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2009 IBEW Political/Legislative Affairs Conference

Submitted by rprunn on Thu, 11/05/2009 - 23:54
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Your IBEW Legislative Conference was held on October 25th through Oct 29th in Washington DC.  This Conference is similar to the state legislative conference that is held in Tallahassee each year when volunteers go to the state capital during a legislative session and lobby the hill.  While in Washington, we received training in lobbying and were scheduled to meet with legislators from our States.

 

         For a complete list of IBEW positions on political issues please refer to the IBEW.org website and follow the political action link.
 
          Some of the goals of the conference are to meet and share best practices with fellow IBEW members from around the Nation on the best ways to run our COPE committees, to give IBEW members a chance to meet and speak with their elected officials, and to receive up-to-date information about current legislation that affects all of our members.
 
          During the five day conference we heard from many guest speakers, including Representatives Neil Abercrombie from (HI); and Ben Lujan from (NM).
Speakers also included Senators Tom Harkin from (IA) and Amy Klobuchar from (MN).  The delegates were also addressed by IBEW International President Ed Hill and International Secretary-Treasurer Lindell Lee.
 
          It was a great privilege to visit our Nations Capital on behalf of our local.  I would like to thank the membership for making this trip possible. I would also like to thank our President Erik Jones, our Business Manger Robert Prunn and everyone on the Executive Board for trusting me with the honor.
 
In Solidarity
Jason Smith
COPE Chair