Call for Session and Paper Proposals: LERA 75th Annual Meeting

Posted: June 1, 2022
Organization: Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA)
Session Proposal and Single Paper Proposal (LERA Best Paper) Submission Deadline: November 15, 2022
LERA Competitive Papers Deadline: December 15, 2022
AILR/LERA Best Papers Deadline: January 15, 2023

Submission Forms: Click Here

"Workers and American Democracy: Challenges Ahead, Lessons from Before"

LERA 75th Annual Meeting Call for Proposals Flyer Download | Deadline for session proposals is Nov. 15, 2022.

Call for Papers and Posters Flyer Download | Jump to Submission Forms. |  See Program Committee.

William E. Spriggs, LERA President Elect and Program Chair

Economics • Sociology • Political Science • Labor and Employment Law • Industrial Relations • Human Resource Studies • Organizational Behavior • Labor Relations • Labor Unions and Social Movements • Work, Globalization, and Migration • Diversity • Work Organization and Management

Session Proposals Deadline: November 15, 2022

We also have some limited funding to support meeting registration fees for under-represented minorities who are speaking on the program and could not otherwise afford to participate at the LERA Annual Meeting, so please do let us know if you feel someone on your session proposals qualifies for and needs assistance.

1. What is today's date? Session and general paper/poster proposals are not accepted after November 15, 2022. Most competition papers and must be submitted no later than December 15, 2022. (Still other paper competitions are due Jan. 15, 2023 - please see http://www.leraweb.org/deadlines for complete list.)
   
   
2. Collect affiliation and email addresses for all participants of your session in a document before starting the submission form. LERA communicates with all participants at different stages before the annual meeting. Email addresses are crucial for communicating updates.
   
   
3. Sessions in 2023 will return to 90 minutes long (as opposed to the 60-minute sessions we have conducted for virtual meetings). 
   
   
4. All participants are expected to register (and pay) even if it is for one day. This requirement raises a one or two questions every year. LERA's mission focuses on being facilitators of open discussions on LER trends and practices. Our hope is the experts on all sessions will network and share throughout the day and meeting. All attendees benefit. From a practical point of view, with over 400 program participants, developing criteria for who pays and who doesn't is too challenging, and we price registration as low as possible so that as many people as possible can participate and be heard.
   
   
5. Don't let item #4 discourage you. Most completely understand the requirement. Be upfront when you invite the participants and the rationale for why this is LERA's tradition. Most will register because they will gain more than they give. The experts attending are the cream of labor issues and practice and very few mention any inconvenience. Consider sponsoring your panel's registration(s) through your organization and be recognized as an industry supporter of improving work. Contact Emily at LERA (217) 333-0072 or [email protected] if you are interested in recognition options.
   
   
6. LERA Program Committee guidelines will not allow any participant to act within a single session in more than one role (chair, panelist/presenter, discussant), and an individual cannot act twice in a given role throughout the entire program (all sessions at the conference). Someone can participate once as chair, once as panelist/presenter, and once as discussant. This is to ensure broad representation and participation of all LERA members and constituencies at the LERA Annual Meeting. There are a few exceptions to this rule to allow for competition winners, etc., but please use this as your guideline when crafting session proposals.

 Start Your Proposal Below!

Please copy and paste from a document where you have collected all your data ... we don't want you to lose your work!

* More complete details for individual paper competitions such as LERA Competitive Papers, AILR/LERA Best Papers can be found at the LERA Deadlines page here: http://lera.memberclicks.net/deadlines.