11/03/2026

NECA 2026 Labor Relations Conference - Nov. 2 - 4, 2026

The event was held at the Valley Hotel in Scottsdale, AZ.

NECA 2026 Labor Relations Conference
November 2 - 4, 2026
Hotel Valley Ho
Scottsdale, AZ

The NECA 2026 Labor Relations Conference was held at the Hotel Valley Ho in Scottsdale, AZ from November 2 – 4, 2026. This year's sessions explored the connections at the heart of the industry: between employers and employees, between the contractors and their customers, and the legal, regulatory, and contractual frameworks that tie it all together. Topics discussed, included: CIR, labor law and history, grievances, negotiations, non-standard IBEW agreements, direct-hire recruiting, hyperscale's effect on labor, and how to prevent problems by building strong relationships from the start.  

Special Presentations, included the following:

Breakdown of Mock CIR

Laws and Trauma – Understanding the legal framework of US Labor Relations

Grievance: Two Perspectives, One Event

So You Signed Another Agreement

CLRC: Dollars and Sense

Direct Hire Employer Recruiting and the Referral System

Regional Breakout Sessions

Collaborative Leadership

Hyperscale: These problems go to 11

What keeps you up at night? A Panel

Labor Relations: Did we just become best friends?

We thank our contractor members that were able to participate this year:  Kendra Dinkins, ECA President, Taylor Electric Company, Thomas Pedergnana, ECA Vice President, Malko Communication Services, LLC and Jeff Weir, EIT representative, Kelso-Burnett Co.

Pictured from left to right are:
Jeff Weir, EIT representative, Kelso-Burnett Co.,
Kendra Dinkins, ECA President, Taylor Electric Company,
Thomas Pedergnana, ECA Vice President, Malko Communication Services, LLC and
Neil Parish, ECA Executive Vice President.

Pictured above is the mock Council on Industrial Relations (CIR) panel
with Neil Parish, ECA Executive Vice President on the panel.

Pictured above is the overall opening of the special presentations.

 

Pictured below are photos from the Valley Ho Hotel / surrounding area: