Organising Works 2019

You never know where Organising Works could take you!

Organising Works is the ACTU Organising Centre's flagship organiser development program. Boasting alumni like Sally McManus, Organising Works is a program in which unionists gain the skills to organise, lead and grow. 

The Organising Centre will offer the program in New South Wales and Victoria.  See course dates below.

Registrations for 2019 enrolment are now open.

For 2019, there will be Diversity Scholarships available. For further information, please contact Alice Salomon, National Organising Works Co-ordinator: email asalomon@actu.org.au.

If you have questions regarding the registration process, please contact Belinda Tran-Preng, Administrative Co-ordinator: email btran@actu.org.au or telephone 03 9664 7350.

Program Aims

Organising Works gives participants real hands-on training in each of the key components of organising. It trains them in the best of traditional practice, as well as introducing them to innovative, and modern methods of organising, helping them learn to:

• Develop and implement an organising plan;
• Empower and communicate with workers;
• Promote union values, principles and policies;
• Promote equality of opportunity and fair treatment for all workers;
• Participate in the bargaining process;
• Provide advice to union members; 
• Undertake negotiations; and
• Organise for safer workplaces.

Delivery

• Formal, structured training conducted by ACTU Organising Centre, comprising 12 courses over 10 months.
• On-the-job experience, guided by mentors, allowing participants to gain the skills, strategies and knowledge required to work effectively as a union organiser.

Interviews

Interviews will be held in each state between 20-22 February 2019. All participants are required to attend.

All participating unions agree to the OrgWorks Memorandum of Understanding:

1. Provide a supportive environment in which the participant can focus on organising.
2. Provide a mentor who has adequate time to be actively involved in on-the-job training and supervision.
3. Develop an organising plan for the participant to identify priority organising targets.       

2019 Program

Proposed Course Dates (last updated: 26 Oct 2018; Please note these dates are subject to change.)

Course	Days	NSW	VIC
1:  Mentor Induction	1.5	13-14 March	13-14 March
1:  Participant Induction	2	14-15 March	14-15 March
2: History, Values & Industrial Relations	4	26-29 March	26-29 March
3: Organising & Planning	4	15-18 April	15-18 April
4: Conversations for Change	3	22-24 May	22-24 May
5: Workplace Leaders	3	19-21 June	19-21 June
6: Workplace Structures & Actions	3	17-19 July	17-19 July
7: Communication	4	20-23 August	13-16 August
8: Power in Diversity	3	11-13 September	18-20 September
9: Campaigning (Residential)      ** Arrival Sunday 13 October	5	13-18 October	13-18 October
10: Digital Organising, Bargaining & Negotiations	3	13–15 November	13-15 November
11 Organising for Work Health & Safety	3	9-11 December	9-11 December
12 Review & Evaluation	2	12-13 December	12-13 December

 

 Assessment