The mission of the Training and Development Department is to create programs and materials that will build skills and enhance knowledge, as well as foster commitment and dedication within our union. Seminars for members, stewards, business agents, and officers provide the perfect opportunity to build union solidarity, mentor younger members and identify specific concerns of union membership and the labor movement.
A new structure to help locals and Joint Councils participate more fully in the training process and showcase "best practices" among Teamster affiliates.
"Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid and protection."
The IBT Training and Development Department will conduct a Teamsters Leadership Academy for new local union business representatives/agents, April 16-20, 2012 at the Teamsters Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
The IBT Training and Development Department will conduct a Teamsters History Program, April 3-5, 2012 at the Teamsters Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
The IBT Training and Development Department is conducting a TLA for newly-elected Local Union Principal Officers, Secretary-Treasurers and Trustees, March 5-7, 2012 in Washington, D.C. The program will focus on the legal and constitutional requirements of Teamster officers.
On October 1, more than 200 stewards attended a one-day training on membership mobilization and mentoring, sponsored by Local 853 in San Leandro, California.
On September 24, Local 492 in Albuquerque, New Mexico hosted “Building a Movement for Teamster Power,” a member mobilization training conducted by the Teamsters Training and Development and Organizing Departments.
The IBT Training and Development Department will conduct a Teamsters Leadership Academy for new local union business representatives/agents, October 17-20, 2011 in Houston, Texas.
The Teamsters Training and Development Department is conducting a four-day LEARN (Labor Education & Resources Now) Conference on November 7-10, 2011, hosted by Joint Council 75 and held at Local 79 in Tampa.
Forty officers and business agents from across the United States and Canada participated in a Teamsters Leadership Academy on Collective Bargaining, July 25-28, 2011. The seminar was hosted by Teamsters Joint Council 25 and held at the Teamsters City complex in Chicago.