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LERA Annual Meeting - Chicago

LERA's 64th Annual Meeting headline speakers — Wilma Liebman, immediate past chair of the National Labor Relations Board; Larry Mishel, president of the Economic Policy Institute; Bob Herbert, former New York Times columnist; and Gordon Pavy, AFL-CIO retired and LERA president — are set.

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In the news

Light Up Dunlop, Gershenfeld, Annual Funds

In this season of lights and giving, please put LERA near the top on your gift list.

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Occupying Wall Street and Journals

The 14th Annual Doctoral Student Consortium on Thursday (Jan. 5, 2012) the day before LERA's 64th annual meeting in Chicago comes with a timely theme: "Labor and New Social Movements: From Occupying Wall Street to Occupying Journals."

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Also of note

LERA Chapter Awards 2011

Again this year, LERA chapter awards will be awarded at the National Chapter Advisory Council ceremony during the 64th LERA Annual Meeting in Chicago. The ceremony is at 8 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, in Salon 3 at the Palmer House® Hilton in Chicago. Join us in honoring LERA chapters' success.

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Call for AEA Session Proposals

LERA members may submit proposals for symposia sessions at the Amerian Economic Association Annual Meeting on Jan. 4-6, 2013. The deadline for online submissions is Jan. 23, 2012. The theme for LERA symposia to be presented at the AEA meeting is "New Economic Realities: Risk, Inequality and Workplace Relations."

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New Books Received
  • Bullying, Violence, Harrassment, Discrimination and Stress
  • Collision Course
  • Financial Instability and Economic Security after the Great Recession
  • The Global Financial Crisis
  • Imagining the Ideal Pension System
  • International and Comparative Employment Relations
  • One Day Longer
  • Someplace Like America
  • The Thought of Work
  • Wage Policy, Income Distribution

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