The Women’s and Fair Practices Departments understand the role that our Union can play in fostering supportive, compassionate, and productive workplaces across federal and D.C. government agencies. As Union Members, we know that the workplace can be a stressful environment. Whether it's dealing with high job demands, poor relationships with supervisors or colleagues, navigating challenging situations, or simply trying to balance work and personal life, our jobs can take a toll on our mental well-being.
WFP recognizes that workplace bullying and toxic work environments are something that AFGE members deal with everyday. That’s why this year, WFP is again partnering with the Workplace Bullying Institute to offer a series of webinars on workplace bullying. For your convenience, we will be hosting two sessions of each portion of the series – one in the evening, and one in the afternoon.
Don’t miss out on these important trainings:
Part 1 – Definition, Prevalence & Perpetrators: Learn the definition of workplace bullying, its prevalence and other primary statistics (gender, rank, etc.) in the U.S., other forms of abuse, its international history, and who perpetrators are and why they harm others.
September 18, 2024 from 11:00am–3:00pm ET
Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4r5lJaihTdWgw6CaIQiaCw
Part 2 – Who Gets Bullied & Why it Happens: Learn the roles of unethical and dysfunctional leadership, the profile of people targeted for abuse, and why bullying happens in organizations.
October 2, 2024 from 6:00–10:00pm ET
Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_G0w6jV1cQx2lsA91GEA9Zw
October 8, 2024 from 11:00am–3:00pm ET
Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qbbbmyJjSuuZvLj7fLmUqg
Part 3 – The Harm Bullying Causes: Health, Social & Economic: Learn the impacts of bullying on people, including stress-related health harm (physical and psychological science useful to bolster grievances and arbitrations), how bullying disrupts social support from coworkers, the psychology of victim blaming, and economic harm endured by bullied targets.
November 7, 2024 from 6:00–10:00pm ET
Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UPNTf3LXQjCVs2qn8PWDJA
November 13, 2024 from 11:00am–3:00pm ET
Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7kG2seLyRpmEYTF1k9CMkg
Part 4 – Action Plan for the Union, Becoming Anti-Bullying Champions in Your Local: Learn the impact of bullying on organizations, why employers should care (but don’t), what unions can do to help bullied members (an 8-step action plan, including compelling positive employer actions), how to start an Expert Members Team in your local or region, how Teams serve members, and benefits of Teams to the Union.
December 4, 2024 from 6:00–10:00pm ET
Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yZRnxcyiT2uCNaQdQMUFdQ
December 11, 2024 from 11:00am–3:00pm ET
Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HEsMxaFYRQWEDBvjUDUTqw
Thank you for your time and dedication to AFGE. We look forward to seeing you at our webinars!