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January 22, 2009 |
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Yesterday was the last day of bill introduction for this session. Click here to view the bills that have a direct impact on the building construction industry. There are a few new “ideas” along with the reappearance of several of our past “bills of concern”. The first hearings of these bills start today. Next week I will include the details for each of the bills on our list. It will be posted in the “Members Only” section, so you will need the 2008 username and password to view. If you have misplaced that information just call the office. The 2008 username and password will be current until mid-February. All members paid current on 2009 dues will receive the new ID and password at that time.
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The Employee Free Choice Act and Government Contract Withholding Tax continues to be the high priority on the national AGC agenda. Please consider voicing your opinion to Nebraska’s delegation. The following links will take you to AGCA’s Legislative Action Center. Our representatives in Washington D.C. need to hear from you regarding the Employee Free Choice Act. The vote is going to be happening in the near future. The vote is going to be very close. Please write your representative and senators with your thoughts today. No excuses! It is easy to do via the AGCA Legislative Action Center. Click here. Government Contract Withholding Tax - AGCA’s Advocacy Team is also working to repeal excessive 3% withholdings on Government contracts. Again, you need to voice your opinion with the Nebraska delegation in Washington D.C. Click here.
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| Chapter Events Update | ||
The Green Advantage Practitioner Certification Training that was scheduled for February 6th has been postponed until March. As soon as the exact date has been set it will be post in the E-Update. Regional Member Meetings will be held during February. The Omaha and Lincoln meetings have been confirmed and the invitation/RSVP forms are attached here. Thursday, February 12th 7:30am-Omaha Region (click to form) Monday, February 23rd Noon-Lincoln Region (Click to form) The Central and Northeast Regional meetings should be confirmed in the next few days. The Western Regional Member Meeting will feature two half-day seminars presented by Chuck Vander Kooi. “People Management” will be presented on Thursday, February 26th from 2:00-5:00 pm MST and “Managing Your Company in a Tight Economy” will be presented on Friday, February 27th from 9:00am-Noon MST. Both seminars will be held in Scottsbluff and are funded in part by Nebraska Workers Training Fund. Building Chapter members from all regions are welcome to attend. The Registration forms will be available on the Chapter website in the Calendar of Events by early next week. Block Kids, sponsored by the Omaha Chapter of Women in Construction is scheduled for Saturday, February 7th at 10:00am. It will be held at IBEW at 8946 L Street, Omaha.
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Member Information Sheets- Make sure you return the updated Member Information Sheets that were mailed with the due notices. This is the only way that your company information will be correct in the printed 2009 Membership Directory and in the electronic directory available on the Chapter website. Southeast Community College-DACUM Survey- Ron Petsch, Construction Technology Program Chairperson, really needs to have at least 75 completed online surveys to validate the construction program’s courses at Milford Campus. The link to the survey and all the info was included in last weeks E-Update. Click here to complete survey. |
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