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Events Calendar
June 11-12, 2009
LERA National Policy Forum
NEW Venue! Cafritz Conference Center, George Washington University, Washington D.C.. Co-sponsored by the Department of Management George Washington University.
Beyond Gridlock in Labor and Employment Policy:
Ensuring Good Jobs, Fair Treatment, and High Performance in a Turbulent Economy
Fundamental changes are “on the table” in nearly every aspect of labor and employment relations, most with major policy implications. LERA is sponsoring a series public dialogue forums on “Work in America” this winter and spring, building up to the June 11-12 National Policy Forum (in Washington, DC). Seven policy areas will be addressed at the JunePolicy Forum:
A. Health and pension benefit systems
B. Union organizing and collective bargaining
C. The role of government in the auto industry and/or the finance/housing sector - connecting roles in financial, labor and product markets
D. Executive compensation, corporate governance, and income inequality
E. Infrastructure investments, sustainability and green jobs
F. Public sector labor relations and government innovation (federal, state and local)
G. Workforce development and international competitive dynamics
For more information visit the NPF Meeting webpage in March 2009
AUGUST 24-27, 2009
15th World Congress of the International Industrial Relations Association (IIRA) in Sydney, Australia
You are warmly invited to attend the 15th 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
20th ACSUS Biennial Conference
November 18-22, 2009
Westin Gaslamp, San Diego, California
The theme for this biennial in “North by Northwest, South by Southwest, Canada and the United States: Past, Present and Future”. ACSUS is a multidisciplinary organization that seeks to encourage the study of Canada and U.S.-Canadian relations. We welcome submissions from academics and professionals in the fields of the humanities, social sciences, business, education and the natural and life sciences.
January 3-5, 2010
62nd LERA Annual Meeting
Atlanta, GA
The theme for the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Labor and Employment Relations Association in January 2010 will be ”21st Century Employment Systems: Innovation in an Era of Accelerating Change” The first part of this theme echoes back to John Dunlop’s “Industrial Relations Systems,” but is updated to take into account the increased importance of employment systems centered on knowledge-driven work, new models for workforce representation, major shifts in pension and benefit systems, increased income inequality, increased longevity, new technology, globalization, and other relevant developments. The second part of the theme reflects an interest in innovative institutional arrangements, as well as an awareness that innovation must take place in a context of accelerating social and technological change. It is hoped that a sub-text for the meeting will be an unfolding dialogue around which aspects of the past 20th Century industrial relations are still important in the 21st Century and which emerging developments represent fundamentally new or transformed employment systems.More information
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