Training Schedule
- All members will need to have an email address and access to Zoom through a computer or your phone.
- Registration links for each training, please also provide a cell phone number and approve a text reminder.
- Have an idea for a training? Let us know what you'd like us to cover in future trainings.
Thursday, July 18, 2024: New Board Members Training
This training is for newly elected Board Members only. This training will help participants familiarize themselves with the duties and responsibilities of the office.
Tuesday, September 10, 2024, 6:00pm - 7:30pm: Introductory Steward Training
An introductory course for new stewards. Topics include knowing your contract, investigatory meetings, and filing grievances. After the training, we'll be checking in with participants to answer questions, and will provide a toolkit and other opportunities for follow-up training.
Tuesday, September 17, 2024, 6:00pm - 7:00pm: Knowing Your Contract Training
This is a follow-up to the Virtual Introductory Steward Training. In this next session, we will cover:
- Contract language common terms and definitions
- Getting more familiar with your contract
- Contract interpretation
Wednesday, September 24, 2024, 6:00pm - 7:00pm: Filing a Grievance Training
This is a follow-up to the Virtual Introductory Steward Training. In this next session, we will cover:
- Deciding if you have a grievance
- 5 Steps of grievance handling
- Practice and gain skills in writing a grievance
Wednesday, October 2, 2024, 6:00pm - 7:00pm: Investigatory Meetings Training
This is a follow-up to the Virtual Introductory Steward Training. In this next session, we will:
- Review the role of a steward in investigatory meetings
- Review Weingarten Rights/Garrity Rights
- Cover best practices in an investigatory meeting and example meetings
Tuesday, October 8, 2024, 9:00am - 11:00am: Beyond Bias Training (IN-PERSON)
The past several years has sparked national mobilization and reckoning on racial equity. To that end, AFSCME adopted Resolutions recommitting itself to “confronting and taking active measures to address racism in our union and in America” and resolving to “examine our own institutions, procedures, and cultures to identify and address bias.” COURAGE to be Stronger is our union’s program to carry out this commitment.
As a result of this program, thousands of AFSCME staff and union members from across the country have been trained and equipped with strategies and resources to reduce and interrupt implicit bias, which we define as a preference for or prejudice against a person or a group of people.
AFSCME's Beyond Bias Training has three main objectives:
- Increase awareness and understanding regarding the science of implicit bias
- Share examples of how implicit bias shows up in daily life, including the workplace
- Practice strategies for reducing and interrupting implicit bias
Tuesday, October 8, 2024, 1:00pm - 4:00pm: Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Training
Participants will explore workplace protections, protected classes, and steps for filing discrimination complaints, in accordance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; and with Oregon's Bureau of Labor Industries (BOLI). This session will be offered as a hybrid model (In-person/ Zoom).
Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 6:00pm - 7:30pm: Introductory Steward Training
An introductory course for new stewards. Topics include knowing your contract, investigatory meetings, and filing grievances. After the training, we'll be checking in with participants to answer questions, and will provide a toolkit and other opportunities for follow-up training.
Wednesday, November 6, 2024, 6:00pm - 7:00pm: Knowing Your Contract Training
This is a follow-up to the Virtual Introductory Steward Training. In this next session, we will cover: