Workforce, Industry & Economic Development

Advancing the World of Work

Champions @ Work 2000 Report

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Introduction

Chapter 1: New Strategies in Economic Development

Chapter 2: Study Objectives and Methods

Practices and Outcomes

Chapter 3: Innovative Workplace Practices

Chapter 4: Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations

Case Studies in Progress

Chapter 5: Turning the Auto Industry Around

  • American Axle & Manufacturing & UAW and IAM
  • GM Powertrain & UAW
  • Trico Products & UAW

Chapter 6: Metals on a New Foundation

  • Outokumpu American Brass & USWA
  • Empire Specialty Steel

Chapter 7: Innovations in Electronics and Advanced Technology

  • Moog, Inc.
  • Honeywell International Inc. & USWA

Chapter 8: Committed to a Healthy Healthcare System

  • Kaleida Health & CWA, IUOE abd SEIU
  • Catholic Health System & CWA & IUOE

Chapter 9: An Appetite for Challenges in the Food Industry

  • General Mills & BCTGM
  • SYSCO Food Services & IBT
  • TOPS Friendly Markets, Inc. & IBT

Chapter 10: Making Fine Music and Books

  • The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & AFM
  • Quebecor World Inc. & GCIU, IAM & IBEW

Chapter 11: Building a Better Western New York

  • Project Labor Agreements

Toward a Region of Champions

Chapter 12: The High Road to Opportunity

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