Detroit Area LERA
We are the Detroit Area Chapter of the Labor and Employment Relations Association. Our chapter was established in 1953 as the Detroit Area Chapter of the Industrial Relations Research Association (IRRA) by a group of IR professionals and Wayne State University faculty members. Enthusiastic response soon led to a membership of some 150 and regular monthly dinner meetings, which continue today. We provide a forum for management, labor, academics and neutrals to explore issues of industrial relations and human resources. We encourage an atmosphere of cooperation and academic inquiry in exchanges among industrial relations practitioners with a goal of educating ourselves and others about the world of labor and employment relations.
Membership
Membership is open to anyone interested in or active in the field of labor-management relations. For a membership form, with alternative membership plans click on the Join Us link.
2008-2009 Program Schedule and Coming Soon...
Our regular annual calendar of meetings follows the academic year, with monthly dinner meetings held in October and November, then January through May. Our dinner meetings begin with a social hour at 5:30pm, followed at about 6:15pm by dinner and our speaker or program for the evening.
Our April 16, 2009 meeting will feature Brad Raymond, Teamsters General Counsel talking about the outlook for labor issues under the Obama Adminsitration.
About the National LERA
The Labor and Employment Relations Association is a singular organization of professionals interested in industrial relations and human resources. If you are a professional or an academic in the field of industrial relations and human resources, we invite you to join the National LERA. The National LERA provides a network of practitioners and academics interested in the field of IR and HR who share their knowledge and insight through regular LERA publications and at LERA meetings twice a year. The National LERA was founded in 1947 as the IRRA-Industrial Relations Research Association and today encompasses more than 4,000 members.
More information about the National LERA is available via the link to their website.
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