Join us for CUPE’s Building Strong Locals Conference from March 3-6, 2025 at the Palais des congrès de Montréal. Gather with CUPE members from across the country to share experiences and learn strategies to make our locals more inclusive and effective in the fight for workers’ rights.
CUPE’s Building Strong Locals Conference will help you build leadership skills, create ties with community allies, improve member engagement, defend public services against right-wing threats and bargain to win. The conference will welcome you on March 3 at 2:00 p.m., right after the National Young Workers Conference.
Registration is now closed. No onsite registration!
You will learn about:
- Enhanced skills to lead with confidence
- Strategies to build stronger community connections
- Approaches to engaging members more effectively
- Practical methods to foster inclusivity and diversity
- Key insights into successful bargaining strategies
Agenda highlights
Monday, March 3, 2025
- 2:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.: Check-in
- 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.: Meet-and-greet
- 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.: Opening plenary
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
- 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.: Check-in
- 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: Plenary
- 1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.: Skills-Building Sessions
- 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.: Evening social activity
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
- 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: Plenary
- 1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.: Skills-Building Sessions
Thursday, March 6, 2025
- 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: Closing plenary
Skills-Building Sessions
- Navigating CUPE
- Building strong plans
- Compassionate conflict resolution
- Building stronger movements
- Action Network: activating member power
- Strategies to win a losing case
- How to win at the bargaining table
- Labour relations for union leaders
- Worker-powered advocacy
- Building stronger communities
- Building informed locals
Read more
National Young Workers Conference
Building Strong Locals Conference - Resources