Alice Phillips shares advice, stories, and tips that she’s learned over her decades long career as a union leader. Alice will be speaking at the NW LERA Conference on March 28, Register using the link below.

NW LERA Conference Registration

Your co-hosts of The PERColator Podcast sit down for a book club discussion of Leonard Riskin's recent book, Managing Conflict Mindfully. 

References:

• Managing Conflict Mindfully, Leonard Riskin

After a brief hiatus, we are excited to be back with a new book club episode where Emily, Chris and Loyd share out some negotiations-related books they’ve read recently. 

References:

• Flourish, Martin E.P. Seligman
• Think Again, Adam Grant
• Managing Conflict Mindfully, Leonard Riskin
  
  

Chris and Loyd talk about game theory and trust in negotiations. 

References:

• The Evolution of Cooperation- Robert Axelrod
• Human Motivation and Social Cooperation, Ferh & Gintis

Get to know Marv Schurke who shares stories, tips, and advice from his experiences as PERC's first executive director, as a private arbitrator, at the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission, and as a management representative in the private sector prior to being an impartial in the field. 

Advocates' Day at the Association of Labor Relations Agencies annual conference takes place July 17 in Vancouver, B.C.  In this episode, we talk about some agenda highlights that might be of interest to PERColator Podcast listeners (and Emily puts out a book club challenge!).  

References:

ALRA Conference Registration
https://alra.org/registration/

Advocates’ Day Agenda
https://alra.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Advocates-Day-Full-Agenda-6.20.pdf

Book, Railroaded…
https://wwnorton.com/books/Railroaded/

A March 2023 congressional hearing involving US Trade Representative Tai and Congressmen Murphy raised an important topic concerning the traits of an effective negotiator and whether a negotiator's "niceness" makes them less effective in bargaining. 

A panel discussion on what last best and final offers are, their implications in the bargaining process, and practical considerations to think of when deciding whether or not to make a last best and final offer and how to respond to them.

What can negotiators learn from the stories of Star Wars, Chief Leschi, and groundbreaking Washington labor leader Addie Fletcher Booth? In this book club episode, Chris, Emily and Matt share interesting negotiations and labor relations books and resources.

References:

NW LERA Conference Registration

Dr. Quintard Taylor Jr.’s Website

BlackPast.org

Cobbins-Modica, Q. (2023, February 22). Addie Fletcher Booth (1902-1996)

Puget’s Sound

Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People

Project Implicit

Star Wars and Conflict Resolution

The next in the series of PERColator Profiles, get to know Lorraine Wilson share her experience as a school district lawyer and labor relations negotiator.