1. Ohio Army National Guard Labor-Management Regional Information Update Revitalize the LPC and Enhance Local Empowerment

2. Partnership Mission & Goals To transform labor-management relations from confrontation over rights to collaboration on achieving improved –Military Readiness, –Public Service, and –Quality of Life

3. Partnership Mission & Goals To create a culture of trust and respect To promote empowerment in achieving organizational goals To institutionalize a consensus-based process for joint identification of problems and the cooperative development of solutions

4. Labor-Management Leadership OHARNG Partnership Executive Committee viewpoints Introduction of Local Partnership Council leaders

5. Partnership Structure JPEC Co-Chairs: TAG / Union Pres ARPEC Co-Chairs: ATAG Army / Union Pres APEC Co-Chairs: ATAG Air / Union Pres 121 st LPC 178 th LPC 179 th LPC 180 th LPC AASF 2 LPC AASF 1 LPC CSMS LPC East SM LPC West SM LPC

6. Partnership Structure Local Partnership Councils (LPCs): –Negotiate local issues within the parameters of the contract, law, regulation & policy –Local issues include working conditions, safety, hiring, hours of work, etc… –Forward issues to higher levels and respond to issues forwarded from higher levels –Use the principles of Interest Based Bargaining

7. Interest Based Bargaining Six step problem solving process 1.Select issue 2.Discuss interests 3.Establish standards 4.Generate options 5.Evaluate options 6.Develop solution Listening, Communicating openly, Seeking common ground, Mutual accountability

8. Daily Operations Workplace Conditions –When a party wants to make changes to personnel policies or practices, or to the work environment, there will be some bargaining requirement –Scope (individual, workcenter, state), Spirited Discussions & Past Practice Can a single supervisor and labor representative work out the issue and come to agreement? Can/should the LPC address the issue?

9. Daily Operations Supervision is responsible for resources and results Labor is the legal representative of the bargaining unit workforce Both have many common interests In daily operations, mutual respect for the legitimate roles and obligations of labor and management move partnership forward

10. LPC Issue Process Issue arises and is not resolved by informal discussion among affected parties Issue referred to LPC via local procedures. (Gatekeeping, referring) Issue discussed using IBB. Possible intervention or directed solution by consensus of LPC Satisfactor y Resolutio n Yes. End No. Go to Flowchart for Service PEC

11. Partnership Activities Safety (PPE, Facilities) Workplace Abatement Columbus Metro Area transition Hours of Work Job Announcement & Hiring www.ohionationalguard.com/partnership/

12. AAR StrengthWeakness