Resources for Stewards
Free Training Opportunities for Members
AFSCME 75 (aka Oregon AFSCME) provides free training to members of all Oregon AFSCME locals (including Local 189) twice per month all year round. Visit their training page to see what's coming up: https://oregonafscme.org/trainings
AFSCME Steward Handbook
Handling Grievances
Helpful Links
- Locals and Contracts
- The Special Status of a Union Steward
- Steward's Role in Investigatory Meetings
- Knowing Your Contract Worksheet
- Common Terms Glossary
- Article about the JANUS Supreme Court Decision
Training Videos
Representing Co-Workers
- 7 Tests of Just Cause: What Are They and How Do I Use Them?
- Discipline and Discharge: Best Practices for Representing Workers
- It's Not Grievable, Now What?
- The Duty of Fair Representation
- Navigating the 5 Steps of Grievance Handling
- Weingarten Rights: What You Need to Know
Organizing
- Building Power Organizing Around Workplace Issues
- Power of the POP: Planning Purposeful Meetings
- New Employee Orientation: Building Our Union on Day One
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