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Aerospace
Industry Council
PURPOSE:
We are committed
to promoting constructive dialogue and action on issues of policy, practice, theory
and research that lie at the intersection of the interests of labor, management,
government, neutrals and scholars in the Aerospace industry. Our
overall focus is on workforce, organizational and institutional challenges and
opportunities associated with the four core missions of this industry, which are:
--Enabling
the global movement of people and goods
--Enabling the global acquisition
and dissemination of information and data
--Advancing national security interests
--Providing a source of inspiration by pushing the boundaries of exploration
and innovation.
LEADERSHIP:
Morris Kleiner, University of Minnesota, Academic Co-Chair
Neil Gladstein, International Assn of Machinists, Labor Co-Chair
Dennis Kuhl, The Boeing Co., Management Co-Chair
NEXT MEETING: TBA
LAST MEETING:
Monday, Aug 11 2008, 12:20 - 2:10pm, at Hilton Anaheim, room Huntington B
Title: "Up in the Air: How Airlines Can Improve Performance by Engaging their Employees"
Chair: David Finegold; Rutgers U.
Presenters:
- Tom Kochan; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Andrew von Nordenflycht; Simon Fraser U., Canada;
- Greg Bamber; Monash U., Melbourne, Australia.
Practitioner Discussants:
- Patricia Friend -International President, Association of Flight Attendants-CWA
- Jim Parker -former CEO, Southwest Airlines.
This symposium includes discussion in the areas of: human resources, employment relations, strategic management, critical management, work, and public policy. The questions asked focus on airlines, but are also relevant to firms in other industries that are facing pressures to compete on costs while maintaining quality standards: can employers provide a fair return to investors, high quality and reliable service to their customers, and good jobs for their employees?
Measured against these three stakeholders' interests, most airlines are failing. In the first five years of the 21st century, US airlines lost more than $30 billion. Four of the largest wiped out their equity investors in bankruptcy. In 2006-07, there was one airline in the US that operated with financials above junk bond status (Southwest Airlines) and only a few others in the world. During this five-year period, US airlines cut wages by more than $5 billion and laid off 100,000 workers. Worker morale fell, while customer complaints rose to record levels.
In this symposium we will discuss such challenges in the US and other countries. The symposium considers what the stakeholders can do (in the airline industry and elsewhere) to prevent low cost competition from having counter-productive outcomes for customers, employees and investors. (The academic presenters in this session have co-authored a book with Jody Hoffer Gittell: Up in the Air! which will be available from Cornell U. P. in late 2008. Jody will attend as an informal discussant.)
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Charter NOTES
FROM PAST MEETINGS:
Thursday, January 3, 2008,
11:00 a.m. – 12:50 p.m., Poydras Room, InterContinental Hotel, New Orleans, LA
Held in conjunction with LERA's 60th Annual Meeting
Title: "The Day After: Productivity following Labor-Management Disputes"
Presenter: Morris Kleiner, University of Minnesota
Discussant: Neil Gladstein, International Assn of Machinists
Wednesday, August 16, 10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m., Hyatt Regency, Chicago, Illinois
Held in conjunction with the FMCS National Labor Management Conference
Title: "Helmets to Hardhats: Connecting Military Veterans to Careers in Construction and Aerospace Industry"
This “Helmets to Hardhats” workshop discussed how military veterans are provided with skill assessment and placement support into apprenticeships and construction industry jobs (covering all fifteen building and construction trades and employer associations representing about 82,000 contractors). Presenters reviewed construction industry efforts and explored applications in the aerospace industry. Strategic overviews of industry challenges in construction and aerospace will also be provided.
Presenters:
- General Matt Caulfield, Helmets to Hardhats, Oceanside, CA
- Dan Caulfield, Helmets to Hardhats, Oceanside , CA
- Stephen Sleigh, The Yucaipa Companies, Washington , DC
- Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign , IL
INDUSTRY
LINKS:
Labor Aerospace Research
Agenda
LERA Industry Councils are supported by a grant
from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
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