OSEA thrives on the leadership of members like you! We are always excited when members are interested in becoming more involved. There’s a diversity of leadership experience among our members, and we want to ensure everyone feels empowered to contribute to our chapters and our union.
So whether you always jump to fill leadership roles or you’re new to the idea of leading a group, we have several trainings available for you to learn more about how you can step up for our union and support fellow members.
We offer three types of training on a regular basis: Worksite Organizer (WSO), Chapter Leader Readiness, and Steward Training. If you like meeting new employees and making them feel welcome and connected, you might want to start with the WSO training, where we’ll teach you how to support your colleagues in your workplace. Chapter Leader Readiness training is provided to chapter officers each year to learn new skills, set yearly chapter goals, and build important connections with their fellow officers and field representative. Current chapter officers and president-selected chapter members are encouraged to receive Steward training to learn how to coordinate with their field representative to defend the contract and support bargaining unit members in disciplinary meetings with management.
These are just the trainings we offer consistently throughout the year! Please be sure to keep an eye out for notices about other opportunities to build union skills and ask your field representative for other available trainings.
Learn more about each training opportunity:
