ZEN AND THE ART OF LABOR RELATIONS AN INQUIRY INTO PERCEPTIONS CHUCK KELLY.

ZENAND THEART OFLABOR

RELATIONS

AN INQUIRY INTO PERCEPTIONS

CHUCK KELLY

• www.thecir.org

Some Do’s and Don’ts of Bringing a Case to CIR

Don’t Come

Don’t Come

Local settlements are bestYou know the issues,

the customers, the climate

You have time: weeks or months

CIR has less than a day

To Divine (a verb) • to discover or learn about future

events by what are alleged to be magical means

• or by inspiration• or guessing

(Oxford American Dictionary)

Don’t Come

If you’re close, and you can live with it,

take it!If it comes to Council,

all bets may be off.

ZENAND THEART OFLABOR

RELATIONSAN INQUIRY INTO

PERCEPTIONS

CHUCK KELLY

Zen Perspective

–Living in the moment

–Direct viewing of the universe

–Non-analytical

–“Romantic”

Classical Perspective

–Seeking Details

–Seeking the Mechanics

–Cause and Effect

–“Rational”

Conflict Between the “Romantic” and the “Classical”, leads to:

• Confusion

• Frustration

And “Bad” Presentations

And “Bad” Relationships

Differences in perspective as they appear in our life

MEN AREFROM MARS,Women AreFrom Venus

John Gray, PhD

MANAGEMENT ISFROM MARS,

Unions Are From Europa

“The union bargains like women.”

“The union argues philosophy,

management argues statistics.”

Some Do’s and Don’ts of Bringing a Case to CIR

E = MC2

2 + 2 = 4

Area = πr2 (a + b) + c = a + (b + c)

a(b + c) = ab + ac

a * (1/a) = 1     if ax 2 + bx + c = 0 then x = ( -b (b 2 - 4ac) ) / 2a

(x-j)^2 + (y-k)^2 = r^2     

x(t) = r cos(t) + j       y(t) = r sin(t) + k

Remember the union perspective

–Empathy

–Sincerity

• Mechanics are important

But so is tone

Remember the “Objects” of the IBEW

To secure employment

To secure adequate pay

To seek a higher and higher standard of living.

What’s Fair?

Pension

Health Care

BENEFITS

BURDEN

What’s Fair?

• the NECA position, which we feel continues to lack a proposal that provides this membership (journeymen & apprentices) a wage and benefit package that is fair when compared among their Building Trade peers.

• What we take away from the NECA regional negotiating approach is that there is no respect for what needs to be done here in__________________ to return these electricians to where they should be within the Trades.

• There is no good time for a strike, present economy included . . .

• I do realize that the situation at hand is one which will likely bring disruptions and changes to your book of business but as you know labor has limited options when forced up against the wall . . .

• At this point the embarrassment within the trades is at a level that will need to be addressed.

What’s Fair?

We want what they got

But not if they got less

But how can

the union not see?

Have emotions

But don’t be emotional

It’s all right to be offended

But don’t be offensive

The union is not ashamed to ask for more . . .

or to back track, if that’s what the members tell them to do

Understand and move the perspective

ZENAND THEART OFLABOR

RELATIONS

AN INQUIRY INTO PERCEPTIONS

CHUCK KELLY