The Labor-Management Council of Greater Kansas City

The LMC Construction Summit will continue at the next Construction Industry Committee meeting time, Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 8 a.m.

With the weather slowing down legislative activity this week, next week will heat up. A few of the key issues the LMC is following:

•The Missouri Senate General Laws Committee hearing on "right-to-work", SB 118, is rescheduled for Feb. 23. Also a bill we opposed last year, to forbid eminent domain on the Grain Belt Express energy transmission line, is back also and is now on the House Perfection Calendar.

•KS HB 2306 has been introduced, re-establishing a local option for prevailing wage.

•The city of KCMO looks closer to changing economic incentives policy (Ord. 200497).

•In addition to movement on the COVID relief bill, the President has appointed a new interim general counsel of the NLRB and announced a nomination for the next general counsel.

The LMC wishes all a safe start to the week. The Rockhurst University campus is closed today and Tuesday but--pending the rolling power outages--we can still be reached at [email protected].

Congratulations to the Kansas City Chiefs on an outstanding season in 2020. We look forward to more (and better) Super Bowl performances from the Chiefs in the future.

The LMC mourns George Schultz, best known as U.S. Secretary of State under Ronald Reagan but a leading labor economist for most of his career. Dr. Schultz was a leading researcher in labor-management relationships and also served as U.S. Secretary of Labor. He served as CEO of the Bechtel Construction Co., pioneering labor-management partnerships on key Bechtel projects. He continued writing and speaking on labor-management issues in recent years, even as he neared his 100th birthday recently.

The LMC wishes the Kansas City Chiefs great luck on Sunday!

The LMC mourns the death of Milton Warriner, retired business manager Plasterers' & Cement Masons Local 518. Milton's family suggests contributions to St. Jude. He was a highly respected leader in the industry and mentored several outstanding leaders at Local 518.

The Rockhurst University Helzberg School of Management, where the LMC is based, has been reaccredited for a full five years – the maximum number of years an institution receives between accreditation visits. The Helzberg School is one of only 5% of all business programs to be accredited by the AACSB.