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National Labor Relations board chair among keynote speakers at conference

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Wilma B. Liebman, chair of the National Labor Relations Board, will be one of four keynote speakers at the 39th Center for Human Resource Management roundtable Sept. 30-Oct. 1 at the Crowne Plaza Chicago Metro Hotel, Chicago.

The conference, “Labor Relations in the 21st Century,” will showcase four leaders representing organized labor, academia, government and corporations, each of whom will present their view on labor relations, says Jean Drasgow, assistant director of the Center for Human Resource Management at the University of Illinois.

The other keynote speakers are Thomas A. Kochan, co-director of the Sloan Institute for Work and Employment Research at MIT; Jeffrey C. McGuiness, president and CEO of the HR Policy Association; and Richard L. Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO.

Topics to be discussed include labor management relations, labor and employment law, unions as organizations, non-union operations, and the future of the American dream.

More information is available on the Web or by calling 217-333-0981. Registration closes Sept. 17.

The Center for Human Resource Management is a joint venture between senior human resource executives and U. of I. faculty from the School of Labor and Employment Relations, the College of Business and the U. of I.-Chicago College of Business Administration.

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