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CUPE Education Workshop Calendar (Ontario)

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Cancelled: Steward Learning Series

April 4 - 5, 2020 | Local 4222, London, Ontario | English | $25
Representing Members in Front of Management, Grievance Handling, Duty of Fair Representation & Handling Discipline & Discharge

Cancelled: HS - Identifying and Documenting Hazards

Apr 8, 2020 | Local 5167, Hamilton, Ontario | English
In this module, you will learn techniques for identifying hazards, such as body maps, surveys and inspections. You will also develop a methodology for dealing with the hazards you find.

Cancelled: HS - Basics of Incident Investigations

Apr 13, 2020 | Local 5167, Hamilton, Ontario | English
Learn how to identify root causes of workplace incidents, injuries, and diseases, common routes of entry of toxic substances, and your role in the investigation process.

Cancelled: SLS - Conflict skills for stewards

Apr 14, 2020 | Local 2380, Barrie, Ontario | English
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.

Cancelled: Pensions - The attack on our deferred wages: the real story

April 14 - 19, 2020 | La Place Rendez Vous Hotel and Convention, Fort Frances, Ontario | English | $250 (Affiliate) | $275 (Non-affiliate)
Pensions are our deferred wages. That’s what makes them a union issue – whether you’re trying to get a workplace pension for your members or are trying to protect the one you have.
In this workshop, you’ll learn about:
• Government pensions – the Canada Pension Plan, the Old Age Security Program and the Guaranteed Income Supplement;
• The different kinds of workplace plans and why some are better than others;
• The attacks on workers’ pensions – and how we can fight back as union members.

Cancelled: Social Media

Apr 15, 2020 | CUPE Ottawa Area Office, Ottawa, Ontario | English | $50 (Affiliate) | $50 (Non-affiliate)
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube… How can they benefit my local? How are groups using social media for activism? How can I deal with people’s resistance? What are the guidelines for using social media? Explore questions like these and get lots of hands-on practice in CUPE’s Social Media workshop.

Cancelled: SLS - Understanding mental health

Apr 15, 2020 | Local 1974, Kingston, Ontario | English
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.

Cancelled: HS - Making Committees Work

Apr 15, 2020 | Niagara Area Office, St. Catharines, Ontario | English
This module explores the structure, role and function of health and safety committees, their strengths and limitations, and how they can best work within the legislative framework, and within our union.

NOTE: This workshop should be taken before "HS - Recommendations and notetaking"

Cancelled: Cannabis in the Workplace

Apr 15, 2020 | CUPE Local 218, Whitby, Ontario | English
Cannabis legalization puts Canada on the cutting edge in both the medicinal and recreational use of this remarkable product. However this is likely to result in a learning curve in the workplace. The issues that will arise will in some ways analogous to the issues surrounding the medical use of cannabis, which we have dealt with since it was mandated by the Supreme Court. However there will also be new issues regarding impairment that will be new and challenging. This presentation will seek to address such issues.

Cancelled: Steward Learning Series

April 16 - 17, 2020 | CUPE Local 905, Newmarket, Ontario | English | $20
Representing Members in Front of Management, Grievance Handling, Creating An Harassment Free Workplace, Growing Our Mobilizing Power

Cancelled: Steward Learning Series

April 17 - 18, 2020 | Local 7575, London, Ontario | English | $25
Handling Discipline & DIscharge, Solidarity with Indigenous Workers & Duty of Fair Representation

Cancelled: Steward Training

Apr 17, 2020 | Local 4153, Hamilton, Ontario | English | $25
Conflict Skills & Creating Harassment Free Workplaces

Cancelled: Preparing to Lobby

April 17 - 18, 2020 | Local 1011, Burlington, Ontario | English
This workshop prepares participants to lobby local, municipal, school board, provincial or federal level politicians. By registering for the workshop, participants commit to participate in a lobby that will be arranged with CUPE in the weeks or months that follow. Locals are encouraged to send a mix of newer activists along with more seasoned members to participate. The workshop can be for mixed group of sectors, focussing on different issues, or for building lobby skills around a single issue, campaign or sector.

NOTE: This workshop is well-suited to inviting allies from community groups and other unions to learn and prepare to lobby along with CUPE members.

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