ILR522 - Preparing for Labor Negotiations

Course Description

This course will help build your skills in the “nuts and bolts” of effective labor negotiations. You will start by identifying the organizational goals central to your bargaining strategy, then see how to move from these business goals to negotiation goals. You’ll take a look at the impact of external factors and share your analysis of these factors in a discussion with your peers. Your deep understanding of the collective bargaining agreement, the unit, and the employer will lay the groundwork for success. This course provides a combination of theory and practical applications, down to expert advice on how to manage the administrative aspects of negotiations. Finally, you will choose an appropriate collective bargaining strategy for your organization. Will you take a fostering approach or a forcing approach? And how do you determine which is best? How do you mix the two approaches effectively, and what are the pitfalls you need to avoid? And lastly, you’ll evaluate behaviors and styles that make negotiating so challenging. This course includes a negotiation simulation with peers.

You are required to have completed the following course or have equivalent experience before taking this course:

• Collective Bargaining

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Benefits to the Learner

• Identify the organizational goals central to your bargaining strategy
• Prioritize the bargaining objectives you will focus on during labor negotiations
• Choose the appropriate collective bargaining strategy for your organization or situation

Target Audience

• Union leaders and staff
• Managers and supervisors in unionized environments
• HR managers
• Attorneys and general counsel for unions or companies involved in contract interpretation/enforcement
• International professionals working with US-based organizations
• Senior executives

Accrediting Associations

• HR Certification Institute (HRCI) General Approval Number 650387 10.0 Hours
• Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Approval Number 24-T4MC9 10.0 Credits

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

• Labor Relations : Core Courses