About ALERA-ACT

Australian Labour and Employment Relations Association - ACT Inc. (previously known as Industrial Relations Society of the ACT Inc. 1973-2011) seeks to organise and foster discussion, research, education and publication within the field of industrial relations.

The ACT body is a Constituent member of the Australian Labour and Employment Relations Association (ALERA) - an affiliated body to the International Labour and Employment Relations Association (Ilera), with kindred organisations in all States and Territories of Australia. Membership is transferable between the Australian organisations (although membership benefits may vary).

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16th ILERA (IIRA) World Congress USA, 2-5 July 2012 - Early Bird closes 1 April 2012

Philadelpha, PA, USA

1 April is the deadline to register at the early bird price for the ILERA 16th World Congress, Philadelphia, July 2-5, 2012.  

Have you registered for the conference? If so, great!
If not, please see the following steps:

Journal of Industrial Relations, 54(1) February 2012

The Toyota redundancies and Holden terminations of casual and contract workers have generated a major debate about the future of the automotive industry in Australia and indeed manufacturing more generally. We need to know much more about how multinationals like the car-makers make decisions. How important are local strategies?