Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO (DPE)
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Meany Room, AFL-CIO
815 16th St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20006
10:30 am – 2:30 pm
Part I: The Outlook for Professional and Technical Workers
- Registration
- Welcome, Introductions and Objectives of Series
– Paul Almeida, DPE President
- Remarks of AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler
- Goals and Objectives of First Session
– Eric Geist, DPE Assistant to the President
- Professional Workforce: Past and Future Trends
– Jennifer Dorning, DPE Research Director
- Professional Workforce: Affiliate Responses to Workplace Changes
– Affiliate presentations
- Lunch
- Professional Workforce: Innovative Solutions for Representation
– Affiliate presentations
- Gathering Data: Surveys and/or Focus Groups Planning
– Richard Hurd, Rachel Aleks, Cornell University School of Industrial & Labor Relations
- Next Steps: Supporting Research, Future Meetings
– DPE staff