Steward training is scheduled on these days in 2013:

May 18 –  Spokane – Basic — Registration is closed.

June 1 – Yakima – Advanced — Register now

June 22 –  Olympia – Basic — Register now

July 27 –  Mt.  Vernon – Advanced

August 17 – Tri-Cities - Advanced

September 7 – Everett – Advanced 

September 28 – Olympia – Advanced 

October 12 – Spokane – Advanced 

November 2 – Seattle/King – Basic

November 16 – Renton – Basic

Council 2 offers two types of steward training: Basic and Advanced

THE BASIC TRAINING PROGRAM is designed to help the steward develop some of the basic technical skills to help him or her become an effective union representative.  Participants will be given a copy of the updated AFSCME Steward Handbook.

These topics will be covered:

•  Structure of the union 

• Steward roles and responsibilities

• Knowing and using the contract 

• Duty of Fair Representation

• Weingarten Rights 

• Processing a grievance, which includes: identifying, investigating, documenting, preparing and writing a grievance.

 THE ADVANCED TRAINING PROGRAM is designed to help the steward develop advanced level technical skills to help him or her become an effective union representative.  Participants will be given a copy of the updated AFSCME Steward Handbook.

Note: Advanced classes are for those who have taken the basic class in a prior year and have held the office for a year following the class.

“The job of a steward is the most challenging, most rewarding and most important job in our union. That’s because you are on the front lines of our fight to protect our members’ rights and bring fair and decent treatment to the workplace.” — Former AFSCME President Gerald McEntee and former Secretary-Treasurer William Lucy