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Plan Now to Attend PIA's 2010 Franklin Event 
on Wednesday, Sept. 29 (5:30 - 10:00 pm) at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers, New York City. Our honorees this year are outstanding:
2010 Franklin Award for Distinguished Service Recipient: Clive Davis, Chief Creative Officer, Sony Music Entertainment.
Power of Communications Awards:
For Printing: Hallie Satz, Vice Chair, Phoenix Lithographing/CEO, HighRoad Press LLC
For Catalog Publishing: Valerie Merone, Executive Vice President, Publishing, Victoria's Secret Direct
For Magazine Publishing: Scott Masterson, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Forbes Media
John Peter Zenger Medal Recipient:
Kiritin Beyer, Photographer
To download program flyer and registration form, click here. Click here to register online. Questions? Contact Vicki Keenan for details at (908) 233-4124 or vkeenan@PIAlliance.org.
Platinum sponsors: Brown Printing Company, Candid Litho, Graytor Printing Company, Hearst Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, HudsonYards, Kodak, Peeq Media, Quad/Graphics, RR Donnelley, Sandy Alexander, Inc., Xerox Corporation, xpedx/Central Marquardt
Gold Sponsors: Acme/universal millennium, AGFA Corporation, CGS USA, Dalim Software, DRAFTFCB, Graphic Paper, Inc., Heidelberg USA, HIFLEX Corporation of North America, Lindenmeyr Central, Oce North America, Paradysz, Pictorial Offset Corporation, Premium Color Graphics, Reliable Paper Recycling, Inc., SDS Global Logistics, Inc., SendMyAd, Utica National Insurance, X-Rite, Inc./Pantone LLC
Direct Mail Sales Tax Exemption Retained in New York State We are pleased to announce a major victory for our industry in New York State. After a four-month battle, a final 2010-11 budget has been approved that retains the New York States Sales and Use Tax exemption on printed promotional materials delivered through the mail. Thank you to all of our members who took the time to get involved in this effort. We know the demands on your time and it is very easy to be cynical about political action in these days of dysfunctional government and billion dollar budget deficits. We also had some outstanding coalition partners that worked very closely together and covered almost every aspect of our industry. Click here to read more about this story.
Group Chain of Custody Certification Program Printing Industries Alliance is working with several other PIA affiliates and a consultant group to put an industry group together. If you are currently FSC certified or are considering certification and your annual receipts of "forest product sales" are at or under $5,000,000, this should be a good way for you to save money. Click here for details and a reply form.
PIA Launches New Advocacy Site Printing Industries Alliance has established a new Legislative Action Center, enabling members to weigh-in with federal and state elected officials on matters of importance to our industry. You can also easily look up your elected representatives. Visit the PIAlliance Legislative Action Center to send a letter about the importance of the Graphic Communications industry to our nation’s economy. To save you time, this initial letter is pre-written for your convenience and takes but a second to just personalize and forward.
More Info about the "Red Tape Review Group" As we advised a few months ago, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie established shortly after his inauguration a bi-partisan “Red Tape Review Group” which was tasked with identifying and reducing unnecessary and cumbersome government bureaucracy in the State. The Group’s 60+-page Final Report was issued on Monday and PIA is in the process of reviewing it. One of the group participants, Assemblyman John Burzichelli, has also put out a video about the report. Contact Vicki Keenan at vkeenan@PIAlliance.org with any questions.
Two Unwelcome Visitors on Long Island PIA has received a report about a recent visit and citation from OSHA at a Long Island member. We also received news regarding union handbilling employees as they entered and exited a Long Island member's property. Please contact PIA first at (800) 777-4742 if you receive such visitors. Click here to see the most common OSHA citations, click here for info on PIA safety training and click here for an overview of Do's and Don'ts regarding union activity.
OSHA Recordkeeping On-Demand Webinar PIA safety-trainer extraordinaire, Jerry Banks, has developed a webinar that reviews the OSHA recordkeeping requirements associated with Form 300A. Form 300A must be posted from February 1st to April 30th. This webinar can be played at any time by downloading it from the "Vault". Login username and password is required. Request your codes from PIA at (800) 777-4742 or info@PIAlliance.org. Click here to download the OSHA pdf containing Form 300A.
Some Good News in NJ: New Gov. Christie issued eight new Executive Orders. Click on each order to read the details and let PIA Vice President Vicki Keenan know what rules and regulations are driving you crazy so she can communicate to the NJ leadership on your behalf.
EO#1, EO#2, EO#3, EO#4, EO#5, EO#6, EO#7, EO#8
Encourage your legislators to buy printing locally An Albany-area member recently alerted us to the fact that the legislator from their district was buying printing elsewhere in NYS. PIA members may use this sample letter to suggest that this legislator buy his printing locally. Click here to view the printed piece in question.
Sales & Use Tax Guide Now Available Printing Industries Alliance and Graphic Arts Association announce the publication of "Sales & Use Tax Guidelines for PA, NJ and NY". This publication is free to members and can be downloaded from the "Vault". Contact PIA to request a hard copy. Click here for complete details and non-member pricing.
New Employee Notification Requirements in New York State As announced in a recent email sent to PIA members located in New York State, a
dditional new employee wage notification requirements went into effect October 26, in New York State, whereby NY employers must provide new hires with written notification regarding wages, rates of pay and overtime rules. Click here for NYS DOL Notice.
Revised (& Required) EEO Poster Now Available The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission just released a revised EEO is the Law poster that includes language regarding the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008. Even if employers do not conduct genetic testing, the notice is still required of employers with 15+ employees. The employer provisions are effective 11/21/09. Download the new poster here.
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