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Agri-Industrial Plastics Co. continues to expand production
capacity with additional 6-layer fuel tank
machine. Continue
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Military Skills Orientation
Day - presented by ESGR
July 21,
2009
Knoxville Training Event
August 4, 2009
August 13, 2009
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ABI/IDED
Environmental Conference
ABI
Member Day at the Harvester
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To foster a favorable business, economic,
governmental and social climate within the State
of Iowa so that our citizens have the opportunity
to enjoy the highest possible quality of
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  ABI Foundation: Support Iowa's
Future Workforce With a Student
Scholarship!
More
than 100 students will attend the 2009 session
of Business Horizons,
July 26th -31st at Simpson College in
Indianola. Students' interest in learning
more about Iowa companies and having fun at the
same time will positively change their lives
over the course of six days.
The
student application fee to attend the Business
Horizons program is $250. The total cost
of for each student to attend is $1,000.
Iowa businesses support the remaining $750 per
student to attend a program that exposes to them
opportunities of participating in future
business activities in Iowa. Continue
reading>>>
The ABI
Foundation's newest pilot program is Leadership Iowa
University, a program for college students to LEARN
about opportunities to succeed, ENHANCE their
leadership skills, ADVANCE their network with
Iowa business and community leaders and DEVELOP
positive change in their communities. Continue
reading>>> |
 Legislative
News
ABI Members Take Action on Climate Change
Legislation
ABI members have been very active in the
proposed cap and trade legislation which passed
the U.S. House at the end of June. The
legislation is now before the U.S. Senate where
both of Iowa's Senators have expressed concerns
regarding the financial burden Iowans will have
to bear if this proposal becomes law. In
this edition of the ABI e-newsletter, read what
ABI Board Member Dennis Murdock, CIPCO, Des
Moines has to say about climate change.
You can find his article in the From the Desk
Of...section. Continue
reading>>>
"Surviving in a Tough
Climate"
ABI has partnered with the Iowa
Department of Economic Development (IDED) to
bring members a great conference aimed at
providing business and regulatory information to
help the bottom line. Continue
reading>>>
Voting Records Posted-See How your
Legislator RanksThe business voting records for Iowa's
legislators are now available online. If
you would like to see how your legislator
scored, click here. The votes chosen are
representative of the issues ABI members
selected as priority issues when the legislative
agenda was established last fall. Continue
reading>>>
Tyler Asks for IIPAC
Support
Atlantic Coca-Cola President
Kirk Tyler was recently elected as Chair of
ABI's PAC - the Iowa Industry PAC. This
week he sent letters to ABI members requesting
your help. The anti-business PACs are
increasingly out-pacing IIPAC in fundraising
efforts. Your help is needed to ensure
pro-business candidates are elected to the Iowa
legislature. Continue
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From the Desk Of...Dennis
Murdock
 It's
time to turn up the heat. That may sound
like a strange thing to say in the middle of a
hot Iowa summer, but it's true. Now is the
time for the business community to engage in the
national debate on energy policy and global
warming.
In a mad rush to fix
climate change, Congress is on the verge of
enacting sweeping new policies to limit
greenhouse gas emissions. There is no
question the proposed cap and trade system will
increase the cost of living for every single
American and increase the cost of business for
every American-based company. The problem
lays in that no one can tell us how
much.
In a matter of six weeks,
House leaders introduced H.R. 2454, better known
as the Waxman-Markey climate change bill, ran it
through the committee process and brought it to
a full vote of the House. Considering the
magnitude of this legislation, more work must be
done to fully understand the implications and
guard against severe economic impacts. Now
is not the time, in the middle of a national
recession, to make it more difficult and much
more costly to operate a business. Continue
reading>>>
Did you miss the Monday memo from ABI
President, Mike Ralston? For this week's memo click
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Top Ten Jobs That Employers Are
Having a Difficulty Filling Across
America
1.
Technicians (primarily production/operations,
engineering or maintenance)
2. Production
Operators
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