This course will establish what allyship is, and what the critical role of an ally is in the greater LGBTQ+ community. Participants will learn various strategies for becoming better, active allies, and, they will have the opportunity to reflect on how they can support LGBTQ+ people in their personal and professional lives. This workshop will contextualize the LGBTQ+ experience with human rights protections, labour history, and social justice.
Stand Up for Your Community – Writing to your Elected Officials
Are you not happy with the way things are going in your community, a new legislation or what your government is doing (or perhaps NOT doing)? Are you tired of electing people who you thought were going to change your world but end up breaking their word? You don’t have to sit still and go along with everything they say, pick up a pen and let this workshop help you learn how to write your opinions, thoughts and need for action, all while holding your elected officials accountable.
Letter to the Editor - How to write one
Did you ever read an article in media, a news story, have a challenge with a new law or experienced something at work or in life that you want the world to know about or changed? Have you ever thought about doing something about it but unsure of how to go about it? Writing a letter to the Editor is the first step! You don’t have to be a writer to tell someone what you’re thinking and feeling. Let this workshop teach you how to share your words and be heard.
Incident Reports – Writing Fact not Fiction
Were you hurt on your job? Perhaps harassed? Experienced racism? Are you afraid of what will happen if you speak up? The first step is to write down what happened. Incident reports are the cornerstone for your union to act on your behalf, but they can be hard to write if we allow what happened to overwhelm us. The stories we tell are different from the reports we make to see action taken. This workshop will help you separate fact from feeling, feeling from anger, showing you ways to capture what happened and how it impacted you.
Understanding Basic Income
Before the pandemic, basic income was broadly seen as a piece of wishful thinking. COVID has proven this otherwise. With the introduction of CERB and other government measures, the basic infrastructure and tests on a national scale have publicly shown that basic income is achievable within our lifetimes. What is basic income? What does it look like on a day-to-day basis? This workshop will also explore how this policy impacts unions.
The Art of Negotiations
This course will provide members with knowledge about the negotiation process and procedures, the role of the negotiating committee and the union spokesperson. Bargaining power, concession bargaining, effectiveness of strikes and ratification votes are other topics that are covered in is course.
The Art of Negotiations
This course will provide members with knowledge about the negotiation process and procedures, the role of the negotiating committee and the union spokesperson. Bargaining power, concession bargaining, effectiveness of strikes and ratification votes are other topics that are covered in is course.