Gordon R. Pavy, director of the Collective Bargaining Department of the AFL-CIO, will begin his term as LERA president following the 63rd LERA Annual Meeting in Denver, in January 2011. Pavy will be the third LERA president from the labor perspective in the past decade, following Stephen R. Sleigh (2007) and Sheldon Friedman (2000).... »
LERA honored three distinguished members with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the January 2010 Annual Meeting held in Atlanta Georgia. President Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld presented the awards at the annual President’s Luncheon on January 4, 2010. The three recipients included mediator/arbitrator Bonnie Castrey, Russell Lansbury,... »
Vote Today! E-Ballot now open through August 1 for Election of 5 New Executive Board Members and President Elect The 2009 LERA Nominating Committee, chaired by Hoyt Wheeler, University of South Carolina, presented its slate of candidates to the 2010 LERA Executive Board in January.... »
The LERA Executive Board has identified the dates for the 2011 LERA National Policy Forum as June 6-7, 2011 and encourages LERA members and friend to please mark the... »
by Eileen Appelbaum LERA’s 62nd annual meeting in Atlanta, organized under the leadership of Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld and marked by sessions that were lively and intellectually stimulating, set a high... »
The Rockefeller Foundation has notified the LERA they will be providing a project support grant to build the Employment Policy Research Network (EPRN). The new EPRN website will host a network of... »
