COUNCIL 2 LULA

THE JOURNEY

                     

 Our History, Our Power

We will look at historical labor events including the Memphis sanitation workers strike in 1968 and explore both their impact and relevance to today’s labor movement.

Effective Team Development

Teams will look at what makes a strong team, what individuals bring to your team, and strategies for engaging together to be a highly effective team to make union work manageable and strategic. We will also explore team decision-making methods.

Building a Strong Local

Teams will identify your local’s core values as well as explore structures that help you live into those values. Specifically, we will look at steward and communication structures. Teams will also use the AFSCME Strong Checklist to assess potential areas of strength and growth.

Officer Duties and Responsibilities

Teams will explore what they need to be doing and how to share the work in ways that build leader effectiveness and local capacity.

Planning and Conducting Effective Meetings

The group will share strategies for increasing engagement and attendance at local meetings as well as reviewing Robert’s Rules.

AFSCME Strong Conversations

The teams will strengthen skills in one-to-one organizing strategies and explore how to use them to increase membership and deepen relationships with members.

Goal Setting and Local Planning

Teams will develop specific local union goals with action plans, so each team leaves with a detailed and achievable pathway to building a stronger local.

LULA Follow-up Day: March 9, 2024, in Everett, WA!

Teams will share their progress to date and identify their next steps as well as diving deeper into member engagement strategies and using the organizing conversations to overcome resistance and build local capacity.