CLC Winter School 2015

The Education Committee is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted from members interested in attending the CLC 2015 Weeklong School in Harrison Hot Springs. An excellent selection of workshops with a diverse range of topics are being offered. Please see this letter for more details and the list of workshops. The Application Form must be received in the union office by Dec. 02 2014.

Significant dates to remember

As members of the largest union in Canada, we benefit from the research and advocacy that can be done on our behalf. Over the next month there are 5 significant dates to remember and issues to take action on. For more information and actions you can take, please see the document linked below.

  • November 20 – TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE
  • December 1 – WORLD AIDS DAY
  • December 3 – INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
  • December 6 – NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE AND ACTION TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
  • December 10 – INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

CUPE Significant Dates 2014

BC Labour History book project

A project is under way to write a history of BC Labour aiming to “provide a broad overview of BC labour history”. This is a joint project of the Labour Heritage Centre, the BC Federation of Labour and the Morgan Centre for Labour Studies at Simon Fraser University. It was launched on Oct. 21, 2014. For more info see the story at https://pnlha.wordpress.com/2014/10/24/bc-labor-history-book-project-launched/

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Leadership Training

As a member organization of the Metro Vancouver Alliance our members have access to all their training opportunities. The next one is November 7 & 8 in New Westminster. More details here – Leadership Institute.

Here’s what it’s all about:

The Metro Vancouver Alliance Leadership Training is for those who share an interest in strengthening civil society and working together for the common good. As a participant, you will work with other community leaders from diverse organizations on the universals of broad based community organizing.

Metro Vancouver Alliance conducts Leadership Institutes several times a year. Leadership institutes are free of charge for people from Alliance member institutions.

Participants in a Leadership Institute will come away with an understanding of:

  • Why organizing matters
  • Fundamental organizing skills
  • Strengthening institutions
  • Turning problems into winnable issues
  • Using relational power in the public arena to negotiate for the common good

The Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference

The 2015 Conference – Leadership and Innovation – will take place May 22 to June 5. The Canadian Labour Congress is encouraging union members to be nominated for this opportunity. Deadline for application is September 30, 2014.

This Leadership Conference brings together 240 Canadians from labour, business, government and the community sector for a truly unique two-week experience aimed at broadening their perspectives on work, leadership, their communities and their country.

The 2015 Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference will examine the role that leaders play in stimulating, driving, managing and diffusing innovation in their organizations and communities. Conference members will experience situations where organizations embrace innovation as a positive and necessary mindset central to future success. They will experience situations where leadership is working or required to move groups forward on unfamiliar ground. They will learn how human capital is key to an innovative society. They will see first-hand how leaders shape outcomes for their organizations and society as a whole.

Applications and Sponsor Endorsement forms should be completed online at www.leadershipcanada.ca. The deadline date for receipt of applications is September 30, 2014. Please be very thorough in your application.

“The Canadian Labour Congress strongly supports the Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference. We know the benefits participation has brought to individual trade unionists, their organizations, their communities, the labour movement, and this country.”

Activist Education opportunity

Parksville 2014 Weeklong School

Please go to our Education page to see the details and get an application form.  An excellent selection of workshops with a diverse range of topics are being offered and we are looking forward to another great school this year. Completed application forms must be received at the Union Office no later than Monday,September 22, 2014.

Union Supervisors in the Workplace – workshop

We are planning this course early in the fall. Although we do not yet have a confirmed date, we are accepting names for the waitlist for the course. It will be held in the Union office. You can register at the Union office via email: admin@cupe23.ca or by phone: 604-298-0200.

Once the date is confirmed, those who have sent their names in will have first option to attend.

Course description:

This workshop will help you build union solidarity in locals where some members of the union supervise other members. It provides tips on how unionized supervisors can carry out their duties and discusses how locals can ensure that tensions between supervisors and those supervised don’t get in the way of the local union’s activities.