Building Union-Management Partnerships 2012

Highlights:
*Hear 15 joint presentations, representing both union and management perspectives
*Best practices for interest-based and mutual-gains bargaining
*How to achieve collaboration in training redesign
*Creating a healthy & productive labour relations partnership
*Practical solutions for instilling cooperation and trust within a union-management relationship
*Exploring the changing face of the public sector’s relationship with unions
*Establishing an effective a workplace violence prevention program
*Innovative practices for handling disputes outside the collective agreement
*Methods for fostering respect in the workplace
*Collaborating on discipline and termination issues to prevent cases from going to arbitration
*Union-management collaborations during closures and layoffs
*Collective bargaining strategies for achieving maximum flexibility and cost containment
*The impact a unionized environment has on accommodation and the role that the union plays

Participating Organizations:
*AEG Dispute Resolution Services Inc.
*Armtec Infrastructure Income Fund
*Canada Bread Company
*Canadian Federation of Nurses Union
*Canadian Initiative on Workplace Violence
*Canadian Media Guild (CMG)
*Canadian Niagara Hotels Inc.
*CAW-Canada
*Compass Group Canada
*COPE Local 290
*CUPE Local 1999
*CWA-SCA Canada
*Gate Gourmet
*George Brown College
*Humber River Regional Hospital
*Lakeridge Health and Rouge Valley Health
*LIUNA Ontario Provincial District Council
*Loblaw Companies Ltd.
*Ministry of Government Services
*Newalta Industrial Services Inc.
*Niagara Health System
*Ontario Compensation Employees Union (OCEU)/CUPE L1750
*Ontario Labour Relations Board
*Ontario Provincial Police Association
*Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU)
*Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF)
*Parmalat Ca