“New Frontiers in Employment Relations: Ensuring Good Jobs, Fair Treatment, and High Performance in a Turbulent Economy” was the theme for the 8th LERA National Policy Forum held June 11 and 12, 2009 at Cafritz Conference Center in Washington DC. The 2009 forum sought to bring an informed perspective to the policy arena at... »
LERA Honors Dennis Rocheleau in San Francisco
Retired General Electric Labor Relations Manager Dennis Rocheleau was honored with the LERA Lifetime Achievement Award by LERA presidents and members at the San Francisco annual meeting on January 4, 2009. The Lifetime Achievement Award, which is the most prestigious award given by LERA, signifies... »
Join Us in Atlanta: Registration is Underway
Join your colleagues for the 62nd Annual Meeting at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta January 2-5, 2010. 59 exciting workshops, symposiums, committee, section, and industry council meetings, plenaries, breakfasts, luncheons, and receptions are planned. Visit the website to see the complete Annual Meeting Program... »
2009 LERA Board Election Results
Congratulations to 2010 President Elect Gordon Pavy and four newly elected LERA Executive Board members who will begin terms January 5, 2010, following the Atlanta Annual Meeting. »
2011 Theme for Denver Announced: “Employment Relations for Economic Recovery and Sustained Growth”
The recent boom and bust cycle was fueled by flat or declining median wages, rising inequality, a mountain of consumer debt and reckless behavior by financial institutions. Reconnecting economic... »
“Being Part of the Solution”
by Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, LERA President In this year’s Labor Day address, delivered in Cincinnati, President Obama addressed the role of labor in our economy, reaffirming his view that “in good... »