2010 Annual Conference Activities

2010 Annual Conference Agenda

11th Conference of the

National Association of State Highway and Transportation Unions (NASHTU)

Tuesday, April 28-Thursday, April 30^th 2009

Phoenix Park Hotel 520 North Capitol Street, NW

Washington, D.C. 20001

Tuesday, April 27, 2010 – Yellowstone/Everglades Room

8:00 a.m.	Breakfast – Hosted

8:30	Welcome Remarks – Shabbir Ahmed, President, Professional Engineers in California Government (PECG)

9:00	Congressional Speaker – Representative John Garamendi (D-CA)

9:30	Larry Willis – Secretary‐Treasurer of Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO

10:00	Congressional Discussion: What are the Issues Facing Congress – Federal Stimulus, 2010 Transportation Authorization, Financing, Accountability, and Safety Moderator: Ted Toppin – Professional Engineers in California Government Kathy Dedrick - Senior Policy Director for Transportation, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Jim Kolb - Staff Director, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Highway and Transit Subcommittee

11:00	John Porcari – Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Transportation

11:30	Health and Safety Update Katherine Cox – Director, AFSCME Health and Safety Program

12:00 p.m.	Lunch — Hosted

1:30	Congressional Speaker – Representative Tim Walz (D‐MN)

2:30	Update on NASHTU Activities Over the Last Year – OMB, Congress, USDOT/FHWA Dennis Houlihan – American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Bruce Blanning – PECG

3:45	Pension Battles Geraldine Madrid-Davis – Executive Director, National Public Pension Coalition

2:30	Break

6:30	NASHTU Group Dinner – Hawk and Dove Restaurant, 329 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE (www.hawkanddoveonline.com)


Wednesday, April 28, 2010 – Concord/Lexington Room

8:30 a.m.	Breakfast – Hosted

9:50	Congressional Speaker – Representative Judy Chu (D-CA)

10:15	Break

10:30	Congressional Speaker – Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)

11:00	Lobbying NASHTU’s Legislative Agenda Mary Richards – Massachusetts Organization of State Engineers and Scientists (MOSES) Ted Toppin – PECG

12:00 p.m.	Lunch – On your own

1:00-5:00	Lobbying on Capitol Hill

5:30-7:30	Congressional Reception – US Capitol, Room H‐137


Thursday, April 29, 2010 – Concord/Lexington Room
8:30 a.m.	Breakfast – Hosted

8:30	Lobby Day Report – Mary Richards – MOSES

9:00	Panel and Discussion: Developments at Highway Departments Throughout the Nation. Moderator: Steve Reck – SEIU Local 517M, Michigan Stephen Livingston – Connecticut State Employees Association, SEIU Local 2001 Mark Sheahan – Professional Engineers in California Government Amy Lipset – SEIU Local 517M, Michigan John Grabel – AFSCME Council 11, Wisconsin

9:30	Congressional Speaker – Representative Nick Rahall (D-WV)

10:00	Jack Basso - Director of Program Finance and Management, AASHTO

10:45	Break

11:00	Action Plan for NASHTU for 2010-2011 Dennis Houlihan, AFSCME Mary Richards, MOSES Jimmy Tarlau, CWA Ted Toppin, PECG

1:00 p.m.	Adjournment

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and Transportation Unions
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