Registration Open!

Registration for the 49th Collective Bargaining and Arbitration Conference is officially open. The conference will be held on April 9-10, 2026, at the Hotel Murano in Tacoma, WA. Check out the agenda and register today to secure your spot!

Congratulations to Vanessa Alvarez, the 2025-2026 NWLERA Scholarship Winner!

Congratulations to Vanessa Alvarez for winning the 2025-2026 NWLERA Scholarship Award! Vanessa is a Spanish major in her senior year. Originally from Alaska, Vanessa was introduced to the Labor Studies minor when she transferred to the University of Washington, and she has been taking labor studies classes at the University since 2024. In the summer (more…)

Save the Date

Please save the date for the Northwest Chapter of LERA’s 49th Collective Bargaining and Arbitration Conference! Invitations and registration information will be available in early 2026. We will be returning for another year to the Hotel Murano in Tacoma! Registration is expected to open in mid-January 2026, so keep an eye out for more details. (more…)

Registration Open!

The 48th Collective Bargaining and Arbitration Conference registration open. The conference will be on April 10-11, 2025, at the Hotel Murano in Tacoma, WA. Check out the agenda and register today to secure your spot!

Congratulations to Amrine White, the 2024-2025 NWLERA Scholarship Winner!

Congratulations to Amrine White on winning the scholarship award for the 2024-2025 academic year! Amrine is currently pursuing her Masters in Communication Leadership with specializations in community engagement and organizational communication. She is a two times winner of the Pacific Northwest Labor Association’s ‘Best Paper in Labor Studies’ award for her theses “Unstable Foundations: Poor (more…)

Save the Date

Please save the date for the Northwest Chapter of LERA’s 48th Collective Bargaining and Arbitration Conference! Invitations and registration information will be available in early 2025. We will be returning for another year to the Hotel Murano in Tacoma! Registration is expected to open in mid-January 2025, so keep an eye out for more details. (more…)

Thank you for attending!

                Thank you for attending the 47th Collective Bargaining the Arbitration Conference. This year’s session materials, if any, can be found on our app and our attendee website. Any available documents will show as an attachment on the session in the app or as a resource on the (more…)

Registration Open!

The 47th Collective Bargaining and Arbitration Conference registration open. The conference will be on March 28-29, 2024, at the Hotel Murano in Tacoma, WA. Check out the agenda and register today to secure your spot!

NWLERA 2023-2024 Scholarship awarded to Kass Walcott

Congratulations to Kass Walcott on receiving the scholarship for the 2023-2024 academic year! Kass is a labor law student at the University of Washington with a background in working in metalwork and has community organizing experience.  Kass hopes to use their education to bridge a connection between people in the building trades and the law (more…)

Save the Date!

Please save the date for the Northwest Chapter of LERA’s 47th Collective Bargaining and Arbitration Conference! The Conference will be held March 28-28,2024. Invitations and registration information will be available early 2024. Keep an eye out for more details soon.