2023 Lurie Labor Management Cooperation Prize Winner

The Lurie Labor-Management Cooperation Prize went to bargaining partners Northwestern Mutual and OPEIU Local 9. Bargaining partners since the 1940s, each organization has a long history. Northwestern Mutual started in Wisconsin in 1857 and OPEIU’s history in the region dates …

2023 Melvin and Lois Lurie Student Prize Winner

Elise White won the Melvin and Lois Lurie Student Prize. She described how her undergraduate class in industrial psychology piqued her interest in helping create a fair and supportive workplace that fosters employee well-being. She found MHRLR to be the perfect …

2022 Lurie Labor Management Cooperation Prize

This year we honored WRTP / BIGSTEP.  The Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership provides successful pre-employment training for job seekers to qualify for family sustaining industrial jobs.   They joined the Building Industry Group Skilled Trade Employment Program which offers individualized tutoring …

2022 Melvin and Lois Lurie Student Prize Winners

This year we had two student winners – a tie we couldn’t break.! Andrew Stark described his employment trajectory at Molson Coors and his increasing involvement with the union.  The local president for the last nine years, he felt the …

John Heywood on WUWM’s Lake Effect

Hear from John Heywood on WUWM’s Lake Effect on why labor unions are increasing in numbers: https://www.wuwm.com/2022-09-21/labor-unions-are-increasing-in-numbers-a-uw-milwaukee-professor-explains-why

2021 Melvin Lurie Memorial Prize Award Ceremony

We came part way back!  We did a hybrid presentation with some collecting in the UWM Union Alumni Fireside Lounge and others watching remotely.  All told, we had an excellent crowd. After correcting some audio issues, here’s Director John Heywood’s …

2021 Melvin and Lois Lurie Student Award Winner

We were delighted to present Monique Miller with the Melvin and Lois Lurie Student Award.  Monique, like many MHRLR students returned to school part-time while continuing her career.  She reported that her graduation and the Lurie award should be encouragement …

2021 Lurie Labor Management Cooperation Prize Winner

The 24th Lurie Labor Management Cooperation award was presented to William Strycker. Will has 30 plus years of high-level experience in human resources and labor relations.  He served as the Vice President of Human Resources for the Madison Area Technical College, as a …

SHRM Alignment

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has acknowledged that the Masters in Human Resources and Labor Relations (MHRLR) program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee fully aligns with SHRM’s HR Curriculum Guidebook and Templates. Throughout the world, 398 programs in 298 …

2020 Labor Management Cooperation Prize Winner

Professor John Budd, University of Minnesota, won the Labor-Management Cooperation Prize.  An expert in many aspects of industrial relations, John writes the textbook that many of our students use in their classes in industrial relations and collective bargaining. He has published …