Collective Bargaining Course
An Alert from the Bergen County Central Trades and Labor Council, AFL-CIO
Enrollment Open for Collective Bargaining Course

Enrollment for the Fall 2009 Rutgers University Union Leadership Academy’s Collective Bargaining course is now open. The Bergen County Central Trades and Labor Council, working in partnership with Bergen Community College, is co-sponsoring this important course. The Bergen CLC urges all of our affiliated unions and members who wish to gain a better understanding of health care and how it affects Labor. This class would be good for newly elected officers, shop stewards, executive board members and members who want to be active within their union.

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Classes will begin on Thursday,September 17 and continue every Thursday evening through October 22. The course will be held from 6:30 pm to 9:15 pm at the Bergen Community College’s Hackensack Campus/Ciarco Learning Center located at 335 Main Street in Hackensack. There is a $75 course registration fee per person.

This course focuses on the preparations for negotiations with an employer, including costing the collective bargaining agreement, searching for contract language, assembling a bargaining committee, and preparing the membership. It will also examine some of the alternative approaches at the bargaining table, how to gain leverage, evaluating proposals and counter-proposals, building packages, and getting contracts ratified.

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The class is sponsored by the Bergen County Central Trades and Labor Council and the New Jersey State AFL-CIO in partnership with Bergen Community College. Enclosed you will find a flyer and registration form. For more information please contact Mauro Camporeale at 201-967-5963, or Debbie McNeill 732-932-1740.

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