For over 25 years, the Consortium has provided the Northeast Labor Relations Community with outstanding continuing education opportunities. This year’s conference program will feature keynote speakers Steven Greenhouse, New York Times Labor and Workplace Reporter and Author of "The Big Squeeze," and Wilma B. Liebman, Esq., NLRB Chairman, as well as plenary addresses and concurrent workshops. Learn from distinguished experts, as to how employers, unions, and labor relations neutrals are confronting various current, compelling, and relevant topics impacting labor relations during these challenging economic times.

The City of New Haven is rich in history and culture, arts and leisure, and dinning and entertainment - the perfect setting for a summertime conference. A New Haven landmark, the New Haven Green is a 16-acre privately owned park and recreation area located in the downtown district of the city of New Haven, Connecticut. The 16-acre New Haven Green is the central square and was originally the city’s marketplace. It was also used as its burial ground until the early 1800s. Today it is surrounded by many of the city’s churches, as well as City Hall, the federal courthouse, library, commercial properties and Yale. The green is host to numerous public events, such as the Festival of Arts and Ideas, summer jazz and classical music concerts, as well as typical daily park activities.

Wooster Square (Little Italy) was named after the New Haven Revolutionary War hero, David Wooster. It was once a neighborhood of elegant brownstones surrounding the square, but many of the houses were razed for factories and tenements for Irish workers in the mid 19th Century. In the late 1800’s, Italian immigrants replaced the Irish, creating the “Little Italy” we know today, commonly referred to simply as "Wooster Street". 

Wooster Street and Wooster Square engender thoughts of New Haven’s famous pizzerie, Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, known locally as Pepe's, and Sally's Apizza, which vie each year for the title of "best pizza" in the world. The first pizza in the country was served here, and it is still home to some of the best Italian cuisine around; in restaurants and bakeries such as Consiglio’s, Lucibello’s, and Tre Scalini. "Wooster Street" itself is unassuming but, in the summer, the street is alive with festivals and celebrations when locals and everyone else come out to party. It is one of New Haven’s more lively and colorful neighborhoods.