AFSCME Steward Handbook

• English
• Español

Handling Grievances

• Grievance Fact Sheet

Training Videos

Representing Co-Workers

• 7 Tests of Just Cause: What Are They and How Do I Use Them?
• Discipline and Discharge: Best Practices for Representing Workers
• It's Not Grievable, Now What?
• The Duty of Fair Representation
• Navigating the 5 Steps of Grievance Handling
• Weingarten Rights: What You Need to Know

Organizing

• Building Power Organizing Around Workplace Issues
• The Power of POP: Planning Purposeful Meetings
• New Employee Orientation: Building Our Union on Day One

Communications

• Eblasts: One of the Most Underutilized—But Ofen Abused—Communications Tools
• How to Design a Professional Meeting Flyer in Less Than 10 Minutes
• How to Use Communications to Win Your Local's Next Contract Campaign
• How to Use a Secret Tool to Put Your Facebook Posts on Autopilot

Communications Guides

• Media Advisory Template
• Eblasts: One of the Most Underutilized—But Ofen Abused—Communications Tools
• How to Coordinate a Press Event
• Dealing With the News Media: Message Discipline
• Social Media Best Practices