Combined AFT Healthcare and Public Employees Conference Tackles State Budget Cuts, SARS and Other Issues 6/5/2003
From: Leslie Getzinger of the American Federation of Teachers, 202-585-4373 or lgetzing@aft.org News Advisory: WHAT: Professional Issues Conference for AFT members -- Opening session: June 6 -- 9 a.m.: Sandra Feldman, keynote speaker Hyatt Regency, New Jersey Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C.; Ticonderoga/Valley Forge/Yorktown Ballrooms -- Sample workshops: -- SARS: What Every Healthcare Worker Should Know -- Chemical, Biological and Radiological Terrorism Emergency Action Plans -- Smallpox: Past, Present and Future -- Federal Tax Cuts and Their Impact -- Understanding the State and Local Budget Crises WHEN: Friday June 6, 2003 - Sunday June 8, 2003 WHERE: Hyatt Regency-Capitol Hill Hotel 400 New Jersey Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20001 Workshops will be held in various rooms. Some workshops will be held in the Holiday Inn and Washington Court Hotel due to space constraints. See full schedule below. ------ Friday, June 6, 2003 -- 8 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. -- Continental Breakfast Hall of Battles Hyatt Regency Hotel (Ballroom Level) -- 8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m. -- Opening Plenary Session Ticonderoga/Valley Forge/Yorktown Ballrooms Hyatt Regency Hotel (Ballroom Level) -- 10 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Break -- -- 10:15 a.m. - 11:45 p.m. -- General Session Federal Ballroom Holiday Inn Hotel -- 12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. -- Luncheon Ticonderoga/Valley Forge/Yorktown Ballrooms Hyatt Regency Hotel (Ballroom Level) -- 2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Workshops -- -- Legal Issues in Today's Healthcare Environment -- Congressional D/E Hyatt Regency Hotel (Ballroom Level) -- The Future of School Nurse Outcomes -- Executive Room Holiday Inn Hotel -- Safety Measures for Home Health Nurses in an Unsafe World -- Judicial Room Holiday Inn Hotel -- The Budget Crisis in Healthcare -- Federal Ballroom North Holiday Inn Hotel -- Using Research To Get What You Want -- Conference Theater Hyatt Regency Hotel (Lobby Level) -- Pension Benefits under Attack -- Federal Ballroom South Holiday Inn Hotel -- Building Diverse Coalitions -- Cabinet Room Holiday Inn Hotel -- Body Language and Listening Skills Essential to Organizing -- Council Room Holiday Inn Hotel -- Emergency Action Plans including Chemical, Biological and Radiological Terrorism -- First part of a two-part workshop Ballroom II Washington Court Hotel (Lower Lobby Level) -- Creative Ways To Mobilize your Membership -- Ballroom III Washington Court Hotel (Lower Lobby Level) -- Negotiating Alternative Pay Plans -- Ballroom I Washington Court Hotel (Lower Lobby Level) -- Stress in the Workplace -- Montpelier Room Washington Court Hotel (Mezzanine Level) -- Selling off our Services? Fight Privatization and Win! -- Madison Room Washington Court Hotel (Lower Lobby Level) -- 3:45 p.m. - 4 p.m. Break -- -- 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Workshops -- -- Legal Issues in Today's Healthcare Environment -- Valley Forge Ballroom Hyatt Regency Hotel (Ballroom Level) -- How to Make your Local the Best-Run Union in the World -- Federal Ballroom North Holiday Inn Hotel -- An IDEA Whose Time Has Come -- Council Room Holiday Inn Hotel -- SARS: What Every Healthcare Worker Should Know -- Conference Theater Hyatt Regency Hotel (Lobby Level) -- JCAHO Update 2003: When Unannounced Surveys Are a Bad Thing -- Cabinet Room Holiday Inn Hotel |