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Early Childhood Federation holds first annual leadership-management retreat |
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Daphne Brooks, at podium, Ruth Molina, center, and
Latoya Moore, left, explore the qualities and responsibilities
of good leaders and share their own experiences. |
Last month AFT Local 1475, the Los Angeles-based Early Childhood Federation held its first leadership retreat focused on development and training of union leaders and building collaboration between local leaders and managers of the five agencies that employ the educators. Working together for a couple of days provided members the opportunity to not only articulate but better establish their goals for the local union and the individual agencies.
At the retreat it become clear that a shared effort between the members of Local 1475 and the managers of their agencies has begun to take hold. Retreat attendees hope that this positive working relationship will continue to flourish and lead to identifying strategies that will allow members to have healthy and well-functioning work environments.
Not only was the retreat successful in conducting joint work with management, but it also allowed for meaningful collaboration between the agencies. One board member in attendance was former Congressman Mervyn Dymally.
“This was the first time that I have felt a shift in the right direction for our agency and to have a board member of the agency attend our retreat is really inspiring,” said Toni Bob, chair of Kedren-Head Start board of Local 1475.
Over the next year, leaders of Local 1475 plan to continue strengthening the organization so it can play a major role in preserving the rights of workers, fighting for equality, and improving the lives of members.
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