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Courses in the Yorkshire and Humberside region

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These are the courses for branch reps and activists currently running in the Yorkshire and Humberside region.

If there are no dates listed for the course you'd like to attend, or if you'd like to be made aware of further dates, please register your interest here.


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Bargaining for equality - introduction: May 2025, in person

This course is aimed at ÄûÃʵ¼º½ branch officers, equality officers, equality reps, and others in the branch who want to learn more about how to use equality legislation to tackle discrimination at work and how to develop and promote a branch based equality agenda.

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Effective negotiating & bargaining skills: October 2024

This course is for those who are negotiating with management or those in the branch who want to learn more about the negotiating process. You will learn about the phases of negotiation, how to represent members effectively, how to develop arguments, define a bargaining strategy and respond to unfair tactics. This course will also touch on some of the practices taught in both strike school and organising for power.

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H&S 1 - Induction (health & safety role and functions): November 2024

This classroom based course forms the first part of the health and safety training programme. This course is for new health and safety reps, those who have been in the role sometime but never been trained along with those in the branch who want to further understand the role and legislation that enables health and safety reps to hold institutions to account.

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Rep 1 - ÄûÃʵ¼º½ reps induction: December 2024

This course is aimed at new reps/activists who will be undertaking this role in the near future. Existing reps who have not attended training before are also encouraged to attend. The course will cover all aspects of your role as a rep including your rights as a rep, union democracy, recruitment and communication. You should complete this course or ÄûÃʵ¼º½'s intro to casework course prior to applying for the Rep 2 course.

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Rep 2 - representing ÄûÃʵ¼º½ members: January 2024

This course is for reps who have completed ÄûÃʵ¼º½'s Rep 1, H&S 1, Bargaining for Equality, or our introduction to case work and are now actively engaged in representing individual members. The course also assumes you are actively engaged with your branch and understand ÄûÃʵ¼º½'s democratic structures both in the branch and nationally,

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ÄûÃʵ¼º½ learning Rep 1: induction: role and function, 24, October, 2024, National course, Online

This one day course will introduce you to the role and functions of a ÄûÃʵ¼º½ learning rep. This is a unique role within a branch and one which allows you to work with members to ensure professional development and life long learning are recognised by the employer. This course will help you understand the legislation that underpins the role and how you can develop the role in your branch and begin to negotiate for improvements and parity for all.

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ULR 2: Bargaining for better learning agreements: January 2024, in person

This course is for branch union learning reps or those reps and activists interested in finding out more about negotiating effective and inclusive learning agreements. The course will assume you have some knowledge around the bargaining structure in your institution.