The Officers and Board of the DC LERA invite you
to join them at the December Luncheon Program.

 Developing Better Models of Labor
Relations for the 21st Century
 
Noon – Wednesday, December 14, 2011
at the historic Woman’s National Democratic Club

Speaker

Professor Joseph A. McCartin

Executive Director, Kalmanovitz Initiative for
Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University

 
We are pleased to announce that Professor Joseph A. McCartin, Executive Director of the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University and author of a recently released book, Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike that Changed America, (Oxford University Press, 2011) will join us on December 14th to discuss a calamitous event in the history of labor unions in America: the 1981 PATCO strike.  This conflict, he argues, transformed private sector labor relations.  “When Reagan authorized the firing of the controllers, he was legally on solid ground, but he did that in the context of the federal sector,” McCartin explains. Private sector employers began to emulate the president by breaking strikes. The results for organized labor were devastating. “It’s hard to conceive of how a union can protect its workers if they don’t have the ability to strike effectively.” McCartin will share with us his vision of the future in which, as Executive Director of the Institute, he hopes to energize development of new models of labor relations to restore the constructive role of unions.

Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. This new initiative at Georgetown University, made possible by a $5 million grant from the Kalmanovitz Charitable Foundation, is convening scholars and practitioners from labor and management in an effort to find just and equitable solutions to problems that beset labor today.

Please RSVP and join the discussion on Wednesday, December 14.

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Time: Sign-in: 11:30; Buffet lunch: 12:00; NOTE program: 12:15; Adjourn 1:30

Location: We are delighted to announce that this event will be at the Woman's National Democratic Club, the venue of many DC LERA luncheons in the past. 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20036. The historic Whittemore House is located one block from Dupont Circle and its Red Line Metro station.

Cost: Members $25, Non-members or unreserved $30

Menu:  Our meal service includes a three-course menu served to your table, plus coffee/iced tea. Cash wine service will be available. Please let Babbi know if you need a vegetarian meal.

Reserve and pay online. Use a debit or credit card or PayPal, if you have an account. If this reservation will be for more than one person, please provide the names of all registrants.

Select luncheon cost: 1 - Member $25.00 2 - Members $50.00 3 - Members $75.00 4 - Members $100.00 5 - Members $125.00 6 - Members $150.00 1 - Non-member $30.00 2 - Non-members $60.00 3 - Non-members $90.00 4 - Non-members $120.00

Reserve by emailing Babbi Williams at Babbi.Williams@bcbsa.com and pay at the door. 

Reserve by calling Babbi Williams at 202-626-4815 and pay at the door (online or email preferred).

Review the DC LERA's past programs.