US Labor and Employee Relations Network

What we offer

  • Community

    Members benefit from a close-knit network of fellow thought leaders who share critical, timely information and perspectives at and between sessions.

  • Steering Committee

    Steering committee sets the strategic direction with focus on current workplace challenges and emerging LR/ER issues. US committee members include: Boeing, DuPont, Exelon, General Mills, Honeywell, MGM, Nestle.

  • Benchmark Surveys

    Flash member e-surveys are conducted on hot issues that require quick turnaround. Members can benchmark prevailing and emerging practices and receive intelligence from a trusted source, thereby offering an ‘insider’s view’ of how top US companies approach LR and ER issues.

  • Hybrid Calendar

    Live and virtual sessions are offered on U.S. and global labor issues and are open to participation by members’ colleagues around the globe.

Upcoming sessions

16 January - Virtual

19 March - Virtual

15 - 16 May - LIVE SESSION, Chicago

24 July - Virtual

22-23 October - LIVE SESSION Washington DC

04 December - Virtual

Member companies

  • 407 ETR

  • Airgas

  • Anheuser-Busch

  • Aramark

  • Aramark Uniform

  • AT&T

  • Bimbo

  • Boeing

  • BP

  • Chevron

  • Cintas

  • Clarios

  • CNH Industrial

  • Coca-Cola

  • Constellation

  • Corning

  • Crown Cork & Seal

  • CVS Health

  • Deere & Co.

  • Delaware North

  • DuPont

  • Essentia Health

  • Exelon

  • ExxonMobil

  • Ford

  • Foremost Farms

  • Frontier Communications

  • General Dynamics

  • General Mills

  • GM

  • Goodyear

  • HMSHost

  • Honeywell

  • International Paper

  • Johns Manville

  • Kellogg’s

  • Keurig Dr. Pepper

  • Koch

  • Kroger

  • Land O'Lakes

  • Lockheed Martin

  • Maersk

  • Merck

  • MGM

  • Mondelez

  • Navistar

  • Nestlé

  • P&G

  • Penske

  • Phillips 66

  • PPG

  • Reynolds

  • Rolls-Royce

  • Ryder

  • Shell

  • Sodexo

  • Spirit AeroSystems

  • Stanley Black & Decker

  • Stellantis

  • Sub-Zero

  • Sysco

  • TreeHouse Foods

  • U.S. Maritime Alliance

  • Unilever

  • United Rentals

  • US Foods

  • Verizon

  • Volvo

  • WestRock

Recent topics

  • COVID challenges – regular Roundtable discussions covering all emerging challenges

  • Flexible working implications and Employee Relations – policies and procedures for the ‘next normal’

  • Virtual bargaining – here to stay? How to manage hybrid approaches

  • Vaccine mandates – what’s required, how to manage, consequences for employers

  • COVID-related PTO – evolving policies

  • Regular NLRB Updates with Former NLRB Chairman Philip Miscimarra

  • Recent organizing campaigns – is ‘Striketober’ here to stay?

  • Recent bargaining with unions across sectors and markets

  • Arbitration trends

  • Responding to trade challenges and the evolving workplace

  • Solving the world’s problems at the bargaining table – technology, discrimination, safety and social issues

  • Building a diverse future workforce in the skilled trades

  • Labor arbitration trends

  • Washington Update: DOL, regulations and legislation

  • Tapping employee voice – emerging trends in employee listening

  • Update on medical marijuana and the workplace

  • Negotiating changes to defined benefit plans

  • Dealing with absenteeism, ADA and FMLA challenges

  • Corporate responsibility agenda and Employee Relations

Membership fee

The 2023 membership fee is $11,000, which covers the two live sessions attended by two senior-level representatives, and five attendees for the virtual sessions. The fee is prorated for those joining mid-year.

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