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October 15, 2018
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LERA eBulletin
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In the News | Get Involved | More Reading
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Michael Lillich
LERA writer-editor
Bernadette Tiemann
LERA managing editor
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Get Involved ...
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In the News
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 The Cornell ILR Review celebrated its 70th anniversary with a special immigration issue available online.
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 Read John Paul MacDuffie’s (Wharton) New York Times op-ed making the case for Elon Musk, SEC and public relations difficulties notwithstanding, as the right person to continue as Tesla CEO.
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Contact Michael Lillich, LERA writer-editor, with items of interest to LERA members for consideration in future eBulletins.
(217) 898-1928. [email protected]. 311 W. University Ave., No. 202, Champaign, IL 61820. |
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Make a contribution to the LERA 2018 Annual Fund Drive. You have received a letter in the mail, but you can go online and make a contribution anytime to support LERA in providing programs, services and the field of labor and employment relations. https://lera.memberclicks.net/contributions
Submit a session (or paper) proposal to the LERA Program Committee by November 15, 2018, details here: https://lera.memberclicks.net/71st-lera-call. The LERA 71st Annual Meeting “Ahead of the Curve: Challenges Posed by Technology and the New Work Force” will happen June 13-16, 2019 in Cleveland, OH.
Registration is open for [email protected] 2019, January 4-6, 2019 in Atlanta, GA. Register here: https://conf.aeaweb.org. Join us for 18 LERA sessions over three days. Visit our meeting page at https://lera.memberclicks.net/lera-assa-meeting-january for complete details.
Like our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/LERAssn/). This will help us reach others who may be interested in attending. Also, there is an album of pictures from the LERA 70th Annual Meeting in Baltimore...be sure to check it out! Here is the album link: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2239132006102994.1073741829.170857039597178&type=1&l=034c7596cc
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More Reading, Viewing and Listening
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From the UC-Berkeley Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics (CWED) and the Economics Policy Institute, “The Teacher Pay Gap Hits a New High,” by Sylvia Allegretto and Lawrence Mishel.
Aaron Sojourner’s (Minnesota) research is cited in “Democrats should fully embrace their labor roots” in The Hill.
David Autor (MIT) is quoted in this New York Times article, “Apple’s $1 trillion milestone reflects rise of powerful megacompanies.”
Save the date for the LERA 71st Annual Meeting, June 13-16, 2019, Cleveland, OH