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Do Unions Have Trust Issues?

Do Unions Have Trust Issues?
Building trust between a union and an employer almost seems counter intuitive. The media is filled with stories documenting hostilities between organized labor and management with threats of strikes and boycotts and lots of back and forth posturing. They make great TV. I have negotiated hundreds of...

What Everyone Ought to Know About the Fight Along the Waterfront

What Everyone Ought to Know About the Fight Along the Waterfront
In Part 2 of my interview with Mike Casey, president of UNITE HERE Local 2, Mike channels the late, great organized labor leader Jack Henning and tells us what the fight along San Francisco’s waterfront is really about. What do you think is going to happen with the waterfront and the...

The First Rule of Negotiation

The First Rule of Negotiation
What is that one important rule of negotiation? I posed this question to several of my organized labor colleagues who make their living negotiating contracts and fighting for better wages, conditions, health care and pensions for their members. They are seasoned veterans who are committed to doing...

How to Grow Your Union Membership

How to Grow Your Union Membership
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.  Benjamin Franklin Last week, I had the privilege of serving as a delegate to the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees’ (IATSE) Quadrennial Convention in Boston, an opportunity I’ve enjoyed since 1988. As union membership in...

How BART Prepared for a Union Strike

How BART Prepared for a Union Strike
When two of the Bay Area Rapid Transit System‘s (BART) largest labor unions went on strike last week, BART management was prepared. There is a playbook on anticipating a crisis, and BART management has followed this to the “T.” In the “Media Training Bible,” author and media relations...