Stories

Into the future: A digital fluency pilot program launched recently, one of many accomplishments of the LMP national programs. 

"I look at (partnership) as a marriage," says Denice L. Washington, an OPEIU Local 29 business representative who is the labor co-lead to the Northern California LMP Steering Committee. "You have to work at a marriage every day. Don’t take it for granted....There are hard conversations that have to happen, and you’ve got to have the ability to trust your partner and be open and receptive to ideas."
Visit the Humans of Partnership page for more 20th anniversary reflections. 

Empowering health care workers, managers and physicians to come together in teams and improve performance has been the crown jewel of the Labor Management Partnership. 

South Sacramento UBT members build bikes for kids in their community—and build their own team in the process.

When mid-level leaders from both management and unions build skills in key partnership concepts, they are in a better position to support unit-based teams. 

Facility and regional ratings, as well as more rigorous team assessments, are part of the 2015 National Agreement. 

Robert Reich, Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and former Secretary of Labor, made the economic case for worker engagement during his keynote address.

Health is a team sport for these colleagues at the lab at the South Bay Medical Center in Southern California, including members of UFCW Local 770 and SEIU-UHW, who take Instant Recess® together.

Solving problems together as a team, such as this one in Georgia, can help keep stress and burnout at bay. 

"If you are going to be a good partner, you have to have your partner’s interests in mind as well as your own," says Michael Belmont.