Sixth Annual Conference of the
National Association of State Highway and Transportation Unions
Monday, May 11 – Wednesday, May 13, 2005
Holiday Inn on the Hill Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
8:30 – Breakfast
9:00 – Welcoming Remarks – Mark Sheahan, PECG Past President
9:30 – Ed Wytkind, President, Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO
10:00 – Panel Discussion on the Status of TEA-21 Reauthorization
Moderator: Helena Zyblikewycz, Transportation Trades Department
Stephen Gardner, Dem Professional Staff – Subcommittee on Surface Transportation – Senate Committee on Commerce
Graham Hill, House Sub-Committee on Surface Transportation – Majority Staff
11:00 – The NASHTU Agenda and How To Lobby
Donna Harris-Aikens, SEIU
Cynthia Bradley, AFSCME
12:00 – Lunch – Guest Speaker: Norman Mineta, Secretary, US Department of Transportation
Afternoon – Lobbying Congressional Representatives on Capitol Hill
5:30-7:30 – Evening Reception – U.S. Capitol, Hugh Scott Room (Senate Room 120)
THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2005
8:30 – Breakfast – Guest Speaker: Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ)
9:00 – Reports from Lobbying and Discussion
10:00 – Reauthorization, Finance and the Public Service in Transportation
Jack Basso, Director – Management and Business Development, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
Prospects for Funding and Reauthorization of TEA-21 and Its Impacts on the States —
MS PowerPoint Presentation
11:00 – What is the TRB, NCHRP, NCTRP? Why NASHTU Should Know
Crawford Jencks, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies
12:00 – Charles Lee, Assistant Inspector General for Investigations, USDOT
1:30 – 2:45 – First Set of Workshops
Pay to Play: What is it and How to Build a Campaign Around It – Jim Marketti, CWA 1032
Safety, Health and CDL Issue Roundtable – Denise Bland-Bowles, AFSCME International Health and Safety Staff
3:00 – 4:15 – Second Set of Workshops
Design-Build: Campaign to Beat it Back in the California Legislature – Ted Toppin, PECG
Discussion on Gas Tax Fraud – Gary Walker, Senior Special Agent, Inspector General’s Office, U.S. Department of Transportation
4:30 – 5:00 – Report Back from Workshops
7:00 – Group dinner at AV Ristorante Italiano (607 New York Avenue NW)
FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2005
8:30 – Breakfast – Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR)
9:30 – Round Table Discussion on What is Going on in the Different States – Ned Statchen, CSEA, SEIU Local 2001
11:00 – Report and Discussion on Our Next Steps and on Keeping the Coalition Going – Ted Toppin, PECG
1:00 – Adjournment