Union Education Program
Deadline to apply: April 1, 2026
CUPW is gearing up for its flagship education initiative, the Union Education Program (UEP), which will take place over four weeks in 2026. The Program is intended to build leadership capacity in our Union.
Designed to develop knowledge and skills for union activists, the UEP’s intensive experiential learning curriculum focuses on current labour and social issues. The Program seeks to provide a setting to discover and hone tools to combat social and economic injustice; explore the connections between societal systems and oppressive practices; and orient union solidarity in a clear and open direction, to effectively combat exploitation and oppression and fight for a better world.
The Union Education Program is not a tools-based program. You will not learn about the specifics of Collective Agreement issues.
The objectives of the UEP are to increase our knowledge of:
- The labour movement
- The world, politics and economics
- Struggles for social and environmental justice
For more information and the link to the application form, click HERE.
(Last updated: March 22, 2026)