Picket Captain Training - Calgary - November 8

About this event

Registration opens on August 7, 2024.

Your Member Number ID is required to register. If you do not have your member number, please contact the Member Resource Centre at 1-800-232-7284. 

For more details regarding courses AUPE has to offer, please refer to the website at https://www.aupe.org/training/courses 

One-day course; available face-to-face only

Strike? Lockout? Essential Services? Scab? What do all these things mean?

Picket Captain Training is your one stop shop to equip you with the tools you need to be a leader at your worksite in the event of a strike or lockout. Workers have the power to make the world come to a standstill, yet it's our wealthy and powerful bosses who have almost all the power over our lives. Strikes and other forms of job action have always been our tools to shift power away from the bosses and into our hands.

This one-day course will go over everything from the steps that lead up to a strike and what to expect on a picket line, to what you need to do to win.

This course is for: Members who want to act as leaders on their worksite in the event of a strike or lockout.

Prerequisites: None

This course utilizes:

• Lectures
• Videos
• Discussions
• Individual and group activities

Learning outcomes:

• Know what to do to prepare ahead of time for the possibility of a strike or lockout.
• Be able to work with your fellow workers to organize a strong and disciplined picket line.
• Be confident in your ability to act as a leader on your worksite in the case of a strike or lockout.