HPAE 5094 May 2025 Calendar of Meetings and Trainings

This is a reminder of all upcoming HPAE 5094 trainings, events, committee meetings, and organizational gatherings for May – June 2025. We encourage you to be active members of our local by attending as many as you can, engaging and interacting while at the events, and bringing a coworker along with you. When we stand together, we are stronger.

May 2025

5/15: Grievance Training, 1-5P on ZOOM (training held quarterly)

• This training is designed for union reps and liaisons (but is open to all members!) to learn the fundamentals of using our contract’s grievance process to fight contract violations and disciplines.
• Sign up using this link: Grievance half day training, zoom, 1-5p
• Contact Mayra Barreto, Christina Rozario, or the Staff Reps Vicki and Joel if you have issues with registration

5/20: Know Your Contract Part 2, 12P on ZOOM (training held quarterly)

• Join us in learning more about your contract and how to enforce it. Some topics covered: Flex work, Evaluations, Layoff. If you don’t know what your contract says, how are you going to protect your rights?
• Register for the training using this link: KYC2.
• Contact Casandra Gabriele or the Staff Reps Vicki and Joel if there are issues with registration.

June 2025

6/17: Union101, 12P on ZOOM (training held quarterly)

• Have you ever wondered what it really means to be in a union and why it’s important? While our contract guarantees us a lot of great benefits, there are many other ways – both at work and in our personal lives – in which being an active member of our union impacts us. In this session, we will go over these less commonly known advantages, HPAE’s history, and how you can get more involved so we can amplify our collective strength!
• Register for the training using this link:Union101
• Contact Casandra Gabriele or the Union staff Vicki and Latoya if there are issues with registration.

6/17: Know Your Contract Parts 1 & 2 combined with Union 101, 6:30-8P on ZOOM (training held quarterly)

• Join us in a 90 minute combined session of Union 101 and our Know Your Contract trainings. Some topics covered include: Comp time/Overtime, Vacation Requests, Working outside of your job classification, Unions in the workplace, History of HPAE. If you’ve been wanting to learn more about our union’s power, our contract and the rights it entails for you and all HPAE members, join staff reps Joel and Vicki, and members of your Local Executive Board at this training.
• Register for the training using this link: Evening KYC/Union 101 90 min training
• Contact Casandra Gabriele or the Staff Reps Vicki and Joel if there are issues with registration.

We hope to see you at our spring events!

Know Your Contract May Flyer

In solidarity,

HPAE 5094 Local Executive Board