Council
The ILERA Council will meet next on the occasion of the 19th ILERA World Congress in Lund, Sweden in June 2021. During this meeting the council will elect a President for the period 2025 – 2028, members of the Executive Committee for the period 2021-2024 and decide on other important matters.
The Council of the ILERA is composed of the representatives of the Full Members, these can be national or regional associations, the primary purpose of which is the advancement of knowledge and research in labour and employment relations; each Council member has one vote. The Council elects the President and the members of the Executive Committee. The Council meets once every three years, on the occasion of the ILERA World Congress, and gives the Executive Committee such general guidance or instructions as it deems appropriate.
ARGENTINA
Name: La Asociación de Relaciones del Trabajo de la República Argentina (ARTRA)
Website: www.ileraartra.com (Spanish)
AUSTRALIA
Name: Australian Labour and Employment Relations Association
Website: www.alera.asn.au
President: Professor Greg Bamber, Monash University, Melbourne
E-mail: gregbamber@gmail.com
BANGLADESH
Name: Bangladesh Labour and Employment Relations Association (BLERA)
Address: c/o OSHE Foundation, House # 19, Lane # 1, Block # A, Section # 6, Mirpur, Dhaka-1216
Telephone: +88-02-9032947-8
Fax: +88-02-9032949
E-mail: oshe@agni.com
President: Prof A.R. Chowdhury Repon
BELGIUM
Name: Association belge des relations du travail (ABRT/BBVA)
Address: c/o Vrije Universiteit Brussel – Free University Brussels, Public Law Dept., Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brusssels
Telephone: +32 (0)2 629 2543
E-mail: Wilfried.Rauws@vub.ac.be
President: Prof Wilfried Rauws
BRAZIL
Name: Academia Nacional de Direito do Trabalho (ANDT)
Address: Rua Riachuelo n° 217, Conjunto 61 Centro, CEP 01.007-000, Sao Paulo
Telephone: +55-11 3174 0200
E-mail: andt@andt.org.br
Contact person: Prof Luiz Carlos Robortella, Secretary General
CANADA
Name: Canadian Industrial Relations Association (CIRA) | Association canadienne des relations industrielles (ACRI)
E-mail: communications.cira@gmail.com
Contact person: Jason Foster, President
Website: www.cira-acri.ca (English – French)
CHILE
Name: Asociacion Chilena de Relaciones de Trabajo
Address: Erasmo Escala 1942, SANTIAGO CENTRO
Telephone: +56-2 697-2097
E-mail: hhumeres@ahmt.cl
President: Prof Hector Humeres Noguer
CHINA
Name: China Association for Labour Studies (CALS)
Address: No. 7 Hepingli Zhongjie, Doncheng District, BEIJING
Telephone: +86-10 8420-9370
Contact person: Mr Zhao Yue, General Secretary
E-mail: 2502986678@qq.com
Website: www.cals.net.cn
COLOMBIA
Name: Asociacion de Relaciones de Trabajo de Colombia
Address: Calle 122 N° 11D-71, Apto 103
Telephone: +57-1 214-0489 | +57-315 335-3022
E-mail: malisa29mon@hotmail.com | marthaemonsalve29@hotmail.com
President: Dra Martha Elisa Monsalve Cuellar
FINLAND
Name: The Finnish Association of Work Life Research (FAWORE)
Website: www.tyoelamantutkimus.fi (Finnish – English)
FRANCE
Name: Association Francaise d’étude des Relations Professionnelles (AFERP)
Address: Université Paris 2, Pantheon Assas, 92, Rue d’Assas, F-75006 PARIS
Telephone: +33-1 4441-5954
E-mail: contact@aferp.org
President: Prof Françis Kessler
GERMANY
Name: German Industrial Relations Association (GIRA)
Address: Universitaet Duisburg-Essen, Lehrstuhl fur allgemeine Betriebswirtschaftslehre Insbesondere Arbeit, Personal and Organisation. Fakultat Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Campus Essen, Universitaetstr. 12, D-45141 ESSEN
Telephone: +49-201 183-2260
E-mail: girasekretariat@gmail.com
President: Prof Werner Nienhueser
INDIA
Name: Indian Industrial Relations Association (IIRA)
INDONESIA
Name: Indonesian Industrial Relations Association (AHII)
Address: JL. Damai No 29, Rt 08 – Rw 01, Bambu Apus, Cipayung, JAKARTA TIMUR,
Telephone: +62-21 7097-2805
E-mail: sutantosuwarno_2012@yahoo.com
General Secretary: Dr Sutanto Suwarno
ISRAEL
Name: Industrial Relations Research Association of Israel (IIRRA)
Address: Emek Israel Academic College ltd. Kibbutz, Jezreel 1935000, P.O.B 6342, Holon, Israel
Telephone: +972- 552-722161
Contact person: Adv. Orly Bitty, Chairperson of the Association
E-mail: info@iirra.org.il
Website: www.iirra.org.il
ITALY
Name: Associazione Italiana di Studio delle Relazioni Industriali (AISRI)
Address: Università degli Studi di Bari, Dipartimento sui Rapporti di Lavoro e sulle Relazioni Industriali, Corso Italia, 23, 7121 BARI
Telephone: +39 041 234 6920
Contact person: Prof Gaetano Zilio Grandi, President of the Association
E-mail: aisri@unive.it
Website: http://www.aisri.it/
JAPAN
Name: Japan Industrial Relations Research Association
Address: University of Tokyo, Institute of Social Science,7-3 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, TOKYO 113-00332
Telephone: (+81-3) 5841-4983
General Secretary: Prof Michio Nitta
E-mail: jirra@mynavi.jp
Website: www.jirra.org (Japanese)
KOREA
Name: Korea Labor Institute
Address: 621 C Bidg, 370 Sicheong-daero, Sejong-si 30147, South Korea
Telephone: (+82) 44 287 6210
E-mail: cwlee@kli.re.kr
Website: www.kli.re.kr
MEXICO
Name: Sociedad Mexicana de Relaciones de Trabajo
Address: Calle Valparaíso Número 2572 Colonia Providencia, Zona Minerva, Código Postal 44630
Telephone: (+52-33) 38255022 or (+52-33) 38250730
General Secretary: Dr Angel Guillermo Ruiz Moreno
E-mail: agruizm@ruizmoreno.com
MEXICO
Name: Asociación Mexicana de Relaciones Laborales y Empleo
Address: Calle San Pablo 12 Bis, Ext. B, Ocotlán, Tlaxcala, México. C.P. 90100
Telephone: (+52) 246 324 9640 or (+52) 246 121 76 26
General Secretary: D. en D. Elizabeth Sánchez Rodríguez
E-mail: dra.eliza.legal@gmail.com
NETHERLANDS
Name: Nederlandse Vereniging voor Arbeidsverhoudingen (NVA)
Website: www.nva-arbeidsverhoudingen.nl (Dutch)
E-mail: L.Harteveld@awvn.nl
NEW ZEALAND
Name: New Zealand Employment Relations Society Incorporated
Address: c/o The New Zealand Work and Labour Market Institute, Level 10, 42 Wakefield Street, Auckland 1010
Telephone: (+64-9) 921-9999 ext. 6505
Fax: (+64-9) 921-9876
Chairperson: Dr Erling Rasmusses
E-mail: erling.rasmussen@aut.ac.nz
NIGERIA
Name: Nigerian Industrial and Employment Relations Association (NIERA)
Address: University of Lagos, Dept. of Industrial Relations and Personnel Management, AKOKA, YABA, LAGOS, Nigeria
Telephone: (+234-1) 5454-8913
Fax: (+234-1) 4972-544
Secretary/Treasurer: Dr Akeem Akinwale
Chairperson: Prof Dafe Otobo
E-mail: nieranigeria@gmail.com
PERU
Name: Asociación Peruana de Relaciones de Trabajo (APERT)
Address: Av. Paseo de la República 6236, Miraflores, LIMA
Telephone: (+51-1) 447-2020
Fax: (+51-1) 241 5657
President: Prof German Ramirez-Gaston
E-mail: gramirez@correo.ulima.edu.pe
PHILIPPINES
Name: Philippines Industrial Relations Society (P.I.R.S.)
Address: PO Box 261, U.P. Post Office, University of the Phlippines, Diliman, Quezon City 1101
Telephone: (+63 2) 411-9226
President: Prof Jorge Sibal
E-mail: sibal_jorge@yahoo.com
ROMANIA
Name: Association for the Study of the Professional Labour Relations
Address: 130051 Aleea Trandafirilor nr. 16 bl. 10 ap. 46, Târgovişte, Dâmboviţa
Telephone: 40722723340
Contact person: Prof Top Danuti, President
E-mail: asrpm.ro@gmail.com
Website: www.asrpm.ro
SOUTH AFRICA
Name: Labour and Employment Relations Association of Southern Africa (LERASA)
Address: Public Service Bargaining Centre, Building B, 260 Basden Avenue Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa 0137
Telephone: +27 (12) 6448100
E-mail: info@lerasa.org.za ; president@lerasa.org.za
Contact person: Frikkie De Bruin, President or Oomang Parag, Secretary
Website: www.irasa.org.za
SRI LANKA
Name: The Industrial Relations Association of Sri Lanka
Address: No 318 High Level Road, Colombo 6
Telephone: (+94-11) 236-8164
Fax: (+94-11) 258-2938
President: Mr Mahinda Madihahewa
E-mail: slmol@slt.lk
SWEDEN
Name: Svenska ILERA-Foreningen
Address: c/o Arbetsformedlingen/HK, SE-113 99 STOCKHOLM
Telephone: (+46-771) 600000
President: Mr Mats Wadman
UNITED KINGDOM
Name: British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA)
Address: Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
Telephone: +44 121 414 6225
Contact person: Prof. Tony Dobbins (President)
Email: admin@buira.org
Website: www.buira.org
URUGUAY
Name: Asociacion Uruguaya de Relaciones Laborales (AUREL)
Address: Juncal 1355, oficina 702, 11000 Montevideo
Telephone: (+59-82) 916-2722
Fax: (+59-82) 916-6033
President: Sr Juan Raso Delgue
E-mail: juanraso@redfacil.com.uy
URUGUAY
Name: ILERA-Uruguay
Address: Luis B. Cavia 2716 apto 603
Telephone: (+598) 094 957 990
President: Lic. Joaquín Perrone (ILERA-Uruguay’s president)
E-mail:ilerauruguay@gmail.com
VENEZUELA
Name: Asociacion de relaciones de Trabajo de Venezuela
Address: Universidad de Carabobo, Parque Residencial Carabobo, Calle 145, Apto 101-85, Valencia, Carabobo 2002
Telephone: (+58-241) 823-7713
Fax: (+58-241) 425-0933
President: Sr Hector Lucena
E-mail: hllucena@hotmail.com or hlucena@uc.edu.ve