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| Sunday March 21 |
| 7:00 - 8:30 pm |
Opening Session Conference Overview
Emerging Issues in Occupational Safety and Health for Health Care Employees.
Panel:
Susan Wilburn RN, Health and Safety Specialist, American Nurses Association
James August, Health and Safety Director, American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees |
| 8:30 - 10:00 pm |
Reception |
| Monday March 22 |
| 8:00 - 9:00 am |
Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 - 10:15 am |
The Corporate Organization of Health Care and Its Meaning for Employment and Unions
Rachael Rubin, M.D. Director Occupational Medicine, Cook County Hospital, Chicago IL. |
| 10:30 - Noon |
An Update on Kaiser - Permanente Agreement, How is it Working? Implications for Other Unions
Representative from the Kaiser-Permanente Department, AFL-CIO |
| Noon - 1:30 pm |
Luncheon Speaker: Physicians Unions: Their Relationship with other Health Care Employees
Representative from United Food and Commercial Workers Local 56, Philadelphia PA. |
| 1:30 - 4:30 pm |
Workshops:
1. Non-profit Hospitals Becoming For-profit: What have ?? done to Save Jobs and Benefits.
Gay Hayward, Illinois Nurses Association
2. Hospital Mergers and Acquisitions: How Impact Has Been Lessened through Union and Community Organizing
SEIU, ANA, Ohio Nurses Association.
3. Organizing Techniques that have Worked: Analysis of Two Successful Campaigns.
Richard Sanders, American Nurses Association.
4. Joint Labor Management Programs in Health Care: What Conditions Are Necessary for Unions to be effective?
Michelle Kaminiski, University of Illinois
Representative Kaiser Permanente Portland OR Sparrow Hospital, Lansing MI |
| 4:30 - 6:00 pm |
Reception |
| Tuesday March 22 |
| 8:00 - 9:00 am |
Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 - 10:15 am |
Legal Update on NLRB and Court Decisions Impacting Nurse Exclusions and Other Issues
Joel D'Alba, of Asher, Greenfield, Gittler, Cohen, D'Alba, Chicago. |
| 10:30 - 11:45 am |
Round Up of Recent Organizing and Bargaining Successes |
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