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Week ending May 31, 2024

Welcome to This Week in Labor Education!

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CSEA Education & Training Upcoming online representation and union-building webinars scheduled

CSEA Education & Training Upcoming online representation and union-building webinars scheduled

The Education and Training Department staff continue to provide opportunities for members to gain and enhance their skills through our in-person and online trainings. These trainings are open to members in All Regions. Workshop descriptions and registration for all current offerings are available online on our website. Members can also register by calling their CSEA Region office.

NOTE: Participants must use their own time or have approved release time to attend trainings if attending during their normal work hours. Grievance Representation Training and Representing Members in Discipline and Interrogation Training are both required for all officers as per the CSEA Constitution (Article 5, Section 6)
Here are our upcoming in-person offerings:

June

  • June 29 – Representing Members in Discipline and Interrogation – Commack (Region 1) – 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Call (631) 462-0030 to register.

July

  • July 9 & 10** – Contract Negotiations: Team Training – Commack – (Region 1) – 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Call (631) 462-0030 to register.
  • July 9 & 10** – Representing Members in Discipline and Interrogation – Amherst (Region 6) – 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Call (716) 691-6555 or (866) 568-7734 to register.
  • July 10 & 11** – Steward Workshop – New York (Region 2) – 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Call (212) 406-2156 to register.
  • July 10 & 11** – Steward Workshop – Albany – (Region 4) – 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Call (518) 782-4400 or (800) 874-7344 to register.
  • July 15 & 16** – Steward Workshop – Ballston Spa (Region 4) – 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Call (518) 782-4400 or (800) 874-7344 to register.
  • July 16 – Conflict Management for Union Members – Beacon (Region 3) – 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Call (845) 831-1000 or (800) 757-CSEA to register.
  • July 17 – An Overview of the Family and Medical Leave Act – Beacon (Region 3) – 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Call (845) 831-1000 or (800) 757-CSEA to register.
  • July 20 – Grievance Representation Workshop – Beacon – (Region 3) – 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Call (845) 831-1000 or (800) 757-CSEA to register.
  • July 23 – Advanced Grievance: Power In Numbers – Syracuse (Region 5) – 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Call (315) 433-0050 or (800) 559-7975 to register.
  • July 23 & 24** – Grievance Representation Workshop – Commack (Region 1) – 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Call (631) 462-0030 to register.
  • July 23 & 24** – Grievance Representation Workshop – East Greenbush (Region 4) – 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Call (518) 782-4400 or (800) 874-7344 to register.
  • July 23 & 24** – Contract Negotiation Strategies: Maximizing Our Leverage – Binghamton (Region 5) – 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Call (607) 772-1750 to register.
  • July 24 – Advanced Steward: Building An Activist Network – Syracuse (Region 5) – 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Call (315) 433-0050 or (800) 559-7975 to register.
  • July 29 & 30** – Contract Negotiations: Team Training – Binghamton (Region 5) – 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Call (607) 772-1750 to register.
  • July 30 – Inside the Time and Attendance Process – New York (Region 2) – 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Call (212) 406-2156 to register.
  • July 31 – Conflict Management for Union Members – New York (Region 2) – 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Call (212) 406-2156 to register.

 

August

  • August 6 & 7** – Representing Members in Discipline and Interrogation – East Greenbush (Region 4) – 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Call (518) 782-4400 or (800) 874-7344 to register.
  • August 7 & 8** – Grievance Representation Workshop – Allegany (Region 6) – 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Call (716) 691-6555 or (866) 568-7734 to register.
  • August 7 & 8** – Steward Workshop – Amherst (Region 6) – 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Call (716) 691-6555 or (866) 568-7734 to register.
  • August 12 & 13** – Steward Workshop – Cortland (Region 5) – 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Call (315) 433-0050 or (800) 559-7975 to register.
  • August 13 & 14** – Representing Members in Discipline and Interrogation – Binghamton (Region 5) – 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Call (607) 772-1750 to register.
  • August 14 & 15** – Representing Members in Discipline and Interrogation – Commack (Region 1) – 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Call (631) 462-0030 to register.
  • August 17 – Representing Members in Discipline and Interrogation – Canton Satellite Office (Region 5) – Call (315) 433-0050 or (800) 559-7975 to register.
  • August 24 – State Government: Representing Members in Discipline and Interrogation – Orangeburg (Region 3) – 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Call (845) 831-1000 or (800) 757-CSEA to register.
  • August 27 & 28** – Grievance Representation Workshop – Binghamton (Region 5) – 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Call (607) 772-1750 to register.


**Must attend both days


Here are our upcoming online offerings:

July

  • July 1 (Mon) – Local Government Discipline & Interrogation Recertification – 6 pm to 8 pm
  • July 1 (Mon) – State Government Discipline & Interrogation Recertification – 12 pm to 2 pm
  • July 2 (Tue) – Local Government: Discipline & Interrogation Recertification – 12 pm to 2 pm
  • July 2 (Tue) – State Government Discipline & Interrogation Recertification – 6 pm to 8 pm
  • July 9 (Tue) – Local Government Discipline & Interrogation Recertification – 6 pm to 8 pm
  • July 10 & 11 (Wed & Thu)** – Contract Negotiations: Maximizing Our Leverage – 6 pm to 8 pm
  • July 13 (Sat) – Local Government: Discipline & Interrogation Recertification – 10 am to 12 pm
  • July 15 (Mon) – Private Sector Discipline & Interrogation – 12 pm to 2 pm
  • July 16 (Tue) – State Government Discipline & Interrogation Recertification – 6 pm to 8 pm
  • July 17 (Wed) – Local Government Discipline & Interrogation Recertification – 12 pm to 2 pm
  • July 18 (Thu) – Local Government Discipline & Interrogation Recertification – 6 pm to 8 pm
  • July 20 (Sat) – State Government Discipline & Interrogation Recertification – 10 am to 12 pm
  • July 22 (Mon) – State Government Discipline & Interrogation Recertification – 10 am to 12 pm
  • July 24 (Wed) – Private Sector Discipline & Interrogation – 6 pm to 8 pm
  • July 25 (Thu) – State Government Discipline & Interrogation Recertification – 6 pm to 8 pm
  • July 26 (Fri) – Local Government Discipline & Interrogation Recertification – 10 am to 12 pm
  • July 27 (Sat) – Private Sector Discipline & Interrogation – 10 am to 12 pm

**Must attend both days

Activist Word of the Week

Final and Binding Arbitration – A method of settling disputes in which a neutral third party (or “arbitrator”) holds a hearing, listens to the arguments and evidence from both dies, and makes a decision by which both parties must abide.

This Week in Labor History

On July 22, 1903, the “March of the Mill Children” arrived at the luxurious summer home of President Theodore Roosevelt in Oyster Bay, Long Island, having left Philadelphia on foot on July 5. Sweatshop workers in Philadelphia, including thousands of children, were engaged in an intense struggle for living wages and a 55-hour work week! Legendary organizer Mother Jones convened the march to support the workers’ cause and to draw national attention to the millions of children in Pennsylvania and across the country who labored long hours in dangerous conditions for poverty wages. President Roosevelt refused to see the marchers, but the attention they drew was one more step in the long fight that would ultimately lead to the child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, which mostly banned the employment of children under 14. Like all labor victories, this one cannot be taken for granted; we are seeing an upsurge across the country in child labor violations and in efforts to weaken existing legislative protections.

Mother Jones, surrounded by striking child mill workers. Source: Library of Congress (retrieved from https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/mother-jones-march-mill-children/).

To learn more:

https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/philadelpian-mill-children-march-against-child-labor-exploitation-1903

https://archive.iww.org/history/library/MotherJones/autobiography/10/

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This Week in Labor Education is published by the Education and Training Department of CSEA, AFSCME, Local 1000, AFL-CIO.

Mary E. Sullivan, President

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