LA/NTMA Annual Golf Fun Day
Tuesday, April 21
Join Us for
LA/NTMA Annual Golf Fun Day
Tuesday, April 21
Black Gold Golf in Yorba Linda
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All skills levels welcome
Foursomes, singles and hole sponsorships available
Use this link to download flyer and registration
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President's Message
by Patricia Szczuka
Last week I attended Westec for one day. As I took the escalator up to Kentia Hall, I am sure I had the same reaction as most of you, “Is this it?” Remember when the show took up the entire Los Angeles Convention Center? Remember when you could count on spending all day because of the familiar faces you would see and stop to catch up with in the hallways, in the registration lobby, and up and down the aisles?
Sure, there are a multitude of reasons why trade shows, in general, are smaller these days. One of them being the technology we have today allows us to view products, use them for a trial period, and eventually purchase them, use them and eventually replace them without ever meeting anyone face to face from the vendor...
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A Note from Your Executive Director
by Brenda J. Baker
The Buyer’ Guide is Hot off the Press!
If you are a member of the LA Chapter you should be receiving your 2009 edition in the mail this week. This book is published as a tool for members. The best way to use this tool is to keep it on your desk and when you have a need for someone to either supply your company with products or services. Did you meet someone at a meeting and not get their business card but you want to contact them? Look ‘em up in the Buyer’s Guide...
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NTMA Training Centers Have Graduates Available!
The NTMA Training Centers in Norwalk and Ontario would like to invite you to interview graduates looking for employment. The Machinist Training graduates complete an intensive 7 month program that includes topics such as algebra, trigonometry, blueprint reading, all conventional machining, to the CNC mills and lathes and an introduction to wire EDM and MasterCam.
Every 6 weeks NTMA Training Centers graduate anywhere between 30 -20 graduates. The Placement Department at both locations can provide you with up-to-date resumes and also assist in scheduling interviews...
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Industry Related Events:
SAVE THE DATE
2009
NTMA/PMA Contract Manufacturing Purchasing Fair
Date: October 7, 2009
The Westin Hotel, Indianapolis, IN
NTMA 2009 Fall Conference
Date: October 8-11, 2009
The Westin Hotel, Indianapolis, IN
www.ntma.org
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Upcoming LA/NTMA Events:
— April 2009 —
Board Meeting
Tuesday, April 14th
Annual Golf Tournament, BlackGold Golf Club
Tuesday, April 21st
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INSTRUCTORS NEEDED!
Immediate Openings
NTMA Training Centers of Southern California, a private non-profit trust organization with two campuses in the Los Angeles and Inland Empire areas has immediate openings for highly motivated, results-oriented PART-TIME and FULL-TIME Machinist Instructors to work at both our Norwalk, CA and Ontario, CA campuses.
This is a GREAT opportunity for experienced Machinists to pass on their knowledge to others! Flexible schedules available as the NTMA Training Centers hold classes from 7am – 11pm Monday thru Friday (multiple classes throughout the day) and 8am-4:30pm on Saturdays.
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Do You Know :
Learning the Law-Adapting to ADA
This article is one in an ongoing series being published over the course of the year, compliments of Sentry Insurance.The intention is to advise customers and organizational members on important, but generally unknown or misunderstood, business coverage risks or coverage nuances.
Designed to level the playing field for disabled Americans, the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities across a wide spectrum of everyday activities, including the workplace. The landmark legislation mandates fair practices in hiring and employing people with disabilities and requires access and ease-of-movement improvements in building construction and transportation settings ...
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Did You Know?—NTMA Member Benefits
Did you know that with your NTMA membership you are entitled to Access to the NTMA Human Resources, Environmental/Safety Centers? Do you know all of the benefits of being an NTMA member? You are probably missing out on many of those benefits!
For more information, contact NTMA National at: 800-248-6862.
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Pro-Labor Executive Orders
President Obama continues to alter the labor landscape for federal contractors with the issuance of several executive orders. Each of these orders demonstrates the new administration’s willingness to be “labor friendly” in these difficult times. Executive Order 13494 provides that federal agencies are not to reimburse federal contractors for costs related to encouraging or discouraging its employees to join unions and bargain collectively. Examples of costs that no longer can be billed to federal departments and agencies, “when they are undertaken to persuade employees to exercise or not to exercise...
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Reduce Employee Hours and Maintain Moral
California Work Share Unemployment Insurance Program
The current economic situation is causing many small manufactures tremendous heartache. They are facing money challenges but don’t want to lay off key employees. It can be especially tough if we can see a positive change happening in our business in the next few months.
Fortunately, the state of California offers relief. They call it the California Work Share Unemployment Insurance program and it is the first of its kind in the nation. Typically, if a business has 100 employees, and they must reduce their workforce by 20%, they will need to lay off 20 people. Under the Work Share program, an employer can file a Work Share plan with EDD, and then have their employees work a reduced number of hours (of which the difference will be covered by unemployment benefits.)
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The Economic Data Global Express (e-EDGE)
