Ohio Chapters:
Central Ohio (Columbus), Greater Cincinnati, Northeast Ohio (Cleveland), Southwestern Ohio (Dayton)

 

OHIO: CENTRAL OHIO (Columbus)
President: Greg Scott, Scott, Scriven, and Wahoff LLP
President-elect:
Eugene Brundige, Arbitrator
Secretary/Treasurer.
: Darrell Hughes, Law Offices of Downes, Hurst & Fishel
The 75-member chapter meets monthly, September through May, for lunch and a program.  These luncheon gatherings provide a stimulating forum for speakers from all parts of the industrial relations arena including management, labor, government, attorneys, and academicians. Representatives from management, labor, government, attorneys and academicians bring a variety of perspectives to the group, encouraging lively discussion of current events in employee and industrial relations. The chapter publishes a membership directory, cosponsors workshops and seminars, and holds an annual year-end social event.

Dues are $20 regular, $10 students and retired.

Affiliated with National IRRA 1965.

Contact:
Darrell Hughes
, Law Offices of Downes, Hurst & Fishel
400 S. 5th Street, Ste. 200
Columbus, OH 43215
614/221-1216
Fax: 614/221-8769

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OHIO: GREATER CINCINNATI
Past President: Richard Ahearn, Regional Director, National Labor Relations Board
Vice President:
Jim Newport, United Steelworkers of America
Secretary/Treasurer: Terence J. Hoppenjans, Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co.
The 70-member chapter holds periodic dinner meetings at the Crowne Plaza hotel on West Sixth Street, and luncheons at Xavier University's Cintas Center, which begin with a social hour.  The program is then presented on a timely topic, by a knowledgeable and respected speaker who is always pleased to engage in a question-and-answer dialogue afterward.  The two-day April conference, co-sponsored by the Detroit and Northeast (Cleveland) Chapters featured the topic “The Troubled Employee”. The conference brought experienced professionals together to share their experiences - successes as well as failures, and participants exchanged ideas about hands-on solutions. Keynote speakers were John Kagel, President, National Academy of Arbitrators, who discussed "One Arbitrator's View on Troubled    Employees”, and John F. Burton, Jr., President-Elect IRRA, who discussed “Legal Issues and Troubled Employees”. The January 2002 meeting was held at the Vernon Manor, 11:30 a.m.-registration, noon-Lunch Program. The topic of discussion will be Privatizing Justice, with speaker Paul Tobias, Managing Partner, Tobias, Kraus & Torchia. Members are listed in the annual Membership Directory, to facilitate further contacts after the meetings.

Dues are $25 regular and $150 organizational.

Affiliated with National IRRA 1967.

Contact:
Terence J. Hoppenjans
, Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co.

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OHIO: NORTHEAST OHIO (Cleveland)
President: Robert Rosenfeld, Attorney
Vice President: Joseph C. Hoffman, Jr., Faulkner, Muskovitz & Phillips
Secretary:
John F. Buettner, FMCS
Treasurer: Anna DuVal Smith, Arbitrator/Mediator
The 200-member chapter meets four times per year. Four local meetings are held each year, with guest speakers from the industrial relations community as well as national figures in labor relations.  These meetings provide useful information concerning contemporary topics and a relaxed forum for labor, management and neutrals to exchange ideas, discuss issues and further business relationships.  Meetings are held in the evenings and notices are mailed in advance by the Labor-Management Relations Center. The April 2002 meeting topic was Union Construction Industry Partnership. The speaker was Loree Soggs, Executive Secretary of the Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council. In June 2002 the chapter will hold its Annual Spring Meeting luncheon at Thistledown Race Course. During the luncheon they will honor Ken Evans of FMCS on his retirement. The chapter will also have their annual election of officers. 

Membership dues are $30 regular, $15 students, $100 organizational (4 members).

Affiliated with National IRRA 1972.

Contact:
James J. Nance, College of Business Administration, Cleveland State University
1860 East 18th Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44114-3610
216/687-4750
Fax 216/687-9331
irra@irra-neohio.org
Website: http://www.irra-neohio.org/

 

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OHIO: SOUTHWESTERN OHIO (Dayton)
The chapter has been inactive. Persons interested should contact the IRRA National Office.

Affiliated with the National IRRA 1988.

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