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Hold the Date! 63rd Annual Meeting – Denver CO, January 6-9, 2011
Employment Relations for Economic Recovery and Sustained Growth is the theme for LERA's next Annual Meeting to be held at Denver's Westin Tabor Center.
Become a part of the program by submitting a session proposal or paper or poster proposals to LERA's competitive papers sessions (including student competitions.)
Academic symposia and hands-on practitioner workshop proposals are encouraged.
Submit a Session Proposal Online; the deadline is January 24, 2010
Call for Papers and Posters; deadlines run from April 1- October 1st, 2010
Recent Meetings:
62nd Annual Meeting – Atlanta, GA, held January 2-5, 2010
21st Century Employment Systems: Innovation in an Era of Accelerating Change
LERA's 2010 Annual Meeting was held January 2-5, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Atlanta. To view the meeting Program
8th National Policy Forum – Washington DC, held June 11-12, 2009
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Publication News »»
 LERA's Proceedings of the 61st Annual Meeting Now Available - Papers from the 2009 Annual Meeting are now available online in an electronic PDF format for easy viewing and printing. It features research and papers presented in San Francisco in a number of sessions including:
- Collective Bargaining and Economic Transition - Industry Studies,
- Meeting Today's Healthcare Challenges through Innovations in Employment Relations and Information Technology,
- Research on the Non-economic Benefits of Unions,
- The Public Sector Workforce Challenge: Attracting and Retaining a New Generation of Public Servants, and more.
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LERA and The New Yorker Develop Cartoon Book
The LERA, working with The New Yorker, has pulled together a collection of prized cartoons that captures some of the funniest moments of employment relations and work life.
This volume, commemorating LERA's 60th anniversary, will surely entertain you and win rave reviews.
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LERA Research Volume Published
The 2009 LERA Research Volume The Human Rights in Labor and Employment Relations: International and Domestic Perspectives, edited by James Gross and Lance Compa is now available.
All members and libraries were mailed a copy in August 2009. Copies can be ordered through Cornell University Press.
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The latest issue of Perspectives on Work (Vol. 13, No. 2) includes a series of articles on Green Jobs, including an interview on the subject with Hilda Solis, U.S. Secretary of Labor. The issue also includes articles on how stakeholders, including trade unionists and community activists are stepping in to promote green jobs as well as an article giving the perspective of a green employer.
Also featured is a series of articles on “The Multi Generational Workplace: A New Generation Gap” in which our authors look at the world of work today and write about internal workplace relations, challenges, and knowledge transfer as well as the implications for the workforce delaying retirement.
Finally, Economic Theory and International Perspectives is the subject that ties this issues three book reviews together.
Members can read the issue in the Members Library in PDF format.
(You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader.)
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Read Excerpts from Perspectives on Work (Volume 13.2):
US Secretary of Labor Answers Questions on Green Jobs
by Hilda Solis, US Secretary of Labor
The Promise of the New Green Economy
by Barbara Byrd
My Generation, Your Technology, and Our Workplace
by Betty Barrett
Read LERA's Perspectives Online Companion. The Spring 2009 edition features four articles on the proposed Employee Free Choice Act. Also featured: an article on the non-compete clauses in employment contracts, and a review of On the Global Waterfront: The Fight to Free the Charleston Five.
LERA 2008 Proceedings Online
The Proceedings of the LERA 60th Annual Meeting is also available online in a searchable format. View the 2008 Proceedings.
Other Publishers Offer Discounts on Books and Journals
LERA members receive up to 25% discount for books and journals from major publishers including Cornell University Press, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Upjohn, M.E. Sharpe and others. |
