You can use this. It’s covered in some of our contracts and we will attempt to negotiate it into more. See examples below:
Unifor Paid Education Leave:
Check out the Union’s Spring/Summer 2023 Schedule, download the application form, and send it to your local union for approval and processing.
Download the Spring/Summer 2023 PEL Course Schedule here.
The union’s PEL program is held at the Unifor Family Education Center (FEC) located on the shores of Lake Huron, in Port Elgin, Ontario. It is a beautiful place where members working in every sector of the economy come together to learn, build relationships, strengthen our union, and emerge as leaders.
The Paid Education Leave program is a fund negotiated by the union in collective bargaining with employers, where each local or unit must negotiate it individually. A lump sum or cents-per-hour is bargained. This fund supports the development and delivery of training, the Discussion Leaders (instructor), the participation of the members, travel, room and board and all course materials.
The PEL program offers a year-round schedule (with the exception of January & July).
Most courses are 40 hours in length and run Sunday to Friday in Port Elgin.
Resources
Some of our contracts:
Kelowna:
ARTICLE 47 — PAID EDUCATION LEAVE
47.01 The Employer agrees to pay into a special fund an amount of $500.00 total per year covering all four certificates in Penticton & Kelowna to provide for a Unifor Paid Education Leave (PEL) program. Such payment will be remitted on a quarterly basis into a trust fund established by the Unifor National Union effective from the date of ratification. Payments will be sent by the Employer to the following address:
Unifor Paid Education Leave Program 115 Gordon Baker Road Toronto, ON, M2H 0A8
The Employer shall approve Education Leave for the members of a bargaining unit at the request of the Union. Candidates for PEL shall be selected by the Union to attend. The Union will provide written confirmation to the Employer of such selection. Employees on PEL leave of absence will continue to accrue seniority and service.
Black Press:
ARTICLE 47 – PAID EDUCATION LEAVE
The Company agrees to pay into a special fund, an amount of one thousand dollars ($1000.00) per year to provide for a Unifor Paid Education Leave (PEL) program. Such payment shall be remitted on an annual basis into a trust fund established by the Unifor National Union effective from the date of ratification. Payments will be sent by the Employer to the following address:
Unifor Paid Education Leave Program 115 Gordon Baker Road Toronto, ON. M2H 0A8
The Company shall consider requests for Education Leave for the Members of a Bargaining Unit at the request of the Union. Candidates for PEL shall be selected by the Union to attend. The Union will provide written confirmation to the Employer of such selection. Employees on the PEL leave of absence shall continue to accrue seniority and service.
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