Chapter Programs

Chapter Index and Listing of Chapter Programs by State alphabetically and then by Chapter, Event, Location, and Speaker(s).

Index of Chapters

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Inland Empire

Northern California

Orange County

San Diego

San Francisco

Southern CA

Connecticut Valley

Washington DC

West Central Florida

 

Atlanta

Hawaii

Chicago

Iowa

Maryland

Boston 

Detroit

Mid Michigan

Gateway

Southern Nevada

New Brunswick

Central NY

Hudson Valley

 

Long Island

NY Capital

New York City

Western New York

Central Ohio

Cincinnati

North East Ohio

Greater Oklahoma

Northeast Pennsylvania

Philadelphia

Rhode Island

TERRA

Wisconsin

 

     
Chapter Event/Topic Location Speaker(s)
Alabama Dinner Meeting Mountain Brook Inn Magdalena Jacobsen, NMB and IRRA National President
Alabama Annual Legislative Update in Montgomery and A Discussion on Alabama's Workmen's Compensation Mediation Program Embassy Suites, 300 Tallapoosa Street , Montgomery  
Alabama Annual Mobile Luncheon Ed's Seafood Shed, 3382 Battleship Parkway, Mobile Alabama Charles Griffin, Commissioner, FMCS
Alabama Annual June Luncheon Huntsville  
Alabama 8th Annual Labor-Management Relations Luncheon  co-sponsored with the North Alabama, Area Labor-Management Relations Council, Huntsville, Alabama Huntsville  
Alabama Seventeenth Annual Conference Hilton Garden Inn, Orange Beach  
Alabama Free Dinner Hosted by the Alabama Power Company   Gerald Johnson, Vice President, Customer Service, Alabama Power Company
Alabama Annual Alabama Legislative Update Embassy Suites, Montgomery Phyllis Kennedy, Director, Alabama Dept of Industrial Relations, Jim Gray, Vice President, Business Council of Alabama, and D. Stewart Burkhalter, President, Alabama AFL-CIO
Alabama

Update on new FMCS Products and

Services

Roussos, Mobile, AL

Commissioner Charles Griffin, Federal Mediation

and Conciliation Service

Alaska Presentation by Ed Flanagan, Alaska Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, and arbitrator/mediator Bob Landau  

Contact Mark Torgerson for meeting information at: Mark_Torgerson@labor.state.ak.us 

Arizona (AIRA) AIRA Annual Dinner Meeting, Topic: Trends in Mediation and the Latest Technology Executive Park Hotel Pamela DeSimone, Director of Mediation Services, Region 5B FMCS
Arizona (AIRA) Get Hooked on Fish Philosophy   Carolyn Addie, Sr. Trainng Analyst
Arizona (AIRA) Annual Southwest Laobr-Management Conference Circus Circus Hotel and Casino, with a tour of the Nevada Test Site on December 5th Sponsorship in part by FMCS and NLRB as well
Arizona (AIRA) Two-Day Training Congerence, Topic: Arbitraiton: How to Prepare, Present, and Win IBEW Local Union 266, 1650 N. 36th St, Phoenix Mark Yoshimura, AZ Regional Policing Institute
Arizona (AIRA) Epilepsy Foundation Ruling-How it Relates to Weingarten Rights IBEW Local Union 266, 1650 N. 36th St, Phoenix Cornele Overstreet, Regional Director, Region 28, NLRB
Arizona (AIRA) Domestic Violence in the Workplace and The Employers Response IBEW Local Union 266, 1650 N. 36th St, Phoenix  
Inland Empire Inland Empire Economic Growth San Bernardino Hilton Hospitality Lane Geoff Barrett, Investment Consultant
Inland Empire 9-11, and Ramifications One Year Later San Bernardino Hilton Hospitality Lane Lt. Vic Brimmer, San Bernardino County Sheriffs Dept
Inland Empire IRRA Members and Guest Workshop-Meet and Greet your New 2002 Officers San Bernardino Hilton Hospitality Lane  
Inland Empire California Energy-Concerns and Costs San Bernardino Hilton Hospitality Lane Commissioner Carl Wood, California Public Utilities Commission
Inland Empire Annual Southwest Laobr-Management Conference Circus Circus Hotel and Casino, with a tour of the Nevada Test Site Sponsorship in part by FMCS and NLRB as well
Inland Empire Pros and Cons of Legislation concerning Workmen's Compensation, Overtime, and Prevailing Wage San Bernardino Hilton Hospitality Lane Bill Lathrop, President UFCW #1167, Robert Vines, Attorney-Offices of Rose, Klein and Marias, and Annor Gowdy, Controller, Human Resource Manager for Brickley Environment
Northern California The Lessons Drawn from Teaching Collaborative Labor Relations in Foreign Countries Firehouse Restaurant Neil Bodine, Partner, Beeson, Tayer & Bodine
Northern California Current Issues in Labor Affairs: A local Elected Official's (& Assembly Candidate's) Perspective Firehouse Restaurant Lois Wolk, Yolo County Supervisor and Democratic Candidate for State Assembly District 8
Northern California Protecting California Workers' Health and Safety Firehouse Restaurant Steve Smith, Director, Department of Industrial Relations, CA
Northern California Cost Containment in Health Care Firehouse Restaurant John Locke, Zenith Administrators and Tom Finnerity, Innovative Cost Management
Northern California Tribal Casinos and Labor Relations:  What are the Odds?; A Panel Discussion Firehouse Restaurant Jack Gribbon, California Political Director, Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees (HERE), International Union; Harlan Goodson, Director, Division of Gambling Control, Department of Justice; and Howard Dickstein, Partner, Dickstein and Zerbi
Orange County How to Keep Your Sanity in the Rapidly Changing World of New California Labor Laws Tiffany Terrace, West Coast Anaheim Hotel Lloyd Loomis, Esq with Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal.
Orange County The Revolution in State Labor and Employment Law Tiffany Terrace, West Coast Anaheim Hotel Lloyd Loomis, Esq., Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, and Joseph L Paller Jr, Gilbert & Sackman
Orange County Labor Law Conference Tiffany Terrace, West Coast Anaheim Hotel  
Orange County Dinner Meeting-Health Care Dynamics-Organizing and Bargaining in the Health Care Industry Tiffany Terrace, West Coast Anaheim Hotel Shirley Mosely, Vice President of the United Nurses Association of California
Orange County Dinner Meeting-The State of the State and the State of the Workforce-Dealing with Cutbacks and Layoffs Tiffany Terrace, West Coast Anaheim Hotel Marianne Reinhold, labor attorney, Reich, Adell, Crost & Cvitan and Bonnie Castrey, Mediator/Arbitrator
Orange County The NLRB and Southern CA-A Board in Transition and a Labor Environment Moving at Full Speed & Officer Elections Tiffany Terrace, West Coast Anaheim Hotel Victoria Aguayo, Regional Director of NLRB, Region 21
San Diego Roundtable Discussions led  by Advisory Board members The Handlery Hotel and Resort in San Diego  
San Diego Collective Bargaining 101, an interactive training The Handlery Hotel and Resort in San Diego  
San Diego Beyond Negotiations...What do You Do When It's Just Not Working? The Handlery Hotel and Resort in San Diego Moderator-Joseph Mansolillo, FMCS Commissioner; Panelists-Aaron Marcy, President, Oceanside Teachers Assoc; Ken Noonan, Superintendent, Oceanside Unified School Dist; Paul Aube, Gen Manager, Triumph Components San Diego, Inc; and James Sablan, VP, UAW Loc
San Diego Negotiations-Mediation-Using my Computer...Yeah-Right-It can't be done! The Handlery Hotel and Resort in San Diego Joseph Mansolillo, FMCS Comissioner
San Diego Contract Negotiations and Settlement between San Diego Union Tribune and Graphic Artists Union The Handlery Hotel and Resort in San Diego Rev Robert Ard, SD Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice; Jerry Butkiewicz, San Diego-Imperial Labor Council, Rabbi Laurie Cosky, SD Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice, and Jack Finneran, Graphic Communications Intl Union Rep.
San Diego Creative Strategies for Dealing with the State Budget Impacts on the Public Sector The Handlery Hotel and Resort in San Diego Dick Castle, Labor Attorney with Castle & Krause and Carlos Arauz, Director of Human Resources, County of San Diego
San Diego Rising Health Care Costs: A Common Concern for Labor & Management The Handlery Hotel and Resort in San Diego Art Cantu, Teamsters Local #36 and Phil Nico, Nico Insurance Services
San Francisco Annual Holiday Luncheon and Discussion of The Kaiser Permanente Hospitals and the California Nurses Association Settlement. A Model for the New Millennium (What Will Be Its Impact on Multi-Employer Health Plans?) John's Grill Henry Diaz, Labor Relations Manager, Kaiser Permanente Hospitals, and Morton Newman, Business Representative, California Nurses Association;
San Francisco The Changing Landscape in Airport Labor Agreements and in Airport Security, John's Grill Carl Bunch, Deputy City Attorney (SFO) and Shelly Kessler, Exec. Secretary, San Mateo Central Labor Council AFL-CIO
San Francisco 2002 Conference on Labor and Employment Law Crown Plaza Hotel-Union Square various
San Francisco Bargaining in the Shadow of Taft-Hartley: Reflections on the Recent West Coast Dockworkers Contract Negotiations CLE Auditorium, 465 California St, 12th Floor Robert Remar, Partner, Leonard Carder, LLP and Craig Epperson, General Counsel, Pacific Maritime Association
Southern California Presenting the General Counsel National Labor Relations Board Wilshire Grand Hotel Arthur Rosenfeld, "Grande Dame Honoree"-TBA, Special Award: Jennie Sheanin
Southern California Reflections: Women in Labor Management Wilshire Grand Hotel Elinor Glenn, SEIU, Debbi Burrows, Teamsters, and Ms. Dany Valenzuela, Kaiser
Southern California 2002-Columbus Day Dinner Meeting; Topic: Labor & Employment Arbitration Wilshire Grand Hotel Michael Powell, Regional VP, American Arbitration Association
Southern California Annual Southwest Laobr-Management Conference Circus Circus Hotel and Casino, with a tour of the Nevada Test Site on December 5th Sponsorship in part by FMCS and NLRB as well
Connecticut Valley Workplace Regulation of Email and Internet Access   Ken Plumb
Connecticut Valley Update on New Legislation-Ignorance of the Law is No Excuse.   Attorneys from the Connecticut Bar Association
Connecticut Valley The Anthem Demutualization: Whose Money is it? USS Chowder Pot IV-Admiral's Room Bob Lindberg, Lindbers & Ripple
Washington, DC Beyond Enron, WorldCom, etc.: Protecting Your Retirement Woman's National Democratic Club Karen Friedman, the Director of Policy Strategies for the Pension Rights Center and Damon A. Silvers, Associate General Counsel for the AFL-CIO
Washington, DC How the 2002 Elections will Shape Employment Policy Woman's National Democratic Club David L. Thompson, Republican Labor Counsel to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and Mark A. Siegel, Chief-of-Staff to Congressman Steve Israel (D-NY) and Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the American University of Washi
Washington, DC The Eight-Hour Day: Did We Give It Away? Woman's National Democratic Club Debra Cohen, SHRM and Lonnie Golden, Penn State University, Delaware County, Business and Economics Divisio
Washington, DC Future World of Union Organizing    
Washington, DC International Meeting to be planned    
Washington, DC Perspectives of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service", Speaker: Peter Hurtgen, Director, Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service   Peter Hurtgen, Director, Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service
Washington, DC Mandatory Arbitration in Employment    
Washington, DC Labor Relations in Education    
Washington, DC IRRA 55th Annual Meeting Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill See the IRRA Website at www.irra.uiuc.edu under meetings, 2003.
Washington, DC DC IRRA Chapter Workshop on Federal Sector Labor Relations Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill See the IRRA Website at www.irra.uiuc.edu under meetings, 2003.
Washington, DC Annual Chapter Dinner    
West Central Florida Pronouns of Labor-Management Relations Doubletree Guest Suites, Tampa C. Richard Barnes, Deputy Director, FMCS
West Central Florida Seventh Annual Florida Labor-Management Conference Trade Winds Resort, St. Petersburg Beach, FL various
West Central Florida Exciting developments in Alternative Dispute Resolution and it's impact on labor, Employment and Business Contract cases. Doubletree Guest Suites Hotel Albert J. Orosa, VP, American Arbitration Association
Atlanta Recruiting and Retaining an Effective Workforce Kraft/Nabisco Atlanta Bakery Sharon Farr, HR Manager
Atlanta The American Economy: Recession or Recovery    
Atlanta Irish Workers and their Unions    
Atlanta Healthcare Costs Containment and Quality Assurance: The HMO View from United Health Care    
Atlanta MARTA and ATU, Local 732, Current Contract Settlement Proceedures and How and Why Each Does or Does Not Want to Change Them   Representatives from MARTA and ATU, Local 732
Atlanta Threat of Bio-terrorism    
Atlanta Major League Baseball Negotiations and Labor Law Lunch at Anthony's Lauren Rich, Litigation Specialist/Staff Attorney, NLRB
Hawaii Labor Relations Issues and Trends, Thrills, Chills & Spills Ala Moana Hotel, Plumeria Room Thomas W. Cestare, Esq, NLB, Sean Kim, esq, and Ernest C. Cary Moore III, Esq, Torkildson, Katz, Fonesca, Jaffe, Moore & Hetherington
Hawaii Balance the Needs of Labor and Industry and Create Efficiencies to Streamline Efforts in Promoting Relations in Those Areas Ala Moana Hotel, Pakalana/Anthurium Room Nelson Bifetel, Director, HI State Dept of Labor & IR
Hawaii Panel Presentation-Exploring the Issues of Free Market, Universal and Pre-paid Health Care 3660 On the Rise Dr. Phil Hellreich, Private Practice and VP MedSave America, Ah Quon McElrath, Member, Board of Regents, Univ of HA, and Paul Tom, President/Sr. Consultant, Benefit Plans Consultants Inc. (HA)
Hawaii Will I have a Job at the Year;s End?   Panel Presentation: Dr. Carl Bonham, Univ of HA, Dr. Lawrence W. Boyd Jr., Univ of HA-West Oahu, Dr. Seiji Naya, State Dept of Busienss, and Murray Towill, President of Hawaii Hotel Association
Hawaii Labor and Politics in 2002   Richard Borreca, Honolulu Star Bulletin and Dan Boylan, Univ of HA-West Oahu and Columnist, Midweek
Chicago Tour of new Chicago Sun-Times Printing Facility    
Iowa Globalization and our Economy The Barn Restaurant, Amana Colonies Clara Oelson, University of Iowa
Iowa Runaway Health Care Costs! What is in our Future?   Dr. Lee Ding, Pharm D. Wellmark Inc., Bety Fuller, IRRA Co-chair & Iowa State Education Assoc, William F. Robinson, Jr., The Segal Co., and John R. Carpenter, IRRA Co-chair and Attorney
Iowa Labor/Management Relations in Troubled Times; Panel Discussion Ox Yoke Inn Moderator: Rosemary Hayes, FMCS
Maryland NLRB Regional Office Management Conference (co-sponsors of the reception with the Maryland State Bar Association)   various
Maryland Litigating Labor Relations Issues in the Federal Sector Meetings are held at Luigi Petti. Mike Snider, Staff Attorney AFGE Local 1923
Maryland Civil Service and Labor Relation Issues Pertaining to Homeland Security Meetings are held at Luigi Petti. Bobby Harnage, National President American Federation of Government Employees and Jeff Sumberg, Director of Labor and Employee Relations, US Office of Personnel Management
Maryland TBD Meetings are held at Luigi Petti.  
Maryland Transition: Preparing the Older Worker for Life Out of the Work Force Meetings are held at Luigi Petti. Janet Kurland and Harry Citron, Jewish Family Services
Maryland Back to the Future at the NLRB; Speaker: John C. Truesdale, Chairman Emeritus, NLRB Meetings are held at Luigi Petti.  
Maryland Religion in the Workplace Meetings are held at Luigi Petti. Michael Wolf, Arbitrator
Maryland Labor Management Relations in the Airline Industry-A View from the National Mediation Board Meetings are held at Luigi Petti. John Livingood, National Mediation Board
Maryland Labor Law Conference (Co-sponsored with NLRB and MD State Bar Association) The Basics and Hot Topics Baltimore Convention Center NLRB General Counsel Arthur Rosenfeld, Michael J. Bartlett, William B. Cowen, and Wilma B. Liebman (NLRB Members)
Boston Alcohol Abuse in the Workplace Plaza 500 Hotel Ross Chilton & Ray Baker
Detroit Ohio-Michigan Labor Management Conference The Lodge at Sawmill Creek  
Mid-Michigan Where is theNLRB Headed Yat Wah Restaurant, Lansing Carl E. Ver Beek, Attorney with Varnum Riddering Schmidt & Howlett
Mid-Michigan ADA Developments Yat Wah Restaurant, Lansing Stacy Hickox, Detroit College of Law
Mid-Michigan Ballot Proposal 2002-3 (which would assure state employees collective bargaining with binding arbitration).   Sharon Rivera, Financial Sec/Treas of UAW Local 6000 and Bob LaBrant, Senior VP, Political Affairs and General Counsel for the Michigan Chamber of Congress
Mid-Michigan Privatization Issues No One is Talking About...Yet: Information, Accountability and Lawyers   Ellen Dannin, Professor of Law at Wayne State University Law School and Editor of the Labor and Employment Law Section Newsletter of the IRRA
Mid-Michigan Current Initiatives and Issues at the Dept of Civil Rights   Nanette Lee Reynolds, Ph.D., Director, MI Dept of Civil Rights
Gateway (St. Louis) Creating a Constructive Organizational Culture   Gordon Graham, motivaitonal speaker and consultant
Gateway (St. Louis) Annual Golf Outing    
Gateway (St. Louis) Labor and Management Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony   Inducting: Edward J. Harrick, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, SIEU, and Tadas Kiceielinski, Executive Asst to the General President of the Iron Workers International Union
Gateway (St. Louis) Chapter Winter Conference    
Southern Nevada Annual Southwest Laobr-Management Conference Circus Circus Hotel and Casino, with a tour of the Nevada Test Site on December 5th Sponsorship in part by FMCS and NLRB as well
New Brunswick TBA TBA TBA
New Brunswick Company Policies and Practices that Promote or Hinder Women’s Employment and Advancement in the Workplace Sheraton Edison Hotel, Raritan Center Eileen Appelbaum, Rutgers University Professor and Director of the Center for Women and Work
New Brunswick The Future of Employment-Based Health Care Sheraton Edison Hotel, Raritan Center Robert McGarrah, Coordinator for Workers’ Compensation, AFL-CIO (Washington)
New Brunswick The Human Resources (HR) Scorecard Rutgers University Mark Huselid, Rutgers University Associate Professor
Central NY Negotiations Workshop LeMoyne College Ron Seeber, Cornell; David Larrison, Ferrara, Fiorenze, Larrison, Barrett,& Reitz; Mimi Satter, Satter & Andrews LLP; Ed Garrow, FMCS; James LaVaute, Blitman & King LLP, Louis DiLorenzo, Bond, Schoeneck & King, LLP; Carment Ottaviano, FMCS
Central NY 13th Annual IRRA Golf Tournament    
Central NY Pay for Performance    
Central NY Collective Bargaining and Health Care    
Hudson Valley Health as a Negotiations Tool Fishkill, NY; Cornerstone Restaurant, Rts 9 & 52 ~1 mile north of I-84 Mr. John MaLONEY, John Maloney Assoc
Hudson Valley Recent Decisions of the US Supreme Court having an Impact on Labor Relations Westchester County, between Tarrytown & Peekskill Attorney
Hudson Valley Installation of Officers Dinner Fishkill, NY Tia Denenberg, National IRRA Board Member, update on national activities
Hudson Valley Plant Tour-GAP Distribution Center Fishkill, NY; Cornerstone Restaurant, Rts 9 & 52 ~1 mile north of I-84 6:00 PM  (Absolutely no heels or open-toe shoes for the tour) Dinner will follow at 8:00 PM
Hudson Valley A panel at dinner addressing the Federal Medical Leave Act: representatives from labor and management Crystal Bay Restaurant, Peekskill, NY  
Hudson Valley Employment Relaitons in Difficult Times Fishkill, NY; Cornerstone Restaurant, Rts 9 & 52 ~1 mile north of I-84 Paula Voos, IRRA National President
Long Island Workplace Violence Weeping Willow Restaurant, Farmingdale, LI Dick & Tia Denenberg
Long Island Revitalizing the Labor Movement Hofstra University various
Long Island Annual Spring Conference de Seversky Center, Old Westbury Dick & Tia Denenberg
New York Capital Labor Relations Impact from 9-11, Employee to Employee Misconduct, Labor Relations Transformation, & Transformation from Union Representative to Union Member Cruise the Hudson on the "Dutch Apple" various
New York Capital Trading Places   Ann Harrison, New York State United Teachers Regional Director, and John Trela, BOCES Coordinator of Labor Relations Services,
New York Capital Union Rep to Rank & File Member Yono's Restaurant Ira Rubchinsky
New York Capital The Connecticut Nursing Homes Strike   union representative Jerome Brown, President, New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199, SEIU, AFL-CIO
New York Capital 9/11 and Thereafter; its Affects on One Agency and Labor Relations   Marlene Gold, Chair of the New York City Office of Collective Bargaining
New York Capital Employee v. Employee Yono's Restaurant Melvin Osterman and William Seamon
New York Capital Bargaining Issues in the Transportation Industry and the Trials of Occupying a Holdover Appointment from the Clinton to Bush Administrations Yono's Restaurant Magdalena Jacobsen, former NMB chair and past IRRA President
New York City Current Topics in Labor Relations   Steven Greenhouse, New York Times
Western New York Executive Board Holiday Luncheon Hearthstone Manor  
Western New York Crisis in the Healthcare Industry and the Impact on Labor Relations Hearthstone Manor Morton Bahr, President-CWA, AFL-CIO, Thomas Fentner, Kaleida Health Systems, and David Palmer, CWA Dist 1
Western New York Workplace Tour of the Dunn Tire Park and an evening baseball game with the Buffalo Bisons, as well as officer elections. Hearthstone Manor  
Western New York Citizen of the Year Award and Scholarship Presentation Hearthstone Manor  
Western New York Executive Board Picnic Hearthstone Manor  
Western New York Alternatie Dispute Resolution in Sports Hearthstone Manor Ronald L. Jaros, Esq and Charles C. Swanekamp, Esq.
Western New York Computers and Privacy in the Workplace Hearthstone Manor Andrea Sammarco, Esq, Law Offices of Andrea Sammarco; Catherine Creighton, Esq., Creighton, Pearce, Johnsen, & Giroux
Central Ohio Past Meeting Fawcett center at the Ohio State University Maureen O;Connor, Lieutenant Governor, State of Ohio
Cincinnati Ohio-Michigan Labor Management Conference The Lodge at Sawmill Creek  
Cincinnati Privatizing Justice Vernon Manor Paul Tobias, Managing Partner, Tobias, Kraus & Torchia
North East Ohio Union Construction Industry Partnership   Loree Soggs, Executive Secretary of the Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council
North East Ohio Annual Spring Meeting    
Greater Oklahoma Conference: Making the Connections for Success-4th Oklahoma Labor/Management Conference (co-sponsored with FMCS), Shangri-La Resort, Afton, OK various
Northeast Pennsylvania Labor Relationws and Collective Bargaining-The Varied View of the Executive Director of Pennsylvania's Largest Employee Union Barn House Village Dr. Carolyn C. Dumaresq, Executive Director, Pennsylvania State Education Assocation/NEA
Northeast Pennsylvania The Future of Healthcare   Kitty Gallagher, Lehigh Valley Business Conference on Healthcare
Northeast Pennsylvania Let the Fed;s Subsidize a Negotiated Benefit-401's, 403's, & 457's Barn House Village Representative of Kades-Margolis Corp
Northeast Pennsylvania Lehigh Career and Technical Institute-Preparation for Careers and Lifelong Learning Barn House Village Dr. Clyde Hornberger, Administrative Director, Lehigh Career and Technical Institute
Northeast Pennsylvania Labor/Management Committees (LMC's), The Why's, Who's, What's, and How's   Daniel O'Rourke, Labor Mediator, formerly Director of Scranton/Lackawanna Labor-Management Committee
Northwest Pennsylvania Drug Testing in the Workplace Barn House Village Micheal Carr, Stevens & Lee; Quintes Taglioli, Markowitz & Richman
Philadelphia History of Kaolin Mushroom Workers Decade Long Efforts to Unionize in Chester County, PA Vesper Club, 223 South Sydenham John Lavin
Philadelphia How Will the Events of 9-11 Change the Workplace? Vesper Club, 223 South Sydenham  
Rhode Island Challenges to Workers Compensation in the next Decade   John F. Burton, IRRA President 2002
Rhode Island Winter Program, Topic: Health Care Costs-Issues and Trends   various
TERRA Fall Meeting-Terrorism: What Impact will it have for Unions and Management Town and Country Restaurant  
TERRA The 2002 Conference   panel of arbitrators and advocates discussing discipline and discharge issues
TERRA Views of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA) Smyrna Town Center Dan Maples of the Building and Trades Council and James Hogan of TIAA-CREF
Wisconsin Labor Management Partnership in the Construction Industry Italian Community Center Lyle Balistreri, Milwaukee Building Trades Council and Edward Hayden of the Milwaukee building and Construction Employers Association
Wisconsin The Health Care Crisis: Part I-  How did we get here?---Heroes, Villains and Ne'er do Wells Italian Community Center Jim Mueller, Frank Haack and Associates
Wisconsin MATC: A vision for its role in creating the future economy of Milwaukee Italian Community Center New MATC President Dr. Darnell E. Cole
Wisconsin Globalization: Boon or Bust? Italian Community Center Jim Haney, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, and David Newby, Wisconsin State AFL-CIO
Wisconsin The Pullman Strike and its Influence on Subsequent New Deal Legislation Italian Community Center Bill Adelman, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois-Champaign
Wisconsin Electronic Communications in Workplace- Employee and Employer Rights    
Wisconsin Part II of the Health Care Topic-The presentation will feature some of the solutions being proposed or tried by WI area companies, labor unions, government and others.   David Newby, President of the WI State AFL CIO, and a representative of Mayor John Norquist's Health Care Task Force
Wisconsin The Top Ten Mistakes Companies and Unions Make in Bargaining   Atty. Mary Pat Ninneman: Quarles and Brady and Atty. Barbara Zack Quindel:  Perry, Shapiro, Quindel, Saks, Charlton & Lerner
Wisconsin Labor Management Participation -- Sustaining over the Long Haul    
Wisconsin Top Ten Mistakes in Arbitration    
Wisconsin Can Manufacturing Survive in Wisconsin?    
Wisconsin The Railway Labor Act-Labor Relations in the Airlines and Transportation Industry    

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