Education for Action
• Equality
• Democracy
• Empowerment
Education For Action Educating Trade Unionists for Workplace and Social Change Learning Opportunities 2018-2020
• Social Justice
• Awareness
• Solidarity
• Communication
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Contents List Educational Principles
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Introduction
Find the GFTU Course for You
Course Dates
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Functional Skills
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ESOL (English as a Second Language)
Introducing ICT
Foundation Skills
Skilling & Organising Workplace Reps
Shop Stewards Stage 1 New Reps Development Intense Reps Training Shop Stewards Stage 2
Experienced Reps Development
Negotiating Skills
Union Learning Reps
Pay Bargaining & Negotiating Techniques
Community Organising Workplace Organising
The Unions, Data Protection & Social Media
Introduction to GDPR
Social Media – The Unions & Employers
Health & Safety Training
Health & Safety Reps 1 Health & Safety Reps 1 Health & Safety Reps 2 Health & Safety Reps 2
Managing Safety
Equalities
Introducing Equalities
Against Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
LGBT+ Rights in the Workplace
Recognising the Constructs: Race Discrimination
Mental Health Awareness
Neuro-Diversity
Women in the Trade Union Movement
British Red Cross Training Courses
Emergency First Aid in the Workplace
First Aid in the Workplace Manual Handling Training
Fire Marshal Training
Advanced Skills
Politics, Democracy & Organising Change for Trade Unionists
Introducing Politics to Trades Unionists
Manifesto for Labour Law Understanding Parliament Debunking Economics
Working and Campaigning with the Third Sector
Access to Politics
Arts & Culture
Bread & Roses - The Unions, Art & Culture
Campaigning and the Corporate Media
The Art of Campaigning
A Hundred Years in a Hundred Minutes
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A Beginners Guide to Campaigning Media Production What’s Your Story? The Campaigning Power of Narrative A picture is worth a thousand words - an Introduction to Creative Activism
Our History, Our Future
The Derby Silk Mill Lockout The Peasant Revolts of 1549
Gerard Winstanley and The Diggers Great Women Trade Unionists
The Chartists
Our Songs Made History
The Working Class and Issues of Race & Gender in Recent History
The Modern Trade Union Movement
Captain Swing. The Luddites 100 Years in 100 Minutes
The Levellers
Our Poetry
Internationalism
Free Trade or Fair trade?
Kurdistan: Its’ People & Politics
Further Development
Trade Union Management Programme
Leadership and Management Management Communication
Managing People
Coaching and Mentoring in the Trade Union Workplace
Financial Management
Managing a Health and Safe Environment
Specialist Themes
GFTU/GMB Webinar Discussions Wages, Inflation and Pay Bargaining
The End of Austerity How to End Inequality
How Free are UK Trade Unions?
Class and Trade Unions The Future of Pensions
A Typical Contracts and Union Organisation
Will We Be Divided?
How to Teach and Learn in Trade Unions
What Does the Trade Union Organising Agenda Really Mean Today with ¾ of Workers Unorganised?
Training Trade Union Trainers
Learning to Teach other Trade Unionists
The Principles and Practice of Effective Trade Union Education – Post Graduate Course
Events
120 Years of GFTU History, Yesterday Informing Today GFTU Young Members Development Weekend
BGCM
How to Sign-up for Our Course
Course Nomination Form
Venue Details: Quorn Grange Hotel Venue Details: Northern College
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Our principles are: •To provide and develop an understanding of the political & economic context (of political economy and the underlying struggle between labour and capital) within which all Trade Unions operate •To provide and develop an understanding of the political & economic context which has shaped, and which continues to shape, the historic development of Trade Unions •To provide the skills and knowledge base needed to develop confident and well-informed activists in order to build and hone collective power •To see that our educational practice is informed by our commitment to the values of equality, diversity and inclusion •To ensure that GFTU education is forged through our commitments to social justice, the empowering of communities, and internationalism These principles will be applied to all courses and events, whatever their subject matter.
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Educational Principles Following a review of our practice of education and discussion amongst ourselves, and our affiliates, the GFTU Educational Trust has agreed a strategic set of principles that will underpin our delivery of education for the coming years. These have been endorsed by both the GFTU Executive Committee and by the Education Officers of our affiliate unions.
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Functional
The GFTU celebrates its 120th anniversary in 2019. Keep an eye on our website for some very special events to celebrate the great contribution our organisation has made and continues to make.
Skills
To register as a learner all that you need to do is e-mail education@gftu.org.uk and let us have your name, e-mail address and Union so we can set up an account for you – it’s so easy to join the learning community and there are a lot of opportunities to learn and it won’t cost you a penny! So whether you are a shop steward, learning, equality or Health and Safety rep, developing your literacy, numeracy or ICT skills, a member of regional or national leadership or working towards higher level qualifications we have lots of learning opportunities. Take a look at Learning Pool at gftu.learningpool.com . Our webinars were very successful when they were launched and will run again. These take the form of one hour discussions with experts on important topics. In 2019 we are publishing a graphic novel on the history of the Labour Movement. The history of achievements made by working people has been dangerously ignored and we are proud to offer again our History day schools with leading experts in their fields translating the living importance of historical events in an accessible and entertaining way. We are also facilitating the work to establish an apprenticeship for trade union officers for the whole movement. We work in conjunction with many universities and colleges and will particularly be celebrating 120 years of one of our close partners Ruskin College in 2019 also. Our courses are in great demand so we will be operating a strict cancellation policy from now on and costs will be passed on to unions for those not attending. Course travel, subsistence, accommodation and materials are all free to members of GFTU affiliated unions. Regularly look at our website as further events will be added throughout the year. We encourage you to take every opportunity of the learning we have made available.
We could think of no better way of celebrating our past by committing expenditure to the future with our biggest education programme ever. We launched a new publishing imprint for trade unionists last year and our first publication was on trade union education and how it can be modified to become more powerful in the year’s ahead. See www.workablebooks.org . Our regular publication GFTU Viewpoint will resume and aims to provide food for thought and action concerning all aspects of union building. In turn this book inspired new training courses to train people to become better trainers in the trade union context. We need to grow a new generation of trade union trainers and we have created the exciting gold standard courses to do this. Also, our trade union management programme aims to equip a new generation of union managers and leaders. It combines very practical application along with strategic leadership ideas. To add some colour and depth to our trade union culture we have created an online shop ideal for your gifts for family, friends and union colleagues. See www.gftuethicalshop.org . We have also expanded our hotel and conference centre to meet the increasing demands of trade unions to hold events and training there. www.quorngrangehotel.co.uk . Members of affiliated unions can enjoy discounts in the hotel. We are conscious that many people have had their entire post 16 education with the GFTU. We continue in this tradition by offering pathways from functional skills to units designed to equip senior trade union officials, EC members and General Secretaries. We believe strongly in face to face learning, but also have an online learning platform. It is called the Learning pool. Through this you can learn whenever and wherever it suits you best, all you need is to be able to get onto a computer and log into your Learning Pool account.
Foundation
Skills
Advanced
Skills
Arts & Culture
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT Internationalism
Events How to Sign up
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John Smith President
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Educational Principles
Find the GFTU Course for You
Functional Skills
The GFTU offers a range of courses, from foundation level skills (in Maths & English) to practical training for union Reps; right the way up to the equivalent of degree (Level 4) and post-graduate (Level 7) options. Some of the courses (those run in conjunction with Leeds Beckett & Newman University) are externally validated and carry formal course credits, some do not. All delegates who successfully complete a course will receive a GFTU certificate suitable for framing. In order to help you find the right course for you, this brochure is colour coded. Green tabs denote Functional Skills: These are entry level (1-3) standard, which seek to communicate essential knowledge and skills. These are geared towards practical outcomes and the ability to apply learning in everyday situations. These courses are not geared towards specific occupations or industrial sectors. Orange tabs denote Foundation Skills: These are geared towards Levels 1-3 (roughly GCSE – A Level / Apprenticeship / NVQ equivalent) and concentrate upon conveying a good understanding of the subject to hand; and the ability to gain and apply a range of skills, knowledge and understanding of ideas, processes or themes at a detailed level. This section is designed for union workplace Representatives. Red tabs denote Advanced Skills: Geared towards the equivalent of Levels 4-7 of national qualifications (and equating to Higher Apprenticeship & NVQ levels to degree and graduate level, and postgraduate study). These are aimed towards experienced Reps, trade union officials and managers and provide the opportunity for professional development, the communication of high level knowledge in the fields of work and study, and the framework for the development of original and critical thinking.
Access to Learning Everyone has a right to learning. ‘Disability’ only becomes a problem when learners have to face inaccessible courses, classrooms and institutions. GFTU’s focus is, wherever possible, to remove barriers to education; this includes the ongoing development of inclusive teaching and learning strategies. This includes access to teaching rooms and Quorn Grange Hotel facilities, specific accommodation designated car parking spaces; the production of course materials in specific formats (Braille / large print / coloured papers & overlays); assistive technologies; and the modification or adaption of equipment (hand held, illuminated magnifiers etc) and the provision of hearing induction loops. requirements (and for guide dogs and registered carers);
Foundation Skills
Advanced Skills
Arts &
Culture
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Functional
First Semester 2018 September Code Course Title
Skills
Location
Date
NC47
Shop Stewards Stage 1
Northern College
17 - 21 September 2018
EA89
Health & Safety Reps 1
Quorn Grange Hotel
18 - 19 September 2018
Foundation
EA90
Introduction to GDPR
Quorn Grange Hotel
25 September 2018
Skills
EA91
ESOL (English as a Second Language)
Quorn Grange Hotel
26 - 27 September 2018
October Code Course Title
Location
Date
RC2
Emergency First Aid in the Workplace
Quorn Grange Hotel
2 October 2018
Advanced
Skills
EA91
Experienced Reps Development
Quorn Grange Hotel
2 - 3 October 2018
RC1
Manual Handling Training
Quorn Grange Hotel
3 October 2018
RC3
Fire Marshall Training
Quorn Grange Hotel
3 October 2018
NC48
Health & Safety Reps 1
Northern College
8 - 12 October 2018
EA92
Social Media – The Unions & Employers
Quorn Grange Hotel
9 October 2018
EA70
Introducing ICT
Quorn Grange Hotel
10 - 11 October 2018
Arts & Culture
EA95
Free Trade or Fair Trade?
Quorn Grange Hotel
14 October 2018
EA65
Intense Reps Training
Quorn Grange Hotel
15 - 18 October 2018
EA93
Introducing Equalities
Quorn Grange Hotel
16 - 17 October 2018
EA94
Campaigning & Corporate Media
Quorn Grange Hotel
20 October 2018
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT Internationalism
EA96
Introducing Politics to Trades Unionists
Quorn Grange Hotel
23 - 24 October 2018
November Code Course Title
Location
Date
EA97
Manifesto for Labour Law
Quorn Grange Hotel
7 - 8 November 2018
EA98
Workplace Organising
Quorn Grange Hotel
13 - 14 November 2018
NC49
Shop Stewards Stage 2
Northern College
12 - 16 November 2018
EA99
The Art of Campaigning
Quorn Grange Hotel
17 November 2018
EA99
Against Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Quorn Grange Hotel
20 November 2018
EA30
Neuro-Diversity
Quorn Grange Hotel
21 November 2018
EVENT GFTU Young Members Development Weekend
Quorn Grange Hotel
22 - 24 November 2019
EA31
Understanding Parliament
Westminster
27 - 28 November 2018
Events How to Sign up
December Code Course Title
Location
Date
NC50
Health & Safety Reps 2
Northern College
3 - 7 December 2018
EA33
Health & Safety Reps 2
Quorn Grange Hotel
5 - 6 December 2018
EA34
Pay Bargaining & Negotiating Techniques
Quorn Grange Hotel
11 December 2018
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Second Semester 2019 January Code Course Title
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Location
Date
001
Wages, Inflation and Pay Bargaining
www.gmb.org.uk/webinar001 7 January 2019
RC4
First Aid in the Workplace
Quorn Grange Hotel
8 -10 January 2019
EA36
Health & Safety Reps 1
Quorn Grange Hotel
15 - 16 January 2019
EA37
Introduction to GDPR
Quorn Grange Hotel
22 January 2019
Functional Skills
EA38
Recognising the Constructs: Race Discrimination
Quorn Grange Hotel
23 January 2019
EA39
New Reps Development
Quorn Grange Hotel
29 - 30 January 2019
February Code Course Title
Location
Date
Foundation Skills
002
The End of Austerity
www.gmb.org.uk/webinar002 4 February 2019
NC51
Shop Stewards Stage 1
Northern College
4 - 8 February 2019
EA40
Social Media - The Unions & Employers
Quorn Grange Hotel
5 February 2019
RC5
Manual Handling Training
Quorn Grange Hotel
6 February 2019
RC6
Fire Marshal Training
Quorn Grange Hotel
7 February 2019
EA42
ESOL (English as a Second Language)
Quorn Grange Hotel
7 - 8 February 2019
Advanced Skills
EA49
Experienced Reps Development
Quorn Grange Hotel
12 - 13 February 2019
EA43
A Hundred Years in a Hundred Minutes
Quorn Grange Hotel
16 February 2019
EA44
Introducing Equalities
Quorn Grange Hotel
19 - 20 February 2019
EA46
Health & Safety Reps 2
Quorn Grange Hotel
26 - 27 February 2019
Arts &
March Code Course Title
Culture
Location
Date
003
How to End Inequality
www.gmb.org.uk/webinar003 4 March 2019
EA47
Mental Health Awareness
Quorn Grange Hotel
5 March 2019
EA48
Debunking Economics
Quorn Grange Hotel
6 - 7 March 2019
NC52
Health & Safety Reps 1
Northern College
11 - 15 March 2019
EA50
Introducing Politics to Trades Unionists
Quorn Grange Hotel
12 - 13 March 2019
8 FURTHER DEVELOPMENT Internationalism Events How to Sign up EA51 EA56 EA53 EA45 004 NC53 EA53 EA54 EA55
A Beginners Guide to Campaigning Media Production Quorn Grange Hotel
16 March 2019
Managing Safety
Quorn Grange Hotel
20 - 21 March 2019
Pay Bargaining & Negotiating Techniques
Quorn Grange Hotel
26 March 2019
Working and Campaigning with the Third Sector 28 March 2019 EVENT 120 Years of GFTU History, Yesterday Informing Today Manchester Mechanics Institute 30 March 2019 Quorn Grange Hotel
April Code Course Title
Location
Date
How Free are UK Trade Unions?
www.gmb.org.uk/webinar004 1 April 2019
Negotiating Skills
Northern College
1 - 5 April 2019
Community Organising
Quorn Grange Hotel
2 April 2019
Understanding Parliament
Westminster
9 - 10 April 2019
Women in the Trade Union Movement
Quorn Grange Hotel
30 April - 1 May 2019
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Third Semester 2019 May Code Course Title
Location
Date
RC7
Emergancy First Aid in the Workplace
Quorn Grange Hotel
2 May 2019
Functional
EA57
LGBT + Rights in the Workplace
Quorn Grange Hotel
3 May 2019
Skills
005
Class and Trade Unions
www.gmb.org.uk/webinar005 7 May 2019
EA58
Health & Safety Reps 1
Quorn Grange Hotel
7 - 8 May 2019
EA59
Access to Politics
Quorn Grange Hotel
9 May 2019
EA69
Kurdistan: Its’ People & Politics
Quorn Grange Hotel
11 May 2019
NC54
Shop Stewards Stage 1
Northern College
13 - 17 May 2019
Foundation
What’s Your Story? The Campiaging Power of Narrative
Skills
Quorn Grange Hotel
18 May 2019
EA60
EVENT BGCM
Quorn Grange Hotel
19 - 21 May 2019
EA61
New Reps Development
Quorn Grange Hotel
21 - 22 May 2019
EA62
Introducing ICT
Quorn Grange Hotel
23 - 24 May
NC55
Union Learning Reps
Northern College
27 - 31 May 2019
Advanced
Skills
EA63
Social Media – The Unions & Employers
Quorn Grange Hotel
28 May 2019
RC8
Manual Handling Training
Quorn Grange Hotel
29 May 2019
RC9
Fire Marshal Training
Quorn Grange Hotel
30 May 2019
June Code Course Title
Location
Date
Arts & Culture
006
The Future of Pensions
www.gmb.org.uk/webinar006 3 June 2019
NC56
Shop Stewards Stage 2
Northern College
3 - 7 June 2019
EA64
Experienced Reps Development
Quorn Grange Hotel
4 - 5 June 2019
NC61
Health & Safety Stage 1
Northern College
8 - 12 July 2019
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT Internationalism
EA65
Introducing Equalities
Quorn Grange Hotel
11 - 12 June 2019
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words - An Introduction to Creative Activism
Quorn Grange Hotel
15 June 2019
EA66
EA67
Health & Safety Reps 2
Quorn Grange Hotel
18 - 19 June 2019
NC53
Health & Safety Stage 2
Northern College
22 - 26 July 2019
EA68
Workplace Organising
Quorn Grange Hotel
25 - 26 June 2019
July 007
A Typical Contracts and Union Organisation
www.gmb.org.uk/webinar007 1 July 2019
NC57
Health & Safety Reps 1
Northern College
8 - 12 July 2019
NC58
Health & Safety Reps 2
Northern College
22 - 26 July 2019
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2019 -2020 August 008
Educational Principles
Will We Be Divided?
www.gmb.org.uk/webinar008 5 August 2019
September 009
How to Teach and Learn in Trade Unions
www.gmb.org.uk/webinar009 2 September 2019
Functional Skills
October EA66
The Derby Silk Mill Lockout
Quorn Grange Hotel
6 October 2019
What does the Trade Union Organising Agenda really mean today with ¾ of workers unorganised?
www.gmb.org.uk/webinar010 7 October 2019
010
November EA62
Foundation Skills
The Peasant Revolts of 1549
Mechanics Hall / Nottingham 9 November 2019
December EA67
Gerard Winstanley and The Diggers
Secular Hall / Nottingham 8 December 2019
Advanced Skills
January EA68
Great Women Trade Unionists
Quorn Grange Hotel
12 January 2020
February EA69
The Chartists
Mechanics Hall / Nottingham 8 February 2020
Arts &
Culture
March EA70
Our Songs Made History
Secular Hall / Nottingham 8 March 2020
April EA72
The Working Class and Issues of Race and Gender...
Mechanics Hall / Nottingham 18 April 2020
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The Modern Trade Union Movement
Quorn Grange Hotel
17 May 2020
Captain Swing. The Luddites
Secular Hall / Nottingham 7 June 2020
September EA74
100 Years in 100 Minutes
Mechanics Hall / Nottingham 19 September 2020
October EA75
The Levellers
Quorn Grange Hotel
4 October 2020
November EA76
Our Poetry
Secular Hall / Nottingham 15 November 2020
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Functional Skills The Core Building Blocks of the Labour Movement Regardless of your experiences at school, Functional Skills are the essential skills needed for English, Maths, and ICT in order for trade unionists to fully participate in life, learning and meaningful work. They form the building blocks that enable learning and all else flows from them. They are also a vital part of the Labour Movement’s armoury – upskilling its members and opening up for them new horizons. As a consequence, the GFTU offers the following entry level courses for its affiliates in partnership with Northern College and TERC, in order to provide a competency in English, Maths and ICT skills.
ESOL (English as a Second Language)
Educational Principles
EA91
Days: 2
Date: 26 - 27 September 2018
Location: Quorn Grange Hotel
EA42
Days: 2
Date: 7 - 8 February 2019
Location: Quorn Grange Hotel
Writing, Speaking and Listening Skills. Teaching covers dealing with telephone calls, office queries, writing emails and formal letters, and workplace linked terminology. ESOL will prepare you to gain national level qualifications in English, Maths, ICT and customer care; as well as making the world of work easier and far more explicable.
This two day course is intended to increase ease and familiarity with the English language, in order facilitate communication and to access further learning and career development opportunities. It is aimed at workers whose first language is not English and who are in the process of learning English. The course is designed to help learners improve their workplace skills, through the development of Reading,
Functional Skills
Tutor: Bernard Harper
Foundation Skills
Introducing ICT
EA70
Days: 2
Date: 10 - 11 October 2018
Location: Quorn Grange Hotel
EA62
Days: 2
Date: 23 - 24 May 2019
Location: Quorn Grange Hotel
Advanced Skills
• Use spreadsheets to create a simple household or small office budget sheet Mobile Technology Do you know your Androids from your Apples or your Phablets from your tablets? Yet chances are you have one or the other in your hands. Find out how to make your mobile save you time when dealing with specific trade union challenges.
Target: The training is designed for trade union representatives that would like to gain or develop the necessary skills to work more effectively with readily available information technology tools which can allow them to solve everyday trade union issues Delivery Method: The training will be delivered in a classroom-based format. Each person will have access to a computer and the relevant software with the trainer leading by demonstration. Individual assistance will be provided where required. The advantage of this sort of training will be access to a trainer in person and group interaction. This will not only enhance learning but will provide an opportunity to interact with one another in a professional, productive and cooperative way. Prerequisites: Participants will need to know how to use a mouse, use a keyboard to type and to minimize, maximize From delivering presentations to keeping track of your Branch expenses Office productivity suites such as Microsoft Office Suite can save you time and reduce repetitive tasks. • Creating forms and table of contents in a word editor • Presenting with Prezi open and close windows Using Office Software
Arts &
Culture
• Identify mobile operating systems • Installing and uninstalling apps • Useful apps for trade union reps • Technology & workplace challenges Cloud Technology
Sending files via email has been the default method for the exchange of documents and images for users. Yet readily available cloud storage solutions can now manage those tasks. From Google Drive to Dropbox these free tools can limit file loss and manage file transfers. • What is the cloud • Different everyday cloud storage services • File size and file types • Saving to, uploading to and downloading from the cloud
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Tutor: M. Cudjoe
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Skilling & Organising for Workplace Reps A union’s Workplace Representatives (or Shop Stewards) are its backbone, and the first line of contact between the union and its members. Having well-trained, well-educated and highly motivated Reps dramatically strengthens the power, and influence of a union. It makes organising and recruitment possible, while at the same time permitting Reps to develop their own skills and interests – upskilling themselves while adding value to the union.
Shop Stewards Stage 1
Educational Principles
NC47
Days: 5
Date: 17 - 21 September 2018
Location: Northern College
NC51
Days: 5
Date: 4 - 8 February 2019
Location: Northern College
NC54
Days: 5
Date: 13 - 17 May 2019
Location: Northern College
• Facilities and time off for trade union duties • Interviewing Skills • Listening Skills • Handling a Member’s Grievance • Handling a Disciplinary Case • Fairness & Equality
This course is recommended for Workplace Shop Stewards who are new to the role, or for those that want to refresh their skills and gain new confidence in representing members. This five day course, at Northern College, will include the following: • The Skills a Shop Steward needs • The Role of a Shop Steward
Functional Skills
Foundation Skills
Tutor: C. Lawrence
New Reps Development
EA39
Days: 2
Date: 29 - 30 January 2019
Location: Quorn Grange Hotel
EA61
Days: 2
Date: 21 - 22 May 2019
Location: Quorn Grange Hotel
Advanced Skills
• Handling cases • The nature of a Grievance • Good practice guidelines • An introduction to ACAS • Recognition agreements & facilities time • An introduction to the wider Labour Movement and its history • Organising around issues in the workplace
New Reps Development is designed as a comprehensive grounding for new Workplace Representatives and Shop Stewards, equipping them with the skills needed for organising, campaigning and recruitment around members; as well as for protecting those rights at work. This two day course, held at Quorn, will cover: • Rights at work • Contracts of Employment • The roles & responsibilities of Trade Union Reps
Arts &
Culture
Tutor: I. Lymer & D. Green
Intense Reps Training
EA65
Days: 4
Date: 15 - 18 October 2018
Location: Quorn Grange Hotel
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Many unions are reporting the recruitment of new reps and want to get them trained up well but quickly. This special
course will combine the curriculum of the new reps training with the Shop Stewards Stage 1 and element of Stage 2.
Tutor: TBC
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Shop Stewards Stage 2
NC49
Days: 5
Date: 12 - 16 November 2018
Location: Northern College
NC56
Days: 5
Date: 3 - 7 June 2019
Location: Northern College
Functional
specific problems of members • Develop the skills and confidence required in order to represent members in meetings with management • Equality, discrimination and protected characteristics • Bargaining, negotiation and consultation in the workplace • Review of Statutory Employment Rights • Bargaining, negotiation and consultation in the workplace
This course is recommended for Workplace Shop Stewards who understand the basic elements and requirements of their role, and who want to further develop their skills and confidence in representing their members. This five day course, at Northern College, will include the following: • Understanding the range of problems that affect members • The ability to collect and present information in order to represent members • The production of a plan in order to deal with the
Skills
Foundation
Skills
Tutor: C. Lawrence
Advanced
Experienced Reps Development
Skills
EA91
Days: 2
Date: 2 - 3 October 2018
Location: Quorn Grange Hotel
EA49
Days: 2
Date: 12 - 13 February 2019
Location: Quorn Grange Hotel
EA64
Days: 2
Date: 4 - 5 June 2019
Location: Quorn Grange Hotel
• Consultation in the workplace • Labour Law • Equalities in the workplace • Using ACAS procedures and as a space for conciliation or redress • Briefing officials • Building the branch, mapping the workplace • Trade Union democracy • Organising and recruitment
This two day course, held at Quorn, builds upon New Reps Development and is intended for more experienced Reps who either wish for a refresher or an opportunity to broaden and deepen their knowledge around a whole cluster of workplace related issues; from pay and conditions, and health & safety, to negotiating skills and campaigning around members’ issues. The course will include: • The sharing of best practice and workplace agreements • An introduction to the art, & pitfalls, of negotiating and pay bargaining
Arts & Culture
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT Internationalism Events How to Sign up
Tutor: I. Lymer & D. Green
Negotiating Skills
NC53
Days: 5
Date: 1 - 5 April 2019
Location: Northern College
• Factors likely to hinder or advance gender equality bargaining • Willingness to ‘give’ and to ‘take’ • Wage demands • Check-off
This five day course, held at Northern College, is aimed at Reps who want a practical, no-nonsense guide to getting the best for themselves, and their members, in negotiations with management.
It will cover the following areas: • What is Collective Bargaining? • Bargaining at Local and National Levels
• Union recognition • Management rights • Negotiating strategies • Conflict resolution
• Industry wide agreements • Bargaining in good faith
Tutor: C. Lawrence
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Union Learning Reps
Educational Principles
NC55
Days: 5
Date: 27 - 31 May 2019
Location: Northern College
• The principles of Lifelong Learning • Interviewing techniques
If Union Learning Reps (ULRs) are not sufficiently trained in order to fulfil their role, then they are not eligible for time-off in order to fulfil their trade union duties. This five day course, held at Northern College, is designed to equip Union Learning Reps with all the prerequisite skills needed for their tasks. The course will cover: • The role and function of ULRs
• Negotiating Learning and Training • The Identification of Learning Needs • Working with employers and other partners to improve members’ access to Learning • Supporting members in their own Learning
Functional Skills
Tutor: C. Lawrence
Pay Bargaining & Negotiating Techniques
Foundation Skills
EA34
Days: 1
Date: 11 December 2018
Location: Quorn Grange Hotel
EA52
Days: 1
Date: 26 March 2019
Location: Quorn Grange Hotel
• The ability to recognise a range of appropriate sources of information relevant to the bargaining, negotiation or consultation process • An understanding of where Employment Law supports access to, and use of, information for bargaining, negotiation or consultation • A recognition of different negotiating styles and approaches • The ability to negotiate as part of a team • The ability to recognise the strengths and weaknesses of the union’s negotiating position
This one day course, held at Quorn, is aimed at more experienced Reps (with at least 12 months experience) who are – or who wish to become - involved in negotiating satisfactory outcomes with management for a range of workplace issues from Health & Safety to pay bargaining and arguing the case for union recognition and release time. At the end of this course you will be able to understand the negotiating process and will have had the opportunity to practice and develop your negotiating skills. The specific areas that this course covers are, as follows: • An understanding of a range of collective bargaining issues relevant to the participant’s own workplace and sector
Advanced Skills
Arts &
Culture
Tutor: I. Lymer & D. Green
Community Organising
EA53
Days: 1
Date: 2 April 2019
Location: Quorn Grange Hotel
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• Identifying and Developing Leaders through Alliance Building • Identifying Community Organising Issues • Community Organising Campaigns – and analysis of their power & potential
Unions do not stand outside society but are located at the heart of civil society. This one day course, held at Quorn, looks at the building of networks and alliances outside traditional structures in order to harness and amplify trade union power behind new social movements and formations. Community Organising is very much learned by doing – so this will be a practical course for trade union activists that covers three basic building blocks:
Tutor: M. Smith
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Educational
Principles
Workplace Organising
EA98
Days: 2
Date: 13 - 14 November 2018
Location: Quorn Grange Hotel
EA68
Days: 2
Date: 25 - 26 June 2019
Location: Quorn Grange Hotel
Functional
• Industrial and Political Context • Workplace Mapping • Collective Organising
This two day course, held at Quorn, is intended for union Reps and activists interested in actively campaigning in order to grow and strengthen their union. There will be a component of peer led, group assessment and, by the end of the course, the participant will aim to have produced their own Workplace Organising Plan to serve as a guide to action upon their return to work. The course content includes consideration of, and engagement with:
Skills
• Building the Union – asking workers to join • Getting Help – asking workers to get active • Workplace Communications • Planning Organisation
Foundation
Skills
Tutor: M. Smith
Advanced
Skills
Arts & Culture
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT Internationalism Events How to Sign up
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The Unions, Data Protection & Social Media Social media is here to stay Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp, Instagram, Linkedin and a host of other platforms profoundly influence our lives, our relationships, and the way in which trade unions communicate with their members and organise. Indeed, these particular social media websites have more than 100,000,000 registered users. Of course there are both opportunities and dangers in participating in social media, as something which was intended as personal relationship network, based around social sharing, has become a conduit for ideas, advertising, polemics and politics. Trade unionists need to be aware of the rise of cyberbullying, online harassment and ‘trolling’. Employers are also becoming increasingly adept at monitoring their employees’ social media accounts, often targeting union Reps and bringing disciplinary actions against them on the grounds that ‘private’ statements or posts have brought their organisation into disrepute. At the same time, Trade Unions can benefit greatly – in terms of organising campaigns and recruitment – from the interconnectedness of members, groups, NGOs, advocacy groups and political parties. Social media is another tool – and we all know how to use and wield it properly. These GFTU courses are there to show you how.
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Educational
Principles
Introduction to GDPR
EA90
Days: 1
Date: 25 September 2018
Location: Quorn Grange Hotel
EA37
Days: 1
Date: 22 January 2019
Location: Quorn Grange Hotel
Functional
• how to implement the new systems • how to remain compliant • sanctions • the role of the Information Commissioner (ICO) • how to avoid pitfalls The cost for this course is £120 per person (including hot drinks & a buffet lunch) for members of affiliated unions, and £170 for members on non-GFTU affiliated trade unions. Start Time: 9.30am / Finish Time: 5.00pm
The GFTU has organised a series of training courses and opportunities to ensure that unions are aware of the new data protection legislation, the role of the Information Commissioner’s Office, and the data protection obligations that they need to adhere to in the new regulations. There can never be too much training on this issue and any union officer, lay or paid, handling any members’ information should be fully briefed on the issues. This one day course, held at Quorn, is designed for anyone who has the responsibility for data capture, membership, marketing, and the sharing of information. The introduction will explore:
Skills
Foundation
Skills
Tutor: A. Birchall
Advanced
Social Media – The Unions & Employers
Skills
EA92
Days: 1
Date: 9 October 2018
Location: Quorn Grange Hotel
EA40
Days: 1
Date: 5 February 2019
Location: Quorn Grange Hotel
EA63
Days: 1
Date: 28 May 2019
Location: Quorn Grange Hotel
• Be more aware of how to extend their reach on all arms of social media • Have improved their understanding of what makes effective content • Be aware of the perils of Social Media in the workplace and how Employers might seek use the online presence and practices of union members against them in the workplace • Be aware of Social Media best practice in the workplace.
The rise of Social Media offers enormous possibilities to the Trade Union Movement, as well as creating new pitfalls. This one-day course is designed to show Reps, Activists and Officials how to use Social Media more effectively in order to promote the causes and campaigns championed by the unions. It will cover the planning of your campaigns, increasing your reach and the creation of more interesting and meaningful content. It will also look at how best to manage social media output, including through the development of jointly agreed social media policies. Aimed at Reps, Activists and Officials who use social media on a regular basis, but who would not describe themselves as experts. The course aims, by its end, to enable participants to:
Arts & Culture
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT Internationalism Events How to Sign up
Start time: 10 am Finish time: 4pm
Tutor: D. Green
19 For arrangements and how to sign up for courses and events please go to HOW TO SIGN UP
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Health & Safety Training Making Safer and Healthier Working Environments
Health and Safety at Work are major issues for trade unionists. Though the tabloids scream about ‘Health and Safety gone mad!’ Trade unionists know that work places that have trade union Health & Safety Reps have a significantly lower rate of accidents, and are far safer and healthier working environments. As a consequence, GFTU has put together a range of courses that build upon the core themes of the role of the Health & Safety Rep and which provide a stage-by-stage practical guide from the basics of the Reps’ work right up to the management duties of union officials in ensuring that the working environment is safer, healthier, more pleasant and productive for us all.
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Educational
Principles
Health & Safety Reps 1
NC48
Days: 5
Date: 8 - 12 October 2018
Location: Northern College
NC52
Days: 5
Date: 11 - 15 March 2019
Location: Northern College
Functional
NC57
Days: 5
Date: 8 - 12 July 2019
Location: Northern College
Skills
• Facilities for Health & Safety Reps • Health and Safety Inspections • Recognising Workplace Hazards • European legislation, during and after ‘Brexit’, and the ‘6 PACK’ • Prevention and Control Measures • Dealing with specific Health & Safety issues of Concern
This course is aimed Workplace Representatives who need, and want, to develop their skills, knowledge and confidence in the areas of Health & Safety. The course will include: • The role and functions of the Health & Safety Representative • The running and conduct of Health & Safety Committee Meetings • Safety Representative and Committee Regulations
Foundation
Skills
Tutor: C. Lawrence
Health & Safety Reps 1
Advanced
Skills
EA89
Days: 2
Date: 18 - 19 September 2018
Location: Quorn Grange Hotel
EA36
Days: 2
Date: 15 - 16 January 2019
Location: Quorn Grange Hotel
EA58
Days: 2
Date: 7 - 8 May 2019
Location: Quorn Grange Hotel
• The duty of care that all employers have for the health, safety and well-being of their employees, and the statutory requirements that act upon them • The role of the Health & Safety Rep in the Workplace • Inspections and risk assessment • Accident and incident prevention at work • Accident, incident and ill-health reporting • Advising members who have been injured, or whose health has suffered, at work • Health & Safety Committees • Organising around Health & Safety in the Workplace
New to the role of Health & Safety Rep? Daunted by all the new jargon, responsibilities and legislation? This is where you start! Building upon the skills learned on the New Reps Course, this two day course, held at Quorn, is designed to equip your union’s Health & Safety Reps will the specific skill set needed for their role. The course will cover: • Why Health & Safety is so important for the world of work • An outline of the Trade Union approach to Health & Safety
Arts & Culture
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT Internationalism Events How to Sign up
Tutor: D. Green, I. Lymer and M. Cudjoe
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Health & Safety Reps 2
Educational Principles
NC50
Days: 5
Date: 3 - 7 December 2018
Location: Northern College
NC58
Days: 5
Date: 22 - 26 July 2019
Location: Northern College
specific problems • The development of the skills and confidence required in order to represent members in meetings with management • Bargaining, negotiation and consultation in the workplace • A review of Statutory Employment Rights • Knowledge of Equality, discrimination and protected characteristics • Bargaining, negotiation and consultation in the workplace.
This five day course held at Northern College is recommended for Workplace Representatives, who understand the basic elements of their role and their rights but who want to further develop their skills and confidence in representing members. The course will include the following: • Understanding a range of problems that affect members • Knowledge of how to collect and present information when representing members • The production of a plan for dealing with member’s
Functional Skills
Foundation Skills
Tutor: C. Lawrence
Health & Safety Reps 2
EA33
Days: 2
Date: 5 - 6 December 2018
Location: Quorn Grange Hotel
Advanced Skills
EA46
Days: 2
Date: 26 - 27 February 2019
Location: Quorn Grange Hotel
EA67
Days: 2
Date: 18 - 19 June 2019
Location: Quorn Grange Hotel
standards at work • Using Health & Safety issues as part of your own union’s toolkit for recruitment in the workplace • Developing the confidence to raise Health & Safety matters on behalf of union members • Understanding the key legal requirements relating to risk assessment • Understanding the risk assessment process • Using risk assessment strategies and union organisation in order to secure improvements in workplace safety
This two day course, held at Quorn, is intended for new Workplace Representatives who have completed the Health & Safety Stage 1 course; and for experienced Reps who would like to refresh their training. The course will include: • The background and origins of specific Health & safety legislation affecting the workplace • The main legal requirements of specific Health & Safety regulations • An understanding of how Health & Safety regulations can be used in order to improve Health and Safety
Arts &
Culture
Tutor: D. Green, I. Lymer and M. Cudjoe
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Managing Safety
Days: 2
Date: 20 - 21 March 2019
Location: Quorn Grange Hotel
The course covers: • Assessing risks • Controlling risks • Understanding responsibilities
Every union officer managing staff needs to have an understanding of their health and safety responsibilities. Managing Safety, run by GFTU in partnership with IOSH, provides full step-by-step guidance which aims to engage and inspire in order to embed the principles of Health & Safety right across the Trade Union Movement. The two day course is designed for union officers and staff working across any sector of their respective union. It aims to get participants ‘up to speed’ on the practical actions they need to take to tackle the Health and Safety issues that they are responsible for, within a single programme.
• Understanding hazards • Investigating incidents • Measuring performance Successful participants will be awarded the IOSH Managing Safety certificate.
Tutor: IOSH
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