Labor-Management Course Descriptions

Index to Course Descriptions

Labor-Management Committee Development

• Committee Co-Chair Leadership Skills
• Labor-Management Committee Basics
• The Labor-Management Committee Process
• The Labor-Management Committee's Role in Education and Training

Custom Consultation and Facilitation

(Consultation services are tailored to specific needs)

Committee Co-Chair Leadership Skills – 1 Day

For labor and management co-chairs only, this course explores the responsibilities of committee leadership to build an effective team, jointly determine an appropriate agenda, facilitate meetings, and implement committee decisions. Co-Chairs will be able to:

• Plan an effective meeting agenda
• Guide pre-meeting research
• Use a variety of team-building skills
• Evaluate team effectiveness and implement corrective action as needed
• Facilitate productive and efficient meetings [Return to Index]

Labor-Management Committee Basics – 1 Day

This course is designed for individual members of labor-management committees and provides participants with a working knowledge of the principles and practices of effective committees and an understanding of how to establish and maintain effective labor-management relationships. Participants will be able to:

• Understand the role of labor-management committees in the larger labor-management context
• Create a labor-management committee operating agreement
• Use an effective process for agenda development, pre-meeting preparation, conduct of meetings, and follow-up steps
• Learn an effective problem-solving technique

Note: This course is also available online. [Return to Index]

The Labor-Management Committee Process – 2 Days

This course is designed for entire labor-management committees and provides participants with a working knowledge of the principles and practices of effective committees and an understanding of how to establish and maintain effective labor-management relationships. Committee members will be able to:

• Understand the role of labor-management committees in the larger labor-management context
• Initiate a labor-management committee operating agreement
• Use an effective process for: agenda development and pre-meeting preparation, conduct of a meeting, and meeting follow-up
• Practice effective problem solving techniques
• Participate in an actual “coached” labor-management committee meeting [Return Index]

Note: This course differs from the one-day course for individual members of committees in that participants work on developing their relationships, consider real issues confronted by their committees, and conduct an actual labor-management committee meeting.

The Labor-Management Committee’s Role in Education and Training – 3 Hours

Labor-management committee members learn how to assess their education and training needs; request and utilize appropriate resources; recruit, select, and register participants; and assist in post-learning follow-up and evaluation. All Partnership programs and services, how to access them, and how to advise employees about them are explained in this course. Participants will be able to:

• Conduct a local worksite needs assessment
• Identify and access appropriate Partnership programs and services
• Market programs and recruit and select appropriate participants
• Evaluate the workplace impact and benefits of training initiatives [Return to Index]

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