Legislative Updates for Members Only
PRESS
RELEASE: October 26, 2009
Wisconsin Staffing Association Wins
National Legislative Award
The Wisconsin Association of
Staffing Services was honored at Staffing World 2009, the annual
convention and expo of the American Staffing Association, held October
20-23 in Orlando. WASS received a Legislative Superior Award for its
outstanding legislative efforts during 2009.
WASS president Steve
Waller, CSP, accepted the award from ASA chairman Bill Stoller, CSP, CPC
at a special award ceremony during the convention.
Legislative
merit awards recognize state staffing associations that took positive and
effective steps to make sure legislators understand how the staffing
industry benefits the economy. These steps included face-to-face
meetings, testimony at legislative hearings, letter-writing campaigns,
state capitol hill days, and other political activities.
To learn
more about WASS, visit www.wass-wi.org
WASS is an
association for staffing companies in Wisconsin. The staffing
industry in Wisconsin employs 198,847 temporary and contract employees per
year.
ASA represents the $86 billion U.S. staffing industry.
Member companies operate more than 15,000 offices across the nation and
account for 85% of U.S. industry sales.
For more information,
contact:
Steve Waller, CSP
262-754-9000
swaller@qpscompanies.com