LERA

Top of mind for LERA after the Mar. 14 presidential action is how important of the FMCS is to business owners and workers alike. It is low investment, high return for the economy. See our statement at LERAweb.org/fmcs-support

Submit a proposal and mark your calendars for the LERA 79th Annual Meeting, June 10-13, 2027 in Baltimore, MD. Deadline is November 15th. Call for Proposals can be found here: monkeylink.co/3e014a

Make plans to attend the 2027 LERA@ASSA, January 3-5, 2027 in Washington, DC. There will be 18 LERA sessions. The unscheduled program can be viewed here. monkeylink.co/9c08ae #LERA #LERA@ASSA2027

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education reports Sean Edmund Rogers, who earned his Ph.D. at Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations, is the new dean of Tuskegee University’s business school. monkeylink.co/9ec554

“Americans without college degrees are having one of the best job markets in years.” In The WSJ. "Unemployment among younger workers who didn’t go to college has rarely been lower in recent decades. It is the opposite story for college grads." monkeylink.co/67153f

VLERA presents: The Building Service 32BJ Benefit Funds: Collective Bargaining and the Rising Cost of Healthcare on November 4th from 12 noon - 1:15 pm via Zoom. monkeylink.co/186215 #LERA #LERANews #ChapterEvents

“After losing a union campaign: Steps to succeed with new reality.” Kate Brofenbrenner (Cornell) is quoted. Having a grievance procedure “Through which workers feel safe stepping forward...is really good for employer & union relations.” monkeylink.co/c23f78

“Mamdani takes on Amazon in new battle over New York’s delivery workers.” In The WSJ. Paul Osterman (MIT) is quoted. Osterman's survey of work arrangements "Indicate about 12% of U.S. workers are contractors employed by intermediaries.” monkeylink.co/0cc094

“Union busting comes to campus.” "There are some...dubiously enforceable protections on scholarships & health care & caps on agent fees, all of which will be exclusively written by the NCAA...Rights of players to sue colleges over wrongdoing are limited." monkeylink.co/d77da6

Robert Bruno (Illinois) is quoted in The Guardian (UK) & The Austin American Statesman. “Union membership in the U.S. increased by 411,000 members in 2025, the largest increase since 2008." Guardian: monkeylink.co/992714 Statesman: monkeylink.co/484f0b

Make plans to attend the 2027 LERA@ASSA, January 3-5, 2027 in Washington, DC. There will be 18 LERA sessions. The unscheduled program can be viewed here. monkeylink.co/9c08ae #LERA #LERA@ASSA2027

Submit a proposal and mark your calendars for the LERA 79th Annual Meeting, June 10-13, 2027 in Baltimore, MD. Deadline is November 15th. Call for Proposals can be found here: monkeylink.co/3e014a

Jon Stewart interviews Kathryn Anne Edwards, labor economist, writer and co-host of the Optimist Economy podcast on his Weekly Show on YouTube Oct. 6. On the U.S. “out of balance economy”. monkeylink.co/2d1628

“University of Illinois labor team tracks strikes to support activists & policymakers.” Johnnie Kallas (Illinois) is cited. “Kallas, the director of the Labor Action Tracker project, discusses how the project tracks strike activity in the U.S.” monkeylink.co/64bdce

“Stunning level of support for universal health care” "The Medicare for All PAC survey found that not only do 94% of Democratic voters support a universal public health insurance program, but so do a majority of moderate and independent voters." monkeylink.co/54a235

Ellora Derenoncourt, a labor economist and economic historian at Princeton in the Industrial Relations section, was named a 2026 MacArthur “genius award” Fellow. Here’s a video about Derenoncourt from the MacArthur Foundation. monkeylink.co/b8b102

“Working through it: The AI jobs boom dawns.” In The Economist. "Last week, the American Bureau of Labor Statistics came out with its monthly jobs report and it found that in August there were 162,000 jobs that were created in the economy." monkeylink.co/7060c5

“Construction’s data center gamble” by Mark Erlich (Harvard) in Phenomenal World. "Is the data center boom the solution to the problems faced by buildings trades unions?" monkeylink.co/01f0ae

“A plan for the Western world’s revival.” "A U.S. trade pact with Europe could encompass friendly democracies & revive the old alliance...America’s global leadership rests on 3 pillars. If any one of them fails, it could doom the whole enterprise." monkeylink.co/c45830

Submit a proposal and mark your calendars for the LERA 79th Annual Meeting, June 10-13, 2027 in Baltimore, MD. Deadline is November 15th. Call for Proposals can be found here: monkeylink.co/3e014a

Make plans to attend the 2027 LERA@ASSA, January 3-5, 2027 in Washington, DC. There will be 18 LERA sessions. The unscheduled program can be viewed here. monkeylink.co/9c08ae #LERA #LERA@ASSA2027