May 3 - 4, 2025
English
Classroom
CUPE/SCFP
Durham and Northumberland District CUPE Council School
LET - Recording Secretaries
May 3, 2025 (9:00am-4:00pm (Eastern))
May 4, 2025 (9:00am-12:00pm (Eastern))
Recording Secretaries play a vital role in keeping local unions strong. Learn how to: • take clear and accurate meeting minutes; • organize files; • process and write correspondence; and • communicate effectively with members. NOTE: Please bring your local bylaws, sample meeting notices, sample membership meeting minutes and a laptop or tablet (if you have one) to the workshop.
BARG - How Bargaining Works
May 3, 2025 (9:00am-12:00pm (Eastern))
This module can be added to other parts of the Bargaining Education Program. It covers the legal framework for collective bargaining and where we get our power as a union.
BARG - Notetaking for bargaining
May 3, 2025 (1:00pm-4:00pm (Eastern))
Bargaining notes are critical – during bargaining and when new language is being implemented after bargaining has ended. Learn how to read the room, understand body language, take good notes, and store notes after bargaining. NOTE: This workshop is for bargaining committee members.
Reconciliation in Bargaining
May 4, 2025 (9:00am-12:00pm (Eastern))
This workshop is an introduction to why Truth and Reconciliation is a union issue, what Indigenous cultural safety can look like in the workplace and how members can use collective bargaining to make workplaces more safe and inclusive of Indigenous workers.
LET - Financial Essentials
May 3, 2025 (9:00am-4:00pm (Eastern))
This workshop is for all members in an elected position within the local union. Whether you are a trustee or a member of the executive, learning about the basics of the local union’s finances is a priority. In this workshop, you will learn about your duties regarding the finances of the union, budgeting and how to be transparent and accountable to members. NOTE: This workshop is a pre-requisite for Secretary-Treasurers and Trustees wishing to take LET - Financial Officers.
LET - Financial Officers
May 4, 2025 (9:00am-4:00pm (Eastern))
Following the completion of LET - Financial Essentials, this 6-hour workshop allows Secretary-treasurers and Trustees to delve deeper into local finances. Secretary-treasures will learn how to use the CUPE electronic ledger, manage the local union's funds and accounts, and prepare reports to the membership and the trustees. Trustees will learn how to properly perform an audit of the local union's books, accounts, properties, and assets. At the end of this workshop, Trustees will be able to make recommendations to the local union to improve the local union's financial health. NOTE: Please bring a laptop, if possible.
Respect at work: Stop Bullying, Harassment and Violence
May 3, 2025 (9:00am-12:00pm (Eastern))
What creates respect at work? What is harassment, bullying and violence? What can we do to stop it?
SLS - Conflict skills for stewards
May 3, 2025 (1:00pm-4:00pm (Eastern))
Unresolved workplace conflict is stressful and weakens the union. Learn about the sources of workplace conflict and how to choose a response that fits the situation. Practice conflict communication skills that will help you resolve conflict at work and in the union.
SLS - Handling discipline and discharge
May 4, 2025 (9:00am-12:00pm (Eastern))
Learn about key legal concepts and terms, and the role of stewards during an employer’s investigation, when discipline is given, and during grievance meetings. NOTE: Please bring your collective agreement and Steward Handbook to the workshop.
IBEW Hall
1001 Ritson Road, South
Oshawa, Ontario
(map)
$50
Registration fee is $50.00 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 Ontario
L1J 8L8
There is significant demand for our workshops. If you need to cancel your registration, please email Amanda Taylor, ataylor@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.
Amanda Taylor
ataylor@cupe.ca