{"id":19245,"date":"2015-01-13T15:52:49","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T20:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?p=19245"},"modified":"2020-09-08T17:28:36","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T17:28:36","slug":"bonnie-ladin-union-skills-training-program-provides-great-opportunity-for-union-leaders-and-staff-community-activists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/bonnie-ladin-union-skills-training-program-provides-great-opportunity-for-union-leaders-and-staff-community-activists\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonnie Ladin Union Skills Training Program Provides Great Opportunity for Union Leaders and Staff, Community Activists"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Adapted from the AFL-CIO<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"image\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bonnie-laden.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bonnie-laden-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"photo from AFL-CIO\" class=\"wp-image-19246\"\/><\/a><figcaption>photo from AFL-CIO<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The AFL-CIO Bonnie Ladin Union Skills Training Program (BLUS) 2015 classes are now open for <a href=\"http:\/\/act.aflcio.org\/salsa\/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=nsJbPjZtE05%2FwpE9qLWjwNq9lPeqP0aH\">registration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program is designed for union leaders, staff and community activists and offers intensive hands-on training around the areas of collective bargaining; organizing; arbitration and grievance handling; leadership for new union officers; strategic campaigns for contracts; teaching techniques; and best financial practices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taught by a group of experienced instructors, the BLUS program brings together rising union activists and community allies with the end goal of helping participants to better serve their unions and communities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The classes cover many aspects of union training, such as writing contract language, arbitration, and organizing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most classes are held at the MITAGS training center in Linthicum, MD. 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