NMU hosts 'management SOB'
Northern Michigan University's Labor Education Program will host a labor-management business development seminar from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30.

The featured presenter is Mark Breslin, author of Organizing Secrets of a Management SOB. The co-sponsors of the event are the Upper Peninsula Construction Labor-Management Council and the Upper Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council.

Breslin serves as the executive director of the Engineering and Utility Contractors Association, a multi-employer bargaining organization that represents hundreds of firms in California. He has spoken to 35,000 people including thousands of union representatives around the U.S.

"Yes, I am a management SOB," Breslin writes. "But at the same time I have been honored by local and international unions. I am a very effective and successful union organizer. I am a wolf in sheep's clothing. It's just that I alternately promote and eat the sheep."

The cost of the seminar is $99 (or two for $150). It will be held at the Great Lakes Room at NMU. For more information, contact the NMU Labor Education Program at (906) 227-2104.

Hunter safety program scheduled
Make plans to attend the upcoming 7th annual Hunter Safety Program, hosted by the Flint Area Building Trades in conjunction with State Sen. Deborah Cherry.

The free Michigan Department of Natural Resources-certified program will include two classroom lessons on Monday, April 28 and Wednesday, April 30 from 6-9:30 p.m. at the Grand Blanc High School cafeteria. A shooting range lesson will be held Saturday, May 3 from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Grand Blanc Huntsman's Club.

Free refreshments follow the range lesson. All supplies and safety equipment will be provided. Gifts will be provided to all program graduates. To register, call (866) 305-2126.

NOVA banquet set for April 24
Tickets are available for the annual NOVA Awards celebration, set for Thursday, April 24. Cocktails are served from 4:30-6 p.m.; the program will take place from 6-7:30 p.m., and dinner is served afterward.

The event will be held at the Ford Conference and Event Center, on the Greenfield Village campus in Dearborn across from the Henry Ford Museum.

The event is sponsored by the Construction Innovation Forum (CIF), whose goal is to foster and encourage innovations in construction. The CIF began as an idea of a handful of people in 1986 and has grown into a worldwide grass roots organization that is known and respected for its NOVA Award, the "Nobel Prize" for innovation in construction.

This year the keynote speaker is IBEW International Union President Ed Hill.

Individual tickets are $150 to CIF members and sponsors and $200 to non-members. Tables of eight are $1,200 to CIF members and sponsors and $1,400 to non-members.

For more information, call (248) 409-1500 or go to www.cif.org.