SFL/CLC 2019
SPRING SCHOOL
Monday May 6th – 10th, 2019
Temple Gardens Hotel and Spa
24 Fairford Street East
Moose Jaw, SK S6H 0C7
Application deadline is Monday, March 25th, 2019 @12:00pm
The Vancouver Local is excited to send two (2) members to SFL/CLC SPRING SCHOOL 2019.
Labour education makes our movement stronger. It builds solidarity and knowledge. It teaches the skills unions need to represent their members and defend their rights using proven methods that allow adults of all backgrounds to learn.
- Facing Management Effectively
- Unionism on Turtle Island
- Health & Safety Activism and your Mental & Physical Health
- Domestic Violence at Work
- Member Engagement – Member Action
- Pre-retirement Planning “What Are You Doing After Work”
Course information can be viewed on back or at: http://canadianlabour.ca/sflclc-spring-school-course-descriptions
Application forms are available on the Union information board, at the Hall, or by clicking the link Registration Form SFL&CLC spring educational MAY 6 to 10 2019
*Applicants must submit a 300 word essay detailing why they wish to attend and how they plan to utilize the knowledge/skills they have learned.
In Solidarity,
Chris Zukowsky
President …/1 la/CUPE-3338
SFL/CLC Spring School – course descriptions
Domestic Violence at Work
This course will help shop stewards, health and safety representatives and other union representatives gain a deeper understanding of the dynamics of domestic violence at work and the role of the union and employer in addressing it. Participants will learn ways to best support members who may be experiencing domestic violence, including how to recognize and respond to the warning signs and risk factors and how to connect members to support and services in the community. Union representatives will also leave with tools to build awareness in the workplace about domestic violence at work.
Health & Safety Activism and Your Mental & Physical Health
Healthy and safe workplaces are a basic right. This workshop will provide worker activists with tools, materials, and processes to address this key area of work life. You will develop an understanding of how workplace stress and other psychosocial hazards can affect us and how to deal with them. The workshop will help identify stressors affecting workers such as job demands, job control, lack of support, and violence/bullying resulting in a lack of work life balance. It will help develop an action to take on systematic factors affecting mental health through advocacy, bargaining and political action. We will discuss health and safety issues important to workers and focus on solutions and prevention strategies to reduce stress and eliminate hazards.
Member Engagement – Member Action
Member Action is designed for experienced shop stewards, local union leaders, and union staff who want to transform how members engage with their union and how their union engages with members. This course will train participants on the three-step approach to effective member engagement (Go, Listen, Build) and connect it to a three-step approach for building an active membership (one-on-one communication, taking action on worksite issues, and designing a strategy and plan to win).
Unionism on Turtle Island
This course is designed for non-Indigenous workers who want to learn more about Indigenous issues and who want to work in solidarity with their First Nations and Metis brothers and sisters. Issues to be discussed will include history, spirituality, creating a representative workforce, Indigenous issues at the bargaining table, and opening the union to Indigenous activists. Indigenous workers are also welcome to enroll in this course.
Pre-retirement Planning “What are you doing after work?’
This course will get people thinking about the main factors in planning for retirement with emphasis on finances and retirement goals. While finances are a major part of retirement planning, this course will also delve into relationships, living conditions, retirement activities, women in retirement, health and wellbeing. Designed by retired union members, this course is for members who are retiring soon, considering early retirement or on the verge of a layoff. Whether you negotiate terms of a pension plan, serve as a pension trustee or just have an interest in knowing more about retirement in general, this course is for you.
Facing management effectively
Effectively examines the economic, political and social forces at play between union and management. Participants can expect participation, interaction and role plays along with practical skills and tools for communication, analysis, strategy and critical thinking.