United Tech & Allied Workers
UTAW is the UK's first trade union for tech workers. Our education program covers skills for new reps, all the tools you need to organise your workplace, political education, and more. If there's a session you'd like to attend but no suitable time to book for, or a topic that we don't yet cover, request it on the #education channel of the UTAW Discord. Not yet a UTAW member? Join here.
π€ Welcome to UTAW!
Congratulations on joining a union! You've taken the first step towards building worker power for a fairer and more equitable work-life. Take step two by joining this call to meet others in our union, find out more about how we work and how to get involved. π‘
π Discover
Build to Win part 1 of 4. Discover a path to win. Learn about worker power, the campaign organising lifecycle, and building campaigns around winnable conditions that will meaningfully improve the lives of workers. π
Build to Win is open to any UTAW member interested in organising their workplace. The course offers covers both theory, practical tools and the chance to practice organising using a mock campaign scenario. By the end of this course, you will have not only learned how to organise your workplace, but taken the first concrete steps to organising your own workplace for real. For new organisers and experienced organisers alike.
π§± Build
Build to Win part 2 of 4. Build a winnable supermajority. Take the first steps to build worker power, using power mapping to understand your workplace, and learn the skills of having effective conversations with colleagues to discover and develop leadership in your campaign. π
Build to Win is open to any UTAW member interested in organising their workplace. The course offers covers both theory, practical tools and the chance to practice organising using a mock campaign scenario. By the end of this course, you will have not only learned how to organise your workplace, but taken the first concrete steps to organising your own workplace for real. For new organisers and experienced organisers alike.
π¬ Validate
Build to Win part 3 of 4. Prove your power. Test the strength of your campaign with escalating structure tests that build the commitment and strength of your comrades until you have the power to win. π
Build to Win is open to any UTAW member interested in organising their workplace. The course offers covers both theory, practical tools and the chance to practice organising using a mock campaign scenario. By the end of this course, you will have not only learned how to organise your workplace, but taken the first concrete steps to organising your own workplace for real. For new organisers and experienced organisers alike.
π Escalate
Build to Win part 4 of 4. Use your power to win. Plan a strategy to resist union-busting, then combine everything you've learned in the course towards one final escalation to take campaign over the finish line... and beyond?? π
Build to Win is open to any UTAW member interested in organising their workplace. The course offers covers both theory, practical tools and the chance to practice organising using a mock campaign scenario. By the end of this course, you will have not only learned how to organise your workplace, but taken the first concrete steps to organising your own workplace for real. For new organisers and experienced organisers alike.
π Contracts
Rep Onboarding part 1 of 4. Learn contract law basics, explore typical company policies and learn how to find resources. π£
Rep Onboarding is open to any UTAW member interested in becoming a rep. The course offers a detailed look into how employment law works, these sessions should be taken in order and will give you the fundamental skills to defend yourself and fellow members as a union rep. It's recommended to sign up for all 4 sessions in a single month If you can, but feel free to pick and choose to fit around your schedule if you can't.
π ββοΈ Discrimination
Rep Onboarding part 2 of 4. Identify different types of discrimination, learn about protected characteristics and the Equality Act 2010. π£
Rep Onboarding is open to any UTAW member interested in becoming a rep. The course offers a detailed look into how employment law works, these sessions should be taken in order and will give you the fundamental skills to defend yourself and fellow members as a union rep. It's recommended to sign up for all 4 sessions in a single month If you can, but feel free to pick and choose to fit around your schedule if you can't.
βοΈ Discipline
Rep Onboarding part 3 of 4. Practice accompanying union members to formal disciplinary and grievance meetings. π£
Rep Onboarding is open to any UTAW member interested in becoming a rep. The course offers a detailed look into how employment law works, these sessions should be taken in order and will give you the fundamental skills to defend yourself and fellow members as a union rep. It's recommended to sign up for all 4 sessions in a single month If you can, but feel free to pick and choose to fit around your schedule if you can't.
πΌ Casework
Rep Onboarding part 4 of 4. Get onboarded to UTAWs casework system to start taking cases. π£
Rep Onboarding is open to any UTAW member interested in becoming a rep. The course offers a detailed look into how employment law works, these sessions should be taken in order and will give you the fundamental skills to defend yourself and fellow members as a union rep. It's recommended to sign up for all 4 sessions in a single month If you can, but feel free to pick and choose to fit around your schedule if you can't.
π© Class Struggle Unionism
Start Organising Your Workplace. This session is a great starting point if you're interested in organising your workplace. We'll talk about how a union engages people on a class basis. This session focuses on the economic and social theory of unions and class struggle. π’
Start Organising Your Workplace sessions give you the essential tools to understand and build worker-power where you work. You can take these sessions in any order, and there are no pre-requisites. Sessions are open to all. Discussion for these sessions in the #organising channel of the UTAW Discord.
πΊοΈ Map Your Workplace
Start Organising Your Workplace. Discover tools to understand where your colleagues are and how to reach them. π’
Start Organising Your Workplace sessions give you the essential tools to understand and build worker-power where you work. You can take these sessions in any order, and there are no pre-requisites. Sessions are open to all. Discussion for these sessions in the #organising channel of the UTAW Discord.
Inoculate Against Union-Busting
Start Organising Your Workplace. How to prepare your colleagues for union-busting behaviour from management. π’
Start Organising Your Workplace sessions give you the essential tools to understand and build worker-power where you work. You can take these sessions in any order, and there are no pre-requisites. Sessions are open to all. Discussion for these sessions in the #organising channel of the UTAW Discord.
π£οΈ Structured Organising Conversations
Start Organising Your Workplace. A structured way to speak to colleagues about your union and move them to action. π’
Start Organising Your Workplace sessions give you the essential tools to understand and build worker-power where you work. You can take these sessions in any order, and there are no pre-requisites. Sessions are open to all. Discussion for these sessions in the #organising channel of the UTAW Discord.
π€ Semantics
Start Organising Your Workplace. Optimised language for organising and inoculation conversations. π’
Start Organising Your Workplace sessions give you the essential tools to understand and build worker-power where you work. You can take these sessions in any order, and there are no pre-requisites. Sessions are open to all. Discussion for these sessions in the #organising channel of the UTAW Discord.
βοΈ Know Your Rights
Start Organising Your Workplace. What the law says about your right to unionise, and how to use it. π’
Start Organising Your Workplace sessions give you the essential tools to understand and build worker-power where you work. You can take these sessions in any order, and there are no pre-requisites. Sessions are open to all. Discussion for these sessions in the #organising channel of the UTAW Discord.
π Visual Mapping
Go Further With Organising. Go further with workplace mapping to organise your workplace, using data visualisation to uncover the needs and identify organic leadership within your workplace, and to move the masses to support your cause. This session is a great follow up to Workplace Mapping and Structured Organising Conversations. π΅
Go Further With Organising build upon the essentials, delving further into theory to build strong campaigns to win. These sessions are best after youβve attended some of the the Start Organising Your Workplace sessions. You can attend in any order. Discussion for these sessions in the #organising channel of the UTAW Discord.
πͺ§ Strikes & Structure Tests
Go Further With Organising. How to build up collective actions, the logistics and law around industrial action. π΅
Go Further With Organising build upon the essentials, delving further into theory to build strong campaigns to win. These sessions are best after youβve attended some of the the Start Organising Your Workplace sessions. You can attend in any order. Discussion for these sessions in the #organising channel of the UTAW Discord.
π£ Collective Voice
Go Further With Organising. A method for identifying common issues and building alliances between different groups of workers to grow your union. π΅
Go Further With Organising build upon the essentials, delving further into theory to build strong campaigns to win. These sessions are best after youβve attended some of the the Start Organising Your Workplace sessions. You can attend in any order. Discussion for these sessions in the #organising channel of the UTAW Discord.
π― Forming A Committee
Go Further With Organising. What it says on the tin, how to create a workplace committee. π΅
Go Further With Organising build upon the essentials, delving further into theory to build strong campaigns to win. These sessions are best after youβve attended some of the the Start Organising Your Workplace sessions. You can attend in any order. Discussion for these sessions in the #organising channel of the UTAW Discord.