.jpg) | | Reid Detchon | SMACNA contractors interested in discovering more about energy efficiency, green initiatives, and the high-stakes issues that affect signatory contractors will want to take part in the Washington National Issues Conference, May 3-5, 2010.
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The Health-Care Reform bill, and the Reconciliation bill that made changes to it, were recently signed by the President into law. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, P.L. 111-148) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (HCERA, P.L. 111-152) will have a significant impact on the collectively bargained plans sponsored by SMACNA contractors.
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.jpg) | | John Lindemulder Sr. | Inviting apprentices to this year’s Partners in Progress Conference certainly shook things up a bit and broke with tradition. Apprentices participating in the International Training Institute’s annual Apprentice Contest attended educational sessions with contractors and business agents/managers. They told us things we didn’t know and a few things perhaps some of us didn’t want to hear.
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 | | Mark Breslin | Now is the time to put courageous leadership into action urged Mark Breslin, keynote speaker at the March 2010 Partners in Progress conference in Las Vegas.
“It’s time to change the mind-set,“ he stressed. “Growth before profit is the game we need to get back in. We are not experiencing an economic downturn; it is a market shift.”
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.jpg) | | Lee Woodruff | Author and TV reporter Lee Woodruff will speak on her family’s poignant journey of recovery at the spouse luncheon during SMACNA’s 67th Annual Convention, which takes place in Phoenix, Ariz., Oct. 10-13, 2010.
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