Labor Management Grants Program

FY2005 Funding Summary

**05-OH/I-001 (NC)** Akron General Medical Center

Ohio Nurses Association

**[\$35,778]{.underline}**

The AGREE (Akron General Respects Each Employee) Program is a Dynamic
Adaptive Dispute System (DyADS) to help Akron General Medical Center and
the Ohio Nurses Association develop a process to manage workplace
conflict. The FMCS grant enables the AGREE Program to obtain the
assistance of an Ombuds person who will coordinate and manage the
disputes, maintain statistics, serve when appropriate as a third-party
neutral, and promote awareness of the AGREE Program through education
and training.

**05-WI/I-002** Federal Mogul Corporation Powertrain Systems

IAMAW Local Lodge 1438

**[\$64,994]{.underline}**

In the past 6 years, Federal-Mogul Corporation Powertrain Systems of
Schofield, WI, has experienced a 24% reduction in both staff and sales
(globalization has lowered the price of piston rings). [Federal Mogul
Corporation]{.underline} and the [Local Lodge 1438 of the International
Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers]{.underline} have been
in the process of executing a new labor-management relationship based on
the High Performance Work Organization (HPWO) Partnership process
developed by the IAMAW, and the grant will enable them to successfully
implement the HPWO Partnership.

**05-OR/PS-003** Multnomah County, Oregon

> AFSCME Local 88

**[\$125,000]{.underline}**

Multnomah Oregon has the largest population in the county, and [the
American Federation and State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
Local 88]{.underline} represents the biggest number of county employees.
Relations between labor and management have deteriorated because
Multnomah County's ongoing revenue shortfall has caused insecurity among
the workforce with severe budget constraints, staff layoffs, and
elevated stress and anxiety. The FMCS grant will give the county and the
union much needed funds to leverage their resources in order to jointly
improve organizational effectiveness, promote cooperative relations, and
enhance communications.

**05-WA/I-004 (NC)** Pacific Coast Maritime L/M Consortium

Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific

**[\$35,000]{.underline}**

The Pacific Coast Maritime Labor-Management Consortium (PCMC) and
[Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific]{.underline} are comprised of the
leadership of five Pacific maritime unions and five Pacific maritime
employers in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California and Hawaii. The PCMC
was formed to seek an innovative regional solution to the converging
problems of an aging mariner demographic, a lack of entry-level
positions and the new international and Federal training requirements.
Using prior FMCS grants, PCMC has developed new and innovative
approaches to maritime workforce development through partnerships with
state and local educators and labor organizations, government workforce
development agencies, community coalitions, and U.S. Coast Guard
certifying authorities in two states. Additional FMCS funding will help
labor and management continue to work together to establish more
regional groups in the other Pacific Coast States.

**05-OH/I-005** Electrical Trades Center

IBEW Local Union #683

> Central Ohio Chapter of National Electrical Contractors Associations
>
> **[\$122,997]{.underline}**

An application for the LAMP (**L**abor and **M**anagement
**P**erformance) project was submitted by the Joint Apprenticeship
Training Committee (JATC) for the Electrical Trade Center, its
educational operations. The goal is to form a more productive
relationship between labor and management by improving organizational
effectiveness and capabilities, facilitating positive communication
between labor, management and the community, and emphasizing
labor-management team-building, in order to deliver value to customers
and to build a shared vision for the electrical industry in Central
Ohio.

**05-NY/I-006** Skilled Trades Diversity Council

Tompkins-Building & Construction Trades Council

> Laborers Local 589

**[\$110,027]{.underline}**

The Skilled Trades Diversity Council is composed of members of [Tompkins
Workforce New York, the New York State Department of Labor
Apprenticeship Program and other local construction contractors,
Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga Area Board of Cooperative Education
Services]{.underline} and local community organizations that work with
youth and underrepresented populations and women. With the FMCS grant,
the Council plans to increase workplace diversity in the construction
industry with expanded outreach to underrepresented populations and
women, a pre-apprenticeship program and exit interview for employees who
are leaving skilled trades.

**05-IA/I-007** Iowa Health Buyers Alliance

> Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical & Energy Worker International Union

**[\$125,000]{.underline}**

The IHBA was founded in April 2004 by the Dubuque Area Labor Management
Council, the Health Policy Corporation of Iowa and the Labor Management
Health Care Coalition, Upper Midwest. With almost 10,000 members, the
Alliance works to improve the quality, operation, performance and
cost-effectiveness of their health care and benefits plans. The FMCS
grant will enable the IHBA to (1) identify, develop, evaluate, recommend
and provide access to cost-effective and high performance policies,
practices, providers and products; (2) increase the membership base; and
(3) solidify administrative roles and develop key partnerships

**05-OH/I-008 (NC)** Akron General Medical Center

Ohio Nurses Association

**[\$14,222]{.underline}**

Additional FMCS funding will assist the [Akron General Medical Center
and the Ohio Nurses Association]{.underline} with the continuation of an
Ombuds person to manage workplace issues and disputes that do not fit a
traditional grievance process and promote awareness of the AGREE program
through education and training.

**05-IL/I-009** Chicago Building Trades Council

Construction Employers' Association

**[\$99,522]{.underline}**

The Construction Employers' Association (CEA) in conjunction with five
management associations have come together with the Chicago Building
Trades Council (CBTC) to create a joint labor-management coalition for
the specific purpose of exploring and addressing the reason for
journeymen's reluctance to assume leadership positions. The future of
first line supervision in construction depends on identifying motivated
and qualified journeymen to step-up to effectively execute foremen roles
and responsibilities. The Coalition is comprised of seven industry
partners: the [Construction Employers Association (CEA), the Chicago &
Cook County Building and Construction Trades Council (CBTC), Chicagoland
Sheet Metal Contractors Association (CSMCA), the Electrical Contractors
Association (ECA), the Mechanical Contractors Association (MCA), the
Plumbing and Mechanical Contractors of Northern Illinois (PAMCANI) and
the Plumbing Contractors Association (PCA).]{.underline}

**[05-WI/A-010]{.underline}** North Central Wisconsin LMC

Graphic Packaging Corporation

PACE International Representative

**[\$119,187]{.underline}**

The North Central Wisconsin area includes nine counties; Adams, Forest,
Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Portage, Wood and Villas. A grant will
assist the Council in a transition to a Regional Training Partnership
capable of effectively responding to area economic and workforce
development needs of their member unions and employers. The initial
focus will be on the paper industry, to expand to other manufacturing
industries and one additional sector such as Health Care or
Construction.

**[05-CT/I-011]{.underline}** GrowJobsCT Labor-Management Program

District Lodge 26, IAMAW, AFL-CIO

**[\$105,550]{.underline}**

GrowJobsCT is a state-wide labor management program to retain and expand
manufacturing jobs that are disappearing in Connecticut at an alarming
rate. The grant will provide valuable funding to help
[GrowJobsCT]{.underline} and [District Lodge 26, IAMAW]{.underline}
build labor management cooperation, create advanced educational and
communications programs on the importance of the manufacturing sector
and greatly expand outreach efforts to manufacturers, union-represented
manufacturing workers, media and policy makers.

**05-PA/I-012** Penn Metal Fabricators

IAMAW Local Lodge 2779

**[\$48,519]{.underline}**

Penn Metal Fabricators performs metal fabrication and welding for the
United States military, aviation, US Postal Service, biomedical,
construction and electrical industries. In order to remain competitive,
both labor and management leaders at Penn Metal Fabricators recognized
the need for change and instituted an HPWO (High Performance Work
Organization) Partnership in order to improve work processes, reduce
costs and generate growth opportunities to save and create jobs. The
FMCS grant will enable the partners to continue this joint effort.

**05-WI/P-013** Waukesha Engine Dresser Inc.

Local Lodge 1377 IAMAW

**[\$65,000]{.underline}**

Waukesha Engine is a business unit of Dresser, Inc. which has a
worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of highly
sophisticated engineering equipment and services sold worldwide since
1929. Currently, 80% of its workforce requires training in one or more
skills in their job. The FMCS grant will help [Waukesha
Engine]{.underline} and the [Local Lodge 1377 IAMAW]{.underline}
transition from a voluntary training center to a mandatory training
system with classrooms and educational resources that will focus on
employee workplace skills development.

**05-CT/014** [Montana Labor-Management Alliance]{.smallcaps}

Montana District Council of Laborers

**[\$117,897]{.underline}**

The Montana Labor-Management Alliance (MLMA) is a nonprofit organization
dedicated to protecting the interests of everyone in public works
construction -- the worker, the contractor, the awarding agency and the
taxpayer. To increase the number of young people entering apprenticeship
programs in the construction trades the program will focus primarily on
high school and college students and workers in minimum wage jobs
seeking to improve their situation. Emphasis will be on schools in rural
areas of Montana, and the goal is to visit a minimum of 130 high
schools.

**05-MI/A-015** West Michigan Construction Alliance

Ironworkers Local 340

**[\$114,758]{.underline}**

So that their workforce can better compete with non-represented
companies, [The West Michigan Construction Alliance and Ironworkers of
Local 340]{.underline} propose to improve the productivity skills of
construction employees and the economic development skills of
construction management through a labor and management cooperative
program.

WMCA will initiate training, business and marketing programs to educate
their signatory contractors, union leadership and contractor
organizations; and provide management, customer service, and technology
and advocacy education to empower both labor and management to use
modern presentation practices and marketing materials to assist with
visibility.

**05-WI/PS-016** City of Milwaukee

> International Association of Fire Fighters Local 215
> **[\$101,383]{.underline}**

The [Fire Department of the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Local 215
of the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF]{.underline}),
in partnership with the Center for Dispute Resolution Education at
Marquette University, applied for a grant to expand and enhance the
existing dispute resolution system in the Milwaukee Fire Department by
designing and implementing a new training component for probationary
firefighters and paramedics (Fire Cadets) that will emphasize cultural
competence and knowledge of dispute resolution systems. This will be
done through in service training to the rest of the department by
specialized teams of trainers.

**05-OH/PS-017** Baldwin-Wallace College

Northern Ohio Fire Fighters

**[\$125,000]{.underline}**

The [Cities of Berea, Brooklyn, Brook Park, Middleburg Heights, Olmsted
Falls, Parma, and Parma Heights, Ohio, partnered with the Division of
Business Administration at Baldwin-Wallace College]{.underline} to
create the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Regionalization Project.
The initial rationale for the Project and data supporting the creation
of a regional fire district were outlined in a study conducted by
Baldwin-Wallace College in 2005-2006 at the request of the mayors of
five of the seven cities participating in the Project. The FMCS grant
will support collaboration of labor and management, which is critical to
the development of the legal, financial, and operational structure of
the regional fire district.

**Labor Management Grants Program**

**FY2006 Funding Summary**

**06-OH/PS-001** University of Cincinnati

Service Employees International Union

District 1199

**[\$66,516]{.underline}**

The University of Cincinnati and District 1199 of the Service Employee
International Union requested an FMCS grant to research, develop and
implement a pilot project that will seek to identify the problems and to
improve the performance of employees who may be at risk of discipline
for performance related issues. Presently, there is no evaluation
mechanism available which distinguishes inability from unwillingness to
work. The pilot project will enable the probable cause of poor
performance to be determined as supported by statistical results for
presentation to the LMC for disposition.

**[06-FL/PS-002]{.underline}** City of Tamarac

> International Association of Fire Fighters Local 3080

**[\$93,352]{.underline}**

The Tamarac Employee Safety Committee (TESC) was created in October of
2002 by the City of Tamarac and its two labor unions, the International
Association of Fire Fighters, Local 3080 and the Federation of Public
Employees, District 1 to improve safety among city employees. The grant
will enable TESC to employ a Safety Analyst who will address employee
and management safety concerns and serve as a communication bridge
between labor and management.

**06-NH/P-003** Bronze Craft Corporation

> Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastic and Allied Workers International
> Union Local 257-B

**[\$36,753]{.underline}**

Bronze Craft Corporation is a mid sized metal casting manufacturing
company founded in New Hampshire in 1944. Its unionized employees are
represented by the [Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastic, and Allied Workers
International Union, AFL-CIO, Local 257-B]{.underline}. Since 2000, the
company has had to layoff more than one third of its work force because
of declining revenues, as well as a one-week strike in 2004. To stay
competitive and to maintain its solvency, the company, through a new
Labor-Management Committee, is taking steps to improve its manual
material handling processes based on ergonomic injuries sustained by
employees. The FMCS grant will be used to provide the equipment to
complete the project. After implementation of the ergonomic project,
Bronze Craft Corp expects a 40% improvement year over year for all
ergonomic and work related injuries and a 30% reduction for all
injuries.

**06-OH/A-004** Quality Construction Partnership

East Central Ohio Building & Construction Trades Council

**[\$125,000]{.underline}**

Quality Construction Partnership (QCP) **--**The QCP's ultimate goal is
to promote working opportunities for its participants by providing
quality, safety-conscious craftsmen and craftswomen who are dedicated to
on-time, on-budget project completion. The QCP is comprised of proactive
contractors and building trades

craft persons whose collaborative purpose is to promote economic growth
in the region. The QCP will focus on the construction industry in six
counties: Carroll, Coshocton, Holmes, Stark, Tuscarawas and Wayne.