Participants at the five-day GCIU Leadership Education Program in Santa Barbara, Calif., focused on developing new leadership skills and increasing their knowledge of collective bargaining, grievances and labor law. At left, from left, are: Los Angeles 404M Pres. Leonard Cash; Milwaukee-Madison 577M Vice Pres. Mike Sippy; Local 404M Vice Pres. Paul Garcia; and Nashville 513S Pres. Dan Jernigan. At right, from left, are: Providence 12N Pres. Sherrie Rasmussen; St. Paul 1M Vice Pres. Joseph McMahon Jr.; Fergus 691S First Vice Pres. Bill Homer; and Winnipeg 900M Pres. John Webster.

At left, GCIU Rep. Philip Roberts teaches grievance and bargaining skills. At center, GCIU Rep. and course instructor Alan M. Tate talks with Seattle 767M Pres. Brian Earl. At right, Toronto 500M Executive Vice Pres. Norman Beattie leads a workshop on leadership skills.

At left, attorney Tom Allison of Allison, Slutsky & Kennedy updates local leaders on labor laws. At center, during a main session trainees work with instructors. From left are Nashville 513S Pres. Dan Jernigan; San Francisco 583M Pres. Lee Lahtinen; Kalamazoo 507S Pres. David Moore; and St. Paul 6A Secy.-Treas. Judith Larson. At right, working on group exercises during a workshop are, from left: Seattle 767M Secy.-Treas. Steven Aldrich; Phoenix 58M Pres. David Laurenzi; and Fergus 691S Secy.-Treas. Randy Booker. — Photos by Alan M. Tate and Norman Beattie