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62nd Annual Meeting – Atlanta, GA
Mark your calendar for the next LERA Annual Meeting to be held January 2-5, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta. The theme for the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Labor and Employment Relations Association in is ”21st Century Employment Systems: Innovation in an Era of Accelerating Change”. Registration and hotel information and the full program will be posted at this website in mid-summer.
LERA Launches "LERA Commons" Blogsite
Read blogs and add your own thoughts at the LERA Commons blogsite. Our newest forum is collection of blogs by members of the LERA. Log on and post your comments and questions today. Latest articles include:
- A Labor Agenda Brimming With Hope and Change, by Charles Whalen
- New Organizations for New Initiatives, by Robert McKersie
- Best Options for the Auto Industry Crisis, by Susan Helper, John Paul MacDuffie, Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Teresa Ghilarducci, Thomas Kochan
- Workers, Bailouts and the Question of Risk, by Oren Levin-Waldman
- New ADA Amendments Expand Employer Obligations, by Jed Marcus
- To Reconnect Wages to Rising Productivity, Protect Workers’ Collective Bargaining Rights, by Sheldon Friedman
- Wrongful Discharge and Domestic Violence as an Important Public Issue, by Ellen Dannin
- Behavioral Ethics, the Bailout, and Industrial Relations, by Mike Belzer
- It’s easy being green…, by William Canak
- The Prospect of Massive Layoffs Following the Finance Meltdown, by Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld
- John McCain’s Job Creation Plan, by Tom Kochan
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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 2008 Proceedings Online
The Proceedings of the LERA 60th Annual Meeting is now available online in a searchable format. View the 2008 Proceedings.
LERA Research Volume Published
The 2008 LERA Research Volume The Gloves Off Economy: Workplace Standards at the Bottom of America's Labor Market, edited by Annette Bernhardt, Heather Boushey, Laura Dresser and Chris Tilly, is now available. All members and libraries were sent a copy last fall; copies order a copy through Cornell University Press.
Catch the newest monthly issue of the LERA Labor and Employment Law Newsletter
Read the new edition of LERA's Perspective 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.
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.
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