  {"id":71680,"date":"2000-11-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2000-11-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/annual-rhode-island-labor-management-relations-conference-to-be-held-dec-8\/"},"modified":"2000-11-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2000-11-15T00:00:00","slug":"annual-rhode-island-labor-management-relations-conference-to-be-held-dec-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2000\/11\/annual-rhode-island-labor-management-relations-conference-to-be-held-dec-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Rhode Island labor-management relations conference to be held Dec. 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"press-release-import\">\n\t\tAnnual Rhode Island labor-management  relations conference to be held Dec. 8&#13; KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 November 15, 2000 \u2013 The 15th annual Rhode Island Conference on Labor-Management Relations will present &#8220;Labor and Management in the New Millennium&#8221; on Friday, Dec. 8 from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m in the Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence. &#13; \tThe conference provides a unique forum for those involved in workplace change to gather and discuss issues of common concern.  This year&#8217;s conference offers 10 innovative workshops and keynote addresses by leaders in the field.   &#13; \tKeynote speaker Mark J. Formica, vice-chairman of the Citizens Financial Group Inc., will discuss the &#8220;Changing Nature of Our Work&#8221; at 8:45 a.m.  U.S. Sen. James M. Jeffords, chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, will discuss &#8220;What&#8217;s in Store for the 107th Congress?&#8221; from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. &#13; \tThe first morning workshops will take place from 10:15 to 11:15 a.m. and will cover such topics as: Collective Bargaining on Health Care Insurance, Top 10 Mistakes That Parties Make in Arbitration and How to Fix Them, OSHA&#8217;s Consultation and Compliance Assistance Program, and others.&#13; From 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. workshops will cover topics such as Health Care Policy Issues, Domestic Partner Coverage, and Training to Retain a Skilled Workforce.&#13; Major sponsors of the conference are the äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾&#8217;s Schmidt Labor Research Center, its Department of Management, at the College of Business Administration, and the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training.  &#13; There is a registration fee of $95 for the conference, which includes all program materials, lunch, and refreshments.  For more information, directions, or brochures, call: 401-874-2239 or fax: 401-874-2954. &#13; For information: Dave Lavallee 401-874-5862, Keith Marshall 401-874-2116&#13;   \u00a0\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Annual Rhode Island labor-management relations conference to be held Dec. 8&#13; KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 November 15, 2000 \u2013 The 15th annual Rhode Island Conference on Labor-Management Relations will present &#8220;Labor and Management in the New Millennium&#8221; on Friday, Dec. 8 from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m in the Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence. &#13; The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}