RMT EDUCATION COURSES

RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: january 2012 :: RMTnews All RMT members should take a look overleaf at the education programme on offer at your education centre in Doncaster for 2012. These courses provide all those attending with the skills, competence and confidence to strengthen and build our union in the workplace. The programme begins with the full core-skills programme: 1. Workplace representatives course at Level 1&2 – Attendance at a Level 1 course is vital to fully appreciate and gain the maximum from the other courses planned. In addition all those workplace representatives who attended a Level 1 course in 2011 or before should look to attend a Level 2 course in 2012. 2. Branch officials course at Level 1&2 – All existing, and aspiring, branch officials should look to attend a Level 1 course in 2012 where the key duties and responsibilities of the position are mapped out. If you have attended a Level 1 course then Level 2 will further support and assist you as a Branch Official, this course also now contains the Membership IT elements of the previous Branch Secretary’s IT course and links it to building a stronger and more effective branch. In addition several new courses have been developed for which attendance at a Workplace Representatives Level 1 course is a vital precursor: 1. Representing RMT members – Perhaps the most important role any of our reps/officials perform is to represent their brothers and sisters when a grievance is raised or they are facing discipline. This course provides you with all the key skills and confidence to do both. 2. Communication for RMT – Getting our message across is vital if we are to build strong RMT workplaces and branches, this new course will provide you with the ability to do this in a variety of ways as well as understanding how the union nationally works to combat the worst excesses of some of the national media and get our message across. 3. Organising for a winning RMT – Organising is the way to ensure we have a strong RMT now and in the future, this course has been developed with the assistance of the RMT’s own organising unit and sets out the strategies and activities that can build strong RMT workplaces. 4. Winning in the global workplace – Increasingly the problems you face in the workplace have a global dimension and so the solutions may also require a global perspective. This course uncovers the globalisation of work and how trade unions can fight back. 5. Pensions – Increasingly under threat, we need to ensure we have officials in every workplace that can advise members on where to get help and to offer safe and reliable information about something that they will be relying on for many years after they leave work, this course will provide those skills. 6. Union Learning Representatives – If you want to make a difference in the workplace and progress the RMT learning agenda for members then you should look to attend one of these courses 7. RMT political course – A week looking at and discussing the political world that we live in, to attend this course you should contact the RMT political officer James Croy at j.croy@rmt.org.uk If you want to attend any of these courses then please contact the RMT national education officer at a.gilchrist@rmt.org.uk or write to RMT Education, Unity House, 39 Chalton St, London, NW1 1JD You will find a week at your excellent education centre beneficial to you and your workmates, enjoyable and interesting. RMT EDUCATION COURSES Education officer Andy Gilchrist outlines educational opportunities this year at the union’s purpose-built centre in Doncaster TEAR OFF AND SEND TO UNITY HOUSE I wish to attend the Name Branch Contact details COURSE RMT Education, Unity House, 39 Chalton St, London, NW1 1JDa