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ARIZONA (Phoenix)

President: Mike McGuckin, SYSCO Food Services of Arizona
Vice-President: Curt Malaise, Laborer's International Union Public Employees, AFL-CIO Local 1297
Secretary/Treasurer: Vera Ann Riggs, retired, Salt River Project

Website: www.lera.uiuc.edu/chapters/arizona/

The 72-member chapter meets for Professional Development Programs at lunch several times a year and has an annual dinner. The chapter co-sponsors the Southwest Labor-Management Conference with the Inland Empire, Southern California and Southern Nevada IRRA Chapters, FMCS, and NLRB. The chapter issues The Exchange, a newsletter produced several times a year.

Dues are $35 regular, $5 students.

Affiliated with National IRRA December 1970.

Contact:
Vera Ann Riggs
Secretary-Treasurer
Arizona Industrial Relations Association
38862 N. 33rd Avenue
Desert Hills AZ 85086-7298
Phone: (623) 939-2353
Fax: (623) 465-8859

UPCOMING PROGRAMS
October 21, 2010 -
Effective Section 10(j) Remedies for Unlawful Discharges in Organizing Campaigns, presented by Cornele A. Overstreet, Regional Director, Phoenix Regional Office. The program will last from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. at UFCW Local 99 Conference Center, 2401 North Central Avenue, 1st Floor, Phoenix, AZ 85004 (Map) and includes lunch. The cost is $35 for ALERA members and $45 for non-members. Register now
If you would like to pay by check make payable to "ALERA" and mail to Vera Ann Riggs, ALERA Secretary-Treasurer, 2600 N. Central Ave., Suite 1800, Phoenix, AZ 85004.


December 2, 2010 The Western States Labor and Employment Law Conference.

PAST PROGRAMS
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - EEOC Legal Update: New Laws, Amendments and Important Litigation. Presented by Mary Jo O'Neill, Regional Attorney for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Phoenix District Office. The program will last from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. at UFCW Local 99 Conference Center, 2401 North Central Avenue, 1st Floor, Phoenix, AZ 85004 (Map) and includes lunch. The cost is $35 for ALERA members and $45 for non-members. The cost is $75 for non-members who enroll as members for 2010 in conjunction with the luncheon.
Please RSVP to Vera Ann Riggs at events@aleraonline.org and make checks payable to ALERA and mail to Vera Ann Riggs, ALERA Secretary-Treasurer, 38862 N. 33rd Avenue, Desert Hills, AZ 85086-7298


PAST PROGRAMS
Tuesday, June 3 -
Arizona Legislation in the Recent Past and Foreseeable Future. Speakers: Rebekah Friend, Executive Director, Arizona AFL-CIO; Russell Smoldon, Manager State & Local Government Relations, Salt River Project. I.B.E.W. Local Union 266, 1650 N. 36th St., Phoenix. 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Members $25, non-members $35. Contact Vera Ann Riggs - mvriggs@earthlink.net.

Wednesday, April 9 - Legal Drugs, A Prescription for Problems in the Workplace, Speaker: Peter Vasquez, M.D., Corporate Medical Director, MBI Occupational Healthcare Inc., and Chief Medical Review Officer, Arizona Medical Review Officers Inc. I.B.E.W. Local Union 266, 1650 N. 36th St., Phoenix. 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Members $25, non-members $35. Contact Vera Ann Riggs - mvriggs@earthlink.net.


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