Classes

Privacy & Disclosure: What Unions/Employers Must Produce & May Withold

1:30-3:00pm
Ed Seminar-Tuesday, April 18
Location: Room H
Speakers: Danielle Franco-Malone, Jennifer Robbins

Learn about developments in the areas of union privilege and the PRA, and FAQs in getting the information unions need from the employer and in responding to information requests to unions from employers and grievants.

Privacy & Disclosure Presentation

About the Speakers

Danielle Franco-Malone

Danielle Franco-Malone is a partner in the firm of Barnard Iglitzin & Lavitt LLP.  She considers herself inestimably lucky to fight every day to improve the lives of working people.  She devotes her practice to representing public- and private-sector union clients and community organizations in all aspects of litigation in state and federal court,...

Jennifer Robbins

Jennifer L. Robbins is a partner with Barnard Iglitzin & Lavitt, LLP. She achieves social and economic justice through strategic, effective, and zealous representation of her union clients. Jennifer has extensive experience in arbitration and in court fighting employer attempts to deny workers the wages, benefits, and working conditions to which they are entitled...

Today's Classes

Break
3:00-3:30pm
Lunch
12:00-1:30pm
Understanding Washington State PFMLA, Federal FMLA & Your Sick Leave Benefits
9:00am-Noon
Location: Great Hall BD
This session will help you navigate the alphabet soup of state and federal laws around family and medical leave, sick leave, and other common wage
Why Labor Should Matter
9:00am-Noon
Location: Great Hall BD
Behavioral Health: What Local Leaders Need to Know
3:30-5:00pm
Location: Room H
Whether you have a behavioral health program or not, this class will guide you through a labor-management approach to building a successful program for your
Impact Bargaining
3:30-5:00pm
Location: Room G
When there is a change to how management and the union interact, outside the scope of an existing agreement, our Union, upon being made aware,
Importance of LEOFF 1 Disability Boards
3:30-5:00pm
Location: Room EF
WSCFF Retirees Association Board Presentation
Preparing for Line-of-Duty-Death
3:30-5:00pm
Location: Room D
Preparing for Line-of-Duty-Death Presentation
Breakfast
7:00-8:45am
Location: Great Hall AC
Shift Change
7:00 - 8:00 am
Location: Boardroom
WSCFF Shift Change meetings are for members coping with or in recovery from an alcohol or substance use problems. Peer-led meetings provide a supportive space
Understanding PTS Claims
1:30-3:00pm
Location: Room G
Understanding PTS Claims Presentation
The Retirement Equation
1:30-3:00pm
Location: Room EF
As professional firefighters, we have an amazing defined-benefit pension and the ability to retire in our mid-50s, but our income and expenses change immediately
MERP/IAFF Health Trust Update
1:30-3:00pm
Location: Room D
This class will cover updates on the IAFF Medical Expense Reimbursement Plan and IAFF Health & Wellness Trust (formerly the Northwest Fire Fighters Benefits Trust).
Negotiations: From Preparation to Arbitration
1:30-3:00pm, 3:30-5:00pm
Location: Room ABC
This is a two part class that runs from 1:30 – 5:00 with a 30 minute break.