As LERA President, it was a tremendous privilege to honor F. Ray Marshall as a LERA Fellow at a ceremony hosted by the Ray Marshall Center at UT-Austin. Prof Marshall has lived LERA's values for 75 years and counting: rigorous scholarship on relevant issues affecting workers, employers, unions,

Submit a proposal and mark your calendars for the LERA 78th Annual Meeting, May 28-31, 2026, in Minneapolis, MN.Proposals due November 15, 2025. monkeylink.co/0861ee

Like many others, the Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) is troubled by the firing of BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer.

Another song at odds with how HR wants us to think about work #TheThoughtOfWork. www.startribune.com/mankato-durr...

Glad to be part of this conversation. Thanks @equitablegrowth.bsky.social for pulling us together.

Really enjoyed last week's LERA 77th annual meeting (OK, as program chair maybe I'm biased). Inspiring keynotes by ‪@lizshuler.bsky.social‬ @darrickhamilton.bsky.social‬ & others. Great young scholar research + professionalXacademic interactions. Honored to be LERA president until next conf in Mpls.

Americans favor labor unions over big business now more than ever, analysis of new data @epi.org from me & Adam Reich of Columbia Labor Lab. In data back 60 years, Americans' sentiments are both warmer toward unions & cooler towards big business than ever before. www.epi.org/blog/america...

"When the federal government is trying to take control, there are no neutrals here." Great piece by @lollardfish.bsky.social on seeing the stakes clearly

DOGE terminated nearly all staff and services at the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service today "It is shocking as the agency does not regulate and has always been non-controversial" said a FMCS employee on the cuts www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Eliminating the FMCS is yet another statement of contempt for worker voice and the law of the land. The Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) has it right:

"SB 37 would also let governing boards vet and veto universities’ courses and curricula...to ensure courses...'do not endorse specific public policies, ideologies or legislation.'" Maybe they'll start with microeconomics?

Excited that article w. @ryanlamare.bsky.social honoring David Marsden online at @bjireditor.bsky.social. We find supportive evidence of workers' differential extrinsic-intrinsic trade-offs across org governance types. Animated overview: tinyurl.com/5n7e5k8d Open access: doi.org/10.1111/bjir.12860

Last year when revising my labor relations textbook for the soon-to-be-released 2025 edition, I significantly reduced the coverage of Change to Win. Correlation or causation?

Minnesota now has a local chapter of the Labor & Employment Relations Association! First event is Jan 30: "Emerging Issues As Seen By Neutrals" Really grateful for the folks leading in the establishment of this new chapter. Lots more events to come. #1u #EconSky lerachapter.org/northstar/ev...

Submit a proposal - The LERA 77th Annual Meeting Call for Proposals is open now through November 15; start thinking about the session you would like to propose now! Deadline November 15th 2024. View the complete call and submission forms here: lera.memberclicks.net/index.php?op...

No sympathy for Uber & Lyft complaints about being left out. The governor's commission gave them a big voice. Companies Instead shut down meaningful pay discussions. "Uber...said the company still sees room for negotiation but wants to be part of the discussions." m.startribune.com/legislators-...

We can mark down today as the birthdate of the North Star LERA chapter. Local programming to follow in the fall.

A nice summary of what the MN task force on ride share drivers achieved and moreso failed to achieve. The first three months rhetoric of "we're here to find solutions" disappeared in the last two weeks. minnesotareformer.com/2023/12/19/m...