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: Kroger, Lockheed Martin, Nestle, Penske, Saint-Gobain.

  • 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.

2026 sessions

13 January - Virtual

10 March- Virtual

7 - 8May - LIVE SESSION, Chicago

28 July - Virtual

15-16 October - LIVE SESSION Washington, DC

03 December - Virtual

Member companies

  • Adient

  • Amazon

  • Anheuser-Busch

  • Aramark

  • AT&T

  • Bimbo

  • Boeing

  • BP

  • CenterPoint Energy

  • Chevron

  • Chobani La Colombe

  • Cintas

  • Clarios

  • Constellation Energy

  • Cooper Standard

  • Corning

  • Crowley

  • CVS Health

  • Deere

  • Exelon

  • ExxonMobil

  • Ford

  • Foremost Farms

  • Frontier Communications

  • General Dynamics

  • GE Aerospace

  • General Mills

  • GM

  • Graphic Packaging

  • HMSHost

  • Hoffmaster

  • Honeywell

  • Ingredion

  • International Motors

  • International Paper

  • J.M. Smucker

  • Johns Manville

  • Kellanova

  • Keurig Dr. Pepper

  • Koch

  • Kraft Heinz

  • Kroger

  • Land O'Lakes

  • Lockheed Martin

  • Maersk

  • McKesson

  • Merck

  • MGM

  • Mondelez

  • Motiva

  • National Grid

  • Nestlé

  • Penske

  • Phillips 66

  • PPG

  • Rolls-Royce

  • RTX

  • Ryder

  • Saint-Gobain

  • Saputo

  • Seminole Hardrock

  • Shell

  • Siemens

  • Smurfit Westrock

  • Sodexo

  • Southern Glazer’s

  • Stellantis

  • Sysco

  • Unilever

  • United Rentals

  • UPS

  • U.S. Maritime Alliance

  • Verizon

  • VW

  • Volvo

  • Weyerhaeuser

Recent topics

  • Contract ratification and interplay between international and local union leadership

  • AI, technology and digitalization

  • Geopolitical and economic challenges

  • Regular NLRB Updates with Former NLRB Chairmen Philip Miscimarra and John Ring

  • Leveraging FMCS services

  • Educating business leaders on LR

  • Recent bargaining with unions across sectors and markets

  • Arbitration trends

  • Responding to the evolving workplace

  • Recent organizing campaigns

  • Social media and communication strategy

  • Wage bargaining

  • Employee engagement

  • Washington Update: DOL, regulations and legislation

  • Tapping employee voice – emerging trends in employee listening

  • Negotiating changes to defined benefit plans

  • Dealing with absenteeism, ADA and FMLA challenges

  • Corporate responsibility agenda

  • Professional development of tomorrow’s LR leaders

Membership fee

The 2026 membership fee is $15,500, which covers the two live sessions attended by two senior-level representatives, and four attendees for the virtual sessions. The fee is prorated for those joining mid-year.

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