Union Skills Winter Conference

Every winter, the Division of Training & Professional Learning offers skill-building workshops for union activists and leaders.

Union Skills

Winter Union Skills Conference

Saturday, January 23-24, 2026

Sheraton Boston Hotel, 39 Dalton Street, Boston

 

Membership

Membership & Organizing

January 24 9:00 AM - 12:15 PM Membership Organizing Best Practices

Negotiations

January 24 9:00 AM - 12:15 PM Economics of Bargaining I
January 24 9:00 AM - 12:15 PM Navigating Municipal Health Insurance
January 24 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Bargaining Foundations
January 24 9:00 AM - 12:15 PM Municipal and School Finance

Negotiations, Solidarity School & Political Organizing

January 24 1:45 PM - 5:00 PM Contract Language Lab

Negotiations & Organizing

January 24 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Democratized Bargaining
January 24 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM Negotiations for a Safe Work Environment
January 24 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Got Mold

Organizing

January 24 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Next Generation Leadership Program
January 24 9:00 AM - 12:15 PM Higher Ed: Organizing to Win
January 24 1:45 PM - 5:00 PM MCCC Strategic Planning
January 24 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM Communication Strategies that Build Power

Political Organizing

January 24 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM MTA Legislative Overview
January 24 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Candidate Elections

Political Organizing & Negotiations

January 24 9:00 AM - 12:15 PM Municipal Budget Organizing / Prop 2.5

Union Rights & Advocacy Organizing

January 24 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Skills for Building/Union Representatives
January 24 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM Union Rights 101
January 24 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM ESP Know Your Rights