Oregon

Officers: 

President: Julia Williams, Kaiser Permanente
President-elect: Cyndi Furseth, Portland General Electric

Past President: Connie Weimer, FMCS

Vice President Annual Programs: Bill Rector, Kaiser-Permanente (Retired)
Vice President Regular Programs: Jim Bailey, FMCS (Retired), Arbitrator
Vice President Membership: Jonathan Donehower, International Union of Operating Engineers Local 701
Treasurer: Rob Nosse, Oregon Nurses Association

Secretary: Joe Kear, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District Lodge 24
Webmaster: Michael Dehner, Kaiser Permanente
 

Trustees (7 positions):          

  • Bill Elzie, labor (IBT)
  • Julie Kettler, neutral (FMCS)
  • Todd Lyon, management (Williams Zografos & Peck)
  • Diana Moffat, management (Local Government Personnel Inst.)
  • Anna Roberts, labor (SEIU)
  • David Stiteler, neutral (Arbitrator)
  • Burton White, neutral (Arbitrator)

 

The Oregon chapter of the Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) is the only organization in Oregon that brings labor, management, neutrals, and academics together to improve labor-management relations, discuss challenges, and share best practices.

Several times a year, Oregon LERA presents breakfast or lunch programs of interest to the labor-management relations community. Our 2009 programs included The Employee Free Choice Act (March); and a 2009 Oregon Legislative Update – Labor and Employment Law (June). The chapter also presented the Public/Private Employment Relations Conference in May, 2009, featuring sessions on the latest ERB and NLRB decisions; Arbitrator Panel; and Bargaining in a Troubled Economy.

Every fall, usually in November, Oregon LERA also selects and honors labor, management, and neutral practitioners who have been nominated and chosen based upon their outstanding reputation and experience in the field.

The 118-member chapter meets for breakfast programs about four times a year and conducts a full day conference once a year. Average attendance to the breakfast programs are 30 members, with an average of 100 members attending the annual program. Dues are $40 regular. The chapter initially affiliated with the National IRRA in 1978.

Contact: 

Oregon LERA
PO Box 230028
Tigard, OR 97281