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LERA 77th Annual Meeting
June 12-15, 2025 
(Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday)
Westin Seattle, Seattle, WA

"Promoting Authentic Dialogue in Polarized Times"
 

Plan now to attend the LERA 77th Annual Meeting, June 12-15, 2025, in Seattle, WA! The program will feature four days of intense learning and skill building at over 80 workshops, and sessions, along with more than 350 diverse presenters from every community focused on “promoting authentic dialogue in polarized times.”

Build your networks and knowledge with managers, unions, researchers, public policy, and agency staff from throughout the U.S. and abroad. Return home with 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.

Registration will open February 2025. All participants and attendees must register, including speakers and discussants (chairs, panelists, presenters, speakers, discussants, etc.). The early-bird registration deadline is March 25, 2025. Online registration will be open through May xx, 2025.

Registration • Hotel • Program • Featured Speakers and Special Events • Regional Chapter Meeting • Student Consortium • Jr. Faculty Consortium • Award Winners • Organizations • Featured Speakers • Program Committee • Participant Information • Sponsors

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Registration is online and will open February 2025! All participants and attendees must register, including speakers and discussants (chairs, panelists, presenters, speakers, discussants, etc.). The early-bird registration deadline is March 25, 2025. Online registration will be open through May xx, 2025. After that, onsite registration will be offered at the LERA headquarters hotel. Onsite registration will open at 7 am on the opening day of the conference and at 8 am on the second, third, and fourth days of the conference.

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The LERA Hotel is The Westin Seattle, located at 1900 5th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101, USA. The discounted room rate of $265 is available through Tuesday, May 20, 2025, or until the room block fills up.
Complete details on reserving your room will be available when registration opens.
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Saturday, June 14, 2025

LERA 27th Annual PhD Student Consortium

The LERA 27th Annual PhD Student Consortium co-chairs, Kwon Hee Han (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Deepa Kylasam Iyer (Cornell University), Akierah Binns (University of Guelph), Tinu Mathew (York University) have organized a program aimed at PhD Students in the field of LER titled "Navigating Polarization as a Junior Academic in Labor Relations"! The consortium will meet from 8:30 - 11:15 am, Saturday, June 14, 2025. To register for this event, you must first register for the LERA 77th Annual 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-2025.

The 2025 consortium is sponsored by contributions from:

Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations
Florida International University, College of Business
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management and IWER
Michigan State University, School or Human Resources and Labor Relations
Pennsylvania State University, School of Labor and Employment Relations
Rutgers University, School of Management and Labor Relations
The Industrial Relations Section at Princeton University
University of Toronto, Center for Industrial Relations and Human Resources
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, School of Labor & Employment Relations
University of Minnesota, Center for Human Resources and Labor Studies

LERA 7th Annual Jr. Faculty Consortium

The LERA 7th Annual Jr. Faculty Consortium co-chairs, Gregory Lyon (Georgetown University) and Michael Maffie (Cornell University) have organized a program especially for Jr. Faculty! The consortium will meet from 2 - 4:15 am, Saturday, June 14, 2025. To register for this event, you must first register for the LERA 77th Annual Meeting, and indicate on the registration form that you plan to attend the Jr. Faculty Consortium.

For program and complete information, please visit: https://lera.memberclicks.net/lera-77th-am-7th-jr-faculty-consortium-2025.
Sunday, June 15, 2025 

Seattle Mariners v. Cleveland Guardians

 Baseball game networking event (Seattle Mariners v. Cleveland Guardians), Sunday, June 15, first pitch TBA (it should be early afternoon, but the time is not yet released). Tickets in the LERA block are expected to be $108 (unless we are able to pick up a sponsor), and our seating is in section 241. Come network with other LERA members and enjoy T-Mobile Park and the Seattle Mariners.
 

 

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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 reference throughout the next several months, and after the meeting is complete.

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For complete details, visit: https://leraweb.org/participant-information-2025

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Program Committee Chair: John Budd, Univ. of MN and LERA President-Elect

Practitioner Vice Chair: Beth Schindler, FMCS
Academic Vice Chair: Erin Kelly, MIT

Members:

Candace Archer, AFL-CIO
Holland Atkinson, Hennepin County
Kate Bahn, Institute for Women's Policy Research
Matthew Capece, United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America
Rassandra Cody, Kaiser Permanente
Rebecca Dixon, National Employment Law Project
Jack Fiorito, Florida State University

Cynthia Hewitt, Morehouse College
Tazewell Hurst, IAMAW
Enrique Lopezlira, University of California, Berkeley
David Madland, Center for American Progress
Mark Pearce, Georgetown Law Center
Lionel Sims, Kaiser Permanente
Christy Yoshitomi, Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service

Ex-officio Members of the Program Committee:

Jim Pruitt, President
Ryan Lamare, Editor-in-Chief
William Canak, NCAC Chair
Hye Jin Rho, Poster Session Chair
Andrew Weaver, Secretary/Treasurer
Administrator: Emily Smith, LERA (non-voting)

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LERA Sustaining Sponsors

International Union UAW
Kaiser Permanente and the Alliance of Health Care Unions
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LERA Major University Sponsors

Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, School of Labor & Employment Relations
Rutgers University, School of Management and Labor Relations
The Industrial Relations Section at Princeton University
University of Minnesota, Center for Human Resources and Labor Studies
Pennsylvania State University, School of Labor and Employment Relations
Michigan State University, School or Human Resources and Labor Relations
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute for Work and Employment Research

Florida International University, College of BusinessMajor University Sponsors

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Diversity and Inclusion Sponsor

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