IRI’s programs are designed to enhance and strengthen the employer-employee relationship in an environment that encourages job satisfaction, growth and loyalty. In every organization, people drive results. A successful organization promotes a direct relationship with employees, a flexible workplace and an efficient and productive culture. Effective employee relations equip organizations not only to anticipate workplace problems, but also to address them effectively and avoid them in the future. In unionized workplaces, your ability to manage your workforce and sustain competitive costs and work rules depends on your ability to conduct effective labor negotiations and craft contracts that serve the best interests of the organization and its employees. IRI can help your team:

• Identify and respond to employee dissatisfiers
• Assess vulnerabilities to union organizing or a corporate campaign
• Avoid unfair labor practice charges
• Avoid pitfalls common in contract negotiations and union organization drives
• Defend against negative union campaigns
• Manage and resolve workplace conflicts
• Manage in a changing labor environment
• Manage workforce reductions

Whether you work with labor unions that represent your employees or simply want to ensure that workers have a strong voice in your operations, IRI will help you develop an engaged workforce.