
A monthly podcast from LRIS that provides in-depth coverage of trends in public sector labor relations.
| Publishes | Monthly | Episodes | 29 | Founded | 13 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | Government | |||

A look back, a look ahead.
We took January 1 off for the New Year’s Day holiday, so this First Thursday episode is posting on the second Thursday. We will be posting a bonus episode on the third Thursday (and you thought there were no more Christmas... more
We here at LRIS would like to wish everyone a joyous and peaceful holiday season. Here’s what in store for this last First Thursday podcast of 2025:
Upcoming seminars from LRIS (00:01:53)
The cases:
State ex rel. GateHouse Media Ohio Holdings II, ... more
Richard Poulson interviews Memphis Police Association President Matt Cunningham about the recent deployment of national guard troops to his city.
Cases:
Labor Board Rules County Cannot Unilaterally Change Schedule, County of Gloucester, 51 NJPER ¶ ... more
Rick and labor attorney Jessica Caggiano discuss what is and what isn’t protected speech by a public employee and in the age of social media. How has social media impacted how courts determine what speech is disruptive to the workplace?
Rick and Jes... more
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This is such a great show. It’s so informative to union members and leaders. I can’t recommend this enough
Listened LRIS for YEARS! Educational, informative, amazing content. Will’s replacement, Rick is not it. Get back to the format Will had for years. Please stop interviewing people and get back to discuss cases and rules that are relevant to Labor Relations on the state level and the national level. With so much going on right now with attacks on Unions and bargaining rights, TALK about whats going on.
Hard pass on Will’s replacement
I recommend this podcast to anyone in Human Resources that deals with Public Safety. Great information!
Great podcast full of interesting news that pertains to public safety professionals.










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