CLEVELAND, June 22 — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has announced a schedule of dates for the agency’s fall and winter 2016 informational conferences. The conferences will be held in 10 locations across the country from September 16 through December 9.
Started approximately 60 years ago by the RRB’s Office of the Labor Member, the conferences provide rail union officers with a comprehensive overview of the provisions and financing of the railroad retirement and unemployment insurance systems. These officials, in turn, pass on to their fellow rail labor membership the information acquired at the conferences.
Informational Conferences are open to union officials and their spouses by invitation only. Labor representatives who do not receive an invitation to a conference in their area should contact the RRB toll-free at (877) 772-5772 and request that they be added to the agency’s invitation database. Registration for each informational conference begins at 8:00 a.m., with the programs beginning promptly at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 12:15 p.m.
SEPTEMBER 2016
September 16, Decatur, Illinois
Decatur Conference Center
4191 US Hwy. 36
September 16, Roanoke, Va.
Holiday Inn Roanoke
3315 Ordway Drive
September 23, Fort Worth, Texas
Courtyard Fort Worth South University
3150 Riverfront Drive
September 23, Albany, N.Y.
Albany Ramada Inn
3 Watervliet Extension
OCTOBER 2016
October 21, Bellevue, Wash.
Red Lion Hotel
11211 Main Street
October 21, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Greater PA Regional Council of Carpenters Union Hall
650 Ridge Road
October 28, Philadelphia, Pa.
Sheet Metal Workers #19 Union Hall
1301 S. Columbus Blvd.
NOVEMBER 2016
November 18, Charlotte, N.C.
Fairfield Inn and Suites
8540 East Independence Blvd.
DECEMBER 2016
December 9, Metairie, La.
Wyndham Garden New Orleans Airport
6401 Veterans Memorial Blvd.
December 9, Jacksonville, Fla.
Embassy Suites by Hilton, Jacksonville-Baymeadows
9300 Baymeadows Road