62nd LERA Annual Meeting

“21st Century Employment Systems:
Innovation in an Era of Accelerating Change”

Plan now to attend the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Labor and Employment Relations Association in January 3-5, 2010. The meeting will be held in Atlanta GA at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. The program is built around a theme echoing back to John Dunlop's "Industrial Relations Systems," but is updated to focus on the increased importance of employment systems centered on knowledge-driven work, new models for workforce representation, shifts in pension and benefit systems, increased income inequality, increased longevity, new technology, globalization, and other relevant developments.

Join us at the Hyatt for 59 exciting workshops, symposiums, section and industry council sessions and meetings, committee meetings, plenaries, breakfasts, luncheons, and receptions. See the complete LERA 62nd Annual Meeting Program.

Online Registration begins September 15, 2009. You must login to create an account with AEA and register for the conference before you can arrange your discounted hotel room. Read more about Registration Options and Instructions

LERA's Packet Pickup Service - Avoid long registration lines!
Through special arrangements made with ASSA, you can authorize the LERA office staff to pick up your ASSA registration packet, badge, and program for you and hold it at the LERA Information Desk at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta. Simply complete the form online Packet Pickup Form, or print it out, complete, and mail or fax to ASSA with your registration If you do not fill out this form (either online here or via mail/fax to ASSA) you will find your packet at the ASSA Registration Desk at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. Two minutes now will save you the hassle of standing in long lines in Atlanta. There is no charge for this service.

LERA Program Committee
A special thanks to the LERA Program Committee for their work over the past year to develop the Atlanta Annual Meeting program. The Committee includes:
Chair: Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, LERA President and Co-vice Chairs: Larry (Chip) Hunter, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Academic) and Wilma Liebman, NLRB (Practitioner)
Members: Dennis Dabney, FirstEnergy; Jody Hoffer Gittell, Brandeis University; Owen Herrnstadt, IAMAW; Nancy Peace, Mediator/Arbitrator; Kris Rondeau, AFSCME; Bonnie Summers, BlueCross BlueShield Association; Anil Verma, University of Toronto; Erik Young, PhD Student, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Ex Officio: Adrienne Eaton, Rutgers University, LERA Editor-in-Chief; Peter Feuille, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, LERA Secretary/Treasurer; Bob Hoell, Georgia Southern University, Chair, LERA Poster Session; William Canak, Middle Tennessee State University, NCAC Chair; Eileen Appelbaum, Rutgers University, LERA President Elect; Anthony T. Oliver, Jr., Parker, Milliken, Clark, LERA Past President