July 2017 MiMfg
Magazine 11
Members Make an Impact
Join a Policy Committee to Drive MMA’s Agenda
Representatives of member companies
sit on the MMA Policy Committees.
The Committees meet regularly or as
needed to review issues and developments
in industry and to help develop public
policy positions.
Air Policy Committee
Actively monitors and participates in
the development of legislative and
regulatory air quality policy. Serves as
a forum for members to share ideas
and thoughts on air related issues.
Forms ad hoc sub-groups as needed
to address specific issue as they arise.
Meets monthly.
Environmental Policy
Committee
Addresses non-air related environmental
issues of concern to manufacturers.
Members actively monitor water,
solid waste, remediation and other
environmental regulations and participate
in the development of legislative and
regulatory policy. Serves as a forum for
members to share ideas and thoughts
on environmental issues. Forms ad hoc
sub-groups as needed to address specific
issues as they arise. Meets monthly.
Government Affairs
Committee
Provides opportunities for input into
policy direction for MMA on every major
issue impacting manufacturers. Helps
develop MMA’s Legislative & Regulatory
Agenda. Also provides opportunities to
interact with state government officials.
Meets on an as-needed basis.
Get More!
Contact MMA’s Bailey Judson, at
517-487-8552 or [email protected],
to attend an upcoming meeting or
join an MMA Policy Committee.
Senator Tom Casperson (R-Escanaba) attends a meeting of the MMA
Mining & Natural Resource Industry Policy Committee — one of the
many opportunities available to members of MMA’s Policy Committees.
Energy Policy Committee Lawyers Committee
Serves as a forum for exchanging
information on energy utilization and
potential industry strategies to ensure an
adequate supply of reliable power at
economically competitive rates. Forms
ad hoc sub-groups as needed to address
specific issues as they arise. Meets on an
as-needed basis. The MMA Lawyers Committee is made
up of the in-house counsel of MMA
member companies. These attorneys
meet to decide MMA’s involvement
in amicus curiae activities on behalf
of the Association members. Meets
every other month.
Health Care Policy Committee
Serves as a forum to discuss and provide
direction to the MMA Government
Affairs team on issues which impact
employers’ health care costs. Meets
on an as-needed basis.
Employment & Workforce
Policy Committee
Focuses on issues related to workers’
and unemployment compensation,
MIOSHA standards and regulation,
manufacturing talent and workforce
development initiatives. Meets on an
as-needed basis.
(fees may apply)
Mining & Natural Resource
Industry Policy Committee
Addresses the unique challenges faced
by the members of the mining and
mineral industries, providing a forum
to discuss and provide direction to the
MMA Government Affairs team.
Meets every other month.
Tax Policy Committee
Helps determine tax policy priorities for
the MMA Legislative & Regulatory
Agenda and provides opportunities for
input into tax policy development for
the Legislature and the Executive
Branch. Meets every other month.
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