Missouri Chapters:
Gateway (St. Louis) and Greater Kansas City

 

MISSOURI: GATEWAY (St. Louis)
President: Linda Ryan, Dierbergs Markets, Inc.
Vice Presidents
  Membership:
Rudy L. Smith, PPF, Local 562
  Programming: Ed Harrick, PhD, Arbitrator
  Planning: Eric Mooshegian, IUOE Local 148
  Publicity & Board Assistant: Mike Linderer, Gold Quill Associates
  Research: Gerald E. Parker, Saint Louis University
Local Chapter Liaison: Roger Hendrix, FMCS
Secretary: Carolyn Eskew, Cott Beverages, Inc.
Treasurer: William "Bill" Barrows, Tyco Healthcare/Mallinckrodt

Chapter Website: www.irra-gateway.org
 

The 400-member chapter conducts two day-long conferences, several dinner programs, and a breakfast conference each year. The October 2002 meeting topic was "Creating a Constructive Organizational Culture" with Gordon Graham, motivational speaker and consultant.  In November 2002, the chapter co-sponsored the Labor and Management Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony,  inducting Edward J. Harrick, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, SIUE and Tadas Kicielinski, Executive Assistant to the General President of the Iron Workers International Union (Contact: Marvin Finkelstein, Exec Dir, Labor-Management Committee, SIUE Box 1400, Edwardsville, IL 62026-1400). The February 2003 Conference topic was Industrial Stability vs. Employee Rights. Speakers included Ralph Tremain, Regional Director of NLRB Region 14 in St. Louis and Subregion 33 in Peoria, IL, Attorney Robert Stewart, McMahon, Berger , and Attorney James Singer, Schuchat, Cook & Werner. The April 2003 Conference & 30th Anniversary Celebration  topic is 30 Years of Industrial Relations. Speakers included Dennis W. Rocheleau, Manager, Union Relations, General Electric Company, and national IRRA Executive Board Member, Gladys Gruenberg, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, St. Louis University, Duke McVey, President Emeritus, Missouri AFL-CIO, Paul Sultan, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, and with session chair, Ed Harrick. For more info click here. The May/June 2003 Conference will focus on one or several hot topics including Last Chance Agreements, Duty of Fair Representation, Use of the Internet to Gather Labor-Management Information.

Dues are $30 regular, $80 patron, $10 student, $300 cosponsoring organizations.

Affiliated with the National IRRA 1972.

Contact:
William "Bill" Barrows
Tyco Healthcare/Mallinckrodt
(314) 654-1250
Fax (314) 654-7071

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MISSOURI: GREATER KANSAS CITY
The chapter affiliated with the National IRRA in 1969 and is currently inactive. Interested persons are encouraged to contact the IRRA National Office.

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