CLC/SFL Spring School 2025
Labour education builds solidarity and knowledge. It teaches the skills unions need to represent their members and defend their rights using proven methods that allow adults of all backgrounds to learn. If your union wants to train the next generation of local activists or expand the skills that today’s leaders and activists already have, the CLC/SFL Spring School is here to help your union succeed.
Date
Sunday, May 25 to Thursday, May 29, 2025
Arrive on Sunday to register between 4:00-6:00 p.m. Early check in is not permitted.
Classes are held at the Temple Gardens Hotel and at the Moose Jaw Public Library. Locations are wheelchair accessible.
Registration Fee
Early Bird – $1800.00 – January 3 to March 10, 2025
Regular – $2000.00 – March 11 to May 1, 2025
Includes: single-accommodation hotel room, parking, meals, coffee breaks, parking and class material.
To change a registration after it has been submitted please contact the Prairie Region office at prairie@clcctc.ca , cancellations with a full refund will not be provided after March 2, 2025.
- Hotel rooms will be booked by the CLC, please do not contact the hotel. If you have any questions contact the office at prairie@clcctc.ca or 306-525-6137.
- CLC Registration desk is open Sunday, May 25 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in the hotel lobby.
- You will not be able to check in to the hotel before you register for the school. Registration desk will be set up in the main lobby area of the hotel.
- Please note that you may be requested to wear a mask at the school. This will be determined closer to the start of the school.
- Students will not be permitted to switch classes upon check-in. Please contact your union prior to confirm what class you are registered for.
COURSES OFFERED – Register for One Class for the week long school
Steward – Level 1
This course builds the skills, confidence, and knowledge a steward needs to represent their members. Participants will learn the roles and responsibilities of their position as stewards, the handling of grievances and complaints, problem solving skills, protecting contractual provisions in the collective agreement, and current issues for stewards.
Reconciliation in Action
This course is for all workers to learn the history of Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island (North America) facilitated by Indigenous labour activists. Its purpose is to build meaningful, long-term relationships among Indigenous and non-Indigenous people inside and outside of our workplaces, with the aim of acknowledging labour’s commitment to Truth and Reconciliation. This course supports the decolonization of Indigenous peoples and the increase of Indigenous peoples’ representation in our workplaces and in our unions. Participants do not need any previous experience and are encouraged to bring open minds and hearts.
Collective Bargaining – Level 1
Participants will leave with a solid understanding of the bargaining process and the factors that affect collective bargaining. This courses also introduces some of the laws and rules that structure the bargaining process and provides opportunities for hands-on practice and skills development in preparing for and negotiating parts of a collective agreement.
Organizing from Within – (Member Engagement/Member Action)
This course is designed for experienced shop stewards, local union leaders and union staff who want to transform how members engage with their union and how their union engages with their members. This course will train participants on the three-step approach to effective member engagement (Go, Listen, Build) and connect it to organizing approaches for building an active membership. Participants will leave with new skills and ideas for building and measuring a member engagement strategy.
Labour Law – Saskatchewan
This course focuses on the development of and approaches to labour law from individual contracts to collective bargaining and statutory regulations. Using the Saskatchewan Trade Union Act as the guideline, we will examine various Acts and leading decisions of Labour Relations Boards and courts (including the Supreme Court of Canada) in respect to workplace related legislation.
This course will also review the following legislation:
Labour Standards, Human Rights and other equivalent federal and provincial legislation, including the application of the Charter of Rights. Implications for labour of possible new
legislation may be discussed. The course will touch briefly on arbitration but recognizes that this topic requires a separate course in itself.
Parliamentary Procedure/Public Speaking
Parliamentary Procedure covers how to run a meeting effectively, the duties of a chairperson and secretary, and how rules of order can provide a democratic and fair process to accomplish union business. Public speaking covers how to speak persuasively to various groups and how different formats are used to speak at convention, debates and gatherings.