COSATU Shopsteward Training

by eLearnsa | Sep 9, 2018

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Lessons Status

1

Module 1

Lesson 1 - What is a Trade Union?

Lesson 2 - Why do workers need Trade Unions?

Activity 1 - Looking at the Trade Union

Activity 2 - Trade unions in the new South Africa

2

Module 2

Lesson 1 - Union Constitution, Structures & Policies

Activity 1 - Understanding your union structures and policies

Activity 2 - Know your union - Revision

3

Module 3

Lesson 1 - What are Shop Stewards?

Activity 1 - The role of the Shop Steward

Lesson 2 - The duties of the Shop Steward

Activity 2 - The duties of the Shop Steward

Activity 3 - Shop Steward duties - Practical Suggestions

Activity 4 - Analyze factory membership strength

Activity 5 - Draw up a recruitment plan

Activity 6 - Persuading workers to join the union

4

Module 4

Lesson 1 - The Democratic Shop Steward Committee

Activity 1 - The Shop Steward Committee

Lesson 2 - Defending and Extending Worker's Rights

Activity 2 - Individual and Collective Issues

Lesson 3 - Handling grievance and disciplinary cases

Activity 3 - Preparing to take up a grievance

Activity 4 - Interviewing a worker with a grievance

Activity 5 - Approaching Management - Grievances

5

Module 5

Lesson 1 - Procedure for taking up grievances and disciplinary cases

Activity 1 - Preparing to take up a disciplinary case

Activity 2 - The Disciplinary Enquiry

6

Module 6

Lesson 1 - An introduction to Collective Bargaining

Lesson 2 - Plant level bargaining

Lesson 3 - Negotiating wages and working conditions at plant or company level

Lesson 4 - Wage Proposals

Activity 1 - Draw up a wage proposal

Activity 2 - Negotiating on a wages/working condition proposal

7

Module 7

Lesson 1 - An Introduction to Disputes

Activity 1 - Disputes