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PHOTOS FROM THE 2011 CONFERENCE
PERDIDO BEACH RESORT, ORANGE BEACH
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Governor's Labor/Management
Conference
The 27th Annual Governor’s Labor/Management Conference
was held at Grand Hotel at Point Clear June 5-9, 2011.
The Alabama Governor's
Labor/Management Conference had its beginning in May 1985 under the
direction of then Commissioner of Labor Allen Pate at Lakepoint State Park
with approximately 185 participants. Its purpose is to bring together labor
and management employees in a relaxed atmosphere to discuss issues of a
common nature. The conference is incorporated with a board of directors and
is jointly hosted by the Alabama Department of Labor and the Federal
Mediation and Conciliation Service. Attendance quickly outgrew the Lakepoint and Guntersville State Park facilities and was moved to Gulf State
Park Resort in the early 1990s.
The primary goal of the conference is to provide an environment allowing
labor and management to come together in a friendly setting away the
bargaining table.
Speakers have been selected based on issues facing both management and labor
such as FMLA, drug testing, workplace security, health care cost, etc.
Interactive workshops are scheduled as facilities permit. Companies and
unions are encouraged to sponsor activities through monetary donations and
door prizes. American made products are highlighted and especially Alabama
produced goods.
Delegate and guest attendance has grown to over 500, making Alabama's
Labor Management Conference one of the most successful in the South.
2012 CONFERENCE
JUNE 3-7, 2012
Perdido Beach Resort
Orange Beach |
GOVERNOR'S
LABOR/MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE EXECUTIVE BOARD
Jim Bennett, President (Alabama Dept. of
Labor)
Robert Dillard, Vice President (Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service)
Ray Hollub, Secretary (University of Alabama, retired)
Joe Pledger, Treasurer (IBEW)
Claude Morgan, Jr., Assistant Treasurer (RWDSU)
Allen Pate, Assistant Treasurer (City of Hoover)
William Bibb (Alabama Gas Corp.)
Joe Crosby (International Paper)
R. Daniel Flippo (USW District 9)
Henry Hagood (Associated General Contractors)
Al Henley (Alabama AFL-CIO)
Dennis King (Boilermakers)
Ted Letson (United Auto Workers)
Fred Reebals (FMCS, retired)
Talmage Reynolds (NASA, retired)
Eddie Roberson (Sloss Industries Corp.)
Casey Shelton (IBEW)
Zeke W. Smith (Alabama Power Co.)
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