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HPI Awards
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To celebrate the outstanding achievement within subordinate bodies, OCSEA's Education Committee recognizes those efforts through its High Performance Initiative (HPI) Award.
Application Deadline: Jan. 16, 2010
Subordinate body applicants were required to show
they build union power, have measurable benefits to the membership,
and improve subordinate body performance.
Chapters, district councils, and assemblies will be recognized in five categories:
- Internal Organizing
- Coalition Building
- Communications
- Administration
- Innovation
You may download and print the brochure (PDF) and application (PDF), or request them by mail by contacting Judi Ayers, OCSEA Labor Education, at 800-266-5615, ext. 2656, or 614-865-2656, or jayers@ocsea.org. Award recipients will be announced at the March 2010 Building Union Power Conference.
Award Categories
INTERNAL
ORGANIZING This award will be presented to subordinate
bodies that have implemented an initiative that will increase or has
increased member participation in union activities or increase the number
of active members. Some examples may include:
- participation in political action events
- showing support for collective bargaining
- converting fair share employees to active members
- implementing new employee orientation.
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COALITION BUILDING Building a coalition with like minded groups
in your community increases our Union Power. This award is presented
to the subordinate bodies that build a relationship with a group(s)
that actively supports union issues in the political arena. Examples
of the subordinate body and the group demonstrating support for a union
issue are required to receive this award.
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COMMUNICATIONS Sharing
union messages with rank-and-file members is the key to building Union
Power. This award is presented to subordinate bodies that identify new
ways to communicate with members.
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ADMINISTRATION This
award is presented to subordinate bodies that use new technologies,
process or methods to improve the operations of the subordinate body.
The initiative must provide examples of the benefits realized by the
membership.
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INNOVATION This
award will recognize the creativity of subordinate bodies to build Union
Power. The initiative must be new and unique and provide examples of
the benefits realized by the membership.
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See Related
Application (PDF)
Brochure (PDF)
Descriptions of Activities (Glossary) - For an alphabetical list of activities and descriptions.
Types of Activity - Power-building activities can be grouped into three different types
Guidelines - Helpful info to help chapter committees get started
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