Unison Negotiating Skills - Autumn Term

Negotiating through collective bargaining takes place at many levels, from raising members' issues with line managers to negotiating work rotas, overtime, local agreements and terms and conditions. This course will help participants to:

• Develop and practise negotiating skills
• Be more effective team negotiators
• Understand the process of negotiating and be familiar with different styles of negotiating
• Understand how to prepare, present and negotiate on a claim
• Develop good practice in negotiations.

You are required to be a representative of UNISON trade union.

You also need to ensure that you have time off to attend this course and that you have informed the appropriate union branch official or officer of your intention to take the course.

Throughout the course you will be continuously assessed by the course tutor through classroom and workplace-based activities.

Completing this course enables you to progress to further courses with UNISON and TUC.

If you are a member of a TUC-affiliated union, then Trade Union Education courses are funded by the Adult Skills Fund.

Please be aware that funding restrictions in some areas may mean that we cannot accept your application: if this is the case, you will be notified which college to reapply to.

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