Membership Information
Programs and Events:
The Council sponsors several workshops and seminars on issues that affect labor and management in the workplace. Programs offered previously include:
- The Rising Cost of Health Care
- Health and Safety in the Workplace
- Workers’ Compensation
- Diversity in the Workplace
- Emergency Preparedness
- Labor Negotiations utilizing Mediation
- Family Medical Leave Act – Mock Trial
- Age Discrimination in the Workplace – Mock Trial
- Sexual Harassment – Mock Trial
- Americans with Disabilities Act – Mock Trial
- Workplace Violence
- Violence in Our Schools
- Equal Employment Opportunity – Mock Trial Programs
Each year the Council accepts nominations for the annual CAP (Cooperation, Achievement, Productivity) Award. This award recognizes labor and management teams that exemplify labor management cooperation through innovative programs and ideas. Many CAP Award recipients in Northeastern Pennsylvania have gone on to win the prestigious Governor’s Award for Labor Management Cooperation.
The Council is a member of Pennsylvania’s Rapid Response team for dislocated workers. In this role the Council provides supplementry services for workers who have lost their jobs due to a a downsizing or closing. Our transition team specialist facilitates meetings to assist displaced workers going through the transition from unemployment to re-employment.
As Project Manager for the Northeastern Pennsylvania Pre-Apprenticeship Initiative the Council has formed a partnership with the Building and Construction trades. The “Build Your Future” program prepares high school seniors to take an apprenticeship aptitude exam for one of the building trades such as the Carpenters, Electricians, Iron Workers, Painters, etc. The “Frame Your Future” program is a career awareness program for students in grades 9 through 11. The goal of both of these programs is to inform young people of the opportunities that exist in the building and construction trades for careers with family sustaining wages and good benefits.
