Hi Bryan, I have quite a bit of experience with sector councils and labour participation in multi-stakeholder policy initiatives, and I am happy to talk some time if you are interested. I am currently managing CSTEC - a not for profit that used to serve as the steel industry sector council. When I was with the Steelworkers Union I was involved not only in CSTEC, but in setting up sector councils in the forestry sector and in the electrical equipment manufacturing sector as well. Over the past 30 years I have also been involved in several other initiatives where labour was a participant along side industry and government - going back to the Fair Tax Commission, the CLMPC, Public Policy Forum etc. I also currently work with the Automotive Policy Research Centre at McMaster - and while the APRC is not a sector council or a formal joint labour/management initiative, we have senior people from Ford, Toyota and Unifor on the Executive Committee and we do talk auto policy. You can contact me at delaney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx if you are interested in talking Ken Delaney Partner, Prism Economics 647-367-0207 <http://prismeconomics.com/> http://prismeconomics.com Executive Director, CSTEC 416-480-1797 X 223 <http://www.cstec.ca/> http://www.cstec.ca Special Advisor, Faculty of Social Science, McMaster University 905-525-9140 X 27061 <http://aprc.mcmaster.ca/> http://aprc.mcmaster.ca/ From: turc-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:turc-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bryan Evans Sent: February-14-15 5:24 PM To: turc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [TURC] mechanisms for social dialogue I'm looking for information on sectoral councils, corporatist structures which facilitate dialogue between labour, employers the state etc on policy issues but especially such items as wages. Any particular websites, studies come to mind? Best Bryan