The Training and Development Unit has begun posting on this site, activities and tools from some of our weekend courses and from the Building Local Capacity Project. We hope you will be able to use these as discussion starters in your local meetings or lunch and learns. We will be adding more as they become available. You will be able to find materials under the following headings:
Bargaining
Communication and Conflict Skills
Dealing with the Employer
- ERC members job description
- FAR Representation form
- From complaint to Labour Management Committee (LMC) resolution
- Rate your employer
- Rate your Labour Management Committee
Equity and Human Rights
- An accommodation profile of our employers
- Six principles of accommodation
- Bullying Spectrum
- Model for Analysing Workplace Bullying
- Anti-Bullying Strategies Wheel
- Top 10 ways to create a welcoming cross-cultural environment
Health and Safety
- please see Local Executive Committee (LEC) contact form (scroll down to “Local forms and documents” section)
- Local committee report form
- OPSEU local structures: Examples
- New Local Presidents – First month checklist
- Roles and responsibilities of local union officers
- Running successful local meetings
Local Finances
- Local Treasurer job description
- Local Treasurer’s calendar
- Local Treasurer’s first month checklist
- Local Treasurer’s report template
- OPSEU local audit checklist
- OPSEU local funding support
Meeting and Facilitation Tools
- Local Executive Committee (LEC) meeting checklist
- Meeting Power: Self Assessment Tool
- Planning a local educational event
- Reference Guide for Local Elections
- Reference Guide for Local Elections (Large Print)
- Four New Energizers
- Local Meetings Motion Form
- Template for Local Committee Report to General Membership Meeting
- Template for Officers’ Report to General Membership Meeting
- Template for Local Committee Report to the Local Executive Committee
Steward Roles and Tools
- PowerTool: A Handbook for OPSEU Stewards
- PowerTool Recruitment Supplement
- Outil De Pouvoir: Un guide pratique à l’intention des délégués du SEFPO
- Tips for Orienting a New member to the Union
Investigations – Section 22 and 98.1
- Tip Sheet 1: meeting with the member
- Tip Sheet 2: conducting yourself in an interview
- Tip Sheet 3: things to consider when meeting the investigator
- Tip Sheet 4: responding to a report or summary of findings
- Tip Sheet 5: writing effective reports
- Tip Sheet 6: questions to ask your member when preparing your case