NLRB, UPMC negotiating to settle labor charges. Published: Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, 11:40 a.m.
UPMC is in negotiations to settle a National Labor Relations Board complaint that it illegally thwarted union-organizing efforts at its Oakland and Shadyside hospitals. Robert Chester, the NLRB's regional director in Pittsburgh, said an administrative law hearing that had been scheduled for Tuesday was moved to Feb. 20, “pending settlement negotiations.” “We're attempting to work out a settlement,” Chester said. “I remain optimistic, but I'm not able to discuss the terms.” Negotiation Lessons from the NBA Lockout — Become A Master Negotiator.
In our October 2011 issue of the Master Negotiator, we talked about the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) lockout and the inability of the Commissioner of the NBA, the team owners and the players to pull together a win-win outcome after months of on-going negotiation.
The three areas where both sides could not find agreement were: the division of revenues between the owners and the players, the structure of the salary cap system and the length of the players’ contracts. A harsh reality the owners brought to light and remained steadfast was in the fact that 22 of the 30 NBA franchises were losing money each year and ultimately, the owners needed a Collective Bargaining Agreement that would help them run their teams like a business that consistently makes a profit.