The content of shop stewards courses

One of the most controversial aspects of Industrial Relations training is the training of shop stewards. Shop stewards are the local officers of trade unions who process the bulk of grievances of the grassroot and set the tones of the day-to-day relations in an organization. This paper has been able to provide a framework for the training of shop stewards under the general framework of workers education. The particular need(s) of each category of shop stewards will determine the focus within the general framework provided for shop stewards courses. Within this it is hoped that the controversy and the neglects which had dogged the training of shop stewards as a result of lack of agreement on the quality and quantity of the education required by shop stewards would have rested.