Scholarships Available!!! Mid-South Union Leadership The Arkansas and Oklahoma AFL-CIO are offering to fund scholarships to this year's Mid-South Union Leadership Institute to international or multi-state unions in their state.For every five participants a union registers, a scholarship covering registration fees will be awarded. Please contact your participating state federation if you qualify.
The Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Mississippi, and Tennessee AFL-CIO are jointly sponsoring the 2009 Mid-South Union Leadership Institute. Hosted by the Labor Education Program at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, the Institute will be held November 5-7 at the Clarion Resort on the Lake in Hot Spring, AR.
Leadership development is critical to the success of the labor movement. Union officers and representatives with leadership responsibilities are strongly encouraged to attend. Participants will choose from two major workshop tracks: "Effective Local Union Administration" and "Union Building," as well as special topic workshops on communicating in the YouTube Age and opportunities for workers in a new, green economy. There will be updates on labor's legislative agenda, and discussions of enforcement of existing labor and employment law under the Obama administration.
To find out more, go to http://www.aiea.ualr.edu/lep/events/2009-mid-south.php.
Labor Education Program
Mid-South Union Leadership Institute
Sponsored by the Arkansas AFL-CIO, Mississippi AFL-CIO,
Oklahoma AFL-CIO, Tennessee AFL-CIO, and Texas AFL-CIO
| October 16, 2009 | Upcoming Seminar - Register Now!!! |
November 5 - 7, 2009
Clarion Resort on the Lake, Hot Springs, AR
4813 Central Ave
Hot Springs, AR 71913
(501) 525-1391
Sponsored by the Arkansas AFL-CIO, Mississippi AFL-CIO, Oklahoma AFL-CIO, Tennessee AFL-CIO, and Texas AFL-CIO
Who Should Attend? Union officers and representatives with leadership responsibilities.
| Track A: Effective Local Union Administration | Track B: Union Building |
| Roles of Officers and Executive Board Members | Using Power to Lead the Local |
| Conducting Effective Local and Committee Meetings | Setting and Achieving Goals |
| Legal Responsibilities under the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act | Growing and Mobilizing the Membership |
| Conducting Local Union Elections | Dealing with Conflict in the Local |
| Parliamentary Procedure | |
Special Topic Workshops (Choose One)
- Communicating in the YouTube Age
Learn how to use online social networks, video hosting services and microblogging/texting sites to communicate your union's message.
- From Smokestacks to Wind Turbines: Unions in the Green Economy
Exploring the opportunities the new Green Economy offers to unions and their membership.
General Sessions
- Legislative Update
- Understanding the Current Economic Crisis and Labor's Response
- The "New" Department of Labor: Enforcing OSHA, FMLA, FLSA, and the NLRA
AFL-CIO State Caucuses
Mock Meeting to showcase skills and information learned during the conference.
Seminar Hours
Thursday, November 5, 2009
| Seminar Check In | 8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. |
| Sessions and workshops | 8:45 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
Hospitality in the evening
Friday, November 6, 2009
| Sessions and workshops | 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
Saturday, November 7, 2009
| Sessions and workshops | 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
| Graduation Luncheon | 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. |
Registration Fees and Options
Please register early!
By October 2 - Early Bird $200
By October 23 - Regular $225
If registering after October 23, call LEP at 501-569-8483 to confirm your registration.
Options
- Download the brochure here, and fill out the registration form.
- Online registration available here.
- Agenda available here.
A minimum number of registrations are required for this seminar.
Sleeping Rooms
Please call the Clarion Resort on the Lake at (501) 525-1391 to make your sleeping room reservations.
A block of rooms has been reserved until October 5 at the rate of $82, single or double. Please mention the UALR Labor Education Program to receive this rate.
Questions??
For more information contact the Labor Education Program at 501-569-8483, fax at 501-569-8538 or email lep@ualr.edu.
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