Day of Engagement & Training
Winter Bargaining Conference
Learn how to negotiate in the current COVID environment, collect and use data with members, tackling legalities, building community, and more.
Negotiating or renegotiating a contract? Join NEARI via Zoom for our Winter Bargaining Conference on February 12 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:15 am. for a day of engagement and training to assist you and your team in success at the bargaining table.
Anticipated participants are those Local teams who are negotiating a contract for their unit this year or next year, but also those looking to sharpen their bargaining skills. We encourage members of a local to come as team, if possible.
This year, we are offering the conference at no additional cost to our members.
For an agenda and details, see below.
8:30-8:45 am | Kickoff with Matt Taibi, Secretary-Treasurer, Teamsters Local 251 |
8:45-9:45 am | Session 1 |
9:45-10:00 am | Break |
10:00-11:00 am | Session 2 |
11:00-11:15 am | Closing |
There will be four topics offered in both Sessions 1 and 2 for participants to choose from:
Data Matters: Collecting and Utilizing Data with your Membership
Facilitated by Brian Nelson, NEASK
Bargaining in the Current Covid Environment
Facilitated by Crystal Bergantine, NEARI UniServ; Amanda Scott, NEARI UniServ; Sue Warburton, NEANK
RI ESP Living Wage Data and Bargaining
Jamie Grissom, Scituate Paraprofessionals; and Emma Mulvaney-Stanek, EMStrategies
What Next? Mediation and Arbitration
Pat Crowley, NEARI Government Relations/UniServ; and Colleen Saila, Westerly Teachers
Here to Help
For more information on the event's agenda and details see this flyer.