Fourth Annual Labor Relations Conference

Co-sponsored by the Arizona SHRM State Council

Confirmed speakers include:

• The Honorable Ronald Cooper—EEOC General Counsel
• Denise Walden—HR Manager, Snap-on Tools
• Paul Hoffman—HR Manager, Air Products & Chemicals
• John Funk—Operations Manager, General Dynamics

The following Steptoe attorneys will speak:

• Larry Katz
• Mark Kisicki
• Stephanie Quincy
• Tom Stanek
• Steven Wheeless

Tentative Agenda

8:00 am - 8:45 am—Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:45 am - 8:50 am—Welcome to Program [SHRM Officer]

8:50 am - 9:00 am—Introduction [Katz]

9:00 am - 9:45 am—Annual Review of Most Important NLRB Decisions [Katz; Kisicki]

9:45 am - 10:15 am—Employee Use of E-Mail and Internal Publications to Unionize [Wheeless]

10:15 am - 10:30 am—Break

10:30 am - 11:15 am—Staying Union-Free - Success Stories [Walden; Hoffman]

11:15 am - 11:45 am—How General Dynamics Beat The Teamsters [Funk; Kisicki; Stanek]

11:45 am - 12:45 pm—Lunch with Speaker [Cooper]  

12:45 pm - 1:00 pm—Break

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm—Neutrality Agreements and the New California Law [Katz; Kisicki] 

1:45 pm - 2:15 pm—Union and NLRB Activities in Arizona [Quincy]

2:15 pm - 3:00 pm—Labor Law 101: Break-Out Sessions [Choose One] 

A. Basic NLRA Law for New Managers [Wheeless] 
B. How the NLRB Works: "R" and "C" Cases [Kisicki]

3:00 pm - 3:15 pm—Break

3:15 pm - 4:00 pm—Specific and Creative HR Policies Aimed at Keeping Unions Away [Panel: Katz, Kisicki, Wheeless, Quincy, Stanek]

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm—Questions & Answers [Panel]      

4:30 pm—Adjourn

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$150 for 1st registrant, $125 for second from same company, $100 for third, additional participants no charge. SHRM Members save 20% for registering before April 9, 2007.