Labor Education
Labor Education is education and training that teaches union members to think critically and to take action in the workplace, to build collective power and use that power for nurses, patients, and social justice.
NYSNA uses a method called Popular Education which recognizes that our members enter the learning space with important experience, skills and knowledge. In our trainings participants build on that knowledge with new information, analysis, and an opportunity to practice skills in a supportive environment before applying them in the workplace. Popular Education also strives to create a learning environment that is democratic and challenges existing inequities so that all feel equally welcome to participate.
Labor Education Trainings
Member Leadership Training and Materials
The Leadership Training has long been a resource for our members who want to build union power, advocate for their patients, and make positive changes in their workplace.
Leadership Training Part 1: The Responsibilities of Leaders to Advocate for Themselves and Their Patients. See the materials for MLT Part 1.
Leadership Training Part 2: Using Representational Rights Under Law and the Contract to Improve Working Conditions. See the materials for MLT Part 2.
Leadership Training Part 3: Organizing for Collective Advocacy to Build Unity and Engage the Healthcare Worker Community. See the materials for MLT Part 3.
Leadership Training Part 4: Advocating for Healthcare Workers’ and Patients’ Needs Through Effective Campaigns and Contractual Committees. See the materials for MLT Part 4.
Read more about NYSNA's Member Leadership Training.
NYSNA is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation and the International Accreditors of Continuing Education and Training. Each part of the Leadership Training program has been awarded 3.0 CHs/0.3 CEUs. In order to receive CHs/CEUs, all participants are required to attend the entire program, complete all assignments, complete an evaluation and post-program test.
Standard Trainings
In addition to our Member Leadership and Contract Action Team (CAT) and Leadership trainings, Labor Education also offers trainings such as:
Welcome to Your Union: All New Members and Convention Delegates
Learn How to Mobilize Members for Union Events and Actions
Staffing Enforcement: Collecting Protests of Assignments
Know Your Rights: Organizing, Representation and Contract Enforcement
Take Control of Our Meetings with Management
New Officer Training
Contract Action Team (CAT) and Leadership Training
Labor Education offers recurring Zoom trainings on discreet topics (see list below), usually 90-mins on Zoom. In these trainings members will: learn tools to engage your co-workers, throughout your facility, to get them involved; learn to prioritize the units you should spend more time on; identify leaders; and to help build the CAT and win a strong contract!
Labor Education conducts trainings for the following aspects of bargaining:
- Bargaining Committee
- Contract Action Team
- Rounding
- Strike Captain