The following are examples of past and current labor-management facilitations being provided by the School for Workers. For more information, email the faculty coordinator listed in the following table.
| Union | Employer | Description | Faculty coordinator |
|---|---|---|---|
| USW Locals 3244 &1279 |
SCA | Intensive plant-wide training to develop the union-management partnership and support employee involvement in productivity gains. Project has spanned multiple years and training in communication and problem-solving as well as comprehensive joint leadership training. |
Corliss Olson |
| OPEIU 320 |
Boilermakers National Funds | Design a job evaluation system and analyze all bargaining unit jobs using on-site and internet based job analysis. Work with labor managment committee to evaluate jobs. |
Ken Mericle |
| IUE-CWA Local 800 | Bemis Manufacturing | Trained union and company bargaining teams in the economics of their defined benefit pension plan.
|
Ken Mericle |
| UFCW Local 1473 |
Golden County Foods | Facilitate the design of a gainsharing plan for workers in two Wisconsin food processing plants. |
Ken Mericle |
| USW Local 888 |
Gladfelter | Facilitate a major cost reduction effort and the negotiation of an agreement to restart a paper machine. |
Ken Mericle |
| IAM Local 175 |
Harley-Davidson | Trained joint labor-management job evaluation committee on the use and application of their negotiated system. | Neill DeClercq |
| USW 469 |
Appleton Ideas | Facilitate design and testing of a new job evaluation system. | Ken Mericle |
| UNITE HERE | Madison United Health Care Linen |
Design a job evaluation system and work with labor and management to implement the new system. | Michael Childers |
| AFSCME Local 1750 | Sheboygan School District | Design a job evaluation system and analyze and evaluate all bargaining unit jobs. Work with a joint labor-management committee to introduce a new system. |
Michael Childers |