April 27 - May 2, 2025
$2250 per person.
Payment must be received before April 8, 2024. Due to contractual commitments with the hotel, refunds are not available after this date.
Rates are based on one CUPE member per room. Additional (non CUPE) adult may share the room at no additional cost.
English
Classroom
CUPE/SCFP
4 Workshops series are being offered. Choose one of the following streams for the entire week:
(a) From the Streets to the Ballot Box: Building Political Power
(b) SLS - Steward Learning Series #1. The Basics
(c) Collective Bargaining
(d) SLS - Steward Learning Series #2 Advanced
Maximum 20 participants per workshop.
Steward Learning Series Stream #1 - The Basics
April 28 (9:00am) - May 2, 2025 (1:00pm) (full)
Topics include: Introduction to Stewarding/Notetaking/Grievance Handling/Representing Members in Front of Management/Handling Discipline & Discharge/Duty of Fair Representation/Creating Accommodation Friendly Workplaces.
SLS - Ally skills for stewards
Apr 28, 2025 (9:00am-12:00pm (Mountain))
Effective stewards are champions for human rights and equality. Explore what it means to be an ally, and ways that stewards can step up as allies in the workplace and the union.
From the Streets to the Ballot Box: Building Political Power
April 28 (9:00am) - May 2, 2025 (1:00pm) (8 spaces available)
Unleash your political power! This dynamic weeklong CUPE Political Action course equips members with the tools, strategies, and confidence to influence change. Dive into campaign planning, grassroots organizing, learning about electoral politics, and solidarity building while connecting with passionate members from across the province. Together, let’s turn our collective power into action and win!
Understanding Alberta's Bargaining Process & Charting the Course for Union Success
April 28 (9:00am) - May 2, 2025 (1:00pm)
This course is for members who are familiar with the bargaining process at the table and want a deeper understanding of bargaining strategy, the Alberta Labour Relations Code timelines and requirements, mediation, essential services agreements, final offer votes, strike votes and building bargaining power through solidarity and collective action.
Steward Learning Series Stream #2 - Advanced
April 28 (9:00am) - May 2, 2025 (1:00pm) (11 spaces available)
Topics include: Ally Skills for Stewards/Conflict Skills for Stewards/Creating Harassment-Free Workplaces/Mediating Member to Member Conflict/Growing our Mobilizing Power/Popular Economics for Stewards/Disability and Ableism in the Workplace/Taking on Privatization
Apr 4, 2025
Coast Canmore Hotel & Conference Centre
511 Bow Valley Trail
Canmore, Alberta
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$2250
Your registration is not final until payment is received. If payment is not received within 7 days, your seat will be released.
Please make cheques payable to: CUPE
Mail payment to the NEW CUPE Regional Office
Attn: Monica Zeniuk
Canadian Union of Public Employees
#600 South - 10130 112 Street NW
Edmonton AB T5K 2K4
If you need to cancel your registration, please email Monica Zeniuk mzeniuk@cupe.ca
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