The deep economic crisis is putting the potential for fundamental changes “on the table” in nearly every aspect of labor and employment relations, most with major policy implications.  In order to help give voice to workers, managers, union leaders, policy makers, neutrals, scholars, and others the Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA), in cooperation with the Bureau of National Affairs (BNA), is sponsoring a year of dialogue on the future of work.

We anticipate that this site will be used by a wide variety of LERA members, BNA readers, and others to post blogs and background articles/statements on a wide variety of policy issues.  Each posting will represent the work and/or views of its author.  LERA does not take positions on public policy issues; instead it provides a forum for analysis, discussion, and debate of all points of view on policy matters.

One of the first major policy issues to be debated involves whether and if so how to reform the nation’s labor law. The first entry suggests the need to tone down the extreme rhetoric over the law and for leaders in the field to come together and ask how labor management relations can better contribute to the nation’s economic recovery.

– Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, LERA President 2009

Informational Links:

Host Your Own “Work in America” Forum

Consent form to sponsor your own “Work in America” Forum

Webinar and National Policy Forum on “New Frontiers in Labor & Employment Policy: Ensuring Good Jobs, Fair Treatment & High Performance in a Turbulent Economy”