Labor Relations – Union Avoidance

• Union organizing vulnerability assessments including discovering secret campaigns at your workplace

• Management and supervisor training about unions, appropriate communication, listening and how to recognize possible union organizing

• Communication and education of your potential bargaining unit members about unions

• Leading the response to union petitions

• Policy and practices changes to reduce your risks

• Preparation for likely federal regulatory, labor law and interpretive changes

Labor Relations – Strategy & Negotiation Support

• Pre-negotiation assessments

• Management and supervisor training, including facts and communication skills to support your management in negotiations

• Appropriate communication to your bargaining unit employees prior to, during and after negotiations

• Strike planning

• Labor relations research

Human Resources & Employee Communication

We offer you two unique assessment tools.

Hiring for Attitude^”SM” uses structured interviews and integrates with your current selection tools to help determine whether candidates will be a fit in your work environment based on their attitude about the workplace and workplace processes. For more information, click here.

Reality Audits^”SM” help the employer learn what really goes on, how policies and practices are communicated and actually implemented, and how employees, supervisors and managers react and are affected. For more information, click here.

Additional Human Resources Services Include:

• Assessments and audits

• Management training and development

• Employee communication and engagement to support organization objectives

• Planning and implementation of growth and downsizing

• Merger & acquisition support including due diligence and integration

• Selection interviewing, staffing, orientation/onboarding and exit interviewing

• Internal investigations: harassment, whistleblower retaliation, code of conduct violations and other complaints

• Mentoring of existing human resources and labor relations staff

• Policy, practice, procedure and employee handbook development and implementation

• Interim assignments

• Aligning human resource strategy to business objectives

Email info@sumapartners.com or call toll-free 800.759.7057 for more information.