Harry C. Katz is the Jack Sheinkman Professor of Collective Bargaining at Cornell University’s ILR School and the director of ILR’s Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution. He received his doctorate in economics from the University of California at Berkeley. After teaching at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor Katz came to ILR in 1985. His areas of expertise include labor-management cooperation, labor relations, and contract negotiations.
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Leading Off the Field
Labor/Management Dynamics in the NFL
Tuesday, November 01, 2022, 1pm
EDT
Event Overview
The National Football League’s Players Association (NFLPA) has over 5,000 current and former players in its membership. JC Tretter ’13 played for nine seasons in the NFL and is now the president of the NFLPA. Focused on helping NFLPA members fight for better wages, benefits, and working conditions, Mr. Tretter is applying many of the labor relations and negotiations skills he learned at Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations.
In this virtual discussion, Harry Katz, Jack Sheinkman Professor of Collective Bargaining and director of the ILR School’s Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution, joins Mr. Tretter to discuss union leadership during a volatile labor/management period.
In this virtual discussion, Harry Katz, Jack Sheinkman Professor of Collective Bargaining and director of the ILR School’s Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution, joins Mr. Tretter to discuss union leadership during a volatile labor/management period.
What You'll Learn
- How the pandemic influenced the NFL’s labor/management dynamic
- What players want now and how the association is advocating for change
- How unity and solidarity are built across NFL teams
- The role that the NFLPA can play in helping set standards for workers in other industries
Speakers
Jack Sheinkman Professor of Collective Bargaining and Director of the Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution, ILR School, Cornell University
JC Tretter is the president of the National Football League Players Association. In August 2022, Mr. Tretter retired from the NFL after a nine-year career. He played college football at Cornell and was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 2013 NFL Draft. Mr. Tretter was elected president of the NFLPA in March 2020, as the union was voting on a collective bargaining agreement with the NFL. He led the NFLPA’s negotiations with the NFL throughout the pandemic and was re-elected as president in March 2022.
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