New Issues, New Approaches, New Negotiators
We have a bold vision – shaping collective bargaining so that it best meets the needs of 21st Century workplaces.
At this two-day virtual workshop, you will build capabilities in…
- Forging constructive labor-management relations.
- Negotiating first contracts that are a foundation for success.
- Negotiating continuing contracts that combine good jobs with high-performance.
- Advancing equity, trust, and voice through collective bargaining.
- Aligning long-standing collective bargaining traditions with the expectations of the next-generation workforce.
- Addressing the benefits and risks of new technology.
- Taking into account the interests of diverse stakeholders – within labor and management, as well as others (suppliers, customers, clients, communities).
- Learning how to be hard on the issues, not each other.
Labor and management participants will learn from each other through interactive exercises.
The instruction team features world-leading experts in negotiation and conflict resolution, labor-management partnerships, high-performance work systems, equity and fair treatment at work, labor and employment law. The program features interactive exercises, practical worksheets, and keynote talks (each with dialogue sessions):
- “Collective Bargaining in the 21st Century” by Thomas Kochan, MIT
- “Leading a Bargaining Team” by Dennis Dabney, Kaiser Permanente (retired) and Kris Rondeau, AFSCME
- “The Economics of Collective Bargaining” by Lisa Lynch, Brandeis University
- “New Frontiers in Labor Law” by Wilma Liebman, NLRB (retired)
- “Facilitation, Mediation, Conciliation, and Arbitration” by Javier Ramirez, FMCS
- “Collective Bargaining as a Transformational Social Institution” by Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Brandeis University
Upcoming Sessions:
- November 9-10, 2023 (Thursday/Friday) 10:00noon-4:00pm US ET
- February 20-21, 2024 (Tuesday/Wednesday) 8:00am-2:00 US ET
- July 23-24, 2024 (Tuesday/Wednesday) 5:00pm-11:00pm US ET