THE 31st KENTUCKY LABOR-MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

SEPT. 9-11, 2008

Established in 1977, the conference is governed by its board of directors and co-sponsored by the Kentucky Labor Cabinet and the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development. The Kentucky Labor-Management Conference serves as the centerpiece of the state's effort to promote labor-management cooperation as an enhancement to economic development. The 2007 conference attracted more than 650 participants from labor, management, government and academia from eight states and serves as a national model for events of its kind. The event provides participants a relaxed atmosphere, apart from the work environment, that is conducive to positive, meaningful dialogue between labor and management.

The conference begins with two days of interactive educational opportunities in which the participants are given the chance to talk directly with the presenters on a wide variety of topics of mutual interest to labor and management. The final day of the conference is reserved for networking activities designed to team labor and management together in a recreational setting. Input from participants over the years has indicated that many issues that may have resulted in conflict have been resolved in the relaxed atmosphere of the conference.

Other conference highlights include the annual Kentucky Labor-Management Conference Awards, presented to a member of labor and a member of management who have both demonstrated their commitment to the principles of labor-management cooperative processes throughout the year. In 2005 the conference board of directors established the Kentucky Labor-Management Scholarship Award which is also presented during the conference. In 2007 the Julian Carroll - Young Labor Leader and Young Business Leader Awards were established and will be presented for the first time at the upcoming 2008 conference.

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Name	Organization	Phone Number	Representing	Officers	Term Expiration
James P. Cole	Northern Kentucky Central Labor Council	859-635-7954	Labor		December 2010
Vacant			Labor		December 2008
David Gooch	Coal Operators	606-432-2161	Management	Co-chair	December 2008
Terry Kelly	Brown-Forman	502-365-4565	Management	Treasurer	December 2010
James G. LeMaster	Kentucky Association of Manufacturers	502-352-2485	Management		December 2010
Bill Meeks	American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Local 1683	502-569-3600 ext. 2718	Labor		December 2010
Richard Meyer	Kentucky Professional Firefighters	859-356-6927	Labor	Secretary	December 2009
Don Mitchell	IN/KY Regional Council of Carpenters	270-519-9101	Labor	Co-chair	December 2008
Tim Mosher	American Electric Power	502-696-7007	Management		December 2009
Jeff Rogers	Wacker Polymer Systems, LP	270-395-2215	Management		December 2008
Karen Young	Kentucky Electric Steel	606-929-1251	Management		December 2009
Vacant			Labor		December 2009

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The 31st Kentucky Labor-Management Conference will be held Sept. 9-11, 2008, at Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park, Gilbertsville, Ky.

Registration material and information:

2008 Important Information

2008 General Information

2008 Tentative Agenda

2008 Tentative Seminars

2008 Registration Form


If you have any questions contact Labor-Management Relations and Mediation.

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First presented in 1987, the Kentucky Labor-Management Conference Awards represent an honest commitment to excellence in cooperative processes from both labor and management.

Awarded each year to a representative from labor and a representative from management who have demonstrated this sincere commitment to the concept of labor-management cooperation, these winners have sought to find the common ground necessary to make their respective enterprises more competitive in the global marketplace through true cooperation.

Help the board of directors recognize excellence in labor-management cooperation. If you know of a deserving individual from labor or management, please print out the nomination form or contact the Office of Labor-Management Relations and Mediation. The board will accept nominations throughout the year. The deadline for the current year's nominations has been extended to July 14, 2008.

2008 Labor and Management Award Application

Congratulations to our 2007 Labor Award Winner, Mike Dixon.

 

Congratulations to our 2007 Management Award Winner, John Huber.

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The Kentucky Labor-Management Scholarship Award was established in 2005 by the conference board of directors. Up to $4,000 is awarded to as many as two students who have plans to pursue a career in a labor-management relations related field or an apprentice's trade. The board has extended the application deadline, All applications must be postmarked no later than July 14, 2008.

2008 Scholarship Criteria

2008 Scholarship Application

Contact Labor-Management Relations and Mediation if you have any additional questions.

Congratulations to our 2007 Kentucky Labor-Management Scholarship Award Winner, Ty Rogers.

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The 2007 Labor-Management Conference Inc. board of directors recently established the Julian Carroll - Young Labor Leader and Young Business Leader Awards that will recognize excellence in one young labor leader and one young business leader who has most demonstrated his or her commitment to the promotion of labor-management cooperation in Kentucky. The awards will be presented for the first time at the Kentucky Labor-Management Conference in September 2008.

Any person, age 40 or younger on Sept. 1, 2008, representing a Kentucky labor organization or management of a firm doing business in Kentucky is eligible for nomination. The nominee must be actively involved in a cooperative labor-management program or must be known for his or her work in the promotion of the principles of labor-management cooperative programs on a statewide, industrywide, areawide, in-plant or public sector basis. Employees of the Kentucky Labor Cabinet and the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development are not eligible.

If you know of a deserving young labor or young business leader, please print out the nomination form or contact the Office of Labor-Management Relations and Mediation. The board will accept nominations for the Julian Carroll Awards throughout the year. The deadline for the current year's nominations has been extended to July 14, 2008.

2008 Julian Carroll - Young Labor Leader and Young Business Leader Awards Application

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The Labor-Management Conference Inc. board of directors would like to thank all of the generous sponsors. The success of the conference is directly attributed to the continued support and contributions made by organizations such as yours. We would like to invite your organization to consider being a sponsor for the 2008 conference. Along with your contributions, we really need your ideas on how to best foster positive labor-management relations in the commonwealth. You may submit your thoughts through any board member.

2008 Sponsorship Form

2008 Sponsor Accommodations Form

No state employee is in any way involved in the solicitation or recordkeeping of conference sponsorship. If you have any questions regarding sponsorship, please contact one of our board members.

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