2011 Annual Conference Activities

2011 Annual Conference Agenda

12th Conference of the

National Association of State Highway and Transportation Unions (NASHTU)

Monday, May 23-Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Hyatt Regency Washington Capitol Hill 400 New Jersey Avenue, NW

Washington, D.C. 20001

Monday, May 23, 2011 – Concord/Lexington Room

8:00 a.m.	Breakfast – Hosted

9:00	Welcome Remarks – Matt Hanson, President of the Professional Engineers in California Government (PECG)

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

10:00	Congressional Discussion: What are the Issues Facing Congress – Status of Surface Transportation Authorization, Financing, Accountability, and Safety Moderator: Ted Toppin – PECG Dan Veoni – Majority Professional Staff, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Highways and Transit Subcommittee Jeremy Brandon – Staff for Senator John Kerry, author of BUILD Act, which would create an Infrastructure Bank to help finance transportation projects

11:00	A Resource and Ally: In the Public Interest Shar Habibi, Resource Center Director, In the Public Interest

Noon	Lunch — Hosted

1:00 p.m.	Representative James McGovern (D-MA), Senior Minority Whip, Second Ranking Member, House Rules Committee

1:30	Reauthorization Rumors – What’s in Administration, House and Senate Draft Bills? Dennis Houlihan, AFSCME Nadine Westcott, PECG

2:00	Panel and Workshops: Responding to Assaults on State and Local Workers’ Collective Bargaining, Wages/Benefits, and Other Rights Mary Grillo, SEIU: Fight for a Fair Economy Seth Johnson, AFSCME

2:45	Wisconsin and Ohio – Lessons Learned Anissia Goodwin, OCSEA/AFSCME Local 11, Columbus, Ohio John English, AFSCME District 48, Milwaukie, Wisconsin

3:15	Pension Battles Dan Doonan, Labor Economist, AFSCME International

3:30	Break

4:00	Representative Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Ranking Member, Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Member, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

6:30	NASHTU Hosted Group Dinner – We, the Pizza Restaurant, 305 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE (www.wethepizza.com)


Tuesday, May 24, 2011 – Concord/Lexington Room

8:00 a.m.	Breakfast – Hosted

8:30	Chairman John Mica (R-FL), House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

9:00	Representative Timothy Walz (D-MN), Member, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

9:30	Jack Basso - Director of Program Finance and Management, AASHTO

10:00	Break

10:30	Roy Kienitz, Under Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Transportation

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


Wednesday, May 25, 2011 – Thornton Room
8:00 a.m.	Breakfast – Hosted, Featured Speaker: Representative Michael Capuano (D-MA), Member, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (TENTATIVE)

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 Amy Lipset – SEIU Local 517M, Michigan Bruce Blanning – Professional Engineers in California Government Joe Dorant – Massachusetts Organization of State Engineers and Scientists

9:30	Senator Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Member, Senate Budget Committee, Senate Environment and Public Works

10:00	Break

10:30	Action Plan for NASHTU for 2011-2012 Dennis Houlihan, AFSCME Mary Richards, MOSES Jimmy Tarlau, CWA Ted Toppin, PECG

1:00 p.m.	Adjournment

National Association of State Highway
and Transportation Unions
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