Labor School Calendar
Region 4: Track 3: Week 4
06.27.2012
Regions 1, 2 & 5 - Classes offered 10am-Noon, 5pm-7:30pm.
Regions 3 & 4 - Classes are 5pm - 7:30pm.
Find this track and week description in the listing below.
Contact the region to register.
MNA Labor School - 2012
Track 1 – Leadership Development and the MNA/NNU
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Week 1 |
Overview of the MNA and the NNU, By Laws, Board of Directors and Committees, Divisions & Associate Directors, Central Labor Councils and the State AFL-CIO |
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Week 2 |
Labor History and the Core Values of the Union, Labor and Community Coalitions, Workplace Actions and Strikes, Work to Rule |
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Week 3 |
Member Participation and Internal Organizing/Mapping the Workplace, Union Building Tools- Internal Communications, Contract Language, Unit Newsletters & Bulletin Boards |
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Week 4 |
Running Union Membership Meetings, Leadership Development and Officer Elections, Dealing with Apathy, Organizing around Grievances |
Track 2 – Role of the Floor Representative, Grievances and Arbitration
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Week 1 |
Role of the Floor Rep., Identifying Grievances vs. Complaints, Review of the Grievance Procedure and Time Lines |
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Week 2 |
Grievance Investigation and the Right to Information, Discipline and Just Cause, Past Practice |
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Week 3 |
Writing & Filing Grievances, Preparing the Case, Weingarten Rights, Organizing around Grievances |
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Week 4 |
Presenting the Grievance, Settling Grievances, Arbitration, ULPs |
Track 3 – The Collective Bargaining Process
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Week 1 |
Collective Bargaining and the Legal Foundation, Process Overview, Ground Rules, Bargaining Committees and the Contract Action Team |
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Week 2 |
Preparing for Bargaining - Surveys, Calendar, Priorities, Defining and Developing a Contract Campaign, The Committee Decision Making Process |
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Week 3 |
At the Bargaining Table – Tactics and Signals, Roles at the Table, Writing Contract Language, Leverage & Pressure Tactics, Use of the Media |
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Week 4 |
Contract Costing, Strikes & Job Actions, Mediation, Impasse, Agreement, Committee Recommendation and Ratification |
Track 4 – Computer Training
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Week 1 |
Excel |
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Week 2 |
Excel |
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Week 3 |
Excel |
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Week 4 |
Word |
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Week 5 |
Word |
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Week 6 |
Using the Internet and MNA email |
Track 5 – Labor Law and Special Topics
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Week 1 |
Family and Medical Leave Act, Massachusetts Small Necessities Leave Act, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) |
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Week 2 |
Fair Labor Standards Act, Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) |
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Week 3 |
Workers Compensation, Occupational Safety and Health Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, USERRA (Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act) |
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Week 4 |
The Kentucky River/Oakwood Cases and the NLRB and Nurse Supervisory Issues, The National Labor Relations Act and Chapter 150 (e) |
To register, contact the Regional Office
MNA Regional Council 1 - 413.584.4607, region1@mnarn.org
MNA Regional Council 2 - 508.756.5800, region2@mnarn.org
MNA Regional Council 3 - 508.888.5774, region3@mnarn.org
MNA Regional Council 4 - 781.584.8012, region4@mnarn.org
MNA Regional Council 5 - 781.821.8255, region5@mnarn.org
