How is Best Practices connected to Union-management partnerships?
The Union-Management Partnership is a commitment among the University and Locals 34 and 35 to work together on their day-to-day relationship, to use interest-based principles to negotiate contractual agreements that support a better work environment, and to jointly tackle improvement projects (Best Practices). Best Practices is an important part of that partnership. Its central premise is that, by working jointly on projects important to both union and management, the working relationship between them can also improve. The intent is to enable people at all levels to get involved in making change right where they work. Best Practices projects focus on creating improvements in three principle areas: operations, the work environment, and union-management relations. Projects can address a variety of specific challenges, including improving customer service, increasing productivity, addressing training and skill needs, preventing and resolving conflict, improving employee satisfaction, impr
