Labor-Management Job Aids
The Labor-Management Resource Center is designed to assist you with the labor-management process. View or download these useful job aids to strengthen your organization's labor-management relationships.
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Agenda Development and Pre-Meeting Preparation
Six steps to developing a workable agenda, including a new way of looking at meeting agendas: The Roadmap Agenda.
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Benefits of a Solid Working Labor-Management Relationship
Eight important benefits of developing a collaborative labor-management committee.
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Characteristics of Successful Labor-Management Committees
The success of labor-management committees is based on the strength of relationships between committee members. Learn about four essential characteristics of successful labor-management committees.
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Consensus
Five principles of consensus-building, a decision-making process used by committees to ensure everyone is in agreement with the final proposal.
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Functional Levels of Labor-Management Committees
Labor-management committees typically progress through four levels or stages of development. No matter the level, trusting the process (and each other) is the thread that binds committee members together.
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Labor-Management Committee Assessment
An important step in developing a productive committee is assessing your current status. These 22 questions help guide you through the process.
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Labor-Management Committee Basics
This publication provides an overview of the fundamentals of committee operations. It can be used as a resource for those interested in forming labor-management committees and those working to improve the effectiveness of their existing committees.
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Labor-Management Committee Objectives
Three key ingredients to a successful labor-management committee.
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Running Effective Labor-Management Committee Meetings
Learn about meeting roles, facilitating a productive meeting, and managing time.
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Sample Operating Agreement
Learn how creating a charter that is unique to your labor-management committee provides structure and clarity.
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Seven Common Barriers to Labor-Management Cooperation
The "Seven Deadly Sins" that can derail productive labor-management committee relationships.
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Six-Step Problem Solving Process
A handy six-step guide to collaborative problem solving complete with helpful worksheets.
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Twelve Tips to Help Overcome Barriers to Labor-Management Cooperation
Concise strategies for committee development and moving beyond roadblocks to collaboration.
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Understanding Each Other's Worlds
Four questions that help you explore the differences and similarities between labor and management.
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What is Brainstorming?
Four important benefits for using brainstorming to help problem-solve labor-management committee issues.