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4th Annual NC Technology Symposium to take place on June 5th

The 4th annual technology conference will take place on June 5, 2013 at Clarkson University in Potsdam from 8:00 a.m to 5 p.m.  The Symposium will feature:
  • Exhibitions of the region's IT Service Providers
  • Presentations by topic experts
  • SPIRIT Award presentation, and more....
To learn more about the conference, Click Here.

Workers' Memorial Day in Massena
Gathering in Massena NY to honor workers who have lost their lives.

Union members and their supporters gathered at the workers’ memorial in Massena to honor workers who have lost their lives in workplace accidents or because of diseases caused by workplace hazards.

NNY Business publishes article about WDI

WDI's North Country Regional Director, Greg Hart, wrote an article that was published in NNY Business on March 5, 2013.  The article describes workforce initiatives supported by WDI in the North Country Region and describes the statewide reach of the organization.  To read the full article titled, Workforce Development in Action, click here

Symposium:  Interdisciplinary Scholarship in Land Use & Ethics

WDI's Executive Director, Ed Murphy, will be a speaker at SUNY's College of Environmental Science and Forestry's Northern Forest Institute's second annual symposium of interdisciplinary scholarship in land use and ethics.   The symposium will take place at the Adirondack Ecological Center in Newcomb from May 17th through May 19th.  According to the ESF's Forest Institute web page, the aim of this symposium is to generate conversation around a variety of approaches to land use, the moral implications of these approaches, as well as the ways that they influence the ongoing debate over how to achieve social and environmental justice. For more information about the symposium, including registration, click here.

Contact Information for WDI's North Country Offices

61 Beach St, Ste 102, 
Massena, New York 13662 

Tel:
315-769-7900
Fax:
315-769-7909

67 Main St, Ste 200, Saranac Lake, New York 12983
Tel:
518-891-5523 x104
Fax:
518-891-9820

Greg Hart, Regional Director
Email:
ghart@wdiny.org


Labor Leader, Ernie LaBaff from Massena, NY shares his story about labor organizing for over five decades in the North Country. Produced by Workforce Development's Art of Labor program. 2011.


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