Events Calendar

September 2-4, 2008
IIRA VI Regional Congress for Americans
Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Congress is a good opportunity for those who join us in the concern, to participate in the discussion of the three leading issues, and to have the opportunity to present and hear papers in plenary and workshop sessions; in relation to the theme - Industrial Relations Keys to Economic Progress with Social Inclusion. For more information www.congresoamericas.com.ar

September 18, 2008
26th Annual Federal Sector Labor Relations & Labor Law Conference
Chicago-Kent College of Law, 565 W. Adams, Chicago , IL 60661

Registration Fee: $215 ($5 per person discount is available to groups of 4 or more), fee includes continental breakfast, lunch, reception and course materials

Join us for a day of interactive discussion with some of the foremost federal sector labor relations leaders and practitioners.  Chicago-Kent College of Law presents the 26 th annual gathering of the longest running conference on federal sector and postal labor relations and labor law held outside of Washington , D.C.       

Opening Keynote Session: Mike Causey, Senior Correspondent for Federal News Radio will address: “Speaking Truth to Power: A Message for the Next Administration from a Practiced Observer”

Keynote Panel Discussion: Michael McAuley, NTEU and Steven Sharfstein, OCC, will discuss: “Speaking Truth to Power: A Message to the Next Administration from Observant Practitioners”

For more information or to register online, please visit us at www.kentlaw.edu/depts/cle

January 3-5, 2009
LERA Annual Meeting
Westin St. Francis, San Francisco
LERA members and friends of the Labor and Employment Relations Association are invited to attend the January 2009 LERA Annual Meeting to be held in San Francisco , CA , January 2-5, 2009. Conference dates will be Friday, January 2 for Pre-conference Day meetings and activities and Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, January 3-5 for the formal program and events.

The theme for the 61st Annual Meeting of the Labor and Employment Relations Association in January 2009 will be, “ Workplace Dispute Resolution, Globalization and Change” . This theme presents an opportunity for LERA to discuss, share, and learn from the multitude of methods and mechanisms, both domestic and international, that have been developed to resolve disputes which invariably arise in every workplace.

AUGUST 24-27, 2009
15th World Congress of the International Industrial Relations Association (IIRA) in Sydney, Australia
You are warmly invited to attend the 15 th World Congress of the International Industrial Relations Association (IIRA) which will be held in Sydney , Australia , 24-27 August 2009 and will focus on the theme: The New World of Work, Organisation and Employment . More than 400 papers and 25 symposia have been offered from over 40 countries in the Americas , Europe, Asia and the Pacific, Africa and the Middle East . The congress promises to be one of the most well attended in recent years. www.iceaustralia.com/IIRA2009

Labor and Employment Relations Association
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