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The members of the JLMC are strongly focused on developments
in the food industry.
The JLMC has partnered with Michigan
State University to open a Center for Research and
Education at MSU. Academic experts are working on projects
with the JLMC in several critical areas including technology,
logistics, food safety, and training. |
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| Although the JLMC will assist its members in resolving
contracts or work with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation
Service to resolve disputes, these are not the primary
goals of the Collective Bargaining Department.
The JLMC Chairman’s primary objective is to work
with both labor and management to prepare for negotiations
well in advance of a contract’s expiration. Finding
common ground by defining and understanding the issues
of bargaining before reaching the bargaining table
adds to the chances of mutual success. |
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Representatives from JLMC member organizations
have considerable knowledge and experience with the
public policy issues that affect the food industry
in its retail, warehousing, and processing sectors.
A committee of these representatives is developing
a public policy agenda on issues shared among JLMC
members. Issues like transparency in credit card
transaction fees, state initiatives on health care
and minimum wage and state-level retail regulations
are part of the public policy agenda this committee
is creating. Nationwide health care proposals are
also a critical work-in-progress for the JLMC Public
Policy Department. |
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Officers and staff of member organizations
of the JLMC include nationally recognized experts
on health and retirement benefits. These experts
and other benefits professionals make up the
JLMC Health & Retirement Benefits Department.
Labor and management have many shared objectives
when it comes to health and retirement benefits
and the JLMC Benefits Department can implement
an agenda to achieve these objectives. |
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