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 [...]

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New Frontiers in Labor & Employment Policy: Ensuring Good Jobs, Fair Treatment & High Performance in a Turbulent Economy
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The deep economic crisis is posing fundamental challenges to [...]

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Introduction
Fundamental changes are “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) is sponsoring a series public [...]

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by Arnold Zack[1]
Written March 13, 2009
The proposed Employee Free Choice Act calls for mediation and arbitration of first contracts if the parties do not reach a negotiated agreement within 90 days.  By so ensuring an initial contract, the framers of the bill hope to successfully establish the beginnings of collective bargaining institutions and relationships in [...]

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written on November 23, 2008 by:

Eileen Appelbaum, Rutgers University
Jody Hoffer Gittell, Brandeis University
Carrie Leana, University of Pittsburgh

The Obama Administration plan for addressing the deep economic crisis calls for an immediate stimulus package and significant investments in key industries such as infrastructure, renewable energies, health care, and perhaps others yet to be identified.  A large and [...]

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by Thomas A. Kochan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
February 23, 2009
This is an open letter urging leaders in the labor and employment relations community to work together to support the nation’s efforts to recover from our deep economic crisis.  Our predecessors did so in times of past national crises.  Now it is our time to step up [...]

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