Robert Ahern
Robert Ahern, Partner - has more than thirty years experience
in human resources and labor relations. With Kennecott Copper he rose to Labor Relations
Administrator for all domestic mining operations. He spent five years in line management
positions with Ottawa Silica and was Vice President of Industrial Relations for
Crucible Steel where he created a corporate management development system, installed
a new compensation system, redesigned the management organization, and served as
chief spokesman in negotiations.
For eighteen years Mr. Ahern was Executive Director of the Buffalo-Erie County Labor-Management
Council where he implemented labor-management cooperative change processes in more
than forty unionized firms in a wide variety of industries. He was first President
of the National Association of Area Labor-Management Committees and has taught at
the University of Buffalo, Canisius College, and Cornell University.
Mr. Ahern specializes in the CHRS practice area, Implementing Organization Change in Unionized Enterprises. He has written The Labor Management Council published in Industrial Democracy (Woodworth, Meek, and W.F. Whyte, eds.). He has made presentations before the AMA, AAA, FMCS, Industrial Relations Research Association, ASTD, and the Singapore National Productivity Board. He holds a degree from the School of Industrial Relations at Cornell University and an MBA from Syracuse University.
His major clients include Whirlpool, Reynolds Metals, Armstrong World Industries, Carrier, and Kellogg.
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