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PROGRAM
HIGHLIGHTS for 2003-2004
2003
October 1 Annual Law
Update Proposed changes to the FLSA
Howard G. Foster, PhD, moderated a panel discussion with Robert Doren,
Esq. and Richard Lipsitz, Sr., Esq. to review the proposed changes to the FLSA. Click here for program details.
November 5 Panel
discussion on The Impact of a Control Board on Labor Relations in the
City of Buffalo Moderator Adam D. Kaufman, Regional Director, PERB
and Panelists Phillip Rumore, President, Buffalo Teachers Federation;
Leonard Matarese, Commissioner of Human Resources, City of Buffalo,
Honorable Paul A. Tokasz, Majority Leader of the NYS Assembly, Robert
Meegan, President, Buffalo PBA, and Richard M. Tobe, Vice President,
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo. Click here for program details.
2004
Februay 4
Creating Effective Health Care Options Through Labor Management
Cooperation Dennis Campagna, Esq., Director of Labor Management
Programs, Cornell University ILR, moderated a panel on this issue.
Members of the panel were: Thomas Pomidoro, Benefits Manager, and Dr.
Darlene Michalak, Associate Superintendent, ERIE 1 BOCES who discussed
the creation and operation of the ERIE 1 BOCES Health Plan operated under
an Article 44 Trust. Thomas Dziedzic, Business Representative,
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 264, and Kathleen O'Hara,
Director of Labor Relations, Erie County discussed the creation and
operation of the Erie County Labor Management Health Care Trust Plan.
Click here for program details.
March 11 Insights and
Observations on Increasing Effectiveness in Arbitration with
Arbitrators Elizabeth Wesman and Stuart Pohl.
Click here for program details.
Click here for photos from the program.
April 21 Tour of The
Buffalo News and discussion on its labor relations issues hosted by
Daniel Farberman, Vice President for Labor Relations.
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May 12 Citizen of the
Year and Scholarship Award. Click
here for program details. Click here for photos from the program.
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October 09, 2005.
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