Wednesday, August 16, 2:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Hyatt Regency, Chicago, Illinois
Held in conjunction with the FMCS National Labor Management Conference
“The Evolution in Airline Employee Relations”
Low-cost competition is transforming the airline industry in the United States and around the globe. This session explored the strategies that different airlines are using to achieve low costs, and the [...]

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January 7, 2007, Hilton Hotel, Chicago, Illinois
Held in conjunction with the 59th Annual Meeting of LERA

“Conflict and Cooperation in Employment Relations as the Airline Industry Restructures: International Perspectives, Comparisons and Futures” (Symposium)
Chair: Robert B. McKersie , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Presenters:

Jody Hoffer Gittell, Brandeis University; Greg J. Bamber, Griffith University; and Judy Pate, University of Glasgow [...]

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Saturday, January 5, 2008, 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
InterContinental Hotel, Fulton Room
Held in conjunction with the LERA 60th Annual Meeting, January 3-6, 2008, in New Orleans, LA
2:30-2:45 Welcome, Update and Overview of Airline Industry Council
2:45-3:45 “Up in the Air: Can an Industry Compete on Costs Without Destroying Its Workforce? An International Study of the [...]

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Rosen Presentation — Airline Mergers, June 05 (web presentation)
Rosen Presentation — Airline Mergers, June 05 (PowerPoint file for download)
Comstock Paper — Work Related Views, June 05 (pdf version)
The LERA Airline Industry Council met in Washington D.C. on June 16, 2005 in conjunction with LERA’s National Policy Forum. The above links are to two documents by [...]

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