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LERA 71st Annual Meeting, June 13-16, 2019, Cleveland, Ohio
Preconference Day – June 12, 2019
Westin Cleveland Downtown, 777 St. Clair Avenue NE, Cleveland, OH 44114

 

Ahead of the Curve:

Challenges Posed by Technology and the New Workforce
 

Registration open; click here to register


Registration • Hotel  Full Program Special Events Practitioner PicksPreconference Training
Organizations Speakers Program Committee Participant Information Sponsors


Plan now to attend the LERA 71st Annual Meeting, June 13-16, 2019 in Cleveland at the Westin Cleveland Downtown. What do you get? Enjoy the sights and culture of Cleveland in addition to 4 days of intense learning and skill building at over 80 workshops, sessions, and more than 400 diverse presenters from every community focused on workplace issues.

Build your networks with managers, unions, researchers, public policy and agency staff from throughout the U.S. and abroad.  Return home value added for your organization and your job.

Take part in practical workshops, join debates on the latest applied research topics and hear from experts on how their companies, organizations, and unions have successfully navigated workplace issues critical to success.

Featured Speakers

City of Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson

 

 

Special Events

Thank you to the LERA-neo and CO-LERA Chapter Officers and Leaders, including but not limited to: Dennis Minni, for organizing these special events featuring local traditions and entertainment!

Tour: Ford Motor Company Cleveland Engine Plant
*Registration for this tour has been closed (full)

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Indians v. Reds Game (first pitch 1:10 pm)
Wednesday, June 12, 2019

LERA Welcome Reception on the Goodtime Charter Ship
Thursday, June 13, 2019

Night at the Hilarities Comedy Club
Friday, June 14, 2019

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame discount code 
(on-your-own event, open late to the public on Saturday, June 15, 2019)


Please find complete details here for all of our special events associated with LERA 71st Annual Meeting.

Registration open, Early Bird pricing ends March 25

Click HERE to register

Registration is online. All participants and attendees must register, including speakers and discussants (chairs, panelists, presenters, speakers, discussants, etc.). The earlybird registration deadline is March 25, 2019. Online registration will be open through June 7, 2019. After that, onsite registration will be offered at the LERA headquarters hotel, the Westin Cleveland Downtown, beginning June 13, 2019. Registration will open at 7am on the opening day of the conference and at 8am on the second, third, and fourth day of the conference.

Full Schedule: Events, Program and Presenters' Index

The Preliminary Program and Presenters' Index will be found at:
http://leraoffice.org/drupalinclude/program.asp


Practitioner Picks: Selected Workshops from the Program

Kris President, LERA President, and the Program Committee have looked through our program offerings and put together a selection of sessions throughout the conference that offer practical, hands-on professional development that will specifically appeal to our practitioner attendees ... including labor attorneys, arbitrators, mediators, government officials, and labor relations specialists, HR directors, managers, CEO's, and more.

Online Practitioner Program Guide

Downloadable Practitioner Program Guide


Hotel Accommodations

All LERA meetings will be held at the Westin Cleveland Downtown, located at 777 St. Clair Ave NE, Cleveland, OH 44114, U.S. You can reserve your hotel accommodations online at the negotiated rate of $139 per night. Reservations cutoff is May 21, 2019 to guarantee block pricing, but only until the room block fills up:

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Please find complete details here for hotel accommodations at the Westin Cleveland Downtown
for the LERA 71st Annual Meeting.

Pre-conference Training for Arbitrators, Mediators, and Fact-finders

The Dispute Resolution Interest section of LERA is pleased to announce an arbitration training seminar for aspiring or newer arbitrators interested in exploring how to commence and grow a career as a neutral.  This three (3) hour program will feature the basics of establishing  an arbitration practice plus an opportunity to interactively obtain guidance from a panel of five (5)  highly experienced labor and employment presenting arbitrators. 
For program and complete information, please visit:
https://lera.memberclicks.net/71st-anl-mtg-pre-con-pdw


LERA 21st PhD Student Consortium

The LERA 21st Annual PhD Student Consortium will be held in conjunction with LERA's 71st Annual Meeting, and is chaired by: Jenna Myers, MIT; Benjamin Kreider, Brandeis; Hyesook Chung, Cornell; and Bulin Zhang, Rutgers.

The event will be held on Saturday, June 15, 2019, 8:30 - 11:45 am with other events continuing throughout the day. To register for this event, you must first register for the meeting, and indicate on the registration form that you plan to attend the PhD Student Consortium.
For program and complete information, please visit: http://lera.memberclicks.net/phd-student-consortium-2019.


LERA 4th Annual Junior Faculty Consortium

The LERA 4th Annual Jr. Faculty Consortium will meet Saturday, June 15, 2019, 2 - 5: 15 pm and is chaired by Ting Zhang, University of Baltimore. You will be able to RSVP for this event when you register for the conference.
For program and complete information, please visit: https://lera.memberclicks.net/lera-71st-am-4th-jr-faculty-consortium-2019.


LRAN 2019 Conference, June 12-13, 2019, Cleveland

 The 2019 Labor Research and Action Network (LRAN) national conference will be held Wednesday, June 12 and Thursday, June 13 at Case Western Reserve University. Scholars, labor practitioners, and activists from across the country will convene in Cleveland, Ohio to share new ideas, research and best practices, and to identify points of connection and collaboration. This year’s conference will examine The Future of Workers and LRAN invites participants from universities, unions, worker centers, and policy centers. 


Participant Information

If you are participating in this meeting as a session chair, paper presenter, a panelist, a speaker, a discussant, or poster presenter, there is information that you will need to refer to here throughout the next several months, and after the meeting is complete.
For complete details, visit: https://lera.memberclicks.net/lera-71st-am-participant-information-2019


Transportation from Airport

Directions from area airports to Westin Cleveland Downtown can be searched here.
There is convenient train service from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) to downtown Cleveland, on the RTA Red Line. It costs $2.50 each way, departs every 15 minutes, and takes less than 30 minutes to travel to or from Downtown Cleveland’s "Tower City Station".

Transportation in Cleveland

Once downtown, at Tower City Station, you will find a free E-Line Trolley that loops between all the major downtown hotels and downtown destinations, Westin Cleveland Downtown included. Their hours of service are Monday - Friday from 7 am to 7 pm.

Organizations Represented at this Conference Include

https://lera.memberclicks.net/71st-annual-meeting-attendees


LERA 71st Annual Meeting Event Sponsors and Partners

AFL-CIO
American Arbitration Association
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association National Labor Office
Boston University, Human Resources Policy Institute
Brandeis University, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions
Cornell University Press
Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Ford Motor Company
Kaiser Permanente
Long Island LERA Chapter
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management
Michigan State University, School of Human Resources and Labor Relations
Northeast Ohio LERA Chapter
Orange County LERA Chapter
Oregon LERA Chapter
Pennsylvania State University, School of Labor and Employment Relations
Philadelphia LERA Chapter
Rutgers University, School of Management and Labor Relations
Tennessee Employment Relations Research Association
The Martin and Laurie Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution
Tybera
United Auto Workers
United Steeworkers District 1
University of Toronto, Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources
University of California-Berkeley, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment
University of California-Los Angeles, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Labor Education Program
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, School of Labor & Employment Relations
University of Minnesota, Center for Human Resources and Labor Studies
University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School
Wayne State University, Labor@Wayne
Zashin & Rich Co., L.P.A.

Sponsors of the Indians Baseball Game
Zashin & Rich Co., L.P.A.

Sponsors of the Ford Cleveland Engine Plant Tour
UAW-Ford National Partnership

Sponsors of the LERA Welcome Reception
Kaiser Permanente
The Martin and Laurie Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution at Cornell University
UAW-Ford Motor Company

Sponsors of the LERA Welcome Reception Hosted Bar
Central Pennsylvania LERA
Greater Rhode Island LERA Chapter
Long Island LERA Chapter
Northeast Ohio LERA Chapter
Orange County LERA Chapter
Oregon LERA Chapter
Philadelphia LERA Chapter
RU LERA
Tennessee Employment Relations Research Association

Sponsors of LERA 71st Annual Meeting Hospitality
at Westin Cleveland Downtown
Boston University, Human Resources Policy Institute
Brandeis University, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management
Michigan State University, School of Human Resources and Labor Relations
Pennsylvania State University, School of Labor and Employment Relations
Rutgers University, School of Management and Labor Relations
University of California-Berkeley, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, School of Labor & Employment Relations
University of Minnesota, Center for Human Resources and Labor Studies
University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School

Sponsors of the Labor Breakfast
University of Illinois Labor Education Program
AFL-CIO

Sponsors of the Night at the Comedy Club
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association National Labor Office


Program Committee

This event has been made possible by the work of the LERA Program Committee over the past two years to develop all aspects of this meeting. Please join us in thanking these dedicated volunteers when you see them in Cleveland!
(Find the Call for Proposals connected to this meeting here.)

LERA 71st Annual Meeting Program Committee (2018/2019)

 

Dennis DabneyDennis L. Dabney, Kaiser Permanente (left)Harry C. Katz
LERA President-Elect and Program Co-chair

Harry C. Katz, Cornell University  (right)
LERA Past President and Program Co-chair

Danielle van Jaarsveld, Univ. of British Columbia - Academic Vice Chair
Jeff Wheeler, Georgetown University - Practitioner Vice Chair
Dennis Minni, Arbitrator/Mediator
- Regional Vice Chair

Program Committee:

Ezio Borchini, Arbitrator/Mediator
Michael Brown, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia
Alex Colvin, Cornell University, ILR School
Charles Cookson, First Energy Corporation
Bill Dirksen, Ford Motor Co.
Thomas Dungy, DTE Energy
Valerie Harragin, Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service
Susan Helper, Case Western Reserve University
Michele Hoyman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Duanyi Yang, MIT
Adam Seth Litwin, Cornell University
Mingwei Liu, Rutgers University
Marick Masters, Wayne State University, School of Business
Leo McCann, American Train Dispatchers Association
David Turner, First Energy Service Corporation
Mark Winters, SW PA LERA Chapter and Arbitrator

Ohio LERA Chapters Leaders:

TBA

Ex-officio Members of
Program Committee:

Ariel Avgar, Cornell University
LERA Editor-in-Chief
Ryan Lamare, University of Illinois
LERA Secretary/Treasurer
Andrew Weaver, University of Illinois,
LERA Poster Session Chair
William Canak, MTSU
NCAC Chair

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