Training Schedule
Health Care: Request for Proposal Best Practices
Virtual Training - Register Below
This training guides CFT local leaders, bargaining team members and Health Benefit Committee (HBC) members through the essential steps of conducting a transparent, strategic, and member-focused Request for Proposal (RFP) process for employee benefits. Participants will learn how to build a long-term plan, eliminate conflicts of interest, ensure fair vendor comparisons, and use a clear timeline to gain the best results for their members. The session equips attendees with tools, best practices, and key questions to help labor play a leading role in shaping benefits decisions.
Labor and the Law: The Legal Rights and Responsibilities Union Site Representative
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Participants will discuss and practice exercising the legal rights and responsibilities of union representatives. Participants will be introduced to the concept of Duty of Fair Representation, Weingarten Rights, and an introduction to The Seven Test of Just Cause & role of worksite leaders.
Presenter: Presented by CFT Training Director, Christopher Arellano
Engaging Members and 1-1 Conversations
Virtual Training - Register Below
Are you confused by how to talk to your coworkers about your union? Are you struggling to bring new members into your local? Have you ever wondered why existing members aren’t participating in events? One-on-one organizing conversations are the backbone of every successful union. Learn how to hold intentional conversations that produce real results at the bargaining table and beyond. This workshop and practicum will prepare leaders to recruit new members to your local and activate existing members to build union power!
Tools for Taking Action: Gripes or Grievances
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Participants will discuss ways we can solve problems on the job by engaging members in coordinated actions and using the grievance procedure. This workshop introduces participants to basic grievance handling. We will cover the definition of a grievance, how to write an effective grievance, how to process and investigate a grievance, tips for meeting with management, and various other problem-solving scenarios.
Presenter: CFT Training Director, Christopher Arellano
Building Power for Our Members, Students, and Communities
Virtual Training - Register Below
This training will explore, how we gain and use power, our ability to achieve gains, roles and responsibilities of worksite leaders in building a strong union and how to organize and plan for well-organized worksite
Presenter: Presented by CFT Training Director, Christopher Arellano
AFT Student Debt Clinic
Upcoming dates
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