TWU OFFICER PROGRAMS

January 14-18, 2008

TWU New Officers Training (to be conducted at the National Labor College, Silver Spring, Maryland).

For newly elected or re-elected officers

Please contact your local union president for application.

National Labor College

December 2007

2-7 Negotiating and Writing Contract Language
9-14 Arbitration Brief Writing II

Locals are responsible for all arrangements for the National Labor College programs listed above. This includes application and fees.

For descriptions of these course offerings at the National Labor College and more information, click here.

January 2008

13-18   Arbitration: Preparation & Presentation Level I

February 2008

9          Steward Training

17-22   Secretary/Treasurer LM2 Requirements

24-29   New Union Staff Training

March 2008

 2-7      Train the Trainer for Workplace Safety & Health

2-7       Teaching Techniques I

9-14     Strategic Grievance Handling

16-21   Organizing I

23-28   Secretary/Treasurer Total Solutions

Southwest Organizing School

The Southwest Organizing School (SWO) is a project of the National Labor College. Unionists who live in or near the Southwest come to the school to learn skills and gather ideas to help build a stronger labor movement. Some students attend the Southwest Organizing School to take part in continuing education courses, others to begin to earn a bachelor’s degree.  Whatever the reason, the Southwest Organizing School is a great resource for sharpening skills and gaining valuable knowledge. For more information see: http://www.nlc.edu/html/southwest_school.html and contact Morty Simon or Carol Oppenheimer at 505-992-8477 or e-mail simon@santafe-newmexico.com

Dec. 7-8           Immigrants and Labor

Dec. 9-13         How to do Arbitrations and Hearings

Jan. 20-24        Strategic Bargaining and Organizing Campaigns

Jan. 25-26        Developing a Media Strategy

Jan. 27 -31       Workers' Rights - Advanced Grievance handling

Rail Workers Hazardous Materials Training

Radiological Transportation Training

April 14-16, 2008
May 12-14, 2008

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has shipped large amounts and a variety of radioactive material by rail for years. The number of rail shipments is expected to increase in coming years, with a 38-year DOE project to transport Spent Nuclear Fuel and High Level Radioactive Waste from DOE sites to storage and disposal facilities. With the increase in rail shipments comes the increased risk for rail incidents involving radioactive material.

This year, the Rail Workers Hazmat Training Program was awarded funding to provide training to rail workers to increase their knowledge of the transportation of radioactive materials. To meet this training need, the Rail Program will conduct a two-day Radiological Transportation Train the Trainer course.

The Rail Workers Hazardous Materials Training Program is funded to provide this training by a federal grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) which provides transportation, lodging, and meals for training participants, and also sponsored in part by funding from the North American Railway Foundation (NARF) to support peer trainer activities.

The 16-hour DOE-sponsored Modular Emergency Response Radiological Transportation Training (MERRTT) train the trainer course will be conducted on the George Meany Campus of the National Labor College in Silver Spring, MD.

Funding for this course will cover travel costs, overnight room accommodations and three meals a day at NLC. Call Carol Rodgers at the Hazmat office (301-439-2440) for more information.

Since space for this course is limited, completed registration forms should be faxed, mailed or e-mailed to the Hazmat office as soon as possible. Interested rail workers may also call the Hazmat office to register by phone, or register online.

Railway Workers Hazardous Materials Training Program
10000 New Hampshire Avenue
Silver Spring, Maryland 20903
(301) 439-2440
(301) 628-0165 -fax
crodgers@nlc.edu