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Sample Local Union Classes
The Labor Education Program offers classes to local unions during the
day, evening, or weekends, at facilities convenient to the local, such
as the union hall. Classes are tailored to meet the needs of the
individual local union. Advanced versions of the classes are available.
Building Solidarity in the Local
- Developing
strategies for a stronger local; activating your membership; organizing
around issues; conducting effective membership and committee meetings;
increasing union visibility.
Effective Union Leadership
- Duties of the union
officers; setting goals and objectives for the union; problem solving
techniques; participative decision making; conflict resolution;
identifying your leadership style and adapting your style to fit the
situation.
Health and Safety
- The union's role in health and
safety, including safety surveys and risk mapping; enforcing OSHA in the
workplace; joint health and safety committees; handling grievances and
bargaining health and safety language.
Unions and Worker Participation Programs/ New Work Systems
- A
discussion of employee involvement programs, the team concept, and high
performance work organizations and new work systems; a development of strategies for
responding to and strengthening the union faced with these programs.
Labor Law for Local Unions
- Introduction to the
National Labor Relations Act; the special status of union
representatives; protecting the grievance procedure; the union's rights
to information; representational rights in disciplinary interviews;
solicitation and distribution of literature; the duty of fair
representation.
Laws Affecting Workers
- A discussion of sexual
harassment, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and/or the Family and
Medical Leave Act.
Building Solidarity and Collective Bargaining
- Developing the goals of the negotiations; gathering information for
bargaining and the union's rights to information; analyzing the
employer's ability to pay; developing contract proposals; recent trends
in collective bargaining and the bargaining climate; ground rules and
table tactics. Two day classes include a mock bargaining session.
Steward Training
- The various roles of the steward;
the special legal status of the steward; grounds for a grievance; past
practice; just cause for discipline; grievance investigation and rights
to information; fact sheets and grievance writing; presenting a
grievance.
Strengthening the Local Union
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Assess the current strengths and weaknesses of the local; learn how to
conduct an internal organizing drive, develop effective strategies for reaching and communicating
with rank and file members, and increasing member involvementand interest in the local.
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