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 |
| USW Local 675 |
Mead Westvaco | Work with a joint labor-management committee to resolve pay issues related to team leader positions in self-directed work teams. |
Ken Mericle |
| SMW Local 565 |
Greenheck Fan | Design a job evaluation system and analyze and evaluate all bargaining unit jobs. Work with a joint labor-management committee to introduce the new system. |
Neill DeClercq |
| USW Local 909A |
Goodyear | Facilitated a joint committee charged with reviewing and updating the training program for maintenance technicians. |
Michael Childers |
| UFCW Local 1473 |
Golden County Foods | Facilitate the design of a gainsharing plan for workers in two Wisconsin food processing plants. |
Ken Mericle |
| PACE Local 7614 |
Milsco Manufacturing | Facilitate the redesign of a gainsharing system for workers in a plastic injection molding plant. |
Michael Childers |
| PACE 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 |
| PACE Local 63 |
Sappi | Facilitate the development of a team production system and a supportive skill based pay compensation plan. |
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 |
| AFT Local 4364 |
Jefferson 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. |
Ken Mericle |
| PACE Locals 7560 & 7566 | Bobcat | Facilitate the design of a gainsharing plan for workers in two construction machinery plants. | Ken Mericle |