Fair Work Commission

Watch the videos to hear perspectives on cooperative workplaces from employer and union parties, leading Australian and international academics, and practitioners and parties to the Commission’s Cooperative Workplaces program.

Day One: Tuesday, 13 October 2020

Acknowledgement of country and welcome

Speaker: The Hon. Justice Iain Ross AO

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Employer and union perspectives on cooperative workplaces

Speakers: Natalie Lang, Secretary ASU, NSW/ACT, Andrew Richardson, CEO, Aruma, Steve Kinmond, CEO, Association of Children’s Welfare Agencies
Chair/facilitator: Deputy President Anna Booth

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Enterprise bargaining case studies – Macquarie University and NTEU -&- Transdev and TWU

Speakers: Nick Crowley, Nikki Balnave and Craig Macmillan -&- Bob Parton and Mark Bydder
Chair/ facilitator: Deputy President Melanie Binet
Q&A Moderator: Professor Daryll Hull

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Organisational change case studies – News Corp and AMWU -&- Opal and AMWU

Speakers: Marcus Hooke, Lorraine Cassin, Katherine Hughes and Michael Bull -&- Chris Zyner, Matthew Tresize, Hassan Yassine and Ray Winne
Chair/ facilitator: Commissioner Susan Booth
Q&A Moderator: Deputy President Anna Booth

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Organisational change case studies – LaTrobe Health and ASU -&- Aruma and ASU

Speakers: Alison Skeldon and Tash Wark -&- Kim Parish and Angus McFarland
Chair/facilitator: Vice President Joe Catanzariti
Q&A Moderator: Elizabeth Leung, Engagement Team, Fair Work Commission

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Academic perspectives on cooperative workplaces

Speakers: Professors Mark Bray, Johanna Macneil and Andrew Stewart
Chair/facilitator: Professor Daryll Hull

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Day Two: Wednesday, 14 October 2020

Acknowledgement of country and welcome

Speaker: Bernadette O’Neill, General Manager, Fair Work Commission

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How to improve cooperation in workplaces

Speakers: David Hoffman and Audrey Lee, Boston Law Collaborative and Harvard Law School Faculty
Chair/facilitator: Vice President Joe Catanzariti

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US experience of cooperative workplaces

Speakers: 

• Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Professor, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
• Dennis Dabney, Senior Vice President, National Labor Relations and Office of Labor Management Partnership Kaiser Permanente
• Hal Ruddick, Executive Director, Alliance of Health Care Unions
• Jim Pruitt, Vice President, LMP and National Labor Relations, The Permanente Federation
• Beth Schindler, Regional Director, Northwestern States, Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service

Chair/facilitator: Deputy President Anna Booth

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NZ experience of cooperative workplaces

Speakers:

• Andrew Dallas, Chief of the New Zealand Employment Relations Authority
• Judy Dell, Principal Mediator New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
• Vicki Campbell, Member Employment Relations Authority

Chair/facilitator: Deputy President Ian Masson

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Wrap up and close

Speaker: Deputy President Anna Booth

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