Is There a Union in Your Nonprofit’s Future? (Recorded)

How would you react if there were?

Some employers might have a knee-jerk reaction of dread. Fight to the end! Even if it takes years and costs a fortune!

What if there were another way?

Employers have a lot of tools to oppose unionization.  We read about them almost daily in the business world. Those same tools are available for nonprofits. 

Yet there are also tools and strategies to support organizations that want to choose a different path — one that respects staff’s desire to be represented, and leans in to organizational values.  We will talk about them in this webinar.

A nonprofit CEO and her lawyer who negotiated and implemented a union contract will talk about their experience and how to center the nonprofit’s values. 

Melissa Gerber Weiler was President and CEO of AccessMatters.Org, a reproductive health nonprofit in Philadelphia, and oversaw the process.  She is now Founder and Principal of CollectivePromise LLC, a consultancy dedicated to helping mission-driven organizations move effectively through major organizational changes.  Patricia McCausland, now a Special Counsel at Duane Morris in Philadelphia, was her lawyer.

Together they will discuss :

• How to advance values-based changes while aligning with mission and improving staff retention.
• The advantages of working with your employees to achieve the organization's goals.
• Making rapid values-based decisions.
• Challenges of working with unions and counsel more accustomed to the for-profit environment.
• Explaining restricted funds, lack of budget flexibility and other constraints peculiar to nonprofit.
• Investing in negotiations to promote more positive relationships between management and the union.
• Keeping the board informed and providing management training and engagement throughout the process.
• Dealing with unforeseen circumstances in the first year and beyond.

Nonprofit Issues® editor Don Kramer and PANO Standards of Excellence Director Ashley Tobin will moderate the discussion.

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