Chicago TAPPI To Host Corrugated Boot Camp On November 7 The Chicago TAPPI Local Section has announced its an- nual Board Meeting and first-ever Corrugated Boot Camp on November 7, 2024 at the Oak Brook Marriott in Oak Brook, Illinois. The Boot Camp is four, 45-minute workshops designed for individuals that are new to the corrugated industry, in- cluding new machine operators and printers with minimal experience, as well as individuals who need a refresher on some of today’s equipment. Each session will be repeated four times, allowing attendees to rotate through the ses- sions and interact with the presenters. The workshops will take place from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. directly following the Chicago TAPPI annual Board
Meeting (10:00 a.m. to noon). Each of the four workshops (Corrugating Rolls/Splicers, Starch and Bonding/Print Plates and Ink Control/Cutting Dies and Anvil Care) focus- es on a specific part of production. Visit tappi.org/chicag- otappi for topics covered in each session. A tabletop exhibit and reception is also planned from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., followed by dinner and a “Trouble- shooting Session and Q&A” presentation with the work- shop hosts from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Registration is $25 to attend the Boot Camp and an ad- ditional $75 to attend the dinner and troubleshooting ses- sion. Those who attend both the workshops and evening program will be entered to win the TVs used during the workshop presentations. Exhibitor registration is $150. Tabletop exhibits and sponsorship opportunities are also available through the registration portal.
For more information about the Boot Camp or to register, visit tappi.org/chicag- otappi . Contact Scott Burless, sburless@ standfastgroup.com or (224) 325-9293 with additional questions. Comment Period For OT Rule Ends November 7 AICC, The Independent Packaging Associ- ation, has announced that the US Depart- ment of Labor has denied its requests to extend the comment period for the pro- posed changes to the overtime pay rule. As a result, comments must be submitted by November 7. AICC expects to circulate the Partner- ship to Protect Workplace Opportunity (PPWO) comments for sign-ons by October 30. Contact Josh Ulman, Ulman Public Pol- icy at josh@ulmanpolicy.com if you have any survey results or data you can share that might be helpful to include in AICC’s comments. Also, if you have not sent a sur- vey to your members yet, but would like to do so, email Ulman to request a model survey. The grassroots portal at protectingop- portunity.org allows you to send model comments directly to DOL as well as a model letter to your Senators and Repre- sentative in Congress. PPWO drafted a model grassroots alert for you to send to your members encour- aging them to use the grassroots portal at protectingopportunity.org. The alert edu- cates members about the issue with the proposed rule and directs them to the por- tal to submit their comments and letters.
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