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| Sunday, April 14, 2002 |
| 5:00 p.m. |
Registration |
| 7:00 p.m. |
Opening Session
"A Tribute to Health Care Workers"
Speakers:
Pat Bahnken, President
AFSCME Local 2507
New York City EMTs and Paramedics
Erik Mortensen
AFT Healthcare / UFT New York
Melissa Velasquez, RN
United American Nurses
D.C. Nurses Association
Reception Immediately Following
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| Monday, April 15, 2002 |
| 8:00 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Presentation and Discussion
"Labor Law and Bargaining Unit
Determination After Kentucky River
Community Care"
Speaker: Jon Hiatt, General Counsel
AFL-CIO
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| 10:00 a.m. |
Panel
"Working Together on Bargaining Issues"
Experiences of Three Unions:
AFT Healthcare / American Federation of Teachers
Communications Workers of America
United American Nurses
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| Noon |
Lunch |
| 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. |
Workshops
- Violence in the Healthcare Workplace
- Pensions and Retirement
- Ergonomic Safety
- Internal Organizing through Member Mobilization
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| 3:00 - 3:15 p.m. |
Break |
| 3:15 - 4:45 p.m. |
Workshops
- Internal Organizing in a Right-to-Work State
- The Effects of Hospital Work Redesign on Service/Technical/Maintenance
Employees
- Strategies to Obtain a First Contract
- Nurse Strikebreakers and Temporary Agencies
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| Tuesday, April 16, 2002 |
| 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. |
Presentation
"Negotiation of Nurse Staffing Issues"
Dr. Benjamin Wolkinson, Professor
MSU / SLIR |
| 10:00 a.m. |
Presentation
"Uniting with Dignity"
Monica Russo, SEIU
Unite with Dignity Campaign
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