Moving Your Business Forward Forum March 20

SCORE of Hawaii “Counselors to America’s Small Business” and Small Business Hawaii (SBH) will jointly host a business workshop on March 20, 2009 (Friday) at the Waialae Country Club. The workshop is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

The theme of the workshop “Moving Your Business Forward in Today’s Economy” will focus on assisting business entrepreneurs by providing insights, tools and resources to face today’s challenging economy.

Topics of discussion include: Restructuring Your Business for Survival, Renegotiating Your Lease; New Marketing Tools for the Evolving Economy; and Financing with Hawaii’s Top Lenders. Notable speakers include Eddie Flores of L&L Hawaiian Barbecue, Michael Steiner, and representatives from local lending institutions.

Registration fee is $50 for members and clients; $65 for non-members. For more information and reservation, please call SCORE of Hawaii at 547-2700 or Small Business Hawaii at 396-1724.

Tongue Fu Master Gwen Fujie
is March Sunrise Speaker

Small Business Hawaii’s monthly Sunrise Networking Breakfast is Thursday, March 26, in the Pineapple Room, Macy’s Ala Moana, 7 to 8:30 am.

The topic is: “Transforming “Business as Usual” to “Business Amazing” Want the skills, attitude and behaviors to reenergize, rejuvenate and reignite your team? Learn to survive, thrive and come alive with small business owner and professional speaker, Gwen Fujie. She will offer some quick tips, strategies and techniques for reinventing how we do business. Known as Hawaii’s Tongue Fu! master, Gwen travels across the country presenting her unique communication success skills. Gwen is also the author of "Mission Possible – Strategies for Reaching Your Highest Potential. “

Pam Chambers spoke at the February 19 event. Members at SBH Sunrise enjoy a complete buffet breakfast, free exhibit area, networking, and business introductions to boost their business. The public is welcome. Parking is free. Cost is $25 for members and their guests who pay in advance; $35 for non-members and at the door.

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How Unions Will Manipulate Workers Using Card Check

Originally published at The Heritage Foundation site, March 10, 2009. | Permalink

Liberals are introducing the misnamed Employee Free Choice Act today on Capitol Hill. The legislation would effectively eliminate workers¹ rights to a secret ballot vote on joining a union. Heritage¹s James Sherk has done extensive research on card check, including a new paper that outlines why the bill would create government-run workplaces.

Last month at a Heritage event, former UFCW Local 700 Organizing Director Rian Wathen described how unions will creatively manipulate workers into signing union cards if EFCA takes away their right to a secret vote. Click here to see the actual card being used by unions in California that Wathen talks about in the video below.

Would you realize that by signing this pamphlet you legally decided to unionize your workplace?

In Hawaii the State Senate passed SB 1621 that authorizes Card Check.

Link: Union Card Check Bill Gains Momentum Nationally and in Hawaii
from HawaiiReporter.com, March 11, 2009.