Partnership Education Program (PEP)

Workshop Topics

• Crisis Communications (2 hours)
• Internal Local Communications (2 hours)
• Media Strategies and Messaging (2 hours)
• Organizing and Implementing a Community Outreach Program (2 hours)
• Social Media (2 hours)
• Writing for Communicators (2 hours)

Workshop Topics

• An Introduction to Behavioral Health (2 hours)
• Cancer Awareness: Tools for Affiliate Leaders (2 hours)
• Disaster Relief: Assisting Members in Preparation and Recovery (2 hours)
• Fighting Performance/Service Level Threats (2 hours)
• Overview of Active Shooter/Hostile Event Response Policy for Union Leaders (2 hours)
• Staffing for Safety: An Introduction (2 hours)

Workshop Topics

• Addressing Work/Life Balance (2 Hours)
• Building an Inclusive Workforce: Reflecting the Communities We Serve (2 Hours)
• Human Relations at the IAFF (2 hours)
• Local Human Relations Committee: Getting Started (2 hours)
• Local Human Relations Committees: Next Steps (2 hours)
• Teamwork and Inclusion (2 hours)

Workshop Topics

• Addressing Personal Finance and Planning With Your Members (2 hours)
• Building Better Business Relationships (2 hours)
• Ethics for Union Leaders (2 hours)
• Generational Differences (2 hours)
• How to Run a Meeting (2 hours)
• IAFF Union Leadership: Self-Awareness (2 hours)
• IAFF Union Leadership: Leading Organizational Change (2 hours)
• Increasing Membership Participation (2 hours)
• Internal Union Organizing (2 hours)
• Overview of Membership Services (2 hours)
• Recruiting and Developing Leaders (4 hours)

Workshop Topics

• Discipline: Your Rights and Responsibilities as Union Officers (2 hours)
• Duty of Fair Representation (2 hours)
• Local Union Governance (2 hours)
• Overview of Employment Law (2 hours)
• Overview of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) (2 hours)
• Social Media Legal Issues and Best Practices
• Understanding the Fair Labor Standards Act (2 hours)

Workshop Topics

• Advanced Skills for Negotiators (6 hours)
• Conducting Negotiations: Collective Bargaining (2 hours)
• Fundamentals of Costing Contract Proposals (2 hours)
• Municipal Financial Analysis (2 hours)
• Negotiating Healthcare Benefits (2 hours)
• Negotiating Strategies for Tough Economic Times (2 hours)
• Negotiating the First Contract (4 hours)
• Negotiation Strategies and Tactics (6 hours)
• Non-Collective Bargaining Environments: Achieving Goals (2 hours)
• Preparing for Negotiations: Collective Bargaining (2 hours)
• Understanding Municipal Budgets (2 hours)
• Writing Contract Language (6 hours)

Workshop Topics

• Building Coalitions (2 hours)
• Establishing and Maintaining a Political Action Committee (2 hours)
• Introduction to Political Action (2 hours)
• Introduction to Public Relations (2 hours)
• Lobbying 101: Understanding the Local Legislative Process (2 hours)
• Planning a FIRE OPS 101 Event (2 hours)
• Recruiting and Endorsing Candidates (2 hours)

Workshop Topics

• Understanding Public Pensions (2 hours)

Workshop Topics

• Budgeting for Local Unions (2 hours)
• Duties of the Secretary and Treasurer (4 hours)
• Frontline Union Representative Basics (2 hours)
• Introduction to Grievances (2 hours)
• Investigating and Processing Grievances: Non-Collective Bargaining Environments (2 hours)
• Local Union Administration (2 hours)
• Managing Consultant Reports (2 hours)
• Preparing for Grievance Arbitration: Choosing an Arbitrator(2 hours)
• Preparing for Grievance Arbitration: Contract Language (2 hours)
• Preparing for Grievance Arbitration: Evaluating Evidence (2 hours)
• Understanding Pregnancy and Parental Accommodation (2 hours)
• Understanding Union Leadership (2 hours)