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M. CATHERINE LUNDY

Credential Summary - Tenured Faculty, Michigan State University, School of Labor and Industrial Relations Labor Education Program. Primary responsibility is to develop, administer and teach Outreach Programs . Secondary responsibilities include International Overseas Study Programs for students and labor relations practitioners, National Training for Trade Unionists in the Health Care Industry, Joint Labor/Management Training and Masters Program Student Education. Background in Labor Relations as a Labor Representative in the Health Care Industry with the Michigan Nurse Association. Negotiated Health Care Industry Labor Contracts, Organized Hospitals and Nursing Home Units and Participated in National Labor Board and Michigan Employment Relations Commission Hearings. Registered Nurse since 1974.

Present Position Professor, School of Labor and Industrial Relations, Labor Program Services, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS - Research areas include Health Care Industry Labor Relations, Public Sector Unions, Arbitration, Employment Law and International Labor Relations.

TEACHING AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE

Academic - Masters Program for Credit

School of Labor and Industrial Relations Graduate Programs
LIR 891 Women At Work, Spring 2004, Fall 2004, guest speaker

LIR 890, Irish Trade Union Relations, Spring 2003

LIR 890-European Overseas Study Tour, Spring 2001

LIR 890-European Overseas Study Tour, Spring 2000

LIR 854-Comparative Labor Relations, Fall 2000, guest speaker

LIR 890-Independent Study, Fall 2000

LIR 858- Collective Bargaining, Summer 2000

LIR 890- Readings in LIR, Summer 2000

LIR 801- Trade Union History and Administration, Summer 1999

LIR 801- Trade Union History and Administration, Summer 1997

LIR 801-Trade Union History and Administration, Summer 1996

LIR 858- Collective Bargaining, Fall 1995, guest speaker

Academic – Undergraduate Programs for Credit
Social Science College Undergraduate Programs

SSC 490, Section 730, Grievance Administration in the Health Care Industry for RNs, Spring 2005

SSC 290- Section 701 UAW Collective Bargaining Spring 2005

SSC 290- Section 701, UAW Collective Bargaining, Fall 2002, Spring 2003, Fall 2003, Spring 2004, guest speaker

SSC 490- Section 703, UAW Labr and Employment Law, Spring 2003, Fall 2004, guest speaker

SSC 490- Field Study, Spring/Summer 2000

Out-reach workshops and conferences - Non-credit

ADA in the Workplace

Advanced Grievance Handling

Arbitration Advocacy

Basic Grievance Handling

Diversity in the Workplace

Global Competition (International Labor Relations)

Internal Organizing

Labor Relations in the Health Care Industry

Managed Care

National Health Care Insurance

Preparation for Arbitration

Sexual Harassment

Strategic Planning

Steward Training

Stress Reduction Techniques

Winning Without Strikes.

Woman In Unions

Women in Union Leadership

Workplace Health and Safety

PUBLICATIONS

Roberts, Karen and M. Catherine Lundy, “Nurses Collective Bargaining Contract Language: Does Collaborative Bargaining Make A Difference?’, Washington, D.C.: IRRA, Forthcoming 2003 IRRA Proceedings.

Wolkinson, Benjamin, David Hames and M. Catherine Lundy, “Nurse Staffing Issues: From Conflict to Collaboration”, J. Collective Negiotations, Vo. 30(2), 2003.

M. Catherine Lundy, Karen Roberts and Douglas Becker, “Union Responses to the Challenges of Contingent Work Arrangements”, for Shadow Workforce, Sandra Gleason, ED, East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2003.

Bodah, Matthew, M. Catherine Lundy Lundy and Patrick McHugh, “Professional Associations and Collective Bargaining: Motivations and Difficulties”, IRRA 2001 Proceedings , Washington, D.C.: IRRA Press, 2002.

Wolkinson, Ben and M. Catherine Lundy, “Union Resistance to Nurse Staffing Issues: Protections Through the Grievance and Arbitration Process,” Journal of Collective Negotiations in the Public Sector, Volume 29, No.3, 2000.

M. Catherine Lundy “ “Women’s Career Development in Trade Unions: The Need for a Holistic Approach” Laura L. Bierema, Editor, Woman’s Career Development Across the Lifespan: Insights and Strategies for Women, Organizations and Adult Educators, New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, Number 80, Winter 1998. - Refereed.

Lundy M. Catherine,” How Managed Care Effects Current Labor Law”, Revolution: The Journal of Nurse Empowerment, winter, 1998. - Refereed

Lundy, M. Catherine, “Blue Light Special”, Revolution: The Journal of Nurse Empowerment, winter, 1997. = Refereed

Lundy M. Catherine, “How Nurses Can Organize for the Purpose of Collective Bargaining”, Revolution: The Journal of Nurse Empowerment, winter, 1997. -Refereed

Lundy, M. Catherine Lundy, “Nursing Beyond Fordism”, Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, spring, 1995. - Refereed

Roberts, Karen and Lundy, M. Catherine. “The ADA and the NLRA: Resolving Accommodation Disputes in Unionized Work Places”, Negotiations Journal, Volume 11, Number 1, January 1995. -Refereed

Lundy, M. Catherine, “Sexual Harassment in the Workplace”, Revolution: The Journal of Nurse Empowerment, fall, 1994. - Refereed

Lundy, M. Catherine Lundy, “There’s No Going Back: So, I’ve Been Forced To Move Forward”, Revolution: The Journal of Nurse Empowerment, summer, 1994 - Refereed

Lundy, M. Catherine, “Learning New Techniques to Make Management Take Notice”, Michigan Nurse, Volume 66, Number, 5, May 1994. - Refereed

Lundy, M. Catherine, “Part-Time Employees, Unions, and Applications for the Health Care Industry”,Labor Studies Journal, Vol. 17, No. 2, summer 1992 -Refereed

Lundy, M. Catherine, Karen Roberts, and Douglas Becker, “Union Responses to the Challenges of Contingent Work Arrangements,” for Shadow Workforce, Sandra Gleason, Editor, for publication 2001, MSU University Press.

Delaney. John T. and Lundy, M. Catherine, “Unions, Collective Bargaining and the Diversity Paradox”, Editors, Kossek, E. and Lobel, S., Managing Diversity: Human Resource Strategies for Transforming the Workplace, Cambridge, Blackwell Business, 1996.

M. Catherine Lundy, “Questioning the American Health Care System: Is Health Care A Right or a Privilege?” LEP.EDU@MSU Newsletter, Volume 1, Number, spring 1999.

Lundy, M. Catherine Lundy, “Women’s Health Issues”, On Workers’ Compensation, January/February, 1995.

Lundy, M. Catherine, “Hospital Safety”, On Workers’ Compensation, June 1994.

Lundy, M. Catherine, “What Employers Need To Know About Sexual Harassment Perpetrators”, On Workers’ Compensation, Volume 5, Issue 2, April 1994.

Lundy, M. Catherine Lundy, Michigan Employment Legislation, School of Labor and Industrial Relations, The Employment Relations Study Series, No. 4, 1992

SPECIAL PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES

  • Health Care Industry Labor Relations Certification: On-line Program for Registered Nurses, A MSU/Michigan Nurses Partnership and future Union Partnerships. Responsible for development, administration and teaching in a twelve credit- 4 semester program. The program purpose is to provide an accessicble forum for working nurses to discuss their workplace issues with other RNs and to allow nurses to become familiar with the complex problems in healthcare in order to help them solve their workplace problems. Nursing CEUs by the Michigan Nurses Association will be offered.

SSC 490 Section 730- Greivance Administration in HealthCare for Registered Nurses, Sprong 2005

SSC 490 Section 731-Collective Bargaining in Health Care for Registered Nurses, Fall 2005

SSC 490 Section 732- Labor and Employment Law in the Health Care Industry for Registered Nurses, Spring, 2006

SSC 490 Section 733-Special Topics in Health Car for Registered Nurses, Fall 2006

  • Industrial Relations Overseas Study program offered with graduate, undergraduate and non-credit options. (LIR 891, Section 750 and SSC 496) Responsible for the development, administration and implementation of successful week long program to Ireland. The tour is intended to provide labor, management, human resources practitioners MSU graduate students with first hand knowledge into the changes in irish industrial relations and the growing role of the European Union.

LIR 890, Irish Trade Union Relations, Spring 2003

  • Industrial Relations Overseas Study program offered with graduate, undergraduate and non-credit options. (LIR 891, Section 750 and SSC 496) Responsible for the development, administration and implementation of successful week long program to England, Belgium and Germany. The tour is intended to provide labor, management, human resources practitioners MSU graduate students with first hand knowledge into the changes in British and German industrial relations and the growing role of the European Union.

LIR 890-European Overseas Study Tour, Spring 2001

LIR 890-European Overseas Study Tour, Spring 2000

  • Labor-Management Partnership of Mid-Michigan, founding committee.

National Conference for Labor Representatives in the Health Care Industry, Michigan State University and University of Illinois Schools of Labor and Industrial Relations, Project coordinator. Responsible for the development, implementation and administration of annual conference for all AFL-CIO and Independent Unions in the Health Care Industry. Objective is to provide current trends in collective bargaining, organizing and labor law updates. Key Note Topics have included:

“ Giving Health Care Workers A Voice”, Washington, D.C., March , 2004

“Responding to the Crisis For Health Care Workers”, Chicago, March, 2003

“Uniting for Strength: Future Implications for Health Care Unions”, Lake Buena Vista, Fl, April, 2002

“Improving Conditions in Health Care: The Union Solution”, Holiday Inn, Chicago, March 25-27, 2001

“Challenges and Opportunities in the Organized Health Care Workplace”, Hotel Royal Plaza, Orlando, Florida, April, 2000

“Building The Union in a Changing Environment”, Chicago, Illinois, March, 1999

“Union Solutions to Managed Care”, Hyatt Regency, Chicago, Illinois, March, 1998

“For-Profit Corporate Health Care”. Hyatt Regency, Chicago, Illinois, March 1997.

“Managed Care”, Holiday Inn Georgetown, Washington, DC, March 1996

“Restructuring in the Health Care Industry”, Hyatt Regency, Chicago, Illinois, March, 1995

“Health Care Industry Trends”, Holiday Inn Vanderbilt, Nashville, Tennessee, March 1994.

“Health Care Insurance”, Regency Suites, Chicago, Illinois, March 1993.

“Health Care Industry Issues”, Westin Hotel, Detroit, Michigan, March 1992.

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS Include:

University of Michigan, “School for Women Workers: Kellogg Center, East Lansing, Michigan August 2-5, 2001, “Cultural Diversity”. Midwest Summer School for Women Workers, Champaign-Urbana, July 2 to July 8, 2000, “Collective Bargaining”.

International Unions of Operating Engineers Annual Conference, Ypsilanti, Michigan, November 1999,” Seven Tests for Just Cause”.

Kalamazoo United Way Community Service Representatives, Kalamazoo, Michigan

“Communication: Venus and Mars”.

Hurley Registered Nurses and Registered Pharmacist Association, Windsor, Canada, November, 1998, “Sexual Harassment and Nursing”

Longshoremen Training Institute, Honolulu, Hawaii, Tokai University, September 1998, “ Auto Industry in Michigan”.

Michigan Postal Workers, POWER Conference, Traverse City, Mi., June, 1997.” Women and Stress’

Wayne State University and UAW 600 Conference, Bay City Resort, MI, ”, March, 1997, “Health Care Industry Trends”.

U.S. Department of Labor, Working Women’s Summit, Lansing, Mi., September, 1996, “Health Care Options”

University of Michigan School for Women Workers, Lansing, Mi., August 1996, “Is This Workplace Hazardous to Your Health?”

National Conference for Labor Representatives in the Health Care Industry Conference, Washington, D.C., March 1996, “Managed Care”.

Irish Food Manufacters Association, College of Agriculture, MSU Union, Sept, 26, 1996

“United States Labor Law”

Longshoremen Training Institute, Tokai University, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 1996, “The Competitive Challenge”.

International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Labor Rally, Grand Rapids, Mi., August 1996, “Workers’ Education”.

U.P. Labor-Management Council Conference, Marquette, Mi., October 1995, “ADA in the Workplace”

Muskegon Area Labor/Management Coalition, May 1995, Traverse City, Mi., “ADA in the Workplace”.

Michigan Association of Health Care Human Resource Professionals, Conference, Mackinaw Island, Mi.,

May 1995, “Restructuring in the Health Care Industry”.

American Postal Workers Union, Michigan State Chapter Conference, Cadillac, Mi., April 1995, “ Women and Sexual Harassment”.

Gastro-Intestinal Nurses Association Conference, Lansing, Mi., February 1995, “Nurses and Sexual Harassment”.

Hurley Registered Nurses and Registered Pharmacist Association, Frankenmuth, Mi., November 1996, “Restructuring in the Health Care Industry”.

University of Illinois, Midwest School for Women Workers, Champagne, Illinois, July 1994, “A Women’s Realty: The Need for a Paradigm Shift”.

University of Michigan Summer School for Women Workers, Ann Arbor, Mi., July, 1993, “Women’s Health and Well-being”.

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Midwest Conference, Traverse City, Mi., May 1994, “The American with Disabilities Act”.

Office and Professional Employees Union, Midwest Region Annual Conference, Lansing, Mi., April, 1994, “The Americans with Disabilities Act”

Office and Professional Employees Union, Midwest Region Annual Conference, Toledo, Ohio, April 1993, “Sexual Harassment in the Workplace”.

Michigan State University Department of American Thought and Language, Faculty presentation, 1993. “Campus Policies, the Law and Sexual Harassment”.

International Union of Operating Engineers, New Jersey Nurses Local (JNESCO), Atlantic City, New Jersey,

April 1993, “Third Step Grievances”.

Child and Family Services, Annual Employee Assistance Day, Muskegon, Mi., May 1993. “Sexual Harassment in the Workplace”.

International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union, Local 142 Third Labor Institute Honolulu, Hawaii, October, 1993, “Women in Unions”.

Michigan State University College of Communications, Ph.D. and Masters Student Orientation, 1992. “Sexual Harassment on Campus”

Michigan State University, School of Labor and Industrial Relations, Project on Innovative Employment Relations, Changing Nature of Collective Bargaining in the Private Sector Conference, “Diversity in the Workplace Workshop”, 1992.

University of Illinois and Michigan State National Health Care Conference for Union Representatives, 1989. “Part-Time Employees, Unions and Applications for the Health Care Industry”.

Oakland University Health Care Conference, February 1989. “Employee Rights in the Workplace”.

EDUCATION

MLIR

Masters of Labor and Industrial Relations, June 1984, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. Area of Concentration: Employment Relations.

BS

Bachelor of Science in Community Health Administration, June 1982, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. Area of Concentration: Health Resources Planning, Urban Planning, and Volunteer Program Administration.

RN

Associate Degree-Registered Nurse, June 1974, Lansing Community College, Lansing, Michigan.

PRIOR CAREER EXPERIENCE

1984-1988 Labor Representative, Michigan Nurses Association, East Lansing, Michigan.

  • Negotiated Labor Contracts for Registered Nurses in the public and private sectors.
  • Organized 1,400 Registered Nurses and Health Care Professionals for the purposes of collective bargaining.
  • Developed educational materials.
  • Prepared training workshops.
  • Researched and analyzed Court, Labor Board and Public Sector policies affecting employment practices.

1979-1983 Occupational Specialist, Lansing Schools Adult Education, Lansing, Michigan.

1978-1980 Urgent Care and Triage Nurse, Health Central, Health Maintenance Organization, Lansing, Michigan.

1975-1978 Community Health Nurse, Lansing Visiting Nurses Association, Lansing, Michigan

ASSOCIATIONS

  • Labor-Management Partnership of Mid-Michigan, Board of Directors, Treasurer.
  • National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence of Michigan, Board of Directors, 1996.
  • National Coalition on Health Care, Michigan Board of Directors, 1998
  • Industrial Relations Research Association Member, 1996.
  • University and College Labor Educators Association, Women’s Committee and Midwest Women’s Committee Representative, since 1989. Joint AFL-CIO and UCLEA Committee on Diversity Issues, 1993 to present.
  • School of Labor and Industrial Relations, Alumni Board, Executive Secretary, since 1984.
  • MSU University Appeals Board Member, since 1990.