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SUMMARY:NEU Reps Training (Higher)
DESCRIPTION:Reps Advanced is a three-day course which builds on the skills\, knowledge and understanding gained during the Reps Foundation course and/or Being an Effective Rep Part 1 and Part 2. \n\n\n\nThis course will further develop your confidence and effectiveness and give you opportunity to reflect on the landscape of your own workplace. The course is suitable for NEU reps in all workplaces. \n\n\n\nReps Advanced covers areas such as: \n\n\n\n\nGaining enhanced skills in representation \n\n\n\nBuilding an effective case \n\n\n\nIdentifying and responding to a range of different management styles and practices \n\n\n\nDealing with change in the workplace\, including recognition and redundancy\n\n\n\nConsulting meaningfully with members\n\n\n\nDeveloping leadership skills \n\n\n\n\nThe course will run for 3 days\, and delegates will be required to attend all sessions to successfully complete the course. \n\n\n\nAs an NEU workplace rep\, you are entitled to paid time off to participate in the course. \n\n\n\nFor further advice on eligibility for this course\, on negotiating release from work\, or for assistance with access and expenses\, please contact the West Midlands Region office on west.midlands@neu.org.uk.
URL:https://www.staffordshireneu.org.uk/wp/event/neu-reps-training-higher/
LOCATION:NEU West Midlands Regional Office\, 8 Edward Street\, Birmingham\, B1 2RX\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:NEU District and Branch Secretaries' Briefing
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URL:https://www.staffordshireneu.org.uk/wp/event/neu-district-and-branch-secretaries-briefing/
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SUMMARY:NEU LGBT+ Members Conference
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URL:https://www.staffordshireneu.org.uk/wp/event/neu-lgbt-members-conference/
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SUMMARY:NEU Reps & Officers: Challenging Capability Training
DESCRIPTION:Why is the use of capability so prominent in teaching? \n\n\n\nIn this course we’ll explore the concept of capability as a method of management control and how we challenge this collectively. We’ll also build on the skills and principles we established on the 2-day Representing Members in the Workplace course\, to effectively represent members in capability casework. \n\n\n\nWho should attend: This course is for branch/district officers and reps who have completed Reps Foundation. Ideally\, you will have also completed the Representing Members in the Workplace introduction to casework course. \n\n\n\nAs an NEU workplace rep\, you are entitled to paid time off to participate in the course. For further advice on eligibility for this course\, on negotiating release from work\, or for assistance with access and expenses\, please contact the West Midlands Region office on west.midlands@neu.org.uk.
URL:https://www.staffordshireneu.org.uk/wp/event/neu-reps-officers-challenging-capability-training/
LOCATION:NEU West Midlands Regional Office\, 8 Edward Street\, Birmingham\, B1 2RX\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:NEU Reps: Negotiating & Bargaining Skills Course (Day 2)
DESCRIPTION:This two-day course aims to give reps an underpinning knowledge of negotiating and bargaining theory and practice\, and an opportunity to develop and improve their skills and confidence in negotiating and bargaining in the workplace. \n\n\n\nAs a rep\, it will help you to: \n\n\n\n\nApproach negotiation from a trade union perspective\, as a process of collective representation;\n\n\n\nUnderstanding the importance of workplace bargaining in the education sector today;\n\n\n\nDemystify the idea of negotiation and develop reps’ confidence to engage with workplace management;\n\n\n\nUnderstand the bargaining cycle as an essential basis for meaningful negotiation;\n\n\n\nKnow how to effectively represent the views and interests of members;\n\n\n\nUnderstand some of the underpinning principles and practices involved in successful negotiation;\n\n\n\nPrepare appropriately for negotiation;\n\n\n\nRecognise the various styles of negotiation and identify their own preferred approach(es);\n\n\n\nUnderstand the role of the relationship with the employer in negotiation;\n\n\n\nUndertake negotiation with greater confidence;\n\n\n\nGain an understanding of the importance of escalation in winning for members;\n\n\n\nAn understanding of how to navigate the challenges faced by Black\, women\, LGBT+ and disabled reps when negotiating and bargaining;\n\n\n\nUnderstand power in the workplace and how to shift the balance of power through collectivising;\n\n\n\nUse the outcome of successful negotiations to build the presence of the Union group in the workplace.\n\n\n\n\nPlease note: This is a two-day modular course. You must attend both days to receive accreditation. \n\n\n\nWho should attend: NEU Representatives who have attended at least one term previously\, the NEU Representatives Foundation and/or Advanced modules.  \n\n\n\nWe are particularly keen to encourage applications from NEU reps who identify as Black\, Disabled\, Women\, LGBT+. If you have any questions or specific requirements\, we are happy to discuss on a confidential basis – please contact us as above. \n\n\n\nAs a NEU workplace rep\, you are entitled to paid time off to participate in the course. For further advice on eligibility for this course\, on negotiating release from work\, or for assistance with access and expenses\, please contact the West Midlands Region office on west.midlands@neu.org.uk.
URL:https://www.staffordshireneu.org.uk/wp/event/negotiating-bargaining-skills-course-day-1/
LOCATION:NEU West Midlands Regional Office\, 8 Edward Street\, Birmingham\, B1 2RX\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:NEU Special Conference
DESCRIPTION:In 2003\, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) opened its membership to support staff\, joining Unison\, GMB and Unite in having support staff members. An agreement was brokered by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) governing relations between the four unions. \n\n\n\nUpon the ATL’s merger with the National Union of Teachers (NUT) to create the National Education Union (NEU) in 2017\, this agreement was renewed and is still in effect. \n\n\n\nThe NEU is a union based on vibrant school and college groups led by active reps\, that fight on the workplace issues that members care about. As a result\, we have grown to be the third biggest union in the TUC and the largest education union in Europe\, with an ever-increasing number of members taking an active role in their union. \n\n\n\nOur support staff membership has increased threefold since merger and currently stands at 64\,000. We are probably the second biggest union for support staff behind Unison. Almost nine in ten of the support staff who have joined the NEU in recent years were not in any union before. \n\n\n\nA special conference has been called to decide how best to go forward in organising support staff. Our overwhelming desire is to work collaboratively with NJC unions in a joint drive to organise the majority of support workers who are not in any union. \n\n\n\nThe conference will decide between two options: \n\n\n\n\nTo withdraw from the 2017 TUC agreement that prevents us from ‘actively recruiting’; or\n\n\n\nTo accept the TUC interpretation of our ability to organise in the sector.
URL:https://www.staffordshireneu.org.uk/wp/event/neu-special-conference/
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