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SMACNA/SMWIA Labor-Management Partnership Conference
Program at a Glance

Monday, May 3, 2004
Continental Breakfast
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.  
Opening Remarks
Michael Sullivan, SMWIA General President
Mark Watson, SMACNA President
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.  
Understanding and Motivating Today’s Employees
Robert Wendover, Center for Generational Studies
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.  
Break
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.  
Maximizing Local Partnership Efforts by Promoting HVAC Expertise
Dan Sklaire
11:00 – 11:30 a.m. HVAC Expertise Presentation (PDF File)
Capturing the Residential Market – Piecework Agreements??!
Tom Kelly, SMWIA General Secretary-Treasurer
Susan Karr, Florida SMACNA
Mike Jeske, SMWIA Local 15
Luigi Petricca, SMWIA Local 15
Toronto Contractor Representative TBA
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Florida Residential Agreement Memo (PDF File)
Florida Residential Collective Bargaining Agreement (PDF File)
Florida Residential Incentive Contract (PDF File)
Local 285 Residential Addendum Presentation (PDF File)
Group Luncheon
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.  
Break-out sessions:

Funding LMC/Partnership Programs with Federal Grants
FMCS Representative
Other Local Representatives TBA 		Jon Numair Presentation (PDF File)
Partnering to Preserve the Prevailing Wage
Missouri case study
Kelly Pinkham. M.S.; Michael P. Kelsay, Ph.D. 		Adverse Impact of Repealing Prevailing Wage (PDF File)
Kelsay and Pinkham Prevailing Wage Study (PDF File)
Blueprint for a Local Partnership – On the Road Again…
SMACNA British Columbia
Bruce Sychuk, Brian Featherstone, Dan Beer
SMWIA Local 276
Mark Curtis
SMWIA Local 280
James Paquette 		Blueprint for a Successful Local Partnership Program (PDF File)
Industrial Market Outlook
Dan Sklaire Industrial Market Presentation (PDF File)
Promoting the Union Sheet Metal Industry in a Positive Light
Mike Small, SMWIA
Tim Moran, SMWIA Local 2
Ed Armour, SMWIA Local 312 		ABC Apprenticeship Presentation (PDF File)
Ed Armour Market Share Senior Thesis (PDF File)
Gaining Market Share Presentation (PDF File)
Grain Valley School Project (PDF File)
Washburn University Presentation (PDF File)
1:30 –3:00 p.m.  
Break
3:00 – 3:30 p.m.  
Media Relations
Joe Salimando, Local Representatives TBA Media Relations Presentation (PDF File)
Blueprint for a Local Partnership – On the Road Again… (repeat session)
  Blueprint for a Successful Local Partnership Program (PDF File)
Residential Market Outlook – Results of SMWIA/SMACNA Focus Group
Dan Sklaire Residential Market Outlook Summary (PDF File)
Promoting the Union Sheet Metal Industry in a Positive Light (repeat session)
  ABC Apprenticeship Presentation (PDF File)
Ed Armour Market Share Senior Thesis (PDF File)
Gaining Market Share Presentation (PDF File)
Grain Valley School Project (PDF File)
Washburn University Presentation (PDF File)
Promoting Your Legislative Agenda
Joe Sellers, SMWIA Local 19
John Wanner, SMACNA PA
David McCoy, SMACNA New Mexico
Terry Farmer, SMWIA Local 49 		Joint Lobbying Efforts Presentation (PDF File)
3:30 – 5:00 p.m.  
Adjourn for Day
5:00 p.m.  
Cocktail Reception
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.  
 

Tuesday, May 4, 2004
Continental Breakfast
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.  
Owner’s Perspective
What it Takes to Win Our Business
Understanding the Reverse Auctioning and Reverse Bidding Process
8:00 – 9:30 a.m. American Electric Power Presentation (PDF File)
Merck Presentation (PDF File)
Break
9:30 – 10:00 a.m.  
Helping Building Owners – Update on the National Center for Energy Management & Building Technologies

John Wimer, NCEMBT
Erik Emblem, NEMI
10:00 – 10:30 a.m.  
Labor-Management Q & A
Michael Sullivan, SMWIA General President
Chuck Corbett, SMACNA Executive Director of Labor Relations
10:30 – 11:15 a.m.  
Seminar Wrap-Up – What the Organized Sector Needs to Do to Expand Their Markets
Peter Cockshaw, National Labor Analyst/Publisher
11:15 – Noon  
Partnership Conference Concludes
Noon  
 

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