ALRA -- Association of Labor Relations
Agencies
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ALRA -- Association of Labor Relations
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54th Annual
Conference of the Association of Labor
Relations Agencies July 9-13, 2005 Seattle, Washington “Eye
of the Needle -Threading New Patterns in Interesting Times” Conference Registration Fee: $325 US / $410 Canadian Conference Hotel: Edgewater Hotel: (800)
624-0670 Conference Coordinator: Starr
Knutson, Washington State Public Employment Relations Commission e-mail: sknutson@perc.wa.gov Conference Schedule: (Preliminary Program
– subject to change) Friday, July 8, 2005 ALRAcademy (July 8-10, 2005) ALRAcademy is a training and orientation program for newly or relatively newly appointed board members, commissioners, general counsels, executive directors and senior staff to federal state, or provincial labor relations entities. The Academy will open on Friday evening with a dinner and a welcoming presentation and will continue through Sunday morning. Substantive sessions include Becoming a Neutral, Unfair Labor Practices, Representation Cases and Mediation Concepts. There will be plenty of time for the usual animated discussion and interaction. The Academy experience is always highly valued by the attendees. The Academy is offered free of charge, but participants must apply for admission. Agencies are encouraged to contact Jackie Zimmerman for further details. Academy Coordinator: Jacalyn Zimmerman, General Counsel, Illinois State LaborRelations Board(312) 793-6480 /
e-mail: Zimmerma@ilrb.state.il.us
Saturday, July 9, 2005 1:00 – 6:00 Conference Registration 5:00 – 6:00 Welcoming Reception for First Time Attendees (hospitality suite) 6:00 – 8:00 Welcoming Reception for Delegates Sunday, July 10, 2005 9:00 – 3:00 Conference Registration 9:00 ALRA Executive Board Meeting 11:00 Opening of the Conference/Welcoming Remarks Reg Pearson, President, ALRA 11:30 – 1:00 Brunch 1:00 – 2:30 Report of the Neutrality Project 2:30-5:00 Concurrent Roundtables Board Members and Commission Members Roundtable General Counsels Roundtable Mediators
Roundtable Directors and Administrators Roundtable
6:00 Tillicum Village Salmon Dinner and Show (optional event) Monday, July 11, 2005 – At Edgewater Hotel,
Olympic Ballroom 9:00-9:15 Welcome to Washington State Speaker:
Marilyn Glenn Sayan, Chair, Washington State Public Employment Relations
Commission 9:15-10:00 Keynote Address: Old Statute, New Tricks: Adapting the Law to Changing Workplace Realities Introduction: John J. Toner, Chief of Staff, Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service – U.S. Speaker: Wilma B. Liebman, Board Member, National
Labor Relations Board Applying the
industrial era National Labor Relations Act in a radically changed social and
economic climate poses challenges critical to ensuring enforcement of the Act’s
basic rights and the survival of the collective bargaining system. 10:00-10:15 Coffee Break 10:15-12:00 Panel
Response and Open Discussion: Current
Issues in Labor Relations Moderator:
John J. Toner, Chief of Staff, Federal Mediation and Conciliation
Service – U.S. Panelists: Jerry Calhoun, VP for Human Resources from
The Boeing Company, and Steve Sleigh, Director of Strategic Resources for the
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers 12:00-1:30 Advocates’ Luncheon Keynote Address: Introduction: Beth Schindler, Washington State Public Employment Relations Commission Speaker: Ron Simms, King County Executive 1:30-4:30 Health
Care – Economics, Quality Initiatives, and Preparing for Bargaining Moderator: Ariella Bernstein,
FMCS-U.S. Speakers: Dr. Peter Goldbach, Stephanie Slogett-O’Dell, John Abrams, Al
Hobart – Teamsters, Randy Zeiler, Bonnie Summers This program
is designed for labor and management advocates who want to learn about the most
pressing issue in collective bargaining - health care. The program includes a distinguished panel
of speakers from Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Massachusetts, BC/BS National Labor
Office, Tenet, and AFT as well as local perspectives provided by leadership of
IBT, Joint Council 28 and Allied Employers.
The program’s focus is on the primary reasons for rising health care
costs, what organizations can do to implement initiatives that reduce costs,
and how to evaluate the costs and benefits provided by different insurance
plans. 4:30 Adjourn 5:00 – 7:00 Reception 9:00 Selection of Desserts (hospitality suite) Tuesday, July 12, 2005 8:30-10:45 Report of the Neutrality Project and Discussion Moderator: John Higgins, Deputy General Counsel, NLRB /
Chair, Neutrality Project Reporter:
Professor Martin Malin, Chicago Kent College of Law 10:45 – 11:00 Coffee Break 11:00 – 12:30 Workplace Demographics Introduction: Speaker: To Be Announced 12:30 Adjournment ALRA
Golf Game (Optional event) Underground Seattle Tour (Optional event) Winery and Alehouse Tour (Optional event) Wednesday, July13, 2005 9:00-10:15 Annual Business Meeting Reg Pearson, President 10:15-10:30 Break 10:30-12:00 Mr. And Ms. Wizard – Ethics Presenters: Les
Heltzer, Executive Secretary of the National Labor Relations Board and Liz MacPherson, Director General, Federal Mediation and Conciliation
Service, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, Labour Program Back by popular demand! An in-depth and interactive plenary session
on the rules of ethics that apply to all government employees and the codes of
conduct applying specifically to arbitrators and mediators, including
discussions based on questions submitted by the delegates concerning actual or
potential ethics issues they have had to face. 12:00 – 1:30 Lunch 1:30 – 5:00 Concurrent Sessions 1:30-3:00 Writing Skills I and II: Decision Writing and Editing Introduction: Jaye
Bailey, General Counsel, Connecticut State Board of Labor Relations 3:15-5:00 Speaker:
Susan McCloskey, McCloskey Writing Consultants Two workshop sessions will
provide practical training in Decision Writing and Editing and emphasize the
strategies and techniques that help produce clear, concise, and effective legal
writing. The sessions will be conducted
by a writing consultant for professionals whose past ALRA training sessions
have been enthusiastically received and highly rated by the participants. 1:30-3:00 Mediation in Concessionary Times Moderators: Larry Gibbons, Director of Mediation, National Mediation BoardPanelists: Chuck Foster, Management Representative of
Public School Districts in Washington State, Gary Fane, Director of Transportation, Canadian Auto
Workers, and Ken Latsch, Operations Manager, Washington State PERC. A panel comprised of an
experienced management negotiator for public school districts, an experienced
negotiator for the Canadian Auto Workers Union, and an experienced mediator
from the Washington State PERC in a session designed to provide the
participants with an understanding of the different challenges presented when
mediation occurs in an atmosphere of concession bargaining and the techniques
that may facilitate an agreement by the parties. 3:15-5:00 Mediation in Traditional Bargaining: The Basics Moderator: Liz MacPherson, Director General, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, Labour ProgramPresenter: Rick L. Oglesby, Mediator, U.S. FMCS A highly interactive session,
including small workshop groups as well as full group activities, focusing on
the goals, process and techniques of traditional mediation, and designed for
relatively new mediators and participants who are not familiar with the basics
of mediation.
4:00 ALRA Executive Board Meeting Jaye Bailey, President
6:00 Cocktails & Closing Banquet 2005 Program Committee Marilyn Sayan, Washington State PERC, Committee Co-Chair Bruce Janisse, Ontario MOL, Committee Co-Chair Scot Beckenbaugh, FMCS US Mark Brown, British Columbia Mike Cuevas, New York State PERB Mark
Downing, Washington State PERC Warren Edmondson, Canada IRB Ed Fitzmaurice, NMB Bob Hackel, New Jersey PERC Jennifer Niemiec Karl Pence, Maryland Higher Education Labor Board Pat Simms, NMB 2005 Arrangements Committee Starr
Knutson, Washington State PERC, Committee Chair Laurie Rantala,
Nova Scotia Department of Environment & Labour Mary
Johnson, NMB Yvon Tarte, PSSRB Jim
Crawford, Pennsylvania LRB Robert
Hackel, New Jersey PERC Cristina Bonaca, NMB 2005 Professional Development Committee Les Heltzer, Committee Chair Elizabeth MacPherson, FMCS Canada Jaye Bailey, Connecticut State Board of Labor Relations Sue Bauman, Wisconsin ERC Katrina I. Boedecker, Washington State PERC Jim Breckenridge, Ontario Ministry of Labour John F. Buettner, FMCS US Mary Cappadona, Massachusetts LRC Rick Curreri, New York State PERB Kate Dowling, NMB Josee Dubois, Canadian Artists & Producers Tribunal Karyl Elinski, Washington State PERC Larry Gibbons, NMB Abby
Simms, NLRB Jackie
Zimmerman, Illinois Labor Relations Board 2004-2005 Executive Board Reg Pearson, President, Ontario MOL Jaye Bailey, President Elect,
Connecticut State Board of Labor
Relations Dan Nielsen, Immediate Past
President, Wisconsin ERC Tom Worley, Vice
President-Administration, Ohio SERB John Toner, Vice President-Finance,
FMCS US Les Heltzer, Vice
President-Professional Development, NLRB James Crawford, Executive Board
Member, Pennsylvania LRB Warren Edmondson, Executive Board
Member, Canada IRB Robert Hackel, Executive Board
Member, New Jersey PERC Phil Hanley, Executive Board Member,
Phoenix ERB Mary Johnson, Executive Board
Member, NMB Marilyn Glenn Sayan, Executive Board
Member, Washington State PERC |
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