Tennessee Employment Relations Research Association

COLERA presents: DEI Demolished -- The Future Workplace Without DEI on March 17th from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. in Columbus, OH
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“The big money in today’s economy is going to capital, not labor.” "Soaring profits & stocks funnel more of GDP toward companies, top employees & shareholders. AI will intensify this. For workers...total compensation is up 8%. Profits have climbed 43%." https://monkeylink.co/227ee7

“What replaces deported immigrant workers? Not Americans.” In "There is a big hole in the seductively simple argument that Mr. Trump’s policy will push employers to hire Americans: For many jobs, the cheaper & more likely replacement is a robot." https://monkeylink.co/aa5aae

Submit a research volume proposal to the LERA Editorial Committee by March 15, 2026, for the 2027 LERA Research Volume. https://monkeylink.co/7306e6

Register now for the LERA 78th Annual Meeting, May 28-31, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minn. where labor and employment relations professionals from across industries and perspectives will come together to tackle today’s most pressing workplace challenges.
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Maryland LERA presents: "Fighting Union Busters in a Carolina Carpet Mill," a Discussion of the Recent Book by Its Author, Philo Cohen on March 25th from 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. in Baltimore, MD. https://monkeylink.co/458ca7

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Register now for the LERA 78th Annual Meeting, May 28-31, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minn. where labor and employment relations professionals from across industries and perspectives will come together to tackle today’s most pressing workplace challenges.
https://monkeylink.co/645c0e

“Household debt continues to decline amid high interest rates,” a column by Christian Weller (U-Mass Boston) in Forbes. https://monkeylink.co/c87709

“Amazon’s return-to-office mandate sparks disability complaint” Kate Bronfenbrenner (Cornell) is quoted. “Getting disabled employees to return to the office has sparked a backlash, with workers alleging the company is violating the ADA.” https://monkeylink.co/d27772

“Millions of legal immigrants’ lives upended after social Security freeze.” "Without any public notice, on 19 March, the program was halted, affecting millions of immigrants every year and burdening Social Security Administration offices."
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"The Scheinman Institute at the Cornell ILR School, has formed the Cornell ILR National Conflict Resolution Service (NCRS) in collaboration with the American Arbitration Association." https://monkeylink.co/5cba2d

The Unexpected Economics of Minimum Wages by Michael Reich (UC-Berkeley). “Minimum wages can be absorbed by increasing the supply of workers to low-wage employers, reducing cost of recruiting & retaining workers & introducing modest price increases.” https://monkeylink.co/943e23