Education Program in Sudbury

Webinar #6 – Ergonomic Tips for Temporary Home Workstations – 3 months later We are now at the point where many of us have been working at home at temporary workstations for an extended period of time; potentially 3 months or longer. We will discuss:

Webinar#5: June 10th, 2020 at 2:00PM Anti-Black Racism Runs Deep but so does our Commitment Towards Combatting It The Canadian Labour Congress is hosting a webinar titled -  What Are Unions Doing About Anti-Black Racism? PSAC members are encouraged to attend   We will discuss:

WHEN: SATURDAY - MARCH 28, 2020 TIME: 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. LOCATION: HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS & SUITES, 30 ALGONQUIN BOULEVARD WEST, TIMMINS, ON P4N 2R3 Course Objectives: At the end of this course, members will be able to: • Know who to draw on for information about convention • Articulate some of their expectations regarding convention attendance • Focus on the content and process of the course • Explain the main purpose of conventions Open to: All members

WHEN: SATURDAY - MARCH 28, 2020 TIME: 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. LOCATION: UNITED WAY OFFICE, 222 MCINTYRE STREET, NORTH BAY (USE MCINTYRE ENTRANCE) Course Objectives: At the end of this course, members will be able to: • know who to draw on for information about convention • articulate some of their expectations regarding convention attendance • focus on the content and process of the course • explain the main purpose of conventions Open to: All members

When: April 25-26, 2020 Time 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (both days) Location will be determined by area of applicants Introduction for Local Officers Training (LOT) (2 Days) Gives Local Officers essential knowledge for upholding their Local responsibilities and building a strong union. Participants learn: •How an effective Local functions; •Roles and responsibilities of the Local Executive; •How Executives can work well as a team, engage members, and

When: April 4th & 5th, 2020 Time: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (both days) Location: Sault Ste. Marie Talking Union Basics (TUB) (2 Days) Introduces members to the PSAC and prepares them for more advanced union education. It provides an historical and structural overview of the union, introduces participants to the collective agreement and gives them a chance for hands-on practice in problem-solving Open to: All members

When: February 29th & March 1st, 2020 Time: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (both days) Location: To be determined by region of applicants Talking Union Basics (TUB) (2 Days) Introduces members to the PSAC and prepares them for more advanced union education. It provides an historical and structural overview of the union, introduces participants to the collective agreement and gives them a chance for hands-on practice in problem-solving Open to: All members

This training is a must for Local Officers and other workplace representatives. You will learn what the law says about the Duty to Accommodate and how this law is applied in the workplace. These rights and our ability to enforce these rights have serious ramifications for the Members, the Union, and the Employer.

The major purpose of this course is to provide griever’s union representatives with basic knowledge and skills to work with members and effectively process grievances at the initial stages of the grievance procedure and to mobilize them around workplace problems. By the end of the course, participants will: • Know what a grievance is and where the right to grieve comes from; • Understand their legal and contractual rights and obligations as union representatives in the grievance process; • Understand how the grievance process works; • Know how to write a grievance,