Tennessee Employment Relations Research Association

09/03/2026

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

09/03/2026

Rosemary Batt (Cornell) is quoted & Eileen Appelbaum (Center for Economic & Policy Research) is cited in “Protests target private equity at Berlin summit.” Along with Appelbaum, "Batt has been studying how private equity operates for more than 15 years." https://monkeylink.co/5fb3ed

09/03/2026

https://news.gallup.com/poll/713936/record-high-unions-influence.aspx

Support for labor unions is at its modern-day peak in the U.S., both in approval and in Americans' desire for unions to gain influence.

07/14/2026

07/10/2026

Jerry Lee was a great labor leader. Being business manager of IBEW Local 429 Nashville, president of Tennessee AFL-CIO, and a strong supporter of TERRA, shared new and innovative ideas that helped promote collective bargaining and the workplace. During The Darkest Hours of TERRA, Jerry helped guide the organization from the brink of collapse to a more robust membership that would help achieve the STAR Award several times at the annual conferences of the Labor and Employment Relations Association.
Jerry will be greatly missed.

07/10/2026

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10164504199907888&id=814587887&mibextid=Nif5oz

07/07/2026

Jerry Lee has been a strong labor leader. He has been Business Manager of IBEW Local 429, President of Tennessee AFL-CIO, and a strong supporter of TERRA.
During its darkest hours, Jerry Lee encouraged board members to continue leading this organization for others to follow and learn.

07/07/2026

Wanda McDaniel, president of the Central Labor Council for Middle Tennessee, has always been an advocate for organized labor. She has stood up for the rights of minorities, advocated for better training for our Workforce, and served in her church to lift others from poverty

07/03/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/18mekXKKai/?mibextid=xfxF2i

We join the entire labor movement in mourning the loss of Central Labor Council of Nashville & Middle TN President Vonda McDaniel, a trailblazer and true champion of working people.

To know Vonda was to love her. America’s unions send our deepest condolences to her family and loved ones. https://aflcio.org/press/releases/labor-movement-mourns-loss-true-champion-working-people-vonda-mcdaniel

05/27/2026

https://youtu.be/YwBh9w6P2kw?si=YecRIjp32v0bCGZ9

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