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LET - Trustee Orientation (OLS)

Dec 2, 2023 | Online via Zoom, Online, Manitoba | English
This online workshop will help new trustees understand their role and responsibilities. You will leave the workshop with a better understanding of union finances, financial controls, and financial terms as well as the basics of the trustees' audit.

LET - Secretary-Treasurer Orientation (OLS)

Dec 2, 2023 | ONLINE, Alberta | English
This online workshop will help newly-elected treasurers learn about the basics of the local union’s finances. You will learn about your duties regarding the finances of the union, keeping the books, and how to be transparent and accountable to members. 

LET - Trustee Orientation (OLS)

Dec 2, 2023 | ONLINE, Alberta | English
This online workshop will help new trustees understand their role and responsibilities. You will leave the workshop with a better understanding of union finances, financial controls, and financial terms as well as the basics of the trustees' audit.

SLS - What stewards need to know about bargaining

Dec 2, 2023 | Calgary Area Office, Calgary, Alberta | English
Learn about the different steps in the bargaining process, the responsibilities of different activists throughout bargaining, and the role during bargaining.

BARG - Notetaking for bargaining

Dec 2, 2023 | Calgary Area Office, Calgary, Alberta | English
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.

SLS - What stewards need to know about pensions (OLS)

Dec 4, 2023 | Online, British Columbia | English
In this online workshop, participants will learn about public pensions and about the different types of workplace pension plans. They will also explore the different roles they, as Stewards, can play to support and accompany members in understanding and protecting their pension.

Cancelled: LET - Leading as a Team & LET - Conflict-Ready Executives

Dec 5, 2023 | Fredericton Inn, Fredericton, New Brunswick | English
LET - Leading as a Team: In this workshop, executive teams explore power and responsibility that comes with it, how we work in teams and how to balance our leadership styles to engage the membership and work effectively across diversity.

LET - Conflict-Ready Executives: In this workshop, participants will explore:
- The value of conflict for effective groups
- How our beliefs about conflict shape how we respond
- The kinds of conflict executives struggle with
- Productive ways to resolve conflict on an executive

Cancelled: LET - Financial Essentials & LET - Financial Officers

December 5 - 6, 2023 | Hampton Inn Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick | English
LET - Financial Essentials: 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: 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

Four Steward Learning Series Modules

December 5 - 6, 2023 | CUPE Saskatoon Area Office, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | English
Four SLS Modules:
December 5, 2023
- Challenging Racism in the Workplace
- Representing Members in Front of Management

December 6, 2023
- Creating Accommodation Friendly Workplaces
- Representing Gender and Sexually Diverse Members

Challenging Racism (OLS)

Dec 7, 2023 | Online, British Columbia | English
This online workshop covers what racism looks like in our society and in our union, and your role in challenging it.

Participation in this online workshop qualifies for a stamp in the passport for the Stewart Learning Series (SLS) for Challenging Racism in the Workplace.

BARG - Mobilizing for Bargaining

Dec 8, 2023 | Kitchener Area Office, Kitchener, Ontario | English
In this workshop, members of local Mobilization Committees look at effective ways to engage members before bargaining begins, and throughout the bargaining process.

NOTE: This workshop is for the Mobilization Committee.

LET - Bylaw Essentials (OLS)

Dec 11, 2023 | Online, British Columbia | English
Good bylaws are an essential component of a well-functioning local. In this online workshop, you will learn the principles of good bylaws and how to make sure they are in compliance with CUPE's national constitution. We'll also look at how clear language bylaws help our members get involved in the work of the union.

NOTE: You will need your local bylaws to participate.

LET - Parliamentary Procedure

Dec 11, 2023 | CUPE Local 728, Surrey, British Columbia | English
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.

BARG - At the Bargaining Table

Dec 14, 2023 | CUPE Local 798 Office, Powell River, British Columbia | English
This workshop gives bargaining committee members the training they need, when they need it, so they can get the best deal possible for their members. It is delivered by the national servicing rep and happens in stages throughout negotiations. The workshop explores how to work effectively in caucus, as well as at the bargaining table.

NOTE: This workshop is for bargaining committee members.

SLS - Notetaking & Ally skills for stewards

Dec 15, 2023 | CUPE Local 728, Surrey, British Columbia | English
This one day workshop is closed to members of CUPE Local 728.

9:00am - 12:00pm - SLS - Notetaking

1:00pm - 4:00pm - SLS - Ally skills for stewards

Introduction to Health & Safety; Making Committees Work; Basics of Incident Investigation; Identifying and Documenting Hazards

January 3 - 5, 2024 | CUPE Saskatoon Area Office, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | English
Intro. to Health & Safety – Jan. 3, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. & Jan. 4, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
HS – Making Committees Work – Jan. 4, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
HS – Basics of Incident Investigation – Jan. 5, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
HS – Identifying & Documenting Hazards – Jan. 5, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Union Supervisors in the Workplace

Jan 4, 2024 | CUPE Nanaimo Area Office, Nanaimo, British Columbia | English
This workshop will help you build union solidarity in locals where some members of the union supervise other members. It provides tips on how unionized supervisors can carry out their duties and discusses how locals can ensure that tensions between supervisors and those supervised don’t get in the way of the local union’s activities.

NOTE: Please bring your collective agreement to the workshop.

BARG - Mobilizing for Bargaining (OLS)

Jan 8, 2024 | Online, British Columbia | English
In this online workshop, locals will learn to assess how well their members are engaged. The session covers building power by mobilizing members to build solidarity and support for the bargaining committee.

NOTE: This workshop is for the Mobilization Committee.

Participants need:
- Pens/markers and paper.
- Membership list

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