Demystifying CIR
Dates & Times:
Session Type:
Convention Education
Location
MPW
Description
For over a century, the Council on Industrial Relations has helped resolve thousands of disputes in the NECA-IBEW labor relations space. Despite its transparency, publicly available procedures and sessions open to the public, misunderstandings about CIR still persist. This session will offer a clear, entry-level overview of how CIR works, dispel common myths, and provide an opportunity to ask questions about its practices and procedures. Please note: in accordance with CIR policy, individual cases will not be discussed.
Moderated by Ian Andrews.
Speakers
Ian Andrews
NECA
Ian Andrews is the Executive Director of Field and Industrial Labor Relations based in Madison, Wisconsin. Ian has also served as NECA’s Executive Director of the Midwestern Region, a Field Representative in the Midwestern Region, Assistant Manager of the Illinois Chapter, and NEBF Coordinator for the Illinois Chapter.
Ian has been involved in numerous industry facets including being a Trustee of the Electrical Training ALLIANCE, secretary of NECA’s Workforce Development Task Force, Functionary and a panel member on the Council on Industrial Relations (CIR), a founding member of NECA’s DEI&B Task Force, and revitalized NECA’s peer group efforts for contractor members and association executives. Ian has a passion for uniting people and fostering collaboration for the betterment of NECA members and the electrical contracting industry.
Steve Krieg
NECA
Steve Krieg has spent his career dedicated to the electrical industry, starting out as a Journeyman Wireman in 1987 at the South Bend, IN Joint Apprenticeship Committee. He worked as an Electrician, Foreman and installed voice, data, and video media-retrieval systems for large technology systems integration projects. Steve also worked as an estimator, project manager, and in the design/build areas of the commercial and educational levels of the technology industry. Prior to joining NECA, Mr. Krieg became Director and taught at the NECA/IBEW Joint Apprenticeship Training Program in South Bend, Indiana and later worked for the electrical training ALLIANCE (etA) as Director of Technology Curriculum for systems integration. There he was responsible for the curriculum development of the Three-Year Installer/Technician Apprenticeship, as well as journeyman level courses related to low-voltage systems offered by the etA. He served there until 1999, when he was named Field Representative in the NECA Midwestern Regional Office. In 2013, Krieg was promoted to Midwestern Regional Executive Director, where he spent a great deal of time building partnerships with the IBEW and intensely focused on increasing market share in the region, which covers ten states in the 4th and 7th Districts of NECA.
David Woodard
NECA
