12:00pm (Eastern))
We keep hearing that the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. How do these trends impact our lives as workers and union members? What is needed from us as stewards in these times of growing economic inequality?
IBEW Hall
1001 Ritson Road, South
Oshawa, Ontario
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$50
Registration fee is $50 and includes material, snacks and lunch on Saturday. Please make cheque payable to the Durham Northumberland Cupe District Council and mail to:
P.O.Box 30630
438 King St. West
Oshawa, ON
L1J 8L8
There is significant demand for our workshops. If you need to cancel your registration, please email Collette Calvelli, CCalvelli@cupe.ca, 80 Commerce Valley Drive East, MARKHAM, Ontario L3T 0B2 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.
Collette Calvelli
CCalvelli@cupe.ca