UFCW Local 1518 Member Education Courses
All UFCW Local 1518 members can take courses that suit their interests at absolutely no cost, and all members are welcome and encouraged to do so…this is YOUR union!!
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Shop Steward - Basic
This two-day course is open to all UFCW 1518 members.
Discussion and class exercises will assist you in handling issues in your workplace, explain the grievance procedure, and help develop the skills necessary for a Shop Steward to be an effective leader in the workplace. This course builds the skills, confidence, and knowledge a Shop Steward needs to represent their members. All members are invited to attend, regardless of whether they wish to be a Shop Steward!
Shop Steward - Advanced I
This two-day course is offered to UFCW 1518 members who have previously completed UFCW 1518’s Basic Shop Steward course.
Advanced I training involves discussion, class exercises, and role-playing as you explore in greater detail the steps of the grievance handling procedure, and deal with procedures leading up to the process of arbitration.
This course will develop the skills and confidence of members when facing management, assisting union members, and addressing issues in the workplace. Bring your collective agreement with you; knowledge of the first stages of the grievance procedure will be assumed.
Shop Steward - Advanced II
This two-day course is offered to UFCW 1518 members who have previously completed UFCW 1518’s Basic Shop Steward & Shop Steward Advanced I courses.
Advanced Shop Steward training involves discussion, class exercises, and role-playing as you prepare a grievance for arbitration and take part in a mock arbitration hearing.
This course will develop the skills and confidence of members when facing management, assisting union members, and addressing issues in the workplace.
Dealing with “difficult” people
This one-day course teaches tactics for dealing with difficult customers and difficult people. It is open to all UFCW Local 1518 members, and will provide a tool kit that will allow you to manage conflict and stay cool when under pressure. You’ll learn strategies, and skills to resolve conflict with individuals, as well as conflict in the workplace.
The course focuses on mastering coaching and communication skills, personal awareness skills, and recognizing “triggers” in yourself and others. Members will develop their problem solving strategies and identify techniques to deal with interpersonal conflict.
Women in Leadership
This two-day course offers union women an opportunity to develop and enhance their leadership skills and knowledge in a variety of current and emerging labour issues. The course will cover communication and motivational skills that are important for women, and you will leave this course ready to take an active role in your union.
Human Rights Issues: Our diverse world
This one-day course is open to all members, and is a good follow-up for members who you have completed the Basic Shop Steward course.
British Columbia is one of the most culturally rich areas of the world, and this course will look at how cultural differences are experienced in the workplace, and discuss strategies for cultural inclusion.
Race, gender, sexual orientation, and disabilities are among the themes discussed, and this course will provide Shop Stewards and union members with new knowledge, new understandings, and new skills and actions that can be used directly in the workplace, as well as the community.
Beyond the Workplace: Workers, Power, and Politics
This one-day course is open to all members, and addresses how politics impacts us – whether we like it or not!
Members will discuss how politics affects them in their home and their communities, consider the role that governments and politics play every day in our lives, talk about how politics affects workers and their families, examine the role of the trade union movement in politics, and take a critical look at politics, power, and our political system.
Effective Leadership & Communication
This two-day course is open to all members, and especially recommended for members who have completed the Basic Shop Steward course.
Many of the greatest, most progressive accomplishments in our society over the last 100 years have come from workers and their leadership, and Effective Leadership and Communication examines ideas and techniques that all successful leaders have.
In an open, friendly environment, you will discuss and debate issues concerning workers, the labour movement, and politics. Along the way, you will develop skills and learn tactics to become a more effective leader in not just your workplace, but your life outside work.
Public Speaking
This one-day course is open to all members, and members who are taking Shop Steward Advanced I are especially encouraged to take the course designed to help you overcome the most common phobia in the world – Public Speaking!
This course will help you develop ideas and provide practical tools that will allow you to communicate effectively in public, no matter who the audience is. It will allow you to enjoy public speaking, whether in your personal life or your role as a union member.
New Member Orientation
This 2 hour seminar is open to “new” members (see below), where you will be provided with good information (not boring) about YOUR union, and why belonging to it matters.
You will learn about your union and your contract, your rights and benefits, scholarships, education courses, and other benefits of getting involved in your union…and just for attending, you will receive $50.00 towards reimbursement of the union initiation fee.
Eligibility requirements for $50.00:
- UFCW Local 1518 member
- Past Probation (4 months or more since you started)
- Have not attended New Member Orientation before.
- Hired after January 1, 2000
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