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W.J.
Usery, Jr., is Named Distinguished Executive Fellow
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
The
Andrew Young School has named former United States Secretary of Labor
W.J. “Bill” Usery, Jr. a Distinguished Executive Fellow in
Labor Policy. In addition, Georgia State University has established a
new chair, the W.J. Usery Professor of Labor Policy. Usery, a native of
Hardwick, Georgia, and president of Bill Usery Associates, Inc., is a
national expert on workplace issues.
Usery’s contributions to the American workplace span the last five decades. He counts five presidential appointments, including Secretary of Labor under President Gerald Ford and Assistant Secretary of Labor under President Richard Nixon. Under presidents Kennedy and Johnson, he represented the industrial union at the Kennedy and Marshall space flight centers. After directing the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, he opened a consulting company in 1977. Usery was retained by a new GM/Toyota joint venture to negotiate a major workforce agreement that was the first of its kind. President Bill Clinton appointed Usery special mediator during the Major League Baseball dispute of 1994-95.
“…We need a place for people to address
workforce issues, a prestigious place they can go to and say, ‘that’s
the place to go to talk to experts who are trying to find solutions’…”
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In his new role, Usery supports workplace-related research and activities in Georgia State University’s different colleges, forging new linkages among the university community. AYSPS faculty now have access to resources and contacts at the W.J. Usery Center for the Workplace for research that addresses workforce policy. The new Usery Lecture Series will invite notable speakers to campus.
Photo above: W.J. Usery, Jr.
