Course Duration:  1 or 2 days

Course Prerequisite:  No prerequisite course is required to register for this course.

Description:  This course is designed for members, shop stewards and business agents. It can also be facilitated directly in the workplace.

This course educates participants on the right to work in a violence and harassment free workplace. More specifically to:

  • Define what workplace violence and harassment are;
  • Identify possible causes and impacts on victims, workplaces and on the Union;
  • Determine whose responsibility it is to provide a violence and harassment-free workplace;
  • Define how to support the victim;
  • Define our intervention with prevention in mind;
  • Determine actions to take to prevent violence and harassment in the workplace.

Registration:  Please contact your Local Union for additional information on availability and scheduling of this course.