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i PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES FOR ESTA.BLISHING BMS LABOR-MANAGEMENT PARTNERSHIPS !!Establishment of a Partnership is an evolutionary step supporting the collective ibargaining process. o jThe Partnership program is a process of organizational change. i, The Partnership committee must involve top-level decision-makers from both sides of i! the bargaining table selected by each, with two of these representatives serving as co- !i chairs of the Partnership effort. The process of organizational change must proceed uniformly across the total organization. Union leadership must be involved at all levels of the Partnership program and i process. The Partnership program is an exercise in sharing power and responsibility. o Change in the character of the union-management relationship emerges from change in the behavior of union-management leaders. Both parties must be genuinely open to working on a wide range of problems. The political realities of union organizations must be thoroughly understood and considered in the Partnership program. 10. ~ Decisions regarding agendas and actions of the Partnership committee are made by !i consensus. Each member has a veto over consideration of and action on any item. 11. Ail workers and all supervisors are entitled to full information regarding Partnership ~ committee actions and plans. 12. The parties )ointty own the Partnership and the process and responsibility for making ,, it work. 13. Old norms are often so deeply entrenched that a third-party consultant/facilitator can be important to aiding the Partnership to move past barriers to meaningful change. 14. Both parties must enter the Partnership program voluntarily and may withdraw at any ~ time. -~i~apted from materials prepared by Robert Ahem, Buffalo-Erie County Labor-Management Council g..~se~s~originafklmc- 7. doc - 1/24/95 I I I I i I I I ! I I I I I I