There is no charge to bring a spouse/guest. The cost for the weekly meal plan is $545.15, the meal plan includes breakfast, lunch and dinner in the Copper Room with CLC delegates. Registered participants must be in single accommodations. Guests can be registered on-line, however they must register and pay at the hotel front desk.
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There is no charge for a guest to stay with a registered participant at Winter School. The registered participant must be in single accommodations. Guests can be registered on-line, however, the guest must register at the front desk to receive room keys. Guests will not receive badges and Copper Room meals are NOT included with this option, guest will have to make alternate meal arrangements.
2/4/2024
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The BCFED Organizing Institute training covers the basics of union organizing to build power within our unions and to organize new workers into unions.
This is an opportunity to learn and practice effective organizing conversations with peers and experienced organizers from across our movement. We cover the elements of an organizing campaign, and the provincial and federal labour codes and how they apply to organizing.
This is a hands-on course that simulates the conditions of a union organizing campaign and is designed for new labour activists interested in expanding their skills to build worker power. Participants should be prepared for a mix of course work, small groups, and real time practice.
This course is being presented by the BC Federation of Labour.
2/4/2024
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This course will help you understand how health and welfare benefits are structured and how to prepare for benefits bargaining. The course will include information on new and renewed benefit plans and how to handle a change in benefits carriers. Topics for discussion will include: costing of benefits, employers' response to increasing costs and changes in coverages, funding methods including trusts, laws pertaining to benefits coverage, privacy issues, collective agreement language ideas, types of benefit plans to avoid and why.
2/4/2024
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CUPW: Advanced Shop Steward
This course gives experienced stewards an opportunity to assess their strengths and work on the areas they want to improve. Participants review grievance investigation basics and practise face-to-face communications, including meetings with management. Other topics include self care, strategies for shop floor mobilization and recruiting new stewards, the duty of fair representation, the rights of temporary employees and OCREs, and the STDP.
Application and registration are through the CUPW Pacific Region office. For more information, please contact Troy Coburn, REOO, at 604-525-0194 ext. 900.
2/4/2024
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This course trains members to be social stewards. Social stewards are resource people who assist co-workers experiencing personal problems. They listen to members, help them identify their concerns and find solutions, and refer them to appropriate resources. This course familiarizes participants with a social steward’s role and responsibilities. They explore ways to approach workplace problems, learn how to support members and how to gather and share information on the resources available to members.
pplication and registration are through the CUPW Pacific Region office. For more information, please contact Troy Coburn, REOO, at 604-525-0194 ext. 900.
Time
2/4/2024 - 2/9/2024 12:00 PM
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This course will look at economic, political, social forces at play between union and management. It will examine the roles and rights of each group and the different types of union/management relationships and styles. We will look at the power, bias, and privilege dynamics between union and management and how we can communicate effectively. We will focus on problem solving - understanding issues, developing strategies, finding and presenting facts and argument, finding areas of agreement, building solutions, implementing and maintaining solutions. Participants can expect lots of participation, interaction, and role-plays along with practical skills and tools for communication, analysis, strategy and critical thinking.
2/4/2024
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Have you been trying to figure how best to weave digital organizing strategies and tactics into your union’s work? If so, this training is for you. Over the course of five days, we teach you the basics and offer tips and tricks for seamlessly integrating digital into your union work including: •The role digital organizing can play throughout your entire organization; •Introduce you to some of the basic strategies of digital tactics, managing an email list, email writing, social media, and more; •Teach you about building an offline and online strategy that works together and how to then measure the results; •Introduce you to some digital tools you can use to make your work more efficient.
2/4/2024
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This course 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.
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).
This training is particularly helpful for unions with upcoming contract negotiations, a backlog of unresolved grievances, a particularly disengaged membership, or a diverse membership that is not reflected in local leadership.
Each participant will leave the training with a worksite specific plan for creating an engaged and active membership as well as a series of measurable goals to evaluate outcomes.
2/4/2024
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This workshop explores what organizing can look like in the context of Health and Safety using
proven strategies and workers’ stories that have improved and advanced health and safety in
workplaces.
Participants in this workshop will:
œ Develop strategies to build solidarity and engagement around health and safety issues
within the union, including the Local Executive, Stewards, Joint Committee(s), equitydeserving
members, and precarious workers.
œ Gain confidence in utilizing OH&S legislation, resources, and tools as health and safety
activists to affect change in the workplace through direct action, campaigns, and collective
bargaining.
2/4/2024
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The steward is often the main point of contact between the union, its members, management, and the larger labour movement. This course builds the skills, confidence, and knowledge a steward needs to represent their members. Participants will learn the roles and responsibilities of their position as stewards, the handling of grievances and complaints, problem solving skills, protecting contractual provisions in the collective agreement and current issues for stewards.
2/4/2024
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This is an invitation-only course. There is no course description available.
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Free child care is available for children of eligible delegates. An eligible delegate is a single parent, a parent NOT accompanied by a spouse/companion, or where BOTH parents are delegates. There is a limited number of spots available in the child care program. Spots will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. Delegates requiring child care must pre-register and indicate child care on their registration form. Requests for child care are do not constitute guaranteed spots in the childcare program. The deadline for childcare registrations is December 8, 2023. Requests received after this deadline will only be accommodated if there is room in the childcare program. Cancellations are required and must be received 14 days in advance of your attendance at Winter School. Failure to cancel booked childcare space(s) will result in a “no show fee” of $300.00.
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Friday: Departs Harrison Hot Springs Resort at 12:00pm. Arrives: Guildford Library 13:30; 100 Woolridge St. Coquitlam (near IKEA) 14:00; Vancouver Airport 15:00 for flights departing after 17:00; Vancouver Depot 15:45. There is a non-refundable $20/per trip fee for the bus, payable in advance to the CLC.
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Departure Times: Sunday: Pacific Central Station (1150 Station St., Vancouver) 12:30; 100 Woolridge Street, Coquitlam (near IKEA) 13:30; Guildford Library (15105-105th Ave., Surrey) 14:00. Arrives in Harrison at approximately 15:30. All times are approximate. Be sure to arrive early, the bus does not wait. The bus is a Wilson's Transportation Ltd. charter and picks up from the lane outside the Vancouver station. There is a non-refundable $20/pr trip fee for the bus, payable in advance to the CLC.
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