Labor Relations – Page 40

UW-Madison Mock Negotiation Reflections Part 2

Friday, June 29th, 2018Tuesday, October 31st, 2006 by Drew McManus

Continuing where things left off in Part 1, the MBA students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Bolz Center for Arts Administration program were serving as the orchestra musician negotiation committee in a mock collective bargaining agreement negotiation. After receiving some very bad news about their fictional orchestra’s financial conditions and a subsequent initial proposal from the management to reduce overall expenditures by 35%, the students on the negotiating committee refused to …

UW-Madison Mock Negotiation Reflections Part 1

Wednesday, February 14th, 2018Monday, October 30th, 2006 by Drew McManus

There’s nothing quite like looking at the business from a different perspective. Even more stimulating is when those perspectives come to you from unexpected sources. Such was the case with the mock orchestra collective bargaining agreement negotiations I conducted with the MBA students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Bolz Center for Arts Administration program… Regular Adaptistration readers might remember that I conducted a similar exercise with students from Eastman School of …

Examining The Events In Louisville Part 4

Friday, June 29th, 2018Friday, March 3rd, 2006 by Drew McManus

Continuing from Part 4, this final article will focus on some of the specific issues surrounding the contentious collective bargaining agreement negotiations at the Louisville Orchestra and why solutions to their problems are closer than they may realize.

Examining The Events In Louisville Part 3

Friday, June 29th, 2018Thursday, March 2nd, 2006 by Drew McManus

Continuing from Part 2, this installment will resume examining the events which contributed to the Louisville Orchestra’s contentious Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations.

Examining The Events In Louisville Part 2

Friday, June 29th, 2018Wednesday, March 1st, 2006 by Drew McManus

Continuing from Part 1, this installment will examine recent events at the Louisville Orchestra surrounding their troubled Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations.