Registration and Breakfast

Welcoming Remarks:
Ron Sweet, Moderator
Irv Gottschalk, President LERA Wisconsin Chapter
Honorable Thomas Barrett, Mayor
Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, President National LERA

General Session
What we predicted in 2008 and what actually happened in 2009
Speakers: David Radlet, Esq. & Scott Cruz, Esq.
Franczek, Radelet & Rose, Chicago

Break

Workshop 1A: Venus versus Mars
Insights on Gender-Based Negotiations
Speakers: Cary Silverstein, CEO Strategic Management Services, LLC
Virginia Finn, Esq.

Workshop 1B: Aspects of the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LRMDA)
Speaker: Helen Hollerich, Investigator
OLMS - DOL

Workshop 1C: Workers Compensation in a Tough Economy
Speakers - Monica Hartl, Esq.

Workshop 1D: New FMLA Rules
Speaker: Sandra Radtke, Esq., Murphy Gillick, Wicht & Prachthauser

Buffet Lunch
Speaker: - Lester Heltzer, Executive Secretary, NLRB

General Session
The Future of Labor Relations
Speaker: Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, President LERA

Break

Workshop 2A: Is This an OxymoronDevelopments in the Area of Immigration Law
Speaker: Heather Tiltman, Esq.
Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek SC

Workshop 2B: OSHA Whistleblowing Laws, Part I
Speaker: Sherrill Benjamin
OSHA - Whistleblower Program Manager

Workshop 2C: Difficulties in Bargaining in Tough Economic Times
Speakers: Gary Marsack, Esq.
Lindner Marsack

Workshop 2D: Venus versus Mars (REPEAT)
Insights on Gender-Based Negotiations
Speakers: Cary Silverstein, CEO Strategic Management Services, LLC
Virginia Finn, Esq.

Break

Workshop 3A: Aspects of the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LRMDA)
Speaker: Helen Hollerich, Investigator
OLMS - DOL

Workshop 3B: OSHA Whistleblowing Laws, Part II
Speaker: Sherrill Benjamin
OSHA - Whistleblower Program Manager

Workshop 3C: Domestic partner - Rights and Benefits
Speakers: Ron Hudson, Staff Representative
SEIU Local 1199