Guild Events | The NewsGuild

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						1 NewsGuild May Day Rally NewsGuild May Day Rally May 1, 2022 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm Washington Square Park, Washington Square, New York, NY 10012, USA Celebrate May 1st with the NewsGuild! Meet at Washington Square Park in lower Manhattan for a rally with media and nonprofit workers. See more details •
2	3 Moving Your Coworkers To Action Moving Your Coworkers To Action May 3, 2022 9:00 am - 10:00 am Are you beating your head against the wall trying to get your coworkers involved? This workshop is for you! Hear success stories from Guild members who turned their workplaces around and turned apathy into action. Learn practical organizing tools for engaging your coworkers, taking action, and getting results. REGISTER HERE See more details Steward Training Module 3 - A Communication and Educator Steward Training Module 3 - A Communication and Educator May 3, 2022 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Learn how stewards drive the exchange of information and uphold an organizing culture throughout their union. Register here. See more details • •	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11 Effective Meeting Facilitation Effective Meeting Facilitation May 11, 2022 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Running effective meetings is a key part of building a strong union! But do your union meetings drag on too long? Does it feel like the same people are always talking? Is not enough getting done? Are the meetings just plain boring? Well, you are not alone! In this workshop we will discuss how to run effective meetings. Learn how to create a strong agenda, stay on task, get real work done, and make the experience enjoyable in the process! Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfOFr0MTsCY-I5L5PCuHhtOq3JVLwA8hPzFuVeEaFVUguqhxg/viewform See more details •	12	13	14 Monthly Member Organizer Meeting Monthly Member Organizer Meeting May 14, 2022 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Our monthly Member Organizer meeting! Have you ever experienced union busting? That’s what we’ll be talking about in this month's national member organizer meeting. Meet other members from around the country, share experiences, and collaborate! Register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIufumtrDgqEt3nJNqol9ekWoDxPDK1jdXs See more details •	15 Contract Campaign Training Contract Campaign Training May 15, 2022 11:00 am - 12:30 pm https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYrd--urDIrG9f7bS2AdSa_99HSf8Q7TaJH Take a few minutes to read through the Law360 case study! Goals we'll focus on during our workshop: Assess structure and communication within our units and plan to achieve specific goals toward high function. Assess power: who is their target, what will it take to move the target, where is their leverage Build your team Make plan for identifying and/or review demands Plot contract timeline (dates set and to be determined) Plot on to timeline: meetings with members, escalating actions going after target, reaching out to labor and community for support. Register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYrd--urDIrG9f7bS2AdSa_99HSf8Q7TaJH See more details •
16	17 Steward Training Module 4 - A Problem Solver Steward Training Module 4 - A Problem Solver May 17, 2022 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Outline how stewards turn workplace issues into organizing issues, then practice planning and evaluating collective action. Register here. See more details •	18	19 Grievance Handling: Best and Worst Practices Grievance Handling: Best and Worst Practices May 19, 2022 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Review best practices for handling grievances and how to avoid common pitfalls, mistakes and traps in our latest online workshop for Guild stewards. Experienced Teamster business agent and labor educator Richard DeVries will use a true-to-life scenario to explore the highs and lows of grievance handling as a shop steward or business agent. This is a 90 minute workshop. REGISTER HERE See more details •	20	21	22
23	24 Stewards Training One: Defending our Rights Stewards Training One: Defending our Rights May 24, 2022 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm NewsGuild stewards are the backbone of our union, defending their coworkers when they are needed most. In this workshop we will review how stewards can use their special rights and protections to effectively advocate for their coworkers in investigatory interviews. We will also discuss how to handle supervisors who are trying to put you off or trip you up. REGISTER HERE! See more details •	25	26 Assembling Your Dream Team Assembling Your Dream Team May 26, 2022 9:00 am - 9:30 am Assembling Your Dream Team When: 05/26/2022, 9 am – 10 am ET Where: On Zoom Details: To organize and win, we need more people on our team—leaders who can bring others along. The good news is that we are not starting from scratch. In this workshop we are going to talk about how to identify and recruit the leaders in your shop who can move their co-workers to take action. REGISTER HERE See more details •	27	28	29
30	31 Organizing Around Grievances Organizing Around Grievances May 31, 2022 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Building power by regularly engaging in collective action is the goal of our union. Winning grievances is one tool we can use to build this power. This participatory workshop will discuss how to evaluate workplace problems to find which ones are ripe for organizing and how to take effective group action to confront a problem, involve members, and build union power. REGISTER HERE! See more details Steward Training Module 5 - A Union Representative Steward Training Module 5 - A Union Representative May 31, 2022 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Build confidence in asserting your rights and contract, then role play through Weingarten and grievance meetings. Register here. See more details • •

May 2022

Assembling Your Dream Team