Labor-Management Leadership Committee Records

Series — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 4624-10

Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

The Labor-Management Leadership Committee (LMLC) was formed in 1996 to promote communication and cooperation in the delivery of high quality, cost efficient public service to the citizens of Seattle while maintaining a high quality work environment for City employees. The Committee's mission is to enhance understanding of the problems, challenges, and opportunities facing the City and its workforce. Issues tackled by the LMLC include health care cost containment, managed competition, performance measures, collective bargaining, employment security, job flexibility, compensation philosophy, and technology acquisition, among others. A Labor-Management Task Force was created on April 11, 1996, and engaged in a month long planning process to develop a charter for an ongoing group. The LMLC was established with representatives from City Council, the Mayor's Office, the Personnel Department, Office of Management and Planning, Police Department, Parks Department, and the various employee unions.

Dates

Creation: 1996-2001

Creator

Drago, Jan (Person)
Seattle (Wash.). City Clerk (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access note

Records are open to the public.

Biographical Note

Jan Drago served on City Council from 1994 through 2009. In 1996, she became the first Councilmember since Liem Tuai (1972) to serve as Council President during her first full term in office. She served in this role for four years, in two non-consecutive terms. She chaired committees focused on finance and budget, business and labor, and transportation. Drago was educated at Douglass College, Rutgers University, where she studied psychology. Prior to joining City Council, she was a teacher (1973-1978) and a proprietor of a Haagen Dazs ice cream store (1980-1991). Drago unsuccessfully ran for mayor in 2009. Throughout most of 2010, she served in an interim capacity on the King County Council in the seat vacated by Dow Constantine, who had been elected as King County Executive.