On February 26th, 2013 QCALM provided a Collective Bargaining Conference for 40 UTHS students at the Butterworth Center located in Moline, IL. The purpose of the conference is for the students to experience the collective bargaining process. The students prepared by studying about a fictitious Company and Union before they commenced bargaining. The students were divided into teams of ten, five taking the role of management and five taking the roll of labor.
There was a labor and management coach for each team, made up of QCALM’s Labor and Management members. Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service (FMCS) provided commissioners to the students to help them reach an impasse on issues if they struggled
2012 18th Annual Golf Outing Fundraiser
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UTHS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING CONFERENCE 2011
On February 17th, 2011 QCALM provided a Collective Bargaining Conference for 44 UTHS students at the Butterworth Center located in Moline, IL. The purpose of the conference is for the students to experience the collective bargaining process. The students prepared by studying about a fictitious Company and Union before they commenced bargaining. The students were divided into teams of ten, five taking the role of management and five taking the roll of labor.
There was a labor and management coach for each team, made up of QCALM’s Labor and Management members. Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service (FMCS) provided commissioners to the students to help them reach an impasse on issues if they struggled.
The Coaches for the Event were:
Teresa Phillips- FMCS
Jerry Meehan-FMCS
Meg Hoskins-Rock Island County
Jennifer Andrus-Rock Island County
Ken Maranda-Rock Island County
Gary Moore-Teamsters Local 238
John Tacker- Charles F. Day & Associates
Brent Vinger- AFGE Local 2119
Leon DeMink- AFGE Local 2119
Santiago Ortiz- AFGE Local 2119
Aaryn Mikles- AFGE Local 2119
Tom Moritz- UFCW Local 431
The Quad-City Area Labor-Management Council (QCALM) annual I. Weir Sears and Louis De Frieze Labor-Management Scholarship Awards Banquet
This year’s winners are Sarah Moritz from Davenport West High School and Tyson Schulte from Sherrard High School. Sarah and Tyson will each receive an award of $1,000 to the college or university they will be attending this fall.
Moritz Family: Roxanne, Sara, and Tom
Schulte Family: J.D., Tyson, and Sheryl
Jerry Meehan and Jim Schepker FMCS
UTHS Collective Bargaining Conference
On February 11th, 2010 QCALM provided a Collective Bargaining Conference for 60 UTHS students at the Butterworth Center located in Moline, IL. The purpose of the conference is for the students to experience the collective bargaining process. The students prepared by studying about a fictitious Company and Union before they commenced bargaining. The students were divided into teams of ten, five taking the role of management and five taking the roll of labor.
There was a labor and management coach for each team, made up of QCALM’s Labor and Management members. Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service (FMCS) provided commissioners to the students to help them reach an impasse on issues if they struggled.
Quad-City Area Labor-Management Council
2322 E. Kimberly Rd. Suite 220N
Davenport, IA 52807
P.O. Box 1365
Moline, IL 61266-1365