‘The non-profit industry has been among the fastest growing areas of organized
labor in the past few years. The reasons for this growth have many similarities to
the growth of organized labor in the 1940s. Experts from the non-profit sector will
discuss this history and relate it specifically to the present day, including the
corresponding increase in need for FMCS services (then and now).

\ The Final Offer in Contemporary
Collective Bargaining: The Negotiator's

Perspective
Negotiations
Aviel Avgar Amanda Bundick
Associate Dean for Partn
Ontreach and Professor Eberle & Bundlick
Cornell University LR
School

L. Goodboe Zachary Hebert
hair, Traditional Assistant General
Labor Relations Practice Counse

Group United Steelworkers
Ogletree Deakins

Fulton Miklos Joseph Quinn
Commissioner Member
Fwcs Cozen O'Connor

‘The words, “final offer’, when uttered at the bargaining table, have a profound
impact on the negotiation process. The final offer may provide the framework for a
recommended tentative agreement - or it might precipitate strategies that
dramatically escalate the conflict toward lockout, strike, or unilateral
implementation. Moderated by Arie! Avgar, Associate Dean for Outreach and
Professor at Comell University ILR School, this session features panelists from both
labor and management and will examine the strategic effects of a final offer on the
collective bargaining process and what labor practitioners must consider if they are
still hoping for a successful outcome.

Break 2

~ Diversity: Beyond the Numbers

DEIA
Barbara Baker Vanessa Bullock
Commissioner Commissioner
FMcs PMCs
Britney Howard Brady Roberts,
Commissioner Commissioner
FMcs PMcs

A diverse workforce does not automatically create a workplace that favors inclusion
and equity. This session will challenge participants to look beyond employment
statistics and examine input and decision-making within an organization,

\ Federal Services Impasses Panel
(FSIP): The First 300 Days in the Biden

Administration
Federal Sector
Wynter Allen Jearme Charles
Member Member
Federal Service Impasses Federal Service Impasses
Panel (FSIP) Panel (SIP)

las Howard Friedman Edward F. Hartfield

Mem Member
Federal Service Impasses Federal Service Impasses
X Panel (FSIP) mel (FSIP)
Martin Mt Arthur Pearlstein
Chairman Directo of Arbitration
Federal Service Impasses FMcs
Panel (FSIP)
Pamela Schwartz Tamiko Watkins
Member Member

Federal Service Impasses,
Panel (FSIP)

Federal Service Impasses
nel (FSIP)

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2:30 PM-3:30 PM

2:30 PM-3:30 PM


Deputy Director for Field
Operations
PMCS

Deborah R. Willig
Managing Partner

‘a Willig Williams Davidson

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\ Opening Plenary - The Way Out: How to

Overcome Toxic Polarization
Opening Plenary

Peter'T. Coleman
Lecturer; Exec. Dir
Advaneed Consortium on
Cooperation, Conflict
Complexity in the Earth,
Inst

Columbia University
School of Professional
Studies

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Break 1

\ Cognitive Biases in Negotiations an
Conflict Resolution
Dispute Resolution
Valerie Harragin

Principal, FMCS Institute
FMcs

FMCS experts explore biases such as loss aversion, anchoring, and attribution error,
and their influence on decision-making in collective bargaining and other disputes.

~ Building Bridges of Hope and
Understanding: Facilitating Difficult
Conversations
Dispute Resolution

Jennifer Disotell
Executive Manager, NW
Distriet

FMcs

A conversation is a place to find understanding and to become understood. Over
the past few years, providing spaces and places to improve understanding has.
become more important than ever. Join us as we walk you through ways that you
can help others find a safe place to voice their concerns in hopes of creating more

inclusive, peaceful resolutions.

~ Increase in Union Organizing in the
Non-Profit Industry
Labor/Management

Sally Klingel
Ditetor of tabor- 7
Management Relations
Programm

Scheinman Institute on
Conllict Resolution ~
Cornell School of
Industrial and Labor
Relations

Amy Smoucha
Coach and Consultant
Listening Tree

Consult

id

Dave Moora
FMcs

Ligia Velizquer
Commissioner
PMCs

Amanda Posson,
Senior Policy Analyst
Every Texan

12:15 PM-1:00 PM

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

1:00 PM-2:00 PM


Join FSIP Chair Martin Malin and his colleagues as they review the functions and
activities of the Panel with a focus on how things have changed since the prior
administration.

Where the Rulings Meet the Road 2:30 PM-3:30 PM
Labor/Management
David Cook A. John Harper
Preside Shareholder
UPCW Local 655 ) tittler
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Emil Totonchi

fae \ssociate General
Counsel
International Union of
Operating Engineers,
Local

Where the Rulings Meet the Road: How Recent Labor Decisions, Rules, and
‘Memos Are Impacting and Will Continue to Affect the Bargaining Table

This panel includes an FMCS mediator and prominent negotiators from both
management and labor to discuss how new NLRB decisions, rules, and NLRB
General Counsel memos are impacting decisions at the table. Topics will include
remedies, the definition of an employee, and joint employers.

Y Surviving the Covid-19 Pandemic: What 2:30 PM-3:30 PM
Have We Learned?
Labor/Management
Louis Jamerson Rosanna Mendez
Exceutive Director ) Executive Director
Fresno Teachers SEIU Local zak
Association

\\ Lora Unger Jimmy Valentine
CEO Commissioner
Pasadena Symphony PMCS.
Association

This is a panel discussion with healthcare industry experts. The Covid-19 pandemic
has wreaked havoc on our healthcare industry, healthcare workers, and public
health infrastructure. The panel will shed additional light on this predicament by
addressing these questions: 1) How do we deal with the physical, emotional, and
psychological tolls on frontline healthcare workers? 2) Are there lessons learned or
best practices that have emerged from dealing with the pandemic that will apply,
even beyond the healthcare industry? 3) What impact did the pandemic have on
collective bargaining negotiations? and 4) How should we prepare for the next

pandemic?
Break 3 3:30 PM-3:45 PM
Break
~ Closing Plenary - U.S. Secretary of 3:45 PM-4:30 PM
Labor and Closing Remarks
Closing Plenary
Javier Ramirez Martin J. Walsh
Deputy Director for Field Secretary of Labo
Operations US. Department of Labor

FMcs

US. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh with closing remarks by Javier Ramirez,
Deputy Director FMCS.



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¥ Opening Plenary- NLRB Update

Opening Plenary
Jennifer Abruzzo Javier Ramirez
General Counsel Deputy Director for Field
National Labor Relations Operations
Board A
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National Labor Relations Board Update on Recent Initiatives featuring General
Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo.

Break 1 12:15 PM-1:00 PM
~ Labor Arbitration: A w from the Top 1:00 PM-2:00 PM
Arbitration
Homer La Rue Arthur Pearlstein
President Director of Arbitration
National Academy of FMcs
Arbitrators

A Presentation by the President of the National Academy of Arbitrators (NAA)

Homer LaRue, NAA President, will offer his perspective on the most important
developing issues in the practice of labor arbitration. Included among the topics of
greatest interest to the NAA are efforts to increase diversity among neutrals,

~ Reframing the Future of Work for 1:00 PM-2:00 PM
Women
DEIA

Moira Lethbridge
Principal

The pandemic has highlighted the unique challenges women face to meet the
demands of both work and family life. In this session. two FMCS mediators and the

Stephanie Collier





author of "Savvy Woman Success in 5 Minutes A Day’ will review the current and
‘emerging picture for working women with a focus on questions like: How can
women make informed decisions about their future of work? and How should
unions and employers collaborate to explore options and test new ways of solving
the challenges faced by working women and their workplaces?

~The New Federal-Sector Perspectives
on the Future of Labor Relations

Federal Sector
>, Tim curry Carrie Foster
\ Deputy Associate Commissioner

) Director, Accountability FMcs

‘and Worklorce Relations
OPM.

Kathy Hall Richard Loch
Commissioner Senior Policy Counsel
FMcs ANGE

What does navigating labor relations in the federal sector look like today? What will
federal-sector labor relations look like tomorrow and beyond? This panel of labor
‘and management leaders from the federal sector will share their perspectives and
their outlook on the current state of federal-sector labor relations and the future
that beckons.

\ The Great Resignation or Simply an
Overdue “Renegotiation”?

Hiring/Retention
Barbara Baker Jessica Garcia
Commissioner Assistant to the President
FMcs. Retail, Wholesale

Department Store Union
(RWDSU), UFCW

G. Roger King.
Senior Labor and
Employment Counsel
HI Policy Association

BR) "issillatorde Harry Katz
Commissioner President
FMcs International Labor and
Employment Relations
Association (ILERA)

Dr. Patri
Medina
Executive Director
The Worker Institute,

ILR-Comnell University

a Campos

‘panel discussion presented by labor and management leaders and a leading
professor of industrial and labor relations on the roots of the Great Resignation,
Creative ways to attract and retain employees in the new labor market, and other
pressing implications of this phenomenon for employers and unions.

Break 2

Y Secrets of Arbitrator Selection

Arbitration

Dave Gaba
Arbitrator and Mediator
Compass La Group PS

Arthur Pearlstein
Director of Arbitration
PMcs

Ine

Shianne Seott
Arbitrator Principal
Scott Dispute Resolution

‘The FMCS Director of Arbitration and leading arbitrators look at less talked-about
elements in the labor arbitrator selection process, including games parties play,
mistakes they make, and insights into making the best choices.

~ Beyond the Executive Orders:
Implementing Lasting Change in
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access
DEIA

y 2 Laquetta Jones ni

Sarah Cudahy

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

2:00 PM-2:30 PM

2:30 PM-3:30 PM

2:30 PM-3:30 PM


pager Sons wanmnes
Chil Rights Director Senior Advisor
FMcs PMcs

Wendy Doernberg, Lisa Henderson
Attorney Advisor Regional Director
qual Employment NLRB
Opportunity

Commission

Steve Shih

Associate Administrator

Diversity and Equal

Opportunity

NASA

Beyond the Executive Orders: Implementing Lasting Change in Diversity, Equity,
Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA)

Many both within and outside the federal government are aware that there are DEIA
policies, but not the detail and extent of these Executive Orders. This session will
provide an overview of the various equity-based federal executive orders and
federal government success stories. MCS Senior Advisor/Counsel and the
Director of Equal Employment Opportunity at FMCS will co-moderate a panel from
the federal sector who will discuss best practices for creating, implementing, and
maintaining successful equity plans with input from participants.

14 Methods for Dealing with Con
Why Do We Overestimate Our Al

2:30 PM-3:30 PM

Deal With Conflict?
Dispute Resolution
‘Tom Melangon Ligia Vekézquer
Commissioner Commissioner
PMs. PMCS

Using a highly interactive approach, FMCS facilitators and workshop participants
will share their collective wisdom regarding how they approach conflict, and how
their colleagues and partners around them respond to that approach. Welll explore
a conflict resolution assessment tool (that has been in use successfully for almost
40 years!) that seeks to measure the accuracy of our perceptions of how we deal
with conflict. We will also introduce proven techniques that allow you ~ as a
negotiator, advocate, or neutral ~ to recognize when the other party's perception of
their own approach to managing conflict might be impeding resolution. We'll
examine how people's tendency to overestimate their ability to handle conflict has a
profoundly negative impact on parties involved in collective bargaining and other

negotiations.
© Inflation at Work: How Ongoing Inflation 2:30 PM-3:30 PM
Impacting American Industrial
Relations
Negotiations
Bill Dirksen Low Faiola
Board Member Commissioner
Workkise PMCS

Harry Katz Richard Maroko
President ) President

International Labor and $68) tiotel and Gaming Trades
Employment Relations Coun, AFL-CIO
Association (ILERA)

Prominent labor and management representatives will examine rising inflation and
the extent and duration of its effect on labor negotiations.

Break 3 3:30 PM-3:45 PM

~ Plenary - How Collective Bargaining 3:45 PM-4:30 PM
Can Help Achieve Gender Equity in
Professional Sports & Beyond

Closing Plenary
8 Meghann Burke ‘Tori Huster
AED scestive virector President
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