Case Western Reserve University and Rutgers University
Executive, Human Resources, and Labor Education Program
Program Overview
Organizations achieve their greatest success when executives, human resource professionals, and labor representatives work together to create productive, collaborative workplaces. Recognizing the growing need for this capability, the Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management and the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations have partnered to offer an Executive Learning Certificate that equips professionals with the knowledge, skills, and practical strategies to build stronger labor-management relationships and achieve better organizational outcomes.
Program Sessions
FUNDAMENTALS OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
Friday, January 8, 2027 | Click here to register
10am to 4pm
Instructors:
Daniel Julius, Visiting Professor at Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management
Adrienne Eaton, Distinguished Professor at Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations
An overview of the key aspects of collective bargaining including negotiation strategy and bargaining processes. We will develop an understanding of the bargaining process from preparation before bargaining to the ratification of a new contract.
GRIEVANCE AND ARBITRATION
Friday, February 12, 2027 | Click here to register
10am to 4pm
Instructor:
James Cooney, Esq., Associate Teaching Professor at Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations; Member of the National Academy of Arbitrators
This session is designed to increase the practitioner's skills in preparing and presenting grievance arbitration cases. Major subjects discussed include preparing for arbitration, the hearing, presenting a case, standards for just cause, evidence, criteria for contract interpretation, remedies, the decision, and different systems.
STRATEGIC GRIEVANCE HANDLING AND CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
Friday, March 12, 2027 | Click here to register
10am to 4pm
Instructor:
Carla Katz, Esq., J.D., Associate Teaching Professor at Rutgers University, Labor Studies and Employment Relations
This session explores valuable methods and techniques to help ensure that negotiated contracts are successfully enforced and the hard-won gains at the bargaining table are honored and sustained.
CONFLICT RESOLUTION AT THE WORKPLACE
Friday, April 16, 2027 | Click here to register
10am to 4pm
Instructor:
William Dwyer, Master of Labor and Employment Relations (MLER); Associate Teaching Professor at Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations
This session looks at different models of labor–management cooperation and surveys ways to reduce dysfunctional conflict at the workplace and at the bargaining table.
INTEREST-BASED BARGAINING
Friday, May 14, 2027 | Click here to register
10am to 4pm
Instructor:
Adrienne Eaton, Distinguished Professor at Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations
Mutual gains for all concerned in bargaining and grievance handling by identifying interests, exploring options and reaching win-win agreements through best practices and a tried-and-true joint problem-solving process.
MEDIATION FOR TODAY'S WORKPLACE
Friday, June 14, 2027 | Click here to register
10am to 4pm
Instructor:
William Dwyer, Master of Labor and Employment Relations (MLER), Associate Teaching Professor at Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations
Mediation has emerged as a powerful tool to resolve many forms of conflict in the modern workplace. In this session you will learn about the mediation process, it’s abundant benefits and how you can use it as a time and cost-saving solution to resolve conflict through mutual agreement.
