DC LERA

Labor Employment Relations Assoc- Wash, DC. Platform to address economic, legal/social issues in employee-employer relations, & labor/industrial relations

[DC LERA @DCLERA]

Our board member Steve Silvia has been in the news about the recent @UAW organizing drives! https://t.co/pDmWG3ZSLe #UAW #labor #1u #economics

[LERA @LERassn]

“‘Victories would be nothing less than an earthquake’: can UAW win in the south?” From Steven Greenhouse in The Guardian. Joseph McCartin (Georgetown), Stephen Silva (American University), and UAW president Shawn Fain (UAW President) are quoted.
https://t.co/pV7s7rzdbM

[LERA @LERassn]

Mark your calendars! The Triad 2024 NYC (LERA 76th Annual Meeting, the ILERA 20th World Congress, and the FMCS National Labor-Management Conference) will be June 26 – 30, 2024 in Manhattan, New York City, NY (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday). https://t.co/5nJ0gXSEoR

[DC LERA @DCLERA]

Join us next Tues, March 19th, for "Building Pathways into Building Trades Careers: Apprenticeship Readiness Programs" w/ Exec Director of @trades_futures 12-1:30 pm @AFLCIO bldg in DC REGISTER NOW: https://t.co/01dTnzzutS @GeorgetownKILWP @DCJWJ @BlueLabor @IW_IMPACT

[DC LERA @DCLERA]

Negotiating the Teamster-UPS Master Agreement: A Conversation w/ Teamster Chief Economist Kaitlyn Long. Thurs, Dec. 14, 12-1:30 pm, in-person @jwjnational office in DC. Register/info: https://t.co/zPdRbXDrc0 #UPS #Teamsters #1u #labor #economics @Teamsters

[Tequila Brooks @QuilaBee]

Not-to-be-missed @DCLERA event featuring @Teamsters Chief Economist Kaitlyn Long. Come join us ! #teamsterconvo

[DC LERA @DCLERA]

TMRW! Innovative and unique workplace laws in DC:  Asha Ault, Chief of Staff, DC Office of Labor Relations. 12:30 at Nat'l Women's Democratic Club, just off Dupont Circle. Register/info: https://t.co/m4axpNDTd0 #PaidSickLeave #PaidMaternityLeave @GeorgetownKILWP @nwlc

[DC LERA @DCLERA]

Innovative and unique workplace laws in DC:  Asha Ault, Chief of Staff, DC Office of Labor Relations.Thurs, October 26, 12:30 at National Women's Democratic Club, just off Dupont Circle. Register/info: https://t.co/m4axpNDTd0 #PaidSickLeave #PaidMaternityLeave @WNDC_1922

[DC LERA @DCLERA]

Join our free virtual 3rd Annual Labor Law Forum: US and International Perspectives on Sexual Harassment in Organized and Unorganized Workplaces. Fri, Oct 6, 2023. 10 - 11:30 am Eastern. Register now:
https://t.co/SRAvkX2pw4 #labor #SexualHarassment #law

[Global Labor Justice @global_labor]

Join @DCLERA's webinar & hear Anannya Bhattachargee of @AsiaFloorWage discuss the implementation of the #DindigulAgreement, to which @GLJhub-ILRF is also a co-signatory.

Read the Dindigul 1-year report ➡️ https://t.co/qm9NMP8L6T

Webinar registration➡️ https://t.co/DuBh2rrWAL

[DC LERA @DCLERA]

Our treasurer Steve Silvia is giving a talk on his new book! At American University, Sept. 7, 4-5:30.  @UAW International Affairs Director Kristyne Peter and former NLRB Chair Wilma Liebman are discussants @research_sis #labor #manufacturing https://t.co/tJRuRBGeoL

[DC LERA @DCLERA]

Our friends at #Virginia LERA have an annual conf on Sept 14. Check it out! https://t.co/1PDcKKvELu #labor #employment

[Corporate Accountability Lab @CorpAcctLab]

Last night, our Special Advisor Dean Pinkert joined @DCLERA to explain how corporate failure to respect the rights of freedom of association and collective bargaining is at the root of a broad range of workers’ rights abuses.

[DC LERA @DCLERA]

NEXT WEEK! New speaker added to our forum on forced labor. Kevin Willcuts, Deputy Director for Technical Assistance and Cooperation, Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, US Department of Labor REGISTER: https://t.co/86kGCNsLMX #labor #supplychains @ILRF

[DC LERA @DCLERA]

@jasminchua @ILRF @GLJhub @CorpAcctLab Currently, no. We are checking to see if this is possible. Thanks for asking.

[DC LERA @DCLERA]

Register now: Trade and Policy Tools to Address Forced Labor Supply Chains. Tues June 27, 4-7 PM. https://t.co/OEHjnnQaW3 @ILRF, @@GLJhub, @CorpAcctLab #supplychains #labor

[Tequila Brooks @QuilaBee]

DC LERA 2021 President @SteveSleigh56 wins Lifetime Achievement Award at LERA. @DCLERA wins Outstanding Chapter award for 2022.

[DC LERA @DCLERA]

Thanks to Dr. Steve Silvia of @AmericanU @AU_SIS for a great talk on his new book on auto worker organizing at foreign owned plans in the South and @jwjnational for hosting! #labor #economics

[DC LERA @DCLERA]

Read more about part of this history at a VW plant in Chattanooga here - and then get the whole story tmrw at our event! https://t.co/xvCcIRsZVi @GeorgetownKILWP @ilo4USCA #1u #labor #autoindustry #employment

[DC LERA @DCLERA]

The United Auto Workers represent auto workers at plants in northern states like MI - did you know they have launched campaigns to unionize foreign-owned plants in the South?  Learn more tmrw @ our event in DC at 12PM. #autoindustry #1u #unions #labor https://t.co/8IKhcxmnH9

[DC LERA @DCLERA]

Join us Wed, May 24th for book talk from our own board member Dr. Steve Silvia from @AmericanU "The UAW’s Southern Gamble: Organizing Workers at Foreign-Owned Vehicle Plants" RSVP now: https://t.co/eKS1GjGGz9 Thx to co-sponsors @jwjnational @acslaw @WorkersRtsInst #labor #UAW