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JUST RELEASED! Into The Future Agenda - Day 1
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On: May 16, 2012 (16:24:00)
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Monday, May 21, 2012
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7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
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Registration and Reception at Holiday Inn Downtown, Missoula
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
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7:30 am – 8:00 am
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Additional Registration
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8:00 am – 8:45 am
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Opening Adresses:
Sheila Hogan: Master of Ceremonies
Al Ekblad: Welcome Address
Pat Williams: Vision of Montana’s Future
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8:45 am – 9:15 am
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Sheila Hogan: The Transitional Worker
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9:15 am – 10:00 am
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Larry Swanson: Montana’s Economic Trends
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10:00 am – 10:15 am
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BREAK
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10:15 am – 10:45 am
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Larry Swanson: The Construction & Extraction Industry
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10:45 am – 11:30 am
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Hayden Janssen: Restoration Economy Case Studies
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11:30 am – 12:00 pm
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Bethanie Walder & Chelsea P. McIvers: Jobs, Clean Water & Healthy Forests; We Can Have It All
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12:00 pm – 12:30 pm
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Lunch
Keynote Address:
Keith Kelly, Commissioner of the Montana Department of Labor & Industry
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12:30 pm – 1:00 pm
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Lunch – BREAK
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1:00 pm – 1:30 pm
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Craig Rawlings: Montana’s Forest Industry Game Changers – CCR
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1:30 pm – 2:00 pm
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Cara Nelson: UM Wildland Restoration Program
Patrick Riparetti:
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2:00 pm – 2:15 pm
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Jim Burchfield: UM College of Forestry & Workforce Training Needs
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2:15 pm – 3:00 pm
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John Cech: The Role of Colleges of Technology
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3:00 pm – 3:15 pm
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BREAK
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3:15 pm – 3:45 pm
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Union Apprenticeship Panel & Presentation
Jess LeBuff
Lisa Towner
Warren Smeltzer
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3:45 pm – 4:00 pm
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Cara Nelson: Presentation of Future Curriculum & Training Plans
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4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
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Open Feedback and Q&A
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4:45 pm
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Adjournment
Sheila Hogan, MC
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6:00 pm
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Sponsored Happy Hour @ Union Club Bar, 200 E Main St
THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS
Union Club
Missoula Area Central Labor Council
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Download:
Agenda.pdf
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56TH ANNUAL COPE CONVENTION LOCATION CHANGE
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On: May 07, 2012 (16:03:32)
LOCATION CHANGE!!!
56th Annual COPE Convention
June 22 and 23rd, 2012
GREAT FALLS COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
2100 16th Ave S, Great Falls MT
New Room Blocks:
Townhouse Inn
1411 10th Ave S, Great Falls, MT
Women’s Leadership Luncheon
Friday, June 22nd
GREAT FALLS COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
2100 16th Ave S, Great Falls MT
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TAX DAY RALLY IN BILLINGS
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On: Apr 21, 2012 (08:27:00)
On April 17th, the Service Employees International Union 775NW, the Montana State AFL-CIO, and the Montana Organizing Project held a Tax Day Rally! The rally celebrated all the amazing things our taxes support like; quality public education, neighborhood parks, roads and bridges, services for our seniors and people with disabilities, public safety, and much more…
Faith leaders, community members, and workers rallied at Fire Station #5 in Billings, Montana in support of the tax-funded programs and services that make our Montana communities healthy, safe, and strong. Tax supporters offered several of their own solutions to our nation’s budget woes including;
- Passage of the Buffett Rule that would make millionaires and the corporate one percent pay their fair share, and
- Removal of Rehberg from Congress for failing to; support fair tax policy, protect our public investments from attackers,and listen to the voices of Montana citizens when making decisions that effect us.
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Montana CEOs Collect Big Salaries
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On: Apr 21, 2012 (08:15:00)
Searchable Online Data Bank of CEO Pay: www.paywatch.org
Helena, MT, April 19, 2012 — According to data released by the AFL-CIO today, CEOs of S&P 500 Index companies got an average of $12.9 million in 2011 – a 14 percent raise. The average pay for a CEO in Montana is more than $1.7 million Read More...
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Save Our Postal Service/Jobs - Oppose SB 1789!
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On: Apr 18, 2012 (06:07:00)
TAKE ACTION: Call your U.S. representative and senators at 202-224-3121 (Capitol Switchboard). Tell them to fix the USPS without destroying service or eliminating 100,000 jobs!
POSTAL CLOSURES BY MAY 15TH:
If Congress doesn’t do something to fix the USPS’s finances by May 15, the Postal Service plans to close 3,600 post offices, consolidate 223 mail processing centers, layoff 100,000 workers, eliminate overnight delivery of first-class mail and periodicals, change two-day delivery to three days, and end six-day service. These closures, consolidations, layoffs and service changes will create massive disruptions for consumers, small businesses, our communities and our economy.
THE CRUX OF THE PROBLEM:
The Postal Service is facing a financial “crisis,” but not for the reasons you might think. In December 2006, Congress passed a law that requires the USPS to pre-fund 75-years’ worth of future retiree health benefi ts over a 10-year period. No other government agency or private business is required to bear such a burden, which drains $5.5 BILLION annually from USPS revenues.
TWO PAGE FLYER with critical information on SB 1789 here:
Download:
APWU 2012.pdf
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