Tennessee Employment Relations Research Association

Wednesday, November 19

7:30 –11:30 a.m.
Golf at Arnold AFB Golf Course

1:00 - 1:15 p.m.
Welcome to TERRA 2005

1:15 – 3:00 p.m.

NIOSH & TOSHA - Workshop

Dr. Steve Sauter, CDC/NIOSH

Steve Hawkins, TOSHA

3:00 – 3:30 Break

3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

How to Use Bureau of Labor Statistics Information & a DOL - Workshop
Karen Ransom, Regional Economist

US Dept. of Labor - BLS

6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

TERRA’s Welcome Dinner& Featured Speaker

Lavonne Ritter, FMCS, Las Vegas

8:00 – 10:00 p.m.

Hospitality Reception

Sponsored by United Brotherhood

of Carpenter

Thursday, November 20

7:00 - 8:00 a.m.
Breakfast

8:00 - 9:30 a.m.

Protecting Your Employees and Members - What Management and Unions Need to Know about Discrimination and Harassment in the Workplace

Marlene Heyser, California

10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Creating Sustainable Change in Organizations

Dr. Antone Aboud, New York

11:30 - 1:00 p.m.

Banquet & Featured Speaker

Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Dean, School of Labor and Employment Relations, University of Illinois

1:00 - 2:30 p.m.

Workshop – Strategic Negotiations

Part I

Richard Barnes, California & Georgia

3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Workshop – Strategic Negotiations

Part II

Richard Barnes, California & Georgia

6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Banquet and Guest Speaker

Dr. Bruce Barry, Owens Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University

8:00 – 10:00 p.m.

Hospitality Reception

Friday, November 21

7:00 - 8:00 a.m.

Breakfast

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.

TERRA Business Meeting

9:15 - 10:45 a.m.

Current Issues in Labor Law at NLRB & in the Courts

Dr. Robert Covington, Vanderbilt

Lynn Agee Agee, Allen, Godwin, Morris & Laurenzi

Brian Lapps, Waller, Lansden, Dortsch & Davis

Jed Marcus, Bressler, Amery & Ross

11:00 - 12:30 p.m.
Dispute Resolution Panel
Jack Clarke, Montgomery, AL
Dr. Phillip LaPorte, Atlanta, GA
Dr. Hoyt Wheeler, Columbia, SC