Event dates: Oct. 21 – 25, 2024
Application deadline: Monday, Aug. 26, 2024
After the grievance procedure has been exhausted, an unresolved grievance can be referred to the last stage to be decided at Arbitration. This Course is intended to inform Local Union activists regarding various elements of the process at an Arbitration Hearing in order to fully appreciate what occurs during the grievance procedure and how it affects the final outcome.
Those selected for this Course will engage in a mixture of lecture-style review as well as role-play exercises. All the basic elements of what happens at a Hearing will be reviewed. It will culminate with a mock arbitration in which you will prepare and present portions of a case in front of an arbitrator with your team.
This Course is intended for Local Union Officers and Stewards who have:
- taken Grievance Handling 1 & 2, (and/or Stewards 1, 2 & 3); and
- have extensive grievance handling experience up to the final stages of the grievance procedure.
- have previously attended Arbitration Hearings and/or Mediation would be an asset.
To apply, please return the necessary forms by August 26, 2024 to Cindy DiGiuseppe via email cdigiuseppe@opseu.org.
- Application Form
- Time-off letter
- Scent Free Nut Free Policy 2007
- Advance Form
- Human Rights Accommodation Request Form
Participants will be selected by the Education Committee from the applicants. Successful applicants will be provided with Hotel booking information if required.