Automobile Industry Council

LERA Charter

Preamble:

This Charter is intended to provide overall guidance and continuity for the Automobile Industry Council, which operates under the auspices of the Labor and Employment Relations Association. It is a living document, subject to periodic review and calibration.

Title:

The LERA Automobile Industry Council

Aim:

We are committed to promoting constructive dialogue and action on issues of policy, practice, theory and research that lie at the intersection of the interests of labor, management, government, neutrals and scholars in the automobile industry.

Our overall focus is on the institutional challenges and opportunities associated with the technical, organizational and market forces that are reshaping the global auto industry. We view the auto industry broadly, encompassing the lengthy and intricate chain of suppliers that contribute value to the finished vehicle.

Structure and Operations:

This Council will have a minimum of three co-chairs representing the management, labor and neutral, academic or policy-making communities.

The co-chairs will be as follows:

Academic Co-Chair

John Paul MacDuffie, University of Pennsylvania

Labor Co-chair

Linda Ewing, United Auto Workers

Management Co-Chair

Art Schwartz, General Motors

The Council membership will include a minimum of 12 members (inclusive of the leadership co-chairs).

Charter Members

See attached list.

The Council will meet a minimum of once per year, concurrent with the annual LERA meetings or at another time as appropriate.

Decision making within the Council will be on a consensus basis, including modifications to this Charter.

Consistent with the LERA Constitution and tax laws which govern 501 (C) (3) non profit organizations, the Council may act as a forum for constructive dialogue on policy matters, but it will not act in a lobbying capacity on a partisan basis unless there is a consensus of the Council membership and written approval from the LERA executive board.

This Charter is granted to the Council by the LERA Executive Board for a period of five years and is renewable thereafter for additional five-year terms.

Scope of Activities:

The Automobile Industry Council will develop programming relevant to the automobile industry for sessions during the pre or post-conference portions of the LERA National Meeting, as well as submit session proposals for consideration during the regular conference program and the National Policy Forum.

The Council will establish links with appropriate LERA chapters in regions with high concentrations of automotive employment, including the Detroit-area LERA chapter. The Council will also establish links with professional associations and research groups relevant to the automobile industry, including the International Motor Vehicle Program (IMVP) and the International Research Network on Autowork in the Americas (IRNAA). We will engage in other activities consistent with our aim (stated above) and with the broader mission of LERA.

Date approved by LERA board: Thursday, January 5, 2006

Founding Co-Chairs:

Academic Co-Chair

John Paul MacDuffie, University of Pennsylvania

Labor Co-chair

Linda Ewing, United Auto Workers

Management Co-Chair

Art Schwartz, General Motors

Founding Members:

Paul Adler

Stephen Amberg

Karl A. Anderson

Mark Anner

Edwin W. Arnold

David H. Autor

Stuart M. Basefsky

John P. Beck

Rebecca Bernhard

Francine D. Blau

Noel C. Borck

Paul J. Caffera

Robert Chiaravalli

Terrence T. Creamer

Dominick D'Ambrosio

Owen O. Darbishire

Golla M. Darshan

Sahab Dayal

Susie Dean

Victor Devinatz

Arthur G. Dobbelaere

Barbara W. Doering

Charles E. Donegan

Warren R. Edmondson

Samuel Estreicher

Linda Ewing

James Fagan

Norman Fernaays

Manuel Fernandez

Robert A. Figler

Robert J. Flanagan

Everette J. Freeman

Anthony G. Freeman

Sheldon Friedman

Gail Frommer

Dineo C. Gary

Michael J. Gent

John E. Gibbons

Rebecca Givan

John Godard

Lena Kristina Gonas

Michael Z. Green

Albert Haener

James C. Hayton

Stephen M. Hills

Frank M. Horwitz

Tommy L. Hulse

Bob J. Jacobi

David Jacobs

Paul A. Jarley

Dae. Jeong

Hwang-Joe Kim

Suzanne Konzelmann

Gregor Koso

Russell D. Lansbury

Philip A. Laporte

Gordon T. Law

Richard P. Lawlor

James B. Lawrence

Jim F. Leaphart

Herman Lieberman

Mingwei Liu

John R. Mackenzie

Cheryl L. Maranto

Scott B. Martin

Yoshizo Masakame

Marjorie L. McInerney

Boniface Michael

Richard Mittenthal

Michael L. Moore

Motohiro Morishima

Dean Munger

Kathy Nerko Esq

Julie M. Ortega

June Park

Jose Pastore

Thomas Patten

Gordon R. Pavy

David A. Peach

David M. Pincus

Faye Rapoport

John Raudabaugh

John L. Revitte

Melvin Rothbaum

William K. Rusak

John A. Ryan

Gregory M. Saltzman

Mark Scarr

Arthur R. Schwartz

Lawrence Sedrowski

Ronald L. Seeber

John R. Serumgard

Shoonchlu Shin

Celeste M. Sichenze

Joseph Slater

Victor G. Smith

Russell E. Smith

Douglas H. Soutar

Howard R. Stanger

Herman A. Theeke

Tim Vogus

Peter Wad

Michael Wald

Kenneth M. Watterson

Hoyt Noland Wheeler

Amy Wiles

James E. Winzenreid

Roger S. Wolters

Jongwon Woo

Gregory Woodhead

Joel S. Yudken

Roland W. Zullo

David S. Zurvalec

Helio Zylberstajn