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14 Lab. & Emp. L. 1 (1985-1986)

handle is hein.journals/laboemplo14 and id is 1 raw text is: SMyVOLUME XIV, NUMBER 1, SPRING 1985 SECTION OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW OF THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION e 750 NORTH LAKE SHORE DRIVE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60611 Annual Meeting-July 1985 Washington, D.C. and London, England Institutes and Meetings Co-Chairmen Charles A. Powell and Carole W. Wilson have announced plans for the Section's program for this summer's Annual Meeting in two of the world's great cities. On July 8-9 the Section will gather in Washington, D.C., for a two-day session which mainly will com- memorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the passage of the National Labor Relations Act. Highlights will in- clude two round table discussions, the first consisting of former chairmen of the NLRB and the second con- sisting of former general counsels of the NLRB. Sec- tion Secretary Howard Lesnick, distinguished pro- fessor of the City University of New York, Queens College of Law, will present the Annual Review of the United States Supreme Court decisions on Monday, July 8; and will include his thoughts on fifty years of theAct. On Tuesday, July 9,' there will be several mini- panels, repeated twice, on employee benefits, arbitra- tion and the developing labor law. An ABA showcase )uncheon presentation will feature Lynn Williams, the dynamic new president of the United Steelworkers and Sy Clark, veteran counsel of the United States Steel Corporation. Section headquarters and all programs will be located at the Washington Hilton Hotel. Many of the Section's committees will be meeting on Tues- day, July 9, during the Washington session. The Sec- tion's Annual Election of Officers will be held on Tuesday afternoon, July 9. The Section will reconvene the week of July 15 in London, England. St. Ermins will be the Section's headquarters hotel. Highlights of the program in Lon- don will include, on Tuesday, July 16, a comparative study of discrimination laws, The European Ex- perience with Unfair Dismissal Statutes-Lessons from Abroad-Is There Life After Employment-At- Will? On Wednesday, July 17, there will be a panel discussion, Has Taft-Hartley Act Really Come to Great Britain: The Thatcher Legislative Trilogy. On Friday, July 19, the Section will co-sponsor one of the ABA's plenary sessions, with the Section of Urban, State and Local Government Law, on strikes by public employees. The full program will appear in the next issue of the Newsletter. CHAIRMAN'S COMMENT Reports submitted to the Council or to me indicate that the affairs of the Section were running smoothly at mid- term. Many of our substantive committees have held very successful midwinter meetings where scholarly papers were presented and spirited dis- cussions took place. Several of the papers, as well as the annual reports of committees, will find their way into the Section's new journal-The Labor Lawyer. The first issue of The Labor Lawyer was enthusiastically re- ceived by our members. Editor Elliot Bredhoff Bob Rabin, the Board of Editors and the contributors are to be commended for such an auspicious launching of the journal. The second issue will be in your hands shortly and the third issue will go to press in July. Pro- fessor Rabin states that each of the early issues will show improvements over prior ones. In particular, every ef- fort is being made to see that committee reports are pub- lished in a timely and comprehensive manner. Our renowned Section treatises are selling briskly, as indicated elsewhere in this Newsletter. (see Section Publications, page 5) We look forward with anticipa- tion to our next major treatise on occupational safety and health law which is scheduled for publication early next year. Preliminary work also is in progress for development of a treatise on the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. At its Midwinter Meeting, the Council approved an exciting new project proposed by our Committee on (continued on page 6) Copyright © 1985 American Bar Association Produced by the ABA Press

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