AM24: Trends in Labor Management Relations: Administration and Unions Co-Existing

Recorded On: 07/23/2024

This session will share how to navigate complex labor-management relationships as faculty, staff, and student unionization grow. Learn about the many unique aspects of labor relations and how they impact higher education—the nature of the institution (e.g., public or private), location of the institution, rights afforded via State Law, rights extended to student workers, work stoppages, and the associated costs. Early awareness and strategic financial planning will lead to healthier relationships, more robust contingency planning, and better negotiation frameworks. Panelists will offer experienced views and practical advice focused on approaches to collaborative labor relations and how effectively managing and implementing all aspects of collective bargaining is critical.

Learning Objectives

Examine the current labor environment, economic factors, and trends in higher education
Identify strategies for engaging stakeholders with sometimes competing interests in a collaborative, transparent, and equitable manner
Develop meaningful outcome measures for labor-management relations at your institution

CPE Available: 1.5 Credits in Personnel/Human Resources

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Event Information

Level: Intermediate
Prerequisites: Minimum 1-2 years of experience as a professional in higher education or a related private industry.
Advanced Preparation: None
Delivery Mode: Group internet based
Field of Study: Personnel/Human Resources
Length: 75 minutes

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Bronté D. Burleigh-Jones

Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, and Treasurer

American University

Bronté Burleigh-Jones is the CFO, vice president, and treasurer at American University. Burleigh-Jones has more than 30 years of experience in financial and facilities management in higher education. She previously served as the vice president for finance and administration at Dickinson College where she oversaw all areas of finance and campus operations. Before joining Dickinson in 2013, she served as treasurer of St. John’s College and vice president for administration and finance and dean of enrollment management at Huston-Tillotson University. Prior to her roles in higher education, she served as senior project manager at the Texas State Auditor’s Office and assistant controller at the National Headquarters of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in finance, an MBA from American University, and a doctorate in higher education administration from the University of Texas, Austin. She is a graduate of the Harvard Institute for Higher Education and the HERS Institute at Wellesley College.

Rich Holcomb

Associate Vice President for Human Resources and CHRO

University of Michigan

As the associate vice president for human resources, Rich Holcomb exercises comprehensive leadership across the University of Michigan's human resources operations, encompassing the Ann Arbor, Flint, and Dearborn campuses and Michigan Medicine. He is responsible for guiding key central HR functions, and his leadership strategies focus on nurturing partnerships in the workplace and fostering diverse cultures.

With a career spanning more than 25 years, Holcomb has experience in human resources from higher education, industry, and health care sectors. His tenure at University Human Resources and Michigan Medicine includes several leadership roles, including serving as interim chief human resources officer for Michigan Medicine.

Holcomb holds a bachelor's degree in employment relations and a master's degree in labor relations and human resources from Michigan State University.

Karen Stubaus

Vice President for Academic Affairs Emeritus

Rutgers University

Karen R. Stubaus, Ph.D., is vice president of academic affairs emeritus at Rutgers University. During her 40 years at Rutgers, she had significant responsibility for academic labor relations, collective bargaining, faculty conduct and misconduct, Title IX, sexual harassment, and expanding women's leadership and faculty diversity. She taught frequently on both the undergraduate level in the departments of American studies and women's and gender studies and on the graduate level in the Ph.D. program in higher education administration.

She is currently an affiliated researcher and visiting scholar at the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions at Hunter College in the City University of New York. She is currently researching the interface of sexual harassment, graduate student activism, and collective bargaining, and the movement of contingent faculty towards de facto tenure.

Susan Basso

Principal

Huron

Susan Basso is an innovative and transformational human resources (HR) executive, with over 30 years of experience leading clients in all aspects of human resources management. She has led large-scale business optimization projects and has expertise in strategic planning, enterprise resource planning and human capital management implementations, executive compensation, change management, leadership development, compliance, benefits administration, collective bargaining, workforce planning, and organizational design.

Before Huron, Basso served as the senior vice president of talent, culture, and human resources for The Ohio State University. Prior to that, she held the posts of chief human resources officer for The Pennsylvania State University and Seton Hall University, as well as various leadership roles for East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. Basso was granted the Pioneer Award from Leadership Pocono and was a three-time winner of the Presidential Special Performance Award from East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. She was also honored with the CUPA-HR Emerging Leader Award as well as the Sol Stetin Award from the American Labor Museum. In 2023, Susan was granted the Zemsky Medal from the University of Pennsylvania Executive Doctorate for her transformational leadership in higher education.