May 25 - 30, 2025
** IMPORTANT NOTE **
If you are registering on behalf of members please ensure to provide the email address of the member who is attending for communication reasons.
If you are registering for Steward Learning Series or Advanced Grievance Handling series please note you MUST have completed Introduction to Stewarding workshop. If you have not completed this your registration will automatically be cancelled.
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On behalf of CUPE Union Education and CUPE BC, thank you for registering to be a part of our Spring 2025 Weeklong School being held in Kamloops, BC from May 25 - 30, 2025.
Hotel check-in and School Registration will open / start at 3:00 pm on Sunday, May 25.
Workshops will run from:
Mon - Thu 9:00 am to 4:30 pm (Pacific) with breaks during the day.
Friday from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm (Pacific) will be review of the week and closing ceremony.
MUST HAVE COMPLETED INTRODUCTION TO STEWARDING
SLS - Notetaking
May 26, 2025 (9:00am-12:00pm (Pacific))
Why do I have to take notes? What kind of notes should I take? Are my notes private? Learn answers to important questions like these, and practice notetaking.
SLS - Grievance handling
May 26, 2025 (1:00pm-4:30pm (Pacific))
Share tips and successful practices with other stewards, and learn strategies for handling difficult grievances. NOTE: Please bring your collective agreement and Steward Handbook to the workshop.
SLS - Ally skills for stewards
May 27, 2025 (9:00am-12:00pm (Pacific))
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.
SLS - Duty of fair representation
May 27, 2025 (1:00pm-4:30pm (Pacific))
Learn about where stewards get their authority in the workplace, the duty of fair representation, and other labour laws that cover the workplace. NOTE: Please bring your Steward Handbook to the workshop.
SLS - Handling discipline and discharge
May 28, 2025 (9:00am-12:00pm (Pacific))
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.
SLS - Creating harassment-free workplaces
May 28, 2025 (1:00pm-4:30pm (Pacific))
Learn how to recognize harassment, educate members about harassment, and represent members who are involved in harassment complaints.
SLS - Solidarity with Indigenous workers
May 29, 2025 (9:00am-12:00pm (Pacific))
Learn about Canada’s history of colonialism, engage in some myth-busting, and explore ways you can build solidarity with Indigenous workers and support reconciliation in the workplace.
SLS - What stewards need to know about arbitration
May 29, 2025 (1:00pm-4:30pm (Pacific))
Although most grievances get settled, some go to arbitration. Learn about the arbitration process, terms, mediated settlements, and the role of the steward before and during arbitration. NOTE: Please bring your collective agreement to the workshop.
THIS IS A WORKSHOP ON GRIEVANCE HANDLING FROM START OF GRIEVANCE TO ARBITRATION. THIS IS FOR EXPERIENCED STEWARDS ONLY & MUST HAVE COMPLETED INTRODUCTION TO STEWARDING.
Advanced Grievance Handling: Building the best case from Grievance to Arbitration
May 26 (9:00am) - 29, 2025 (4:30pm)
This workshop will teach participants about how to best prepare grievances to increase their local's chances of success at arbitration. This advanced workshop is geared to experienced stewards, chief shop stewards and Local Executive members.
Collective Bargaining
May 26 (9:00am) - 29, 2025 (4:30pm)
This 4-day workshop will provide participants with a solid understanding of the bargaining process and the factors that affect collective bargaining. This course also introduces some of the laws and rules that structure the bargaining process, as well as discussing CUPE's Bargaining Policy and other recommended practices and policies, including template language on a variety of human rights and equity issues. Finally, it will provide opportunity for hands on practice and skill development in preparing for and negotiating parts of a collective agreement, through roleplays and mock bargaining. Participants will find it helpful to have a lap-top computer for this workshop.
Navigating Conflict
May 26 (9:00am) - 29, 2025 (4:30pm)
Conflict is a part of our lives - at work, in the union, and at home. In this workshop we'll build our conflict skills by looking at: • How our beliefs about conflict and our conflict style affect what happens in a conflict. • Sources of conflict in the union and at work. • Conflict dynamics, cultural differences and power. • Choosing the best responses in a conflict. • Conflict communication skills and difficult conversations.
Health & Safety (BC FED H&S Centre Workshops)
May 26 (9:00am) - 29, 2025 (4:30pm)
The Union Education Department is excited to announce that the BC Fed Health and Safety Centre will offer the following health and safety workshops at this year's Spring School. More information about the BC Fed Health and Safety Centre and these workshops can be found here (https://www.healthandsafetybc.ca/): • Occupational Health and Safety Committee Part 1 • Occupational Health and Safety Committee Part 2 • Incident Investigations • Prevention of Violence in the Workplace (Provincial)
Apr 15, 2025
Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre
1250 Rogers Way
Kamloops, British Columbia
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$2000
Your registration is not final until payment is received. Payment is due to us 1 week after registration is submitted. If payment is not received by then; the spot will be automatically cancelled and given to the next person on waitlist.
Please make cheques payable out to: Canadian Union of Public Employees.
DO NOT make cheques payable out to CUPE BC; these cannot be accepted and will be returned and this will delay the registration process & may result in loss of the spot.
Mail payment to: 6222 Willingdon Avenue, BURNABY, British Columbia V5H 0G3 - Attention: Education Dept / Spring 2025 Weeklong School
Reminder of costs:
Full Participant Cost: $2000.00 - Single occupancy accommodation, all meals and workshops.
Local Participant Cost: $500.00 - Workshops and lunch and snacks only.
Partner/Spouse or 14+ Child: $700.00
Child 3-13 years: $300.00
Cheque is the only form of payment we are able to accept at this time.
There is a huge demand for our weeklong learning programs. Cancellation requests must be done prior to May 10, 2025; after May 10th the registration fee is 100% non-refundable. To request a cancellation, please email Jennifer Kirchner, jkirchner@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.
Jennifer Kirchner
jkirchner@cupe.ca