This year’s conference will include a wide range of presentations from industry experts, NECA and IBEW representatives and Keynote speaker Roy Spence. Topics will include employment law, the use of the Pattern Agreement Guide, the NMA, a CLRC
presentation on the Settlements Reports and the Union Electrician Workforce characteristics and projections report, and labor relation challenges. Additionally, discussions will be held on the manpower shortage & attrition study, apprenticeship
etA & CML updates, NEBF, NEAP, NEFP & FMCP updates, and CIR best practices.
Schedule
Monday, March 20th
| 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. | Registration |
| Location: The 576 | |
| 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Fireside Chat, Industry Update & IBEW Changes |
| Location: Summit Ballroom DE | |
| Speakers: Kevin Tighe - Vice President, Employee Benefits and Industrial Relations, NECA; Matt Paules, Director of Construction & Maintenance, IBEW | |
| 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. | Reception (Dinner on Your Own) |
| Location: Summit Ballroom ABC |
Tuesday, March 21st
| 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast (Grab & Go) |
| Location: Summit Ballroom ABC | |
| 8:00 - 8:05 a.m. | Welcome to Nashville and Pledge of Allegiance |
| Location: Summit Ballroom DE | |
| Speakers: Chase Pendergraft, Executive Director, NECA East Tennessee Chapter; General Ronald Bailey, Senior Vice President of Industry Development, NECA | |
| 8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. | Welcome Remarks from NECA Leadership |
| Location: Summit Ballroom DE | |
| Speakers: Kirk Davis, NECA President & David Long, NECA CEO | |
| 8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. | Drug Testing and Section 7 Rights |
| Location: Summit Ballroom DE | |
| Speakers: Jef Fagan, Senior Vice President, Labor Relations and Risk Management, NECA; Greg Ossi, Fagre, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, LLP | |
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| 9:30 a.m. | Break |
| Location: Summit Foyer | |
| 9:45 - 10:45 a.m. | Presentation on the Pattern Agreement Guide |
| Location: Summit Ballroom DE | |
| Speaker: Ian Andrews, Executive Director, Midwestern Region, NECA | |
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| 10:45 - 11:45 a.m. | Field Service Panel -- Labor Relations Hot Topics |
| Location: Summit Ballroom DE | |
| Speaker: Steve Krieg, Vice President, Field Services & NECA Regional Directors | |
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| 11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. | Lunch |
| Location: Summit Ballroom ABC | |
| 12:45 - 1:30 p.m. | NMA Updates |
| Location: Summit Ballroom DE | |
| Speaker: Dan Hogan, CEO, TAUC | |
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| 1:30 - 2:15 p.m. | CLRC: Wages, Workers & Conundrums |
| Location: Summit Ballroom DE | |
| Speakers: Carey Peters, Executive Director, Construction Labor Research Council; Matt Minarik, Sr. Data Analyst, Construction Labor Research Council | |
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| 2:15 - 3:30 p.m. | Inside Construction and Outside Line Industry Labor Relation Challenges |
| Location: Summit Ballroom DE | |
| Speakers: Ian Andrews, Executive Director, Midwestern Region, NECA; Bob LaLumiere, NECA Outside Line | |
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| 3:30 p.m. | Break |
| Location: Summit Foyer | |
| 3:45 - 4:30 p.m. | ERISA Prohibited Transactions |
| Location: Summit Ballroom DE | |
| Speaker: Jim Cole, Principal, Groom Law Group | |
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| 4:30 - 5:15 p.m. | Addressing the Manpower Shortage & Attrition Study |
| Location: Summit Ballroom DE | |
| Speakers: General Ronald Bailey, Senior Vice President, Industry Development, NECA; Steve Krieg, Vice President, Field Labor Relations and Services, NECA | |
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| Download Attrition Study | |
| 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. | Reception |
| Location: Ole Red |
Wednesday, March 22nd
| 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
| Location: Summit Ballroom ABC | |
| 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. | Keynote Speaker: Roy Spence, Co-founder/Chairman of GSD&M Advertising and the Purpose Institute |
| Location: Summit Ballroom DE | |
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| 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. | Apprenticeship etA & CML Updates |
| Location: Summit Ballroom DE | |
| Speakers: Todd Stafford, Executive Director, electrical training ALLIANCE; Greg Greiner, Managing Director, electrical training ALLIANCE | |
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| 10:00 - 10:45 a.m. | NEBF, NEAP, NEFP & FMCP Updates |
| Location: Summit Ballroom DE | |
| Speaker: Darrin Golden, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of NEBF and NEAP, the Executive Director of the NECA/IBEW FMCP, and the Executive Director of the NEFP 401(k) | |
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| 10:45 - 11:00 a.m. | Break |
| Location: Summit Foyer | |
| 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | CIR Best Practices Panel Discussion |
| Location: Summit Ballroom DE | |
| Speakers: Kevin Tighe, Vice President, Employee Benefits and Industrial Relations, NECA; Frank Piatt, Regional Executive Director, District 3; Bill Orgill, Executive Director, Western Region; Mark Walter, CEO, Christenson Electric Inc. | |
| 12:00 - 12:30 p.m. | Q&A Session & Wrap-Up |
| Location: Summit Ballroom DE | |
| Speaker: Kevin Tighe, Vice President, Employee Benefits and Industrial Relations, NECA | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Adjourn |