Sponsored by: Schmidt Labor Research Center University of Rhode Island www.uri.edu/research/lrc/

Labor Arbitration Conference October 20, 2006 Biltmore Hotel – Providence, RI

Attendee List

Introduction Mark M. Grossman, Esq. Assistant Professor URI Schmidt Labor Research Center How Active/Helpful Should an Arbitrator Be? Moderator: Richard Reilly Newton, MA Speakers: Ann Marie Coleman Assistant VP for Human Resources URI, Kingston, RI Mark M. Grossman Assistant Professor URI Schmidt Labor Research Center Vincent P. Santaniello, Esq. NEARI/NEA Cranston, RI Sexual Harassment Issues, Including DFR Speakers: Sharon Henderson Ellis, Arbitrator Brookline, MA Marc Greenbaum, Arbitrator Newton, MA Pensions & Health Insurance Issues Speakers: James C. Ferguson, Esq. Rocky Hill, CT Saranne P. Murray Shipman & Goodwin, LLP Hartford, CT

Standards of Proof: Just Cause vs. Arbitrary & Capricious Speakers: Kathleen Chaloux, Esq. Mass. Water & Resource Authority Charlestown, MA Michael Manning, Esq. NAGE Quincy, MA Ethics - What to Expect from the Arbitrator Speakers: Susan R. Brown, Arbitrator Newburyport, MA Quiz Bonnie J. McSpiritt, Arbitrator Londonderry, NH Worker Safety & OSHA Issues Speakers: Frank McDermott Regional Solicitor, Region 1 U.S. Department of Labor, Boston, MA Christine Eskilson Regional Counsel/Occupational Safety & Health Region 1 - U.S. Department of Labor Boston, MA Difficult Evidentiary & Procedural Issues Speakers: Philip Boyle, Esq. Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP Boston, MA Paul Kelly, Esq. Segal, Roitman & Coleman Boston, MA

Starting & Maintaining an Arbitration Practice Speakers: Donn J. Berry Arbitrator, South Weymouth, MA Henry G. Stewart, Arbitrator Bryant Pond, ME Update of Rhode Island Court & Labor Commission Cases Speakers: John Brequet Acting State Labor Relations Administrator RI Office of Labor Relations Providence, RI Margaret L. Hogan, Esq. Hogan & Hogan, Ltd. Wakefield, RI Determining Credibility Speakers: Gary David Altman, Arbitrator Brookline, MA John W. Hanson. Arbitrator Dorchester, MA How to Deal with Ambiguous Contract Language Speakers: Daniel K. Kinder, Esq. Little Medeiros Kinder Bulman & Whitney PC, Providence, RI Leonard Schneider, Esq. Swansea, MA