Wednesday | Conference Activities • 6/26/2024 |
| 8 - 8:30 am | Opening Plenary—Grand Ballroom
Gregory Goldstein, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Chief Operating Officer |
| 8:45 ‑ 10 am | |
1.05 Strippers on the Clock—Gramercy West
Andrea Hoeschen, Actors' Equity Association | |
1.1 Unmasking Bias: Navigating the Path to Fairness and Collaboration—Gramercy East
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1.15 Federal Sector Updates—Murray Hill West
Alan M. Heckman, Trident Refit Facility Kings Bay | |
1.2 New York Collective Bargaining Trends—Murray Hill East
John Doyle, National Labor Relations Board
Teresa Poor, National Labor Relations Board Region 29 Director | |
1.25 Platform Work in Japan: Policies, Workers and Labor Union Responses (Symposium)—Nassau East
Presenters: Ken Yamazaki, Meiji University—The Characteristics of Transformation in Japan's Network Business Model Due to the Platform Work Promotion Policy
Shuhei Naka, Meiji Gakuin University—The Reality of Platform Workers in Japan: What Makes it Different from Traditional Freelancer?
Makoto Urata, Labor journalist/researcher—Development of Japanese Labor Movement in Relations to Platform Work
Akie Nakamura, RENGO-RIALS Research Institute for Advancement of Living Standards—Overcoming the Limitations of Online Communication: A Japanese Labor Platform | |
Jorge Cavalcanti Boucinhas Filho, ILERA Brazil
Adrián Calderón, ILERA Costa Rica | |
Ryuichi Yamakawa, Meiji University
Leigh Johns, Fair Work Commission, Australia
Chris Albertyn, National Academy of Arbitrators
Alan Symonette, Symonette ADR Services, Inc. | |
1.4 Card Check and Financialization (Symposium)—Clinton
Presenters: Giorgos Gouzoulis, Queen Mary, University of London and Iris Nikolopoulou, Paris City University—Losing Unequally: Financialisation, Productivity, & the Finance Wage Premium
Katsuyuki Kubo and Kodai Tsubono, Waseda University—The Effect of Investment Funds on Employment and Wages
Robert Hickey and Richard Chaykowski, Queen's University—Organizing Challenges under Card Check Certification: Ontario Building Trades | |
1.45 Training, Learning, and the Labor Market (Symposium)—Gibson
Presenters: Ashley E. Orr, Busola Adeshina and Jacob Cribbs, Carnegie Mellon University—Growth Mindset Training for and in the Labor Market: Orienting Job Seekers, Workforce Development Practitioners, Managers, and Trainers towards Growth Mindsets
Manuel Nicklich, Marco Blank and Sabine Pfeiffer, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg—The (Missing) Gravitational Force of Organizational Trainers? Stakeholder Relations in the German VET System
Ellen Tüllmann and Martin Schneider, Paderborn University—Training and Quitting Around the World: Evidence from Personnel Records | |
| 8:45 ‑ 10 am | Presenters: , Durham University and Bernd Brandl, University of Durham, UK—The Fragility, Robustness and (In-)Stability of Legitimacy of Employment Relations Actors, Institutions, and Processes
Leon Gooberman and Marco Hauptmeier, Cardiff University—Gaining Political Legitimacy through Social Dialogue: The Interest Representation of European Employers' Organizations
Darragh Golden, University College Dublin—Always Getting Better? Legitimization Struggles at Ryanair
Huw Thomas, University College Dublin and Vicente Silva, University College London—Maintaining Legitimacy in Global Labour Governance: Legitimation Politics and the International Labour Organization (ILO)
Chris F. Wright, University of Sydney |
| 10:15 ‑ 11:30 am | |
2.05 Legal Updates—Gramercy West
Jennifer Platzkere Snyder, Dilworth Paxson LLP | |
2.15 Words Matter—Murray Hill West
Mary Keefe, International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 763 Union Vice-President | |
2.25 The Changing Face of Public Agencies in Workplace Conflict Resolution: A Study of Six Countries (Symposium)—Nassau West
Presenters: Harry C. Katz, Program Committee Co-Chair and Cornell University; Ariel C. Avgar, Alexander J.S. Colvin and Katrina G. Nobles, Cornell University—A Fragmented and Heavily Privatized Dispute Resolution System: The United States
Dionne Pohler, University of Saskatchewan and Bradley R. Weinberg, Queen's University—Status Quo among Fragmentation and Consolidation: Public Dispute Resolution Agencies in Ontario, Canada
William Roche, University College Dublin; Paul Teague and Denise Currie, Queen's University Belfast—Leadership and Innovation by Professionals: The Changing Face of Public Workplace Conflict Resolution in Ireland
Mark Bray, University of Newcastle, Australia and Johanna Macneil, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia—Still Central: Change and Continuity in Australia's Major Industrial Tribunal | |
Alejandro Gómez, ILERA El Salvador
Eleonora Escrivá, ILERA Guatemala | |
2.35 The State of the Art of Contemporary Slave Labor in Brazil and its Impact on Global Industry (Symposium)—Madison
Carla Reita Faria Leal, Federal University of Mato Grosso
Maria Odete Freire de Araújo, Federal University of Pernambuco
Ricardo Araujo Dib Taxi, Federal University of Para | |
2.4 Worker Owned and Worker Led (Symposium)—Clinton
Presenters: Inger Marie Hagen, Oslo Metropolitan University Work Research Institute—Workers at Company Boards: Lessons from Scandinavia
Jungook Kim, Chatham University and Hyunmin Choi, Korea Securities Finance Corporation—Comparative Analysis of Policies for Employee Stock Ownership: The U.S., U.K., Japan and South Korea
Sara Lafuente, European Trade Union Institute—The Quiet Transnationalisation of Board-level Employee Representation in National Law and Practice: A Case for Pan-European Legislation
Reece Garcia, Manchester Metropolitan University and Chris McLachlan, Queen Mary University of London—The Challenges and Choices of Co-operative Working: Regenerative Practices in Rural Brazil | |
2.45 Mental Health in the Workplace (Symposium)—Gibson
Presenters: Angelbert Z. Hernandez, Department of Justice, Office for Alternative Dispute Resolution; Vachararutai Boontinand, Mahidol University; Cedric Chew, Foreign Domestic Worker Association for Social Support and Training; and Helius Nyi Naing, HR Navigator and Freelance Skill Trainer—Mental Health in ASEAN Workplace and Human Development: An Exploratory Study
Akshay Mohan, University of Toronto; Danielle Lamb, Toronto Metropolitan University; Milad Moghaddas and Rafael Gomez, University of Toronto—How Much Can Employers Really Do? Resilience and Job Satisfaction in the Determination of Self-Reported Mental Health and Life-Satisfaction Among Workers
Abay Asfaw, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health—Paid Sick Leave and Self-reported Depression and Anxiety: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Longitudinal Survey
Ira Malmberg-Heimonen, Magne Bråthen and Anne Grete Tøge, Oslo Metropolitan University—Enhancing Labour Market Participation: Assessing the Effectiveness and Perceptions of the IPS Program for Young Adults in Norway | |
| 10:15 ‑ 11:30 am | Presenters: Chris McLachlan, Queen Mary University of London; Mark Stuart, University of Leeds; and Robert MacKenzie, Karlstad University—Legitimacy, Integrative Potential and Bargaining in the Context of UK Steel Restructuring: An Uneasy Alliance Between Trade Unions and Management
Mihajla Gavin, University of Technology Sydney; Scott Fitzgerald, Curtin University; and Susan McGrath-Champ, University of Sydney—Public Education, the State and Politics of Legitimation: Challenges for Teacher Unions in Neoliberal Environments
Mathew Johnson, Manchester University; Morgan Powell and Eva Herman, University of Manchester—True Voice: Trade Unions and Competing Legitimacy Frames in the UK Platform Economy
Julie (M.É) Garneau, University of Quebec in Outaouais; Cassandra Bowkett, University of Manchester; Sara Perez-Lauzon and Christian Levesque, HEC Montreal—Institutional Legitimacy and the Digitalisation of Work: A Comparison of Trade Unions Narratives of I4.0 and Future Work
Ruth Reaney, Queen's University Belfast |
| 10:15 ‑ 11:30 am | Presenters: Anibel Ferus-Comelo, University of California Berkeley Labor Center— Democratic Industrial Policy In The Global Chips Race -- A Mirage?
Jaeseung Kim, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea; Hyeri Choi, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; and Lonnie Golden, Pennsylvania State University Abington—Job Quality and Mismatched Work Hours: The Complex Associations of Employment Quality with Underemployment and Overemployment and Implications for Public Policy |
| 11:45 am ‑ 1:15 pm | FMCS Luncheon Plenary—Grand Ballroom
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| 1:30 ‑ 2:45 pm | |
3.1 Ethics for Attorneys in Neutral Roles—Gramercy East
Deborah Gaines, Esq., Arbitrator/Mediator
Sharon Stiller, Abrams Fensterman, LLP | |
3.15 The Art of Math: A Different Take on Costing in Collective Bargaining Negotiations—Murray Hill West
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3.2 Anger in Conflict: Harnessing, Diffusing, and Appreciating—Murray Hill East
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3.25 Labor Relations 101: What Are You Talking About?—Nassau West
Matthew Greer, Public Employment Relations Commission | |
3.3 Developments Toward an Inclusive Next Generation of Neutrals—Nassau East
Martin F. Scheinman, Scheinman Arbitration and Mediation Services
Katrina G. Nobles, Cornell University
Homer C. La Rue, Howard University School of Law & Board Chair, RCI, Inc.
Scott Buccheit, Arbitrator/Mediator | |
3.35 Can I Come In? Accommodations and Inclusion (Symposium)—Madison
Presenters: Moonyoung Jang, Korea University—Missing the Past? Exploring Pathways of Boomerang Employee Deciding Return after Voluntary Turnover: Moderating Role of Informal Job Search
Martin Lenzner, Ruhr University Bochum—Inclusion by Restriction? Taylorism, Dis/ability, and Community in Sheltered Workshops
Adriana Topo and Davide Tardivo, University of Padua—Reasonable Accommodations for Workers with Disabilities and New Technologies | |
3.4 Financialisation & Labour Disciplining in the Time of Polycrisis (Symposium)—Clinton
Presenters: Barbora Cernusakova, University of Manchester—Racialized Debt as a Labor Disciplining Mechanism in Post-socialism
Po Yin Wong, Giorgos Gouzoulis and Giorgos Galanis, Queen Mary, University of London—Personal Indebtedness, Union Membership, & Strike Activity: Evidence from PSID microdata, 2001-2021
Giorgos Gouzoulis and Giorgos Galanis, Queen Mary, University of London and Panagiotis Iliopoulos, KU Leuven—Financialisation, Shareholder Value Orientation, & the Decline of Trade Union Membership in the EU
John Peters, Memorial University, Newfoundland—Preliminary title: Financialization, Inequalities, and Labor Unions | |
Greg J. Bamber, Monash University (Melbourne)
Mathew Johnson, Manchester University | |
| 1:30 ‑ 2:45 pm | Presenters: Jo Orsatti, University of Sydney—Who Benefits from Green Jobs? Legitimation Politics and the Sway of Political Salience at the Intersection of Climate Mitigation and Employment Relations Policy and Processes
Ruth Reaney, Queen's University Belfast and Geneviève Coderre-Lapalme, University of Glasgow—Walking a Tightrope? The Role of Legitimacy in Shaping Union Strategic Choice
Janice Fine and Hana R. Shepherd, Rutgers University; Andrew Wolf, Cornell University; Zuhur Ahmed, Rutgers University; Sylvie Guezeon, University of Minnesota; and Michael Piore, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Generating Legal and Programmatic Legitimacy in Labor Law Enforcement Regimes Within Immigrant and Minority Communities
Ceri Hughes, Stephen Mustchin and Miguel Martinez-Lucio, University of Manchester—Rebuilding Legitimacy from Below: Legitimation Politics and Processes Around Local Employment Standards in the UK
Colm McLaughlin, University College Dublin |
| 1:30 ‑ 2:45 pm | LERA Social Impact Industry Council Meeting—Holland, 4th Floor
Co-Chairs: Christy Yoshitomi, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and Julie A Emery, Serendipity Strategies |
| 3 ‑ 3:45 pm | Closing Plenary—Grand Ballroom
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| 4 ‑ 6 pm | Labor Relations in Major League Baseball—MLB Headquarters (offsite)
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| 5:15 ‑ 7:15 pm | Meet the Neutrals Speed Networking Event—Trianon Complex
Co-Chairs: Homer C. La Rue, Howard University School of Law & Board Chair, RCI, Inc. and Katherine Simpson, Cornell University ILR School |
Thursday | Conference Activities • 6/27/2024 |
| 8 ‑ 9 am | Opening Plenary "Working with High Conflict"—Grand Ballroom
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| 9:15 ‑ 10:30 am | |
Presenters: Terri Gerstein, NYU Wagner Labor Initiative and LiJia Gong, Local Progress—How Local Government Can Protect Workers' Rights Even When States Don't Want Them To: Opportunities for Local Creativity and Persistence Despite Double Preemption
Elena Rodriguez Anderson, A Better Balance—How Local Paid Sick Leave Innovations—and the COVID-19 Pandemic—Have Shaped a Growing Paid Leave Movement Across the United States
Danielle Alvarado, Fair Work Center and Working Washington | |
4.1 Beyond Paychecks: Enabling and Enhancing Worker Voice for Quality Jobs (Symposium)—Sutton North
Presenters: Yaminette Diaz-Linhart and Arrow Minster, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Dongwoo Park and Duanyi Yang, Cornell University; and Thomas A. Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Bridging the Gap: Measuring the Impact of Worker Voice on Job-Related Outcomes
Alex M. Kowalski, Cornell University; Erin L. Kelly and Hazhir Rahmandad, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Kirsten F. Siebach, Johns Hopkins University—Can Involving Employees Reduce Turnover? A Field Experiment on Employee Voice and Exit
Mark Anner and Matthew Fischer-Daly, Pennsylvania State University—Worker Voice Mechanisms in a Fissured World of Work: Research Findings from the Penn State Report for the US Department of Labor | |
4.15 From Paper to Pledge to Practice--Achieving Diversity and Inclusion in ADR through the RCI Pledge: Year 3—Sutton Center
Katherine Simpson, Cornell University ILR School
Sarah Miller Espinosa, SME Dispute Resolution, LLC | |
4.2 The Revival of Multi-Employer Collective Bargaining—Sutton South
Chiara Benassi, Kings College, London, UK
Lucas Cifuentes Croquevielle, University of Manchester
Bernd Brandl, University of Durham, UK | |
4.25 Labor Activism and Collective Voice in the Video Game Industry: Diverse Contexts and New Perspectives—Regent
Presenters: Jiyoon Park, Rutgers University—Consumer-Labor Solidarity in the Korean Game Industry: Online Activism, Industry Sexism, and the Emergence of the Korean Game Consumer Association
Jamie Woodcock, University of Essex—Game Worker Solidarity: Mapping Collective Action, Activism, and Organising in the Videogames Industry
Heather Cameron, Blizzard Entertainment Presenters: Austin Kelmore, Game Workers Branch of the IWGB—Game Worker Solidarity: Mapping Collective Action, Activism, and Organising in the Videogames Industry
Marie-Josée Legault, TELUQ University and Johanna Weststar, Western University—Do Game Developers Participate in the Social Regulation of Work? | |
4.3 Artificial Intelligence and Labor Arbitration: What Arbitrators and Parties Need to Know About the Future that Is Upon Us—Gramercy West
Brenda D. Pryor, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
E. Patrick McDermott, U.S. Air Force Academy
Richard Landau, Jackson Lewis, PC | |
4.35 Organizing in the New York Cannabis Industry - How Unions and Diverse Stakeholders Worked Together to Change the Industry—Gramercy East
Jae Chun, Friedman & Anspach
John Vavalo, Central Processors NY
Saul Guerrero, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union Local 338 | |
4.4 CANCELED: Ethics at the Bargaining Table—Murray Hill West
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4.45 High Road Bargaining (Alternative Models)—Murray Hill East
Dan Apfel, Genesee Co-Op Federal Credit Union
Andrew Bernheimer, Bernheimer Architecture
David DiMaria, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Architectural Workers United Campaign
Todd Dickey, Syracuse University | |
4.5 Occupational Licensing, Wage Gaps and Labor Market Participation of Women and Migrants (Symposium)—Nassau East
Presenters: Maria Koumenta, Queen Mary University of London; Davud Rostam-Afschar, University of Mannheim; and Mario Pagliero, University of Turin—Occupational Licensing and the Gender Pay Gap
Anders Underthun and Astrid Gillespie, Oslo Metropolitan University—Labor Market Integration and High Skill Occupations in Norway: How do Employers Reason When They Hire Licensed Nurses and Teachers?
Ying Cui, Queen Mary, University of London and Mark Williams, Queen Mary University of London—Occupational Licensing and Career Trajectories of Migrants and Natives in Norway
Andreea Ioana Alecu and Ida Drange, Oslo Metropolitan University—Occupational Regulation And Hiring Preferences Of Employers In Health, Education And Engineering
Davud Rostam-Afschar, University of Mannheim; Yasemin Karamik and Paul Peters, Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, University of Mannheim; and Jan Köhler, ZEW Mannheim—The Labour Market Effects of the Automatic Recognition of Licensed Migrant Physicians | |
4.55 Transnational Employment Relations in the European Union (Symposium)—Nassau West
Presenters: Roland Erne, University College Dublin and Jörg Nowak, University of Brasilia—Structural Determinants of Transnational Solidarity: Pan-European Socioeconomic Protests since 1997
Marco Hauptmeier, Cardiff University; Patrick Witzak and Markus Hertwig, Ruhr University Bochum; Marcus Kahmann, Kevin Guillas-Cavan and Anna Frisone, Frisone, IRES (Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales); and Federico Fuchs, Cardiff University—The Impact of Brexit on European Works Councils
Valeria Pulignano, Catholic University of Leuven; Karol Muszynski, University of Warsaw/KU Leuven; and Maite Tapia, Michigan State University—Bargaining Power in Online Freelancing Platform Work | |
4.6 Impact of Automation and AI in the Workplace I (Symposium)—Madison
Presenters: Sigurd Oppegaard, University of Oslo—Algorithmic Management and Taxi Platforms in Oslo, Norway: Drivers' Experiences of Control and Flexibility
Ruben Lind, Karolinska Institutet; Min Kuyng Lee, University of Texas Austin; Karin Nilsson, Emma Brulin, Nuria Matilla Santander and Carin Håkansta, Karolinska Institutet—Results from the AMOSH Project: Algorithmic Management and Workers' Wellbeing in the Logistics Sector | |
John W. Coverdale, Center for Workplace Solutions
Vanessa Delaney, Esq., Head of Amazon's Joining Amazon Services Optimization Team
Steven A. Zuckerman, Cooley, LLP | |
4.7 LERA Competitive Papers: Employment Relations In Context (Symposium)—Gibson
Nicolas Bueno, UniDistance Suisse—"Labour Rights Hurt Workers": Origins, Analysis and Limits of a Neoliberal Argument
Margaret Huizinga and Ryan Lamare, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Employment Relations Effects on Socio-Politically Regressive Beliefs: Cross-National Empirical Evidence from Europe | |
4.8 LERA/ILERA Poster Session I (Symposium)—2nd Floor Promenade
Presenters: Sara Lafuente, European Trade Union Institute—Revisiting Worker Representation on Boards: The Forgotten EU Countries in Codetermination Studies
Aneta Tyc, University of Lodz—The Effectiveness of the USMCA Rapid Response Labour Mechanism: An Analysis of Cases from 2021 to 2023
Eriko Teramura, Meikai University and Masayo Fujimoto, Doshisha University—What Kind of Organizations have Managers without Subordinates? Verification Using Data from Japan
Franck Bietry, University of Caen (France); Jordane Creusier and Carine Bourdreux, University of the Littoral Opal Coast (France)—Is Mind Wandering Favorable to Well-being at Work?
Dan Top, Association for the Study of Professional Labour Relations (Romania)—Healthy Vision: A Necessary Condition for Safety and Productivity at Work
Gulfam Tasnim, Open University—Exploring the Impact of Childcare Provision on the Opportunities for Women Garment Workers and Their Families in Bangladesh
Giwoo Kil, Korea University—The Impact of Wage Negotiation Opportunities on Job Performance: A Focus on Self-Efficacy
Charissa Jefferson and Adrianna Taraboletti, Princeton University—Challenges and Choices for Digitizing a Labor Research Collection
Claire Connacher, University of Massachusetts Boston—It’s About Time: State Level Paid Leave Advocacy by Labor Unions
Fernanda Mendonça Melo and Livia Mendes Moreira Miraglia, Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil)—In search of Social Justice: The Impunity of Economic Power and Slave Labor in Brazil's Supply Chains | |
| 9:15 ‑ 10:30 am | LERA Development Committee Meeting—Boardroom, 4th Floor
Co-Chairs: Harry C. Katz, Program Committee Co-Chair and Cornell University and Jim Pruitt, Program Committee Co-Chair and Kaiser Permanente
Jennifer M. Harmer, University of Toronto
Mike Lillich, Labor and Employment Relations Association |
| 9:15 ‑ 10:30 am | LERA Hospitality Industry Council Meeting—East, 4th Floor
Co-Chairs: Christine Riordan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Hye Jin Rho, Michigan State University; and Sa'Mecha Echols, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service |
| 10:45 am ‑ 12 pm | |
Presenters: Dale Belman, Michigan State University—Can Law-Abiding Construction Contractors Survive in the Current Market?
Laura Valle-Gutierrez, Century Foundation; Russell Ormiston, Allegheny College; and Dale Belman, Michigan State University—TCF Paper: Independent Contractors in the U.S. Construction Industry | |
5.1 Reflecting on the Historic 2023 Collective Bargaining Experience in the Entertainment Industry—Sutton North
Rebecca Damon, SAG-AFTRA
Alvin Vincent Jr., Actors' Equity Association
Rebecca Kolins Givan, Rutgers University | |
5.15 The State of Labor Management Partnership at Kaiser Permanente and the Alliance of Healthcare Unions—Sutton Center
Jim Pruitt, Program Committee Co-Chair and Kaiser Permanente
Jennifer De Los Reyes, RN, Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center | |
5.2 Making Rights Real: The Renaissance of Labor Standards Enforcement Research and Action at the Local, State and Federal Levels—Sutton South
Presenters: Daniel Galvin, Northwestern University—Unequal Protections: Subnational Disparities in Labor Standards Policies, Enforcement, and Violations
Seema N. Patel, Stanford Law School, UC Berkeley Labor Center—Does the State Have a Role in Building Worker Power?
Hana R. Shepherd and Janice Fine, Rutgers University—Cities at Work: Pursuing Worker Protection through the Local Administrative State
Michelle Holder, City University of New York | |
5.25 Ethics in Action: Assessing Credibility and Fighting Implicit or Unconscious Bias in Arbitration—Regent
Randi E. Lowitt, Esq., Lowitt Labor Arbitration
Robin H. Gise, Esq., JAMS | |
5.3 The Labor Arbitration Marketplace and Diversity Among Arbitrators—Gramercy West
Panelists: Jimmy O'Neal Valentine and Ines Delgado-Alberto and Stephen Millen, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Terri Brown, Director of Arbitration, National Mediation Board | |
5.35 Recruiting and Retaining the Next Generation of Skilled Workers: Win-win Collaborations in Workforce Development—Gramercy East
Rosalie Drago, Haugland Group
Crickett Thomas-O'Dell, Workforce Development Institute
Karla Elizabeth Walter, Center for American Progress | |
5.4 Advancing Equity for Women in the Workplace—Murray Hill West
Rebekah Ratliff, JAMS Mediator/Arbitrator
Arthur Theotis Matthews, Pennsylvania State University | |
5.5 Not your Grandfather's Construction Industry: Diversity Initiatives in the Building Trades—Nassau East
Amy Tracy Wells, Rutgers University
Nicole Bertran, Edward J. Malloy Initiative for Construction Skills, Inc.
Benjamin Aaron Kreider, North America's Building Trades Unions | |
5.55 Turning Points in National Labor Relations: A Comparative Perspective (Symposium)—Nassau West
Presenters: Anna Mori, University of Milan; Stefano Gasparri, UWE Bristol; and Andrea Signoretti, University of Trento, Italy—Turning Points in Italian Industrial Relations
Ovidiu Goran, Vrije University, Amsterdam and Aurora Trif, Dublin City University Business School—Turning Points in Industrial Relations in Romania: Quo Vadis Post-2022?
Martin Behrens, Hans Boeckler Foundation and Andi Pekarek, University of Melbourne—Turning Points in Comparative Perspective | |
5.6 Impact of Automation and AI in the Workplace II (Symposium)—Madison
Presenters: Yue Qiu, Capital University of Economics and Business; Mingwei Liu, Rutgers University; and Xiliang Feng, Capital University of Economics and Business—Understanding Worker Perceptions of AI Job Threats: A Multilevel Analysis of Determinants
, Lagos State University—Employment Relations and Artificial Intelligence in Selected Manufacturing Firms, Lagos, Nigeria: The Role of Consultative Mechanisms
Owen Davis, Siegel Family Endowment—Artificial Intelligence, Worker Well-Being and Labor's Bargaining Power | |
Presenters: Attila Kun, Károli Gáspár Univ. of the Reformed Church in Hungary; Hungarian National Univ. of Public Service—The State of Play in Hungarian Labour Law and Policy in Light of the ILO Centenary Declaration
Aleksandar Ristovski, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia—The 'Grey' Area Between Employment and Self-employment and the Development of Non-standard Forms of Work: Today's Context in Macedonian Labour Law
Agnieszka Zwolinska, Warsaw University—Introduction of the Universal Labour Guarantee in National Labour Law and Practice: A Polish Perspective
Raluca Dimitriu, Law Faculty, Bucharest University of Economic Studies—From Employment Protection to Work Protection: A Romanian Perspective | |
5.7 New Challenges of Remote Work (Symposium)—Gibson
Presenters: Abigail Marks, Newcastle University Business School; Lila Skountridaki, University of Edinburgh Management School; Oliver Mallett, Stirling Management School; and Gustav Bosehans, Newcastle University Business School—The Gendered Impact of Post-COVID Working Arrangements and the Unfortunate Issue of Work (Over)burden
Carsten Wirth, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences—Work from Home and Works Councils: New Challenges and (New) Answers?
Kaumudi Misra, California State University East Bay; Angela Grotto, Montclair State University; and Ronit Waismel-Manor, Open University of Israel—Boundary Management in a Remote Work Era: A Qualitative Study of Cross-Cultural Differences in Manager Experiences with After-hours Interruptions | |
5.8 LERA/ILERA Poster Session II (Symposium)—2nd Floor Promenade
Presenters: Mona Braten and Rolf K. Andersen, Fafo, Institute for Labour and Social Research—Control and Monitoring of Employees in a High Trust Working Life: Experiences from Norway
Wu Fan, Guangxi University; Huang Wei, Renmin University of China; and Li Mingyang, Guangxi University—Management Innovation in Asia's Cross-border Labor Market: Practices from Five Enterprises
Idris Olayiwola Ganiyu, York Business School, York St. John University (United Kingdom)—Examining the Use of Lego Serious Play to Enhance Postgraduate Research Capacity
Cing-Kae Chiao, Academia Sinica (Taiwan); Bo-Shone Fu, National Taipei University (Taiwan); Yueh-Hung Hou, National Taipei University (Taiwan); Ding-Yio Huang, Kainan University (Taiwan); and Ya-Ting Yan, Taiwan Institute of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health—A Study of Relevant Legal Regime of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace of Different Countries
Maria Odete Araujo, Contemporary Slave Labor Research Group (GPTEC)—Slavery And Outsourcing: An Analysis of the Service Provider's Responsibility
Maria Carolina Fernandes Oliveira, Shevah Ahavat Esberad and Nathalia Godoi Crepaldi, Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil)—Domestic Slave Labor in Brazil Between 2017 and 2023: A Comprehensive Analysis Based on Infraction Records and Related Documents
Joakim Finne and Elin Borg, Oslo Metropolitan University—Developing and Evaluating a Professional Development Intervention to Promote Professional Communities for Teachers
Megna Yadlapalli, PVH Corp.—Extrinsic & Intrinsic Motivation and How It Affects the Workplace, Employee Outcomes, and Organizational Successes
Mahadirin Bin Hj. Ahmad, University of Malaysia Sabah; , University Malaysia of Sabah; Sharifah Nursyahidah Syed Annuar, University Kebangsaan Malaysia; Bazsley Bee Basrah Bee, University Of Malaysia Sabah; and Norhuda Binti Salleh, University of Malaysia Sabah—Labour Museum in Sabah (Malaysia): Idea and Reality from Differences Perspectives of Social Sciences | |
| 10:45 am ‑ 12 pm | LERA Editorial Committee Meeting—Boardroom, 4th Floor
Daniel B. Cornfield, Vanderbilt University
Jack Fiorito, Florida State University
Daniel Gilbert, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Susan N. Houseman, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Mike Lillich, Labor and Employment Relations Association
Xiangmin (Helen) Liu, Rutgers University
Stephen R. Sleigh, Sleigh Strategy LLC
Howard Stanger, Canisius University |
| 10:45 am ‑ 12 pm | LERA Membership Committee Meeting—East, 4th Floor
Co-Chairs: David Lewin, University of California Los Angeles and Tazewell Victor Hurst III, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Jack Fiorito, Florida State University
Lu-Ann Glaser, American Water
Mark Gough, Pennsylvania State University
Brad Markell, AFL-CIO Working For America Institute
Javier Ramirez, Program Committee Co-Chair and Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service |
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Ylonda Sherrod, Communications Workers of America Local 3159
Beth Gutelius, University of Illinois Chicago
Tim McDonald, International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Sanjay Joseph Pinto, University of Illinois Chicago/Rutgers/Cornell | |
6.1 Union Effects on Marginalized Workers: A Cross-Industry Assessment (Symposium)—Sutton North
Presenters: Maite Tapia, Michigan State University and Tamara Lee, Rutgers University—The Strength of Low-Power Workers at Warehouses in the US: The Case of Amazon
Russell Weaver and Anne Marie Brady, Cornell University—Building Economic Security: Seeking Evidence of a “Union Advantage” in New York State's Construction Industry through Integrated Public Data
Heeeun Jang and Kiran Abraham-Aggarwal, Cornell University; Daniel Spertus, Weill Cornell Medical School; Ariel C. Avgar, Cornell University; and Madeline Sterling, Weill Cornell Medicine—The Effects of Unions on Wages, Benefit and Working Conditions for Home Health Aides in the U.S. | |
6.15 Worker and Employer Voice - Issues Confronting the Labor Market—Sutton Center
Bonnie Castrey, Dispute Resolution Services
John Johnson, SEPTA
Jim Pruitt, Program Committee Co-Chair and Kaiser Permanente
Richard A. Cornell, PE Consulting Engineer and Economist | |
Presenters: Callum Cant, Essex Business School and Mark Graham, University of Oxford—Walkouts and Wildcats: Explaining the reignition of labour struggles at Amazon UK
Lydia Hughes, City University of London—Care Worker Strikes: Comparing Care Worker Struggles in Britain | |
Presenters: Martin Guzi, Masaryk University and CELSI; Martin Kahanec, Central European University; CELSI; University of Economics, Bratislava; Nii Ashia Amanquarnor, WageIndicator; and Nina Holicková, Central European Labour Studies Institute—Measuring LW globally: Decent living, minimum wages, material deprivation
Daniela Ceccon, WageIndicator
Chris Albin-Lackey, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment | |
6.3 Remote Work and Return to the Workplace—Gramercy West
Lee Blackmon, NAGE/IBPO Federal Division
Martin Malin, Federal Service Impasses Panel-Federal Labor Relations Authority | |
6.35 Your Brain on Conflict—Gramercy East
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6.4 Ask the Arbitrator—Murray Hill West
Danielle Hargrove, DLH ADR Solutions PLLC
Michael Loconto, Loconto ADR
Shianne Scott, Arbitrator/Mediator | |
6.45 What is the Right to Disconnect and Can it Work?—Murray Hill East
Carla Spinelli, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro | |
6.55 Fashioning a Global Framework for Arbitration of Labour Disputes: The International Accord, The ILAC Rules, and Improving Access to Remedy—Nassau West
Author: Brian Burkett, Fasken, Employer Counsel—Access to Effective Remedies: Fashioning a Global Framework for Arbitration of Labour Disputes
Christy Hoffman, General Secretary, UNI Global Union
Maryann Parker, Legal Advisor, Supply Chain Worker Support Fund Discussants: Chris Albertyn, National Academy of Arbitrators and Jeffrey Sack, K.C., Jeffrey Sack Law, Union Counsel—Access to Effective Remedies: Fashioning a Global Framework for Arbitration of Labour Disputes | |
6.6 Impact of Automation and AI in the Workplace III (Symposium)—Madison
Presenters: Paulo Ferreira de Souza Marzionna, IESEG School of Management and Vitor Orquiza de Carvalho, FGV-EAESP—Simulating Deception: AI Integrity and Deceptive Tactics in Negotiation Education
Sanjay Joseph Pinto, University of Illinois Chicago/Rutgers/Cornell; Zoë West, Cornell University; Sara Ziff, Model Alliance; and Alexandra Mateescu, Data & Society Research Institute—AI, Worker Voice, and the Future of Fashion
Paula C. Sardegna, John F. Kennedy University, Argentina and Eleonora Peliza, ILERA Argentina—Legal Challenges to Data Governance and Algorithmic Opacity in Employment | |
6.65 Defining Low-Wage Work—Clinton
Martha Ross, Brookings Institution
Kyle Moore, Economic Policy Institute
David R. Howell, The New School for Social Research
Kate Bahn, WorkRise @ The Urban Institute | |
6.7 LERA Competitive Papers: Relational Dynamics at Work (Symposium)—Gibson
Presenters: Arrow Minster, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Crafting Empowerment: Worker Issues, Manager Moves, and the Conditions for Frontline Change
Yingchun Wang, University of Houston Downtown—High Performance Work System and Profit: Positive Correlation and Prescriptive Truthiness
Yooseop Chun, King's College London, UK—From Rational Choice to the Social Identity Model of the Insider-Outsider Approach: Understanding Insiders' Attitudes towards Outsiders in the Korean Education Sector | |
| 1:30 ‑ 2:45 pm | LERA 77th Annual Meeting Program Committee Meeting—Boardroom, 4th Floor
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| 3 ‑ 4:15 pm | |
7.05 The State of Labor Relations in Higher Education—Beekman
Nicholas DiGiovanni, Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP
Karen Stubaus, Rutgers University
Andie Zeliger, Concordia University Montreal | |
Alicia Potolsky, El Camino Health | |
7.15 Drivers of Union Revitalization: A Canadian Roadmap to a Transnational Destination (Symposium)—Sutton Center
Presenters: Jennifer M. Harmer, University of Toronto—Union Membership Expansion and Zeroing-in on Organizational Outcomes for Union Renewal
Lorenzo Frangi, University of Québec at Montréal and Anthony C Masi, McGill University—Ideally Supporting but Practically Limiting Social Movement Unionism in Quebec (Canada)
Kwon Hee Han, Ryan Lamare and Tingting Zhang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—The Evolution of Between- and Within-Field Legitimacy in Industrial Relations: Examining the Methodologies of Thirty Years of Union Effects Studies | |
7.2 Finding Resonance Across the Global Future(s) of Workers: Essential Workers (Symposium)—Sutton South
Presenters: Paliani Chinguwo, University of Witwatersrand—Impact of Task Shifting on Power Relations in Health Care: The Case of Clinical Officers at Public Hospitals in Malawi
Benjamin Velasco, University of the Philippines Diliman—Enablers and Barriers to Worker-Driven Social Responsibility: Challenges to Building Worker Power in Two Export Zones in the Philippines
Brendan Davidson, Colorado State University—Potentials, Pitfalls, and the Central Question of Work in a Green Transition | |
7.25 Text to Data Workshop—Regent
Presenters: Carla Lima Aranzaes, Michigan State University—Gaining Support Via Social Media: Evidence from Amazon's Unionization Campaign
Peter Norlander, Loyola University of Chicago—Building Dictionaries, Taxonomies, and Classification Schema for Scalable Text to Data Work
Tingting Zhang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Duanyi Yang, Cornell University—Voice without Representation: Worker Voice in China’s Networked Public Sphere
Eric Benjamin Blanc, Rutgers University | |
7.3 Labor Relations 102: Who Do You Call—Gramercy West
Teresa Poor, National Labor Relations Board Region 29 Director
Deirdre Hamilton, Chair, National Mediation Board
Alvin Malette, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission | |
7.35 Use of Sense-making and Artificial Intelligence in Group Decision-making—Gramercy East
Alex Kelly Berman, Cortico | |
7.4 Flipping the Script in High-conflict Situations—Murray Hill West
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7.45 Strike Authorization - First Step or Last Resort?—Murray Hill East
Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA
Patrick Kelly, Western Teamsters Welfare Trust | |
7.5 Improving Employment Opportunities and Working Conditions for Vulnerable Groups in Public Sector (Financed) Jobs in New York—Naussau East
Co-Chairs: Karen Jaehrling, IAQ University of Duisburg Essen (Germany) and Mikkel Mailand, FAOS Employment Relations Research Centre Presenters: Phillip Thompson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Reaching the Next Level in City Workforce Programming
Anne Marie Brady, Cornell University—Diminishing New York State’s Public Mental Healthcare Sector: The Impact of Austerity and Privatization on Wages and Employment
Randi DiAntonio, Vice President of the NYS Public Employees Federation | |
7.55 Tackling Labour Exploitation in Global Value Chains: Bans, Regulation, Litigation and Empowerment—Nassau West
Fabiola Mieres, Labour Markets at the International Labour Organization
Bridget Kenny, University of the Witwatersrand | |
7.6 Scrutinising Polarisation: Patterns and Consequences of Occupational Transformations in the Swedish Labour Market (Symposium)—Madison
Presenters: Tomas Berglund, University of Gothenburg—Changes in the Occupational Structure in Sweden- An Overview
Ylva Ulfsdotter Eriksson, Linnaeus University, Sweden—Occupational Prestige and Gendered Polarization
Jesper Prytz, University of Gothenburg—Changes in Trade Union Membership and Attitudes to Unions in Sweden | |
7.65 Transformational Change in Indian Labour Legislation—Clinton
Presenters: Pravin Sinha, Indian Industrial Relations Association; Partha Sarkar and Abhishek Mishra, University of Burdwan; and K. Mourlin, St. Xavier's University, India—The Impending Labour Codes in India: The Contextual Perspective
Amir Jafar, Aligarh Muslim University, India; Partha Sarkar, University of Burdwan; Amitava Ghosh, Founder and CEO (SSA Compliance Services LLP) and Advisor of a Group of Companies; and Swati Jha, SSA Compliance Services LLP—India's Platform Economy and the Emerging Regulatory Challenges
Amitava Ghosh, Founder and CEO (SSA Compliance Services LLP) and Advisor of a Group of Companies
Ranjan Sarkar, South Asia & VP Eptisa, India
Swati Jha, SSA Compliance Services LLP | |
7.7 LERA Competitive Papers: Union Strategies and Campaigns (Symposium)—Gibson
Presenters: Cory Runstedler, University of Connecticut—Can Coffee be Red and Blue: How the Starbucks Union Movement Maps on Red and Blue States
Zachary Schaller, Colorado State University—Where Unions Fell: A Geographical Analysis of Labor Union Representation Elections in the U.S.
Boniface Michael, California State University Sacramento—Two-Party Negotiation Evaluations as Outcome, Process and Change Frames: Relations with Collaboration, Conflict and Fair Process | |
| 3 ‑ 4:15 pm | LERA Diversity and Inclusion Committee Meeting—Boardroom, 4th Floor
Sarah Cudahy, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Dennis L. Dabney, LERA President
Frank Mullins, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Kevin Stokes, DC Office of Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining |
| 3 ‑ 4:15 pm | LERA National Chapter Advisory Council Meeting—East, 4th Floor
Co-Chairs: William Canak, Middle Tennessee State University (ret.) and Bonnie Castrey, Dispute Resolution Services |
| 4:30 ‑ 5:30 pm | Closing Plenary—Grand Ballroom
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Friday | Conference Activities • 6/28/2024 |
| 7:30 ‑ 8:30 am | LERA Annual Labor Breakfast "A Dialogue About Contemporary Labor Issues with Labor Leaders on the Front Line"—Trianon Jr. Ballroom
Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO
Richard Maroko, President, Hotel Trades Council, AFL-CIO |
| 8:45 ‑ 9:30 am | FMCS Closing Plenary—Trianon Jr. Ballroom
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| 8:45 ‑ 10 am | ILERA Executive Committee Meeting (by invitation)—Boardroom, 4th Floor
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Michael Weiner, Gilbert & Sackman
Curtis Notsinneh, California Workforce Development Board
Gregory Irish, City of Los Angeles, Workforce Investment Board | |
Panelists: Jaz Brisack, Organizing Director of the Inside Organizer School and co-founder of Starbucks Workers United
Madeline Wesley, Amazon worker in Staten Island and head of an organizing committee there, former treasurer Amazon La
John A. Logan, San Francisco State University | |
8.15 Technological Change, Power and Work, Part I: Auto Manufacturing and Warehousing (Symposium)—Sutton Center
Presenters: Tod Rutherford, Syracuse University; Valeria Pulignano, Catholic University of Leuven; Lorenzo Frangi, University of Québec at Montréal; Yennef Vereycken, Catholic University of Leuven; Lynford Dor, University of Leuven; and Lander Vermeerbergen, Radboud University—Workers' Voice in the Face of Technological Change: Zones of Contention, Acceptance and Work Quality in a Comparative Study of the Automobile Industry in Europe
Mathieu Dupuis, Laval University; Ian Greer and Dongwoo Park, Cornell University—Striking for a Just Transition: How North American Auto Workers are Navigating the Shift to Electric Vehicles
Abbie Winton and Charles Riou Umney, University of Leeds—Bringing the (Local) State into the Industrial Relations Debate on Technology and the Future of Work: Evidence from the Warehousing Industry
Alex M. Kowalski, Cornell University; Beth Gutelius, University of Illinois Chicago; Sanjay Joseph Pinto, University of Illinois Chicago/Rutgers/Cornell; and Steven Vallas, Northeastern University—At the Mercy of the Market? E-Commerce, Technology and Warehouse Work in the United States
Martin Krzywdzinski, Berlin Social Science Center (WZB) | |
8.2 The Future of Comparative Labor Law (Symposium)—Sutton South
Presenters: Janice Bellace, University of Pennsylvania—Evaluating Labor Law through a Comparative Lens.
Valerio De Stefano, York University—The Future Paths of Comparative Labor Law: Different Legal Traditions and Interdisciplinarity.
Cynthia Estlund, New York University—'American Exceptionalism' and the Paucity of Comparative Labor Law Scholarship in the United States.
Roberto Fragale Filho, Judge, Brazilian Labor Court, and Fluminese Federal University—Comparative Labor Law: Academic Partnership and New Challenges | |
Rebecca Dixon, National Employment Law Project
Homer C. La Rue, Howard University School of Law & Board Chair, RCI, Inc.
Fernanda Melo, Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil)
Suhail Vawda, University of Johannesburg | |
8.3 Birds of a Feather Gathering: AI in the Workplace—Gramercy West
Co-Chairs: Greg J. Bamber, Monash University (Melbourne) and Thomas A. Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
8.35 The Global Footprint of Chinese Investments: Comparative Perspectives in the Global South (Symposium)—Gramercy East
Presenters: Ding Fei, Cornell University—Overseas Work, Citizenship, and Conditional Justice: A Labor-Centric Perspective towards Chinese Investment in Africa
Adam (Chuling) Huang, Cornell University—Sino-Africa Encounter in Agriculture: A Case Study of the Labor Regime of a Chinese Farm in Zambia
Omar Manky, Universidad del Pacifico (Lima-Peru)—DiDi Chuxing in Latin America: How a Chinese Platform Shapes Labor Dynamics in Peru and Beyond | |
8.4 Ethical Considerations for Labor Relations Professionals Using a Licensing Model—Murray Hill West
Deanna W. Dudley, El Camino Health
Francis Goeddeke Jr., Wayne State University | |
8.45 The Fundamental Right to Collectively Bargain: Does the State Remain the Exception to the Rule?—Murray Hill East
Presenters: Alexander De Becker, University of Ghent and Valentina Franca, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia—The Fundamental Right to Collectively Bargain: Does the State Remain the Exception to the Rule?
Alexander De Becker, University of Ghent
Evert Verhulp, University of Amsterdam Discussant: Attila Kun, Károli Gáspár Univ. of the Reformed Church in Hungary; Hungarian National Univ. of Public Service | |
8.5 The Power of Empathy and Chemistry of Trust in the Workplace—Nassau East
Genesis Fisher, JAMS | |
8.55 Drug Testing in the Workplace: Science and Sense in Arbitration—Nassau West
Todd A. Lyon, Fisher & Phillips LLP
Michael Loconto, Loconto ADR
David Gaba, Compass Legal Group PLLC
Jahan Marcu, Marcu Enterprises | |
8.6 The Evolution of Mass Arbitration and Its Future—Madison
Hon. Carol Heckman, Lippes Mathias LLP
Alfred Feliu, Feliu Neutral Services, LLC | |
8.7 U.S. and International Perspectives on Sexual Harassment in Organized and Unorganized Workplaces—Gibson
Anna Lee Fos-Tuvera, International Trade Union Confederation, Asia Pacific
Fulya Pinar Ozcan, Textile, Garment and Leather Trade Union OZ IPLIK IS, Turkiye | |
| 9:45 ‑ 11 am | LERA Chapter Representatives Meeting Hosted by NCAC—Rendezvous Trianon
Co-Chairs: William Canak, Middle Tennessee State University (ret.) and Bonnie Castrey, Dispute Resolution Services |
| 9:45 ‑ 11 am | LERA Industry Councils and Interest Sections Coordinating Council Meeting—Boardroom, 4th Floor
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| 11:15 am ‑ 12 pm | Plenary: Making and Breaking Gender Inequalities in Work—Trianon Jr. Ballroom
Rae Cooper, University of Sydney
Jane Parker, European Trade Union Institute |
| 1:30 ‑ 2:45 pm | |
Jim Pruitt, Program Committee Co-Chair and Kaiser Permanente
Shannon A. Jones, Kaiser Permanente | |
9.1 Algorithmic Management: Regulating the New Workplace (Symposium)—Sutton North
Presenters: Xiangmin (Helen) Liu, Adrienne E. Eaton and Todd Vachon, Rutgers University—How Employers Utilize Algorithmic Recruitment Practices and Their Impact on Workers
Sonia Bastigkeit Ericstam, Stockholm University, and Legal Bureau of the Swedish Trade Union Confederation—Algorithmic Management – Safeguarding Workers' Rights in Automated Decision-making | |
9.15 2024 LERA Annual Research Volume Part I--Union Organizing and Collective Bargaining at the Crossroad: Renewal or Continued Decline? (Symposium)—Sutton Center
Presenters: Dale Belman, Michigan State University and Mark Erlich, Harvard University—The State of Organizing and Collective Bargaining in Construction
Ariel C. Avgar, Cornell University; Adrienne E. Eaton and Rebecca Kolins Givan, Rutgers University; and Adam Seth Litwin, Cornell University—The State of Organizing and Collective Bargaining in Healthcare
David Lewin, University of California Los Angeles and Tingting Zhang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—The State of Organizing and Collective Bargaining in the Information Technology Industry | |
9.2 Organizational Ownership and Employee Well-Being (Symposium)—Sutton South
Presenters: John W. Budd, University of Minnesota and Ryan Lamare, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Organizational Ownership and Trade-Offs Between Pay and Subjective Employee Well-Being: A Comparative Analysis
Victoria Zhang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Dylan Nelson, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Private Equity Ownership and Worker Experiences of Organizational Culture
Dionne Pohler, University of Saskatchewan—Worker Outcomes Under Different Co-operative Ownership and Governance Models | |
9.25 Why Do So Many Companies Engage in Union-Busting and How Can Companies Deal More Constructively With Unions—Regent
Richard Bensinger, Former AFL-CIO Organizing Director and Consultant to Starbucks Workers United
Roy Bahat, Bloomberg Beta | |
9.3 Challenges and Opportunities of Labor Campaigns in the Era of Heightened Labor Activism—Gramercy West
Presenters: John Kallas, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Examining Strikes, Social Identity, and Outcomes on the Starbucks Union Campaign
Dongwoo Park, Cornell University—Solidarity-based Upgrading: A Comparative Case Study of Suppliers in Korean Auto Industry
Tingting Zhang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Lorenzo Frangi, University of Québec at Montréal—The Development of Collective Labor Conflicts in the Past Three Decades in the US
Joseph van der Naald, City University of New York—Union Strategies, Politics, Collective Bargaining Rights, and the Rise of US Public-Sector Trade Unionism: Ohio and Michigan Compared | |
9.35 It's in the Cards: Organizing After the NLRB's Cemex Ruling—Gramercy East
Christopher David Ruiz Cameron, Southwestern Law School
Teresa Poor, National Labor Relations Board Region 29 Director | |
9.4 Technological Change, Power and Work in Varying Institutional Contexts, Part II: Health and Social Care, Retail, and Call Centers (Symposium)—Murray Hill West
Presenters: Kendra Briken and Ian Cunningham, University of Strathclyde and Alina Baluch, St. Andrews University—Simple Devices for Complex Work? The Introduction of Everyday Technologies and their Impact on Employment Relations in Social Care Settings in the U.K.
Adam Seth Litwin, Deepa Kylasam Iyer and Ayaj Rana, Cornell University—Opportunities for Augmentative AI in American Health Care
Wil Hunt, University of Sussex; Steve Rolf and Rachel Verdin, Sussex University—Finance, Pick, Ride, Repeat: Business Models and Working Conditions in European Quick-commerce Platforms
Françoise Carré, University of Massachusetts Boston and Chris Tilly, University of California Los Angeles—Technology, Power, and the Changing Nature of U.S. Retail Jobs: Theories vs. Realities
Virginia Doellgast and Jeonghun Kim, Cornell University and Sean O'Brady, McMaster University—Artificial Intelligence and Job Quality in Contact Centers | |
9.45 Scaling Collaborative Public School Reform: An International Comparison, South Africa and the U.S.—Murray Hill East
Saul Rubinstein, Rutgers University | |
Discussants: Sara Lafuente Torsten Mueller Jane Parker Kurt Vandaele Wouter Zwysen, European Trade Union Institute | |
9.55 The Continuing Rise of Online Dispute Resolution: Will AI Become a Primary Tool in Workplace Dispute Resolution—Nassau West
Jennifer Ortiz Prather, U.S. EEOC Houston District Office
Robert Bergman, NextLevel Mediation
Michael Loconto, Loconto ADR
Stephen Ichniowski, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission | |
Natalia Espina, Land Stewardship Project
Samantha Sluder, Washington Baltimore News Guild | |
9.7 Impact of Automation and AI in the Workplace IV (Symposium)—Gibson
Presenters: , City University of Hong Kong—Artificial Intelligence Capability and Corporate Innovation Performance: The Moderating Role of Employee Autonomy
Geraint Harvey, Western University and Peter Turnbull, University of Bristol—Contrail Contradiction--Technology and Contradictions in the Contemporary Commercial Aviation Industry: Accommodations for Workers with Disabilities and New Technologies
Yuliya Vanzhulova Tavares, Queen Mary University of London—Algorithmic Work: Are Gig and Cloud Workers Experiencing Quality Jobs?
Virgel C. Binghay and Jose Maria G. Binghay, University of the Philippines Diliman—The Health and Safety Terrain of Delivery Riders in the Philippines | |
| 1:30 ‑ 2:45 pm | LERA Public Sector Industry Council Meeting—East, 4th Floor
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| 1:30 ‑ 2:45 pm | LERA Chapter Administration Workshop Hosted by NCAC—Rendezvous Trianon
Co-Chairs: William Canak, Middle Tennessee State University (ret.) and Bonnie Castrey, Dispute Resolution Services
Philip A. LaPorte, Georgia State University (ret.)
Mickey Brock, Houston LERA |
| 1:30 ‑ 2:45 pm | Deans, Chairs, and Directors Council (DCDC) Meeting—Boardroom, 4th Floor
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10.05 Understanding Structural Racism in Local Labor Markets—Beekman
Deborah Davis, Founding DEI Director, Hershey Medical (retired)
Leroy Hopkins, Professor of German, Millersville University (emeritus)
Betty Hurdle, Speech Specialist and Chair, Community First Loan Fund (retired)
Gerald Wilson, Police Lieutenant (retired)
Yaminette Diaz-Linhart, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
10.1 AI, New Technologies and the Futures of Labour and Work (Symposium)—Sutton North
Presenters: Christine Riordan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Hye Jin Rho, Michigan State University; Yeaseul Hur and , University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Brokerage from the Bottom Up: Union Leaders as Algorithmic Brokers in Hotel Housekeeping Work
Esme Terry, Leeds University Business School and Mark Stuart, University of Leeds—Shaping Digital Transformation at Work: Employee Involvement and the Introduction of Automation Technologies in Finance Companies
Jarrod Haar and David Brougham, Massey University, New Zealand; Azka Ghafoor, University of Otago, New Zealand; and Candice Harris, Auckland University of Technology—The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly: Employee Use of AI at Work | |
10.15 Frontline Service Work in Post-pandemic Labour Markets: Lessons Learnt for Occupational Safety and Health and Workers' Protection (Symposium)—Sutton Center
Co-Chairs: Nadja Doerflinger, Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Germany and , Durham University Presenters: Bengt Larsson, Linnaeus University, Sweden—Institutional Structures of OSH Interventions in Europe: Decoupling in Multilevel Industrial Relations Systems
Jonas Wehrmann, Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Germany—The Customer as Source of Risk? An Analysis of Occupational Hazards in Frontline Service Work in Germany in Times of Covid-19 | |
10.2 Improving the Experience of Work through Labor Management Partnerships at Kaiser Permanente and UMass Memorial—Sutton South
Mike Pacinda, UMass Memorial Health
Shannon Cazinha, Kaiser Permanente
Katie Ekstrom, Alliance of Health Care Unions | |
10.25 Labor-Management Partnerships to Improve Public Education: The Case of the NJ Public School Collaborative—Regent
Vincent Caputo, Metuchen Public Schools
James Dolan, Montgomery Township Education Association
Cory Delgado, Montgomery Township School District | |
10.3 Growing California's Electric Bus Manufacturing Workforce: How an Employer and a Union Built a High Road Training Pathway—Gramercy West
Presenter: Jennie Mollica, High Road Alliance—Growing California's Electric Bus Manufacturing Workforce: How an Employer and a Union Built a High Road Training Pathway
Frank Girardot, Build Your Dream (BYD)
Will Scott, Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers | |
10.35 Sustaining the Revival of the Labor Movement—Gramercy East
Panelists: Chris Kazlauskas and Basel Saleh, U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs
Andrew C. Hasty, U.S. Department of Labor | |
10.4 Gender Inequality in Brazil, Mexico and Russia—Murray Hill West
Presenters: Elena Sychenko, Saint Petersburg University; Wharton Business School; UniPen—Discrimination in labour relations in Russia
Sergio Covarrubias Díaz, Director of Corporate Social Responsibility in Gluon Knowledge Mexico—Discrimination in labour relations in Mexico
Dalton Tria Cusciano, Fundacentro and Mauro Maia Laruccia, Fundacentro and PUC/SP—Discrimination in labour relations in Brazil | |
10.45 Organizing, Partnerships, Implementation and Advocacy in New York Agriculture—Murray Hill East
Diana Saguilan, United Farm Workers
Tommaso Pio Danese, University of Trento, Italy | |
10.5 Care Services as a Distinctive Arena for Social Dialogue: Solutions and Trade-offs in Solving the Care Quadrilemma in Europe (Symposium)—Nassau East
Presenters: Pavol Bors and Barbora Holubova, Central European Labour Studies Institute and Marta Kahancova, CELSI and Comenius University—Central-Eastern Europe: Following the "Low Road" of Development in the Care Sector in Hungary and Slovakia?
Nana Wesley Hansen and Mikkel Mailand, FAOS Employment Relations Research Centre and Frank Tros, University of Amsterdam—The Twofold Path of the Universalistic Model: Denmark and the Netherlands in Comparison
Karin Gottschall and Ruth Abramowski, University of Bremen—Investing in Care Services as a Challenge for Interest Representation: The Case of Long-term Care and Childcare Expansion in Germany
Oscar Molina, Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain); Anna Mori, University of Milan; Alejandro Godino Pons and Joan Rodriguez-Soler, Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain)—Is the Mediterranean Model Still Going the Same Direction? Italy and Spain in Comparison | |
10.55 Authoritarian Innovations in Labor Governance—Nassau West
Chris Rhomberg, Fordham University
Adam Mrozowicki, University of Wroclaw, Poland and Fulbright Visiting fellow at the ILR School, Cornell University
Ernesto Noronha, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA)
Cirila Quintero Ramírez, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Mexico | |
10.6 Labour Implications of "On-demand": Emerging Issues on Gig Work (Symposium)—Madison
Presenters: Michael David Maffie and Tashlin Lakhani, Cornell University—Committed Contract Workers: Examining the Effects of High Commitment Human Resource Practices in the Gig Economy
Jelena Starcevic, McMaster University, School of Labour Studies—Reworking practices among food delivery workers in Serbia and Croatia
Laura Lam, University of Toronto—Technological Change in Care: Understanding Organizational Adaptation and Workers' Experiences | |
Presenters: Steven E. Abraham, State University of New York Oswego and Paula Voos, Rutgers University—Opinions of Employment Relations Professionals regarding Online Masters Programs
Paul F. Clark, Penn State University
Hadi El Farr, Rutgers University | |
Anil Verma, University of Toronto | |
| 4:30 ‑ 6 pm | LERA Executive Board Meeting (by invitation)—Rendezvous Trianon
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| 4:30 ‑ 6 pm | ILERA Council Meeting (by invitation)—Boardroom, 4th Floor
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Saturday | Conference Activities • 6/29/2024 |
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11.05 2024 LERA Annual Research Volume Part II--Union Organizing and Collective Bargaining at the Crossroad: Renewal or Continued Decline? (Symposium)—Beekman
Presenters: Clifford B. Donn and Brenda J. Kirby, Le Moyne College—The State of Organizing and Collective Bargaining in K-12 Education
Paul F. Clark, Penn State University—The State of Organizing and Collective Bargaining in Law Enforcement
Howard Stanger, Canisius University—The State of Organizing and Collective Bargaining in the Newspaper Industry
Michael Belzer, Wayne State University—The State of Organizing and Collective Bargaining in Trucking | |
11.1 Regulation in and of the Digital Economy: The Role of Industrial Relations Institutions and Actors (Symposium)—Sutton North
Presenters: Guendalina Anzolin, University of Cambridge Institute for Manufacturing (UK); Chiara Benassi, Kings College, London, UK; and Armanda Cetrulo, Sant'Anna Advanced School, Pisa (Italy)—The Role of Industrial Relations for Firm-level Innovation: A Comparative Analysis of Establishment Data in Germany and Italy
Lisa Dorigatti, University of Milan and Matteo Rinaldini, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia—The collective regulation of remote work: a sectoral analysis
Sara Caria and Matteo Rinaldini, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia—Variegated Digitalisation? An Empirical Study on Digital Trajectories in Two German Owned Manufactures in Northern Italy
Ines Wagner, University of Oslo and Harvard University—Robots and Gendered Work Tasks: Evidence from the Shopfloor in Norway
Matteo Rinaldini, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia | |
11.15 Contingent Work and the Digital Platform Economy: Examining Worker Motivations and Inequality (Symposium)—Sutton Center
Presenters: Luisa Nazareno, Virginia Commonwealth University—Preference for Flexibility of Workers in Online Platforms
Rachel M.B. Atkins, St. John's University; Quentin Brummet and Katie Johnson, NORC at the University of Chicago—Racial and Ethnic Differences in Gig Platform Work in the U.S. | |
11.2 LERA Competitive Papers: Exploring the Future of Work (Symposium)—Sutton South
Chair: Duarte Abrunhosa e Sousa, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Justice - University of Porto Presenters: Farnaz Ghaedipour and Arvind Karunakaran, Stanford University—"Be Authentic and Always Keep Hustling": Navigating the Tensions between Authenticity and Entrepreneurialism in Platform-Based Work
Dasom Jang, Michigan State University—Organizational Control for Work-from-Home Employees: the Role of Electronic Performance Monitoring
Laura Lam, University of Toronto—Not all Platform Work is Equal: Migrants' Experience of Between "Relational" and "Non-relational" Platform Work | |
Carolyn Corea, American Institutes for Research
Andrew Clarkwest, ABT Global | |
11.3 Labor in Global Supply Chains III: Public, Private, and Social Labor Governance and Supplier Responses (Symposium)—Gramercy West
Presenters: Mark Anner, Pennsylvania State University—Interacting Labor and Public Governance Mechanisms in Global Production: Binding Agreements, Labor Reforms, and FTA Labor Chapters in Mexico and Honduras
Chunyun Li, London School of Economics and Political Sciences and Sarosh C. Kuruvilla, Cornell University—Ratcheting up Compliance: Public Disclosure of Audit results of Supplier Factories
Elizabeth A. Bennett, Lewis & Clark College and Harvard Kennedy School—You Want Me to "Calculate the Wage Gap"? Organic Textile Suppliers Respond to New Living Wage Reporting Requirements | |
11.4 Labour in the Meat Industry: A Transnational Conversation—Murray Hill West
Serife Erol, Institute of Economic and Social Research, Düsseldorf/Germany
Marie Huntley Andersen, Roskilde University, Denmark
Sarah Berger Richardson, University of Ottawa, Canada | |
11.45 Perspectives On High Performance Work Systems (Symposium)—Murray Hill East
Presenters: Jarrod Haar and David Brougham, Massey University, New Zealand—Indigenous Perspectives of High-Performance Work Systems in Aotearoa/New Zealand: A Multi-Sample Study
Kritkorn Nawakitphaitoon, National Institute of Development Administration, Thailand; Wei Huang, Renmin University of China; and Wei Wei, University of Leicester—Two Faces of High-performance Work Systems (HPWS) and Delivering Mutual Gains: A Moderated Mediation Model of Employee Perception of HPWS, Trust in Senior Managers and Employee Voice Efficacy
Benjamin Hopkins, University of Birmingham and Kristine Olson, Utah Tech—Employer Accommodation Provision and Worker Control in the Agricultural Sector
Evren M. Dincer, CUNY Graduate Center—The Future of Agricultural Work in Turkey: The Case of Organic Farming | |
11.5 Inhabiting the Tension: Memory-work and Reflexivity at the Research-practice Interface—Nassau East
Maria Hudson, University of Essex | |
11.55 Examining Industrial Relations and Employment Relations Systems (Symposium)—Nassau West
Presenters: Nobuyuki Yamada, Komazawa University—Seeking "Reciprocity" in Capitalism: Reconsidering the Historical Development of Industrial Relations in Japan
Valeria Pulignano, Catholic University of Leuven; Jane Parker, European Trade Union Institute; Bernd Brandl, University of Durham, UK; Patrice Jalette, University of Montreal; and Kerem Ceylan, Bogazici University, Turkey—Constructing a Typology of Industrial Relations Systems: Towards a Non-Euro-centric Model?
Bernd Brandl, University of Durham, UK—Disciplinary Varieties in Industrial Relations and Labour Research: An Analysis of Disciplinary Knowledge Exchange and Trends in Knowledge Creation | |
11.6 Generations at Work (Symposium)—Madison
Presenters: Seonghoon Hong and Adrienne E. Eaton, Rutgers University—Navigating Longer Working Lives: Unraveling the Role of Union Membership in the Aging Workforce
Faizan Imtiaz, Towson University; Thomas Vaughan-Johnston, Cardiff University; and Sang Won Byun, Towson University—Motivation and Age Revisited: How Seniors and Millennials Vary in the Occupational Motives and Work Outcomes
Jenny Julen Votinius and Mia Ronnmar, Faculty of Law, Lund University—Older Workers, Dismissals, and Active Ageing: Comparative Perspectives on the Dynamic between Employment Protection, Non-Discrimination, and Collective Bargaining | |
11.65 Change is Difficult: Just Transition (Symposium)—Clinton
Presenters: Virginia Parks and Ian Ross Baran, University of California Irvine—Skills Lost in Transition: How Fossil Fuel Workers Experience Losses to Internal Labor Market Gains and How Green Transition Policy Can Respond
Sotiria Theodoropoulou and Mehtap Akgüç, European Trade Union Institute and Sebastiano Sabato, European Social Observatory—Unbalanced Just Transition? The E.U. Recovery and Resilience Facility and the Evolution of Eco-social Policies in Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain
Patrick Dexter, United Auto Workers, International Representative
Tracy Scott, United Steelworkers of America Local 5, President | |
| 8:30 ‑ 9:45 am | LERA Teaching Interest Section Meeting—East, 4th Floor
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| 8:30 ‑ 11:15 am | LERA 26th Annual PhD Consortium—Rendezvous Trianon
Co-Chairs: Yichen Liu, University of Toronto; Tommaso Pio Danese, University of Trento, Italy; and Carla Lima Aranzaes, Michigan State University
Xiangmin (Helen) Liu, Rutgers University
Dionne Pohler, University of Saskatchewan
Janice Fine, Rutgers University
Ken Jacobs, University of California Berkeley |
| 10 ‑ 11:15 am | |
Jessica Looman, U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour
Sally Dworak-Fisher, National Employment Law Project
Rosa DeLauro, Congresswoman, 3rd District, Connecticut | |
12.1 Health and Safety I (Symposium)—Sutton North
Presenters: Alison Braley-Rattai and Larry Savage, Brock University—Academic Staff Association Responses to Vaccine Mandates in the Canadian University Sector
Jacqueline Meredith, Swinburne Law School (Melbourne)—Pulling the Plug on Unsafe Work: Examining the Right to Disconnect through the Lens of Work Health and Safety Law
, Durham University; Manuela Galetto, University of Warwick; Ramune Guobaite, ILAW LEXTAL Lithuania; Bengt Larsson, Linnaeus University, Sweden; and Sabrina Weber, Pforzheim University Germany—Choices at Work. Occupational Health and Safety Legislation and Provisions in Collective Bargaining - Complements or Substitutes | |
12.15 Labour Law Utopias: Post-growth and Post-productive Work Approaches—Sutton Center
Presenters: Nicolas Bueno, UniDistance Suisse; Alexander De Becker, University of Ghent; and Beryl ter Haar, University of Warsaw Poland—Labour Law Utopias: Post-Growth and Post-Productive Work Approaches
Judy Fudge, McMaster University
Tequila Brooks, Attorney and Comparative Labor Scholar | |
12.2 Union Power, Satisfaction, and Composition (Symposium)—Sutton South
DC De La Haye, Doctoral Student, Florida State University; Andrew Keyes, Fresno State University; Pauline de Becdelièvre, ENS Paris-Saclay (IDHES); Lorenzo Frangi, University of Québec at Montréal; and Jack Fiorito, Florida State University—Union Satisfaction in Three Countries
Gregory Lyon, Georgetown University and Daniel Schneider, Harvard University—Working Conditions, Personal Experience, and Partisan Labor Policy Preferences | |
12.25 Amazon Capitalism or Capitalisms? E-Commerce Warehouse and Logistics Labor and Amazon.com Abroad and at Home—Regent
Presenters: Joao Paulo Candia Veiga, University of Sao Paulo and Katiuscia Galhera, Dourados Federal University—Conflict and Contestation Surrounding Amazon Warehouse Work in Latin America: Evidence from Greater São Paulo and Greater Mexico City
Nikko Bilitza, Fulbright Visiting Student Researcher, University of Vienna and Scott B. Martin, Columbia University—Labor-Community-Environmental Alliances around Amazon E-Commerce Distribution Facilities: The Cases of Red Hook, Brooklyn and the Proposed Newark, NJ Airport Hub
Jeff Hermanson, International Union Education League—Organizing Amazon's Warehouse Workers: New Opportunities under Mexico's Revised Labor Law and the USMCA Discussant: Adam Mrozowicki, University of Wroclaw, Poland and Fulbright Visiting fellow at the ILR School, Cornell University | |
12.3 Enforceable Brand Agreements: Potential, Challenges and Scalability—Gramercy West
Nhlanhla Mabizela, Deputy Country Program Director of the Solidarity Center
Meghna Sarma, PVH (Tommy Hilfiger & Calvin Klein)
Richard Fincher, Workplace Resolutions LLC | |
12.35 Geographic Inequality as a Driver of Worker Outcomes—Gramercy East
Presenters: Oluwasekemi Odumosu, Urban Institute—Beyond Bars: The Persistent Economic Consequences of Hyper-incarceration on Communities of Color
Justin Heck, Opportunity@Work—The Geography of Racial and Ethnic Occupational Segregation Among Workers with and without Four Year Degrees
LiJia Gong, Local Progress and Terri Gerstein, NYU Wagner Labor Initiative—The Role of Local Government in Protecting Workers’ Rights: A Comprehensive Overview of the Ways that Cities, Counties, and Other Localities are Taking Action on Behalf of Working People | |
12.4 Fair Work in Hospitality? Insights from the Global Hospitality Research Alliance (Symposium)—Murray Hill West
Presenters: David Brannon, Hotel School The Hague—Applying Common Pool Resource Governance to Hospitality Work
David Dunlop Williamson and Candice Harris, Auckland University of Technology—In-hospitable Work: Evidence from the Front-line in New Zealand | |
12.45 Labor in Global Supply Chains Part I: Preventing Harassment of Workers at Global Supply Chains (Symposium)—Murray Hill East
Presenters: Kelly I. Pike, York University; Beth English, Indiana University; and Tinu Mathew, York University—Role of Sexual Harassment Prevention Training in Driving Behaviour Change in Garment Sector Factories: A Comparative Study of Nicaragua and Indonesia
Tinu Mathew, York University—Can Virtual Reality Drive Behaviour Change in Global Supply Chains? An Explanatory Study of the Effectiveness of Sexual Harassment Prevention Training
Sazid Ahmad, London School of Economics—Verbal Abuse of Workers at Global Supply Chains: Monitoring and Purchasing Practices at Cross Purposes?
Jeffrey S. Wheeler, LRQA—Tracing Violations in Global Supply Chains: The Global Trace Protocol Project | |
12.5 Emerging Trends in the Workplace (Symposium)—Nassau East
Presenters: Yonjin Suh, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—What did Unions do for Working Parents During the COVID-19 Pandemic? Unions Role in Reducing Parenting Stress
Itaru Nishimura, Chuo University Faculty of Commerce and Hideki Shimizu-Tanaka, Doshisha University Faculty of Policy Studies—Employee Voice and the Digitalization of Workplace: Positive or Negative for the Company and its Employees?
Duncan Adam, Manchester Metropolitan University; Deborah Dean and Manuela Galetto, University of Warwick; and Melanie Simms, University of Glasgow—Pluralism Deniers and Aspirational Unitarism: Collective Conflict Resolution in a Hostile Environment
Qi Zheng, Capital University of Economics and Business and Zitong Qiu, Labor Dispute Office, Chinese Academy of Labor and Social Security—Can Women Escape from Precarity in the Gig Economy: Evidence from Labor Market, Labor Process, and Labor Reproduction in China | |
12.55 Examining Precarious Work Four-Ways (Symposium)—Nassau West
Presenters: Bjarke Refslund, Aalborg University—Labour Migrants in a Dualised Labour Market and Industrial Relations: Evidence from Three European Countries
Jiachun Liu, Renmin University of China; Mingwei Liu, Rutgers University; and Weiguo Yang, Renmin University of China—Trapped in Precarity? Longitudinal Effects of Informal Employment in China | |
12.6 Challenges for Young Workers (Symposium)—Madison
Presenters: Leslie Panyanouvong, University of California Irvine—Reproducing and Contesting Workplace Inequality: Identity, Commitment, and Voice in the New Service Economy
Joan-Miquel Verd, Alejandro Godino, Joan Rodriguez-Soler and Alejandro Gonzalez-Heras, Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain)—Is the Restriction by Law of Short-term Contracts Enough to Reduce Employment Instability? Precariousness Among Young Workers Before and After Spain's 2021 Labour Market Reform Act
Chun Wang, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics; Pengxin Xie and Hongyu Chen, School of Public Administration, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, PR China.—Age Discrimination's Influence on Wages: An Empirical Study Exploring the '35-Year-Old Phenomenon'
Kurt Vandaele and Wouter Zwysen, European Trade Union Institute—Are Young Workers Willing to Become a Trade Union Member? Exploring Pro-union Attitudes, Precariousness, and Union Exposure in 14 European Countries | |
12.65 Going Green: Unions Respond (Symposium)—Clinton
Presenters: Rolf K. Andersen, Johanne Stenseth Huseby and Anne Mette Ødegård, Fafo, Institute for Labour and Social Research—Sustainable Regulations In Local Collective Agreements: Experiences from Norway
Bela Galgoczi, Kalina Arabadjieva and Fabris Bianca Luna, European Trade Union Institute—The Role of Collective Bargaining in the Green Transformation
Elin Moen Dahl, Oslo Metropolitan University Work Research Institute—The Role of Trade Union Representatives in the Green Transition in Norway
Mehtap Akgüç, European Trade Union Institute—Working Less Hours to Pollute Less? A Cross-country Analysis of Environmental Impacts of Working Hours | |
| 10 ‑ 11:15 am | LERA Dispute Resolution Interest Section Meeting—East, 4th Floor
Co-Chairs: Mark Gough, Pennsylvania State University; Bradley R. Weinberg, Queen's University; and Robert L Chiaravalli, Strategic Labor & Human Resources, LLC |
| 11:30 ‑ 1:30 pm | LERA/ILERA Presidential Luncheon—Trianon Jr. Ballroom
Harry C. Katz, Program Committee Co-Chair and Cornell University |
| 1:45 ‑ 3 pm | |
13.05 Working Conditions of Gig Platform Drivers (Symposium)—Beekman
Presenters: Ken Jacobs, Michael Reich, Tynan Challenor and Aida Farmand, University of California Berkeley—Passenger and Delivery Gig Driver Earnings in Five Metro Areas
Maria Figueroa, SUNY Empire School of Labor Studies—Searching for Worker Power in the Platform Economy: The Case of Food-delivery Workers in New York City
James A. Parrott, The New School for Social Research; Michael Reich, University of California Berkeley; and Xingxing Yang, University of South Florida—The Economic Situation of TNC Drivers in Minnesota
David Weil, Brandeis University | |
13.1 Labor Institutions and Public Schools: New Developments and Research after the Covid-19 Pandemic (Symposium)—Sutton North
Presenters: Eunice Han, University of Utah—What Did Unions Do for Teachers During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Justin Vinton, Rutgers University—Labor-Management Partnership Quality in US Public Education: Examining Multilevel Implementation and Teacher Voice about Work and COVID-19
Or Shay, Cornell University—Collective Bargaining Agreements after Covid-19: New Data from New York State Public School Districts | |
13.15 How do Workers Know a Good Job When They Have One?—Sutton Center
Lonnie Golden, Pennsylvania State University Abington
Hyeri Choi, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Wenchen Wang, Illinois Institute of Technology
Aaron Sojourner, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research | |
13.2 The Causes and Consequences of Workplace Innovation (Symposium)—Sutton South
Presenters: Mark Bray, University of Newcastle, Australia—Why is Union-Management Cooperation so Difficult in Anglo-American Workplaces?
Di Tong, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—In Search of the High Road: Do Low-Wage Employers Shift Management Practices in Response to Minimum Wage Increases?
Jana Stefan, University of Milan/Anglia Ruskin University; Arianna Marcolin, Marco Guerci, Maria Laura Toraldo and Edoardo Della Torre, University of Milan—Relative 'Artisan' Satisfaction through Small Gains? The Case of Blue-collar Workers in a Craft Firm | |
13.25 South Africa's Triumph Over Discrimination—Regent
Katy Khuduga, Arbitrator/Mediator, South Africa | |
13.3 Platform Economy in China and Beyond: Exploring New Employment Relations Research Frontiers (Symposium)—Gramercy West
Presenters: Weiguo Yang and Lei Zhao, Renmin University of China—Evolution of Digital Platforms and How They Organize Gig Workers: Evidence from China's Ride-hailing Industry
Hao Zhang, Renmin University of China and Can Ouyang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University—Can Time Commitment Enhance Gig Workers' Performance? Evidence from China's Platform-based Food-delivery Workers
Omar Manky, Universidad del Pacifico (Lima-Peru)—Barriers and Opportunities for Platform Worker Mobilization: Insights from Lima, Peru
Qi Wang, South China University of Technology and Yujin Wang, Renmin University of China—What Do Unions Do? The Role of the Chinese Local Unions in Addressing Labor Disputes in the Platform Economy
Xiangmin (Helen) Liu, Rutgers University | |
13.35 Labor in Global Supply Chains Part II: Legislative and Social Pressures and Working Conditions at Supply Chains (Symposium)—Gramercy East
Presenters: Sarah Ashwin, London School of Economics; Nora Lohmeyer, Radboud University; and Elke Schüßler, Leuphana University of Lueneburg—Enforceable Brand Agreements and Due Diligence Legislation: Complements or Substitutes in the Labor Governance of Global Supply Chains?
Chikako Oka and Rémi Bourguignon, University of Paris-East Créteil and Léna Masson, University of Lille—Mandatory Due Diligence Legislation and Social Dialogue: Friend or Foe?
Alessandro Guasti and Matthew Amengual, University of Oxford and Damian Raess, Catholic University of Lille—Under (Indirect) Pressure: Cascading Substantive Change to Non-Targeted Firms
Greg Distelhorst and Yichen Liu, University of Toronto and Chana Rosenthal, New York University—Lead Firms' Purchasing Practices and Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains: Micro-level Evidence | |
13.4 Innovation and Change in China (Symposium)—Murray Hill West
Presenters: Elaine Hui, Pennsylvania State University—Chinese Multinational Corporations in the US: Managerial Control and Labor Resistance
Kritkorn Nawakitphaitoon, National Institute of Development Administration, Thailand and Wei Huang, Renmin University of China—China's Economic Boom and the Enigma of Declining Workforce Engagement: Exploring the Influence of Supportive Work Environment and Wellness on Employee Engagement | |
13.45 Emerging Trends in Union Voting Practices (Symposium)—Murray Hill East
Presenters: Sondra Menzies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Emerging Trends in Union Election Outcomes and Bargaining Unit Characteristics Across Employer Types
Patrick P. McHugh, George Washington University; Matthew Hinkel, Alma College; and Mark Hyman, University of Maryland—Union Voting Behavior of Scholarship Football Players at Northwestern: Insights from Union Supporters and Opponents
Nana Wesley Hansen, FAOS Employment Relations Research Centre and Mark Friis Hau, FAOS University of Copenhagen—Unions as Digital Trailblazers: Digitalizing and Revitalizing Union Voting Practices | |
13.5 Caring for the Caregivers (Symposium)—Nassau East
Presenters: Guelten Gizem Fesli, University of Bayreuth, Germany—Trade Union Organizing Strategies of Transnational Care Workers in Germany and the U.S.
Gerhard Bosch, University of Duisburg-Essen and Michaela Evans, Gelsenkirchen University—Revaluation of Essential Work: The Example of Elderly Care in Germany
Costanza Galanti, Cornell University/University of Padova—"That Law Was Created so that Workers Wouldn't Be Slaves": Healthcare Mobilisations in Italy and Romania and the Missed Politicization of EU Commodifying Interventions
Katherine Ravenswood, Auckland University of Technology—Weaponising Ideational Power to (De)legitimise Gender Discrimination in Care Work | |
13.55 Working in the Platform Economy (Symposium)—Nassau West
Presenters: June Namgoong, Korea Labor Institute—How Far to the Promised Land: A Review of Regulatory (R)evolution for Gig Workers in South Korea
Jeonghun Kim, Cornell University—The Role of Ideas in Empowering Gig Workers: A Comparison of Two Unions in the Korean Food Delivery Sector
Min Li, Yinbin Zhong, Nan Sun and Zhenhui Bai, South China University of Technology—Personalized Real-time Standard Working Hour Study for Gig Delivery Workers on Digital Labour Platforms: From the Perspective of Digital Development in China | |
13.6 IR/HR in Times of Crisis (Symposium)—Madison
Presenters: Anahid Bauer, Institut Mines-Telecom Business School and Eliza Forsythe, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Occupational Restructuring after the Great Recession
Chris F. Wright, University of Sydney—Social Dialogue and Job Retention Policy Reform in Response to COVID: The Triumph of Pragmatism over Ideology
Christian Hohendanner, Institute for Employment Research and Alexander Patzina, University of Bamberg—Employment Adjustments during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Do Fixed-term Contracts Ease Hiring in Uncertain Times?
Colm McLaughlin, University College Dublin—Social Dialogue and Job Retention Policy Reform in Response to COVID: The Triumph of Pragmatism over Ideology | |
13.65 LERA/Illinois Climate Jobs Institute Best Papers (Symposium)—Clinton
Presenters: Balakrishnan Parasuraman, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan; Margaret Chin Sat Peng, Sabah Banking Employee Union; "Sam" TSEN King Foh, Sustainable Resources Management; Jayaraj Vijaya Kumaran, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan; Nazanin Dara, University of Cyberjaya; and Murugaiah Parasuraman, Secondary School Malaysia—The Changing Role of Trade Union and Employers in Creating Green Jobs that its Policy Link to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) in Sabah Banking Industry: Impact on Industrial Relations
Michael H.F. Thorburn, Stanford Law School—Navigating Heat Stress in the World of Work: An Analysis of Collective Bargaining Agreements
Marcia Cristina Kamei López Aliaga, Federal University of Santa Catarina and Federal Labour Prosecution Office, Brazil; Norma Sueli Padilha, University of Santa Catarina, Brazil; Fernanda Giannasi, Brazilian Association of those Exposed to Asbestos; and Luciano Lima Leivas, University of Santa Catarina, Brazil—Rethinking the Role of Royalty Revenues In Mining Activities to Finance Just Transition Policies | |
| 1:45 ‑ 3 pm | LERA K-12 Industry Council Meeting—East, 4th Floor
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14.05 Empowerment Through Learning (Symposium)—Beekman
Presenters: Flore Claus, University of Ghent—Beyond the Horizon: Navigating (the Right to) Lifelong Learning as Part of a Sustainable Career
Alina Malkova, Florida Institute of Technology—The Power of Skills: Unleashing Entrepreneurial Potential through Vocational Education
Paul Latreille, Sheffield University Management School; Peter Urwin, Frankie Saundry, Alex Bowyer and Richard Saundry, University of Westminster—What Shapes Conflict Management Styles? Evidence from the Skilled Managers Training Intervention
Olufemi Michael Oladejo and Mutereko Sybert, University of KwaZulu-Natal—Training and Development: Implication on Academic Staff Performance and University Sustainability | |
14.1 ILO Convention No. 190 and Recommendation No. 208 of 2019-Violence and Harassment at Work: Determinants, Prevention, and Correction in Iberoamerica: Part III—Sutton North
Joaquín Perrone, ILERA Uruguay
Yolanda Sánchez, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Joao Amado, University of Cohimbra, Portugal | |
14.15 Wage Theft, Inequality, and Worker Pay (Symposium)—Sutton Center
Presenters: Stephen Clibborn, University of Sydney—Accounting for Wage Theft: The Role of Accountants in SMEs' Non-compliance with Wage Laws
Joy J. Kim, Rutgers University—Indicators of Worker Misclassification, Payroll Fraud, and Wage Theft: Evidence from Worker Misclassification Knowledge Survey
Johan Alfonsson, Tomas Berglund and Patrik Vulkan, University of Gothenburg—Who Benefits from the Swedish Model? Uncovering the Power Resources at Play in the Swedish Wage-setting Model | |
14.2 Building Women's Union Leadership Globally through Education—Sutton South
Anna Lee Fos-Tuvera, International Trade Union Confederation, Asia Pacific
Fulya Pinar Ozcan, Textile, Garment and Leather Trade Union OZ IPLIK IS, Turkiye
Pamhidzai Bamu, Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing | |
14.25 Buying Social: How to Use the State's Purchasing Power to Raise Labour Standards (Symposium)—Regent
Presenters: S.N. Nyeck, University of Colorado Boulder—Purchasing Equity: Vulnerability and Public Procurement in West Africa
Karen Jaehrling, IAQ University of Duisburg Essen (Germany); Lisa Dorigatti, University of Milan; and Bjarke Refslund, Aalborg University—Setting, Extending and Enforcing Wage Standards: Experimentation with Pay Clauses in European Countries | |
14.3 Navigating Skill Demands (Symposium)—Gramercy West
Presenters: Hye Jin Rho, Michigan State University; Andrew Weaver and Tingting Zhang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Longitudinal Predictors of Skill Demands
Di Tong, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Lingfei Wu, University of Pittsburgh; and James Evans, University of Chicago—Low-skilled Occupations Face the Highest Re-skilling Pressure
Yongjin Nho, Seoul National Univ. of Science and Technology—What Determines Intellectual Skill Requirement of the Manufacturing Production Jobs? | |
14.35 Global Supply Chains, Free Trade, and Labor Activism (Symposium)—Gramercy East
Presenters: Cory Runstedler, University of Connecticut—It's About the People Not Your Packages: Comparative Study of the Logistics and Warehousing Industry in Canada and the United States
Patrick Witzak, Ruhr University Bochum and Tobias Schulze-Cleven, Rutgers University—Transnational Labor Activism in Global Value Chains: Success Through Complementary Pathways and Loose Coalitions
Aneta Tyc, University of Lodz—The New Generation of the EU Trade Agreements: A Step Towards Better Enforcement of Sustainable Development Chapters | |
14.45 In Memory of Professor Bordogna—Murray Hill East
Presenters: Nana Wesley Hansen, FAOS Employment Relations Research Centre—The State and Industrial Relations Systems
Oscar Molina, Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain)—Concertation, Neo-corporatism and Public Policies and the Recent Inflation Crisis | |
14.5 Fairness, Respect, and COVID (Symposium)—Nassau East
Presenters: Geraint Harvey, Western University; Huw Thomas, University College Dublin; and Peter Turnbull, University of Bristol—HRM Signals in Times of Crisis: Refraction Lenses, Unintended Receivers and Dysfunctional Results at Nav Canada
William M. Rodgers III, Institute for Economic Equity, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and Alice Louise Kassens, Roanoke College—Vulnerable Workers During the Pandemic, Recovery, and Tight Labor Market
Premilla D'Cruz and Ernesto Noronha, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA)—Distributed Resistance: Post-COVID-19 Push-backs by Indian IT Workers
Nadja Doerflinger, Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Germany—"It's a Matter of Respect": Frontline Service Work in 'Critical' Sectors as Case of Extreme Work in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic | |
14.55 The Rise and Fall and Rise of Labor Unions (Symposium)—Nassau West
Presenters: Sharlene Farrugia, Manchester Metropolitan University—'Union Revitalization in a Time of Decline: Using Welfare Reform to Guide Trade Union Renewal Strategy
Thomas Haipeter and Sophie Rosenbohm, University of Duisburg-Essen—Transnational Institution Building as Countervailing Power: Analyzing Institutional Interdependencies and Dynamics of Action in Multinational Companies
Thomas Haipeter and Sophie Rosenbohm, University of Duisburg-Essen—Erosion, Modernisation and Polarisation: Crisis and Revitalisation of German Codetermination | |
14.6 Implications of Gig Work (Symposium)—Madison
Presenters: Maizi Hua, University of Oslo—Producing Invisibility: Rethinking "Invisible Work" From the Standpoint of Migrant Gig Workers
Nadia Kougiannou, Nottingham Trent University; Pedro Mendonça, Heriot-Watt University; and Anastasios Hadjisolomou, Strathclyde University—Understanding Exploitation and Power in the Northern-Centric Gig Economy: The Case of Migrant Workers in the UKs Platform-based Food Delivery Sector
Bui K. Petersen and Patrick Sweet, Saint Mary's University and Gordon B. Cooke, Memorial University, Newfoundland—Gig Employment and Technology: Exploitation, Emancipation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship in the Work of Musicians
Carla Spinelli, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro and Anna Trojsi, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro—Social Partners in the Digital Era: European Union Law and the Italian Case | |
14.65 LERA/AILR Best Papers I (Symposium)—Clinton
Presenters: Lindsey Cameron, University of Pennsylvania; Kalie Wertz, Harvard University; and Hatim A. Rahman, Northwestern University—The New Frontier of Activism: Understanding Multi-Sided Algo-Activism in the On-Demand Economy
Brandon Carlyle Grant, SUNY Farmingdale State College; Neeraj Duhan, Jennifer S. Linvill, Joseph B. Sobieralski and Paul J. Strickland, Purdue University—Remote Work and Worker Responses in the Post-COVID 19 World of Work: Interviews with White Collar Workers
Nicolas Bueno, UniDistance Suisse—Are High-Paying Jobs the Most Valuable?: Promoting the Non-Economic Value of Work in Labour Relations
Matissa Hollister, McGill University; Arvind Karunakaran, Stanford University; and Lisa Cohen, McGill University—An Ecological Model of Task Disruption: Partial Automation of Jobs through Artificial Intelligence and its Impact on Work, Occupations, and Organizations
E. Patrick McDermott, U.S. Air Force Academy—The “Repeat Player Effect” In Mediation – Much Ado About Nothing? | |
| 3:15 ‑ 4:30 pm | RECEPTION: Climate Jobs Birds of a Feather Gathering, Sponsored by the Illinois Climate Jobs Institute, with Additional Support from Cornell CJI—Rendezvous Trianon, 3rd Floor
Co-Chairs: Richard A. Benton, Climate Jobs Institute at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Lara Skinner, Climate Jobs Institute at Cornell University |
Sunday | Conference Activities • 6/30/2024 |
| 8:30 ‑ 9:45 am | |
15.05 China's Evolving Labor Landscape: Exploring Worker Rights, Pay Equity, Gig Work, and Employment Relations in Diverse Contexts (Symposium)—Beekman
Presenters: Adam (Chuling) Huang, Cornell University—Judicial Discretion and Worker Rights Protection: Evidence from Labor Dispute Litigations in China
Mengjie Lyu and Tingting Zhang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Wei Tu, Labor Market Researcher Coordinator, ILO Beijing—Shifting Gears in the Gig Economy: A Study of Mobility among Chinese Food Delivery Couriers
Lin Xiu, University of Minnesota Duluth and Feng Lv, Nankai University—Behind the Counter and Beyond: Exploring Gender Pay Disparities Among Fast Food Industry Employees and Managers in China
Qian Zhang, University of Ottawa—To Achieve Dual-Oriented Strategic Goals: Unveiling Human Resource Management Systems of Young Firms | |
15.1 Conflict Resolution (Symposium)—Sutton North
Presenters: John Howe, Melbourne Law School; Ingrid Landau, Carolyn Sutherland, Amanda Selvarajah and Trang Thi Kieu Tran, Monash University (Melbourne)—Collective Labour Dispute Resolution in Practice in Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam: An Empirical Assessment
Jasper Van de Woestijne, Ghent University—Labor Relations before the Court: Judicial Resolution of Individual Labor Disputes in Western Continental Europe.
David Nash and Deborah Hann, Cardiff University—Strategic, Disconnected or Reactive? Towards a Typology of Conflict Management in the U.K.
Meltem Yavuz Sercekman, Brunel University London—The Role of Compassionate Leadership in Labor Relations: Strategies for Effective Conflict Resolution | |
15.15 Birds of a Feather Gathering: Undeclared Work and the Labour Market in the New Digital Age—Sutton Center
Co-Chairs: Adéla Uhrinová, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen Kristýna Menzelová, Charles University—Undeclared work and the labour market in the new digital age (not only in the Czech Republic) | |
15.2 The Efficacy and Impact of Minimum Wage Regulations (Symposium)—Sutton South
Presenters: Vishal Jamkar, University of Minnesota—Glass Ceiling or Sticky Floor? Caste Discrimination in the Private Urban Labor Market in India
Jim Arrowsmith, Massey University, New Zealand and Jane Parker, European Trade Union Institute—Minimum Wage Regulation in Small Pacific Island Countries
Sebastian Fossati and Joseph Marchand, University of Alberta—One Size Does Not Fit All: Local Effects of Minimum Wage Policies across Canada
Po-Yuan Huang, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill—Spillover Effect of Minimum Wage Across State Borders: Employment, Cross-Border Employment | |
15.25 Bargaining in the New Era (Symposium)—Regent
Ilaria Armaroli, ADAPT—The Functional Articulation of Collective Bargaining Levels in Italy in the Light of Productive Processes' Fragmentation
John Martin, University of Queensland—What Circumstances are Necessary for the Adoption of Interest Based Bargaining? Discussant: Maria Sedlakova, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) | |
15.3 Innovations in Union Organizing (Symposium)—Gramercy West
Presenters: Eric Benjamin Blanc, Rutgers University—How Can Unions Win At Scale? Analyzing the Viability of Worker-to-Worker Unionism
Jesper Prytz, University of Gothenburg—Stepping Stones to Organizing: Employment Trajectories and Union Membership Behaviour in Sweden
Stefan Ivanovski, Cornell University—Tech Workers Unite: A Comparative Study of Cooperative Initiatives in Argentina and the UK | |
15.35 Intersectionality and Worker Voice (Symposium)—Gramercy East
Presenters: Helen LaVan, DePaul University—A Literature Review of Intersectionality With Implications For Employment Discrimination Research and Practice
John Opute, London South Bank University—Understanding Voice Mechanism in Developing Economies: Voice as a Collective Dialogue
Brandi R. Munoz, Abilene Christian University—Crisis Catalysts: Unraveling the Journey of Women of Color in Corporate America | |
15.4 What Makes for a Good Job? (Symposium)—Murray Hill West
Presenters: Tim Bushnell and Regina Pana-Cryan, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health—Elements of Job Quality: Frameworks, Definitions, Measures
Jason Sockin, Cornell University and Aaron Sojourner, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research—Will I Ever Be Satisfied? Job Quality and Unionization
Tashlin Lakhani, Cornell University and Mark Gough, Pennsylvania State University—Job Quality: Determinants and Outcomes in Hospitality
Leonard Geyer, Elif Naz Kayran and Sonila Danaj, European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research—Job Quality and Unionisation among Platform Workers in Austria
Lonnie Golden, Pennsylvania State University Abington | |
15.45 Labor Market Inequality (Symposium)—Murray Hill East
Presenters: Santiago Campero, University of Toronto and Olenka Kacperczyk, London Business School—Does Startup Firm Growth Drive out Discrimination in Hiring?
Ting Zhang, University of Baltimore and Samee Desai, University of Indiana—Gender Wage Gap and Women's Occupational Choice in Self-employment
Amanda Chuan and Andrew S. Johnson, Michigan State University—DEI Statements can Activate Stereotype Threat: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Catherine Berrington, Deborah Dean and Manuela Galetto, University of Warwick—Gender and 'Strategy': Fluctuating Legitimacy in the HR Profession | |
15.5 Challenges and Trends in Labor Law (Symposium)—Nassau East
Presenters: Elizabeth A. Hoffmann, Purdue University—Lactation-at-Work Law: Ambiguity, Accommodation, and Articulation of Worker Needs
Sydney Colussi, Elizabeth Hill and Marian Baird, University of Sydney—Engendering the Right to Work in International Law: Recognising Menstruation and Menopause in Paid Work
Duarte Abrunhosa e Sousa, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Justice - University of Porto—Is the Abolition of Non-competes a Good Decision? A Comparative Labor Law Approach
David J. Doorey, York University—Non-Competition Clauses: A Comparison of Canadian and American Approaches | |
15.55 Platform Work World-wide (Symposium)—Nassau West
Chair: Amitava Ghosh, Founder and CEO (SSA Compliance Services LLP) and Advisor of a Group of Companies Presenters: Alex Veen, University of Sydney; Caleb Goods and Tom Barratt, University of Western Australia—Embracing, Envying, Regulating, or Fearing Them? The Attitudes and Policy Positions of Dutch and European Employer Organisations vis-a-vis Online Labour Platforms
Amir Jafar, Aligarh Muslim University, India; Amitava Ghosh, Founder and CEO (SSA Compliance Services LLP) and Advisor of a Group of Companies; and Swati Jha, SSA Compliance Services LLP—Some Aspects of Labour-Management Relations in the Indian Digital Platform Companies
Amir Jafar, Aligarh Muslim University, India; Amitava Ghosh, Founder and CEO (SSA Compliance Services LLP) and Advisor of a Group of Companies; and Swati Jha, SSA Compliance Services LLP—Digital Workers in India: Organising the Unorganised in the New Labour Regime | |
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Kuei-Yen (Kylie) Liao, Executive Officer, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the U.S.
Fushiki Takahito, Counselor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan | |
16.1 Socio-Legal Studies of Platform Work, Part I (Symposium)—Sutton North
Presenters: Funda Ustek Spilda, University of Oxford; Adam Badger, Newcastle University; Alessio Bertolini, Oguz Alyanak and Mark Graham, University of Oxford—Follow the Money: Operational Models of Care Work Platforms and Working Conditions
Laura Wiesböck, Institute for Advanced Studies Vienna—“I Am My Own Boss": Female Domestic Cleaners in the Informal Gig-economy Redefining Relations of Disempowerment and Devaluation
Silvia Girardi, Anna Ilsøe and Trine Pernille Larsen, University of Copenhagen—Non-standard Employment and Access to Social Protection: Platform Work and Temporary Agency Work compared | |
16.15 Power Resource Theory in Contemporary Capitalism—Sutton Center
Marissa Brookes, University of California Riverside
Bjarke Refslund, Aalborg University | |
16.2 The Strike is Back (Symposium)—Sutton South
Presenters: Jorge Cavalcanti Boucinhas Filho, ILERA Brazil; Eleonora Peliza, ILERA Argentina; and Joaquin Perrone Ramos, University of the Republic, Uruguay—Phenomenology of the Strike as an Expression of Social, Political and Economic Conflict: Comparative Analysis of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay
Kristin Alsos and Kristine Nergaard, Fafo, Institute for Labour and Social Research—The Teritarisation of Strikes in a Well-organised Labour Market: Cracks in the Balance of Power Model
Raoul Gebert, University of Sherbrooke—The Strike is Back: And Is It Going Digital at the Same Time? | |
16.25 Employee Voice (Symposium)—Regent
Presenters: Ilaria Armaroli and Francesco Seghezzi, ADAPT—The Development of Direct Worker Participation in Some Italian Manufacturing Workplaces: A Missed Opportunity for Trade Unions?
Cherise Regier, University of Oxford—Digital Overconnectivity and Employee Wellbeing: An Evaluation of the Right-to-Disconnect Policy in Europe [DCDC Best Student Paper Winner]
Anne Kamilla Lund and Sissel Trygstad, Nord University—Voice is Meaningless if the Message is Ignored
Sissel Trygstad, Nord University and Anne Mette Odegard, Fafo, Institute for Labour and Social Research—Workers' Freedom of Speech as Individual Voice in the Public Sphere | |
16.3 Understanding and Explaining Industrial Relations and Employment Relations Systems (Symposium)—Gramercy West
Presenters: Stephen Silvia, American University—Using Michel Foucault's "Regimes of Truth" as a Theoretical Framework to Explain Changes in Conceptualizations of Employment Relations
Chiara Benassi, Kings College, London, UK—What Role do Industrial Relations and Education Systems Play for Export Specialization in Services?
Carsten Strøby Jensen, University of Copenhagen—Social Welfare Between Social Citizenship and Industrial Citizenship: Understanding the Division of Labour Between the Welfare State and the System of Employment Relations in Denmark | |
16.35 Health and Safety II (Symposium)—Gramercy East
Presenters: Michael Polisson, Cornell University—Reexaming the Effect of Labor Unions on Occupational Health and Safety: Evidence from the U.S. Steel Industry
Lola Loustaunau, University of Wisconsin Madison—Enhancing Workplace Health Data Through a Community-Centric Approach: A Case Study in Wisconsin
Yongjin Nho, Seoul National Univ. of Science and Technology and Seri No, Korea Labor Institute—The Impact of Labor Relations on Occupational Injury and Illness
Kevin Conner, University of Utah—Is Bigger Better? The Safety Implications of Labor Market Concentration in Intrastate Trucking | |
16.4 Job Matching (Symposium)—Murray Hill West
Presenters: Lauren Russell, University of Pennsylvania and Taylor Odle, University of Wisconsin Madison—The Role of Education-Industry Match in College Earnings Premia
Jenna E. Myers, University of Toronto—Hustle or Happenstance? How Career Planning Tendencies Impact Discontinuous Career Changes
Anne Grete Tøge, Oslo Metropolitan University—Job after Participating in Job Club? A Longitudinal Analysis
Ira Malmberg-Heimonen, Oslo Metropolitan University—Job after Participating in Job Club? A Longitudinal Analysis
Matthew Knepper and Ian M. Schmutte, University of Georgia—Strategic Wage Concealment and Labor Market Power
Hye Jin Rho, Michigan State University and Christine Riordan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Understanding the Role of Transparency in the Job Matching Process for Travel Nurses | |
16.45 Work and Quality of Life (Symposium)—Murray Hill East
Presenters: Ming-Jhe Jeng and Nien-chi Liu, National Taiwan University—The Impact of a Company's Pay Policy on the Fertility Rates of Employees -- An Empirical Investigation in Taiwan
Joe Peck, WorkRise @ The Urban Institute—Time for What They Will: Changes in Work Hours and Time Spent on Non-Work Activities from 2003 to 2022
Rachel M.B. Atkins and Tracey Freiberg, St. John's University and Kier Hanratty, Pace University—Impact of State-Level Changes in Paid Family Leave Policies: Evidence from New Jersey's Paid Leave Insurance Program | |
16.5 LERA/AILR Best Papers II (Symposium)—Nassau East
Presenters: Maziar Jafary and Jules Carrière, University of Ottawa—The Impacts of Political Opinions of Arbitrators on their Arbitration Decisions
Ki-Jung Kim, Eastern Kentucky University and Yonjin Suh, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Union Experience and Retirement Intention of Aged Workers
Xiangmin (Helen) Liu, Rutgers University and Liang Zhang, New York University—College Majors, Graduate Education, and Long-term Earnings Trajectories: A Descriptive Study based on the American Community Survey 2009-2022 | |
16.55 When the Algorithm is Boss (Symposium)—Nassau West
Presenters: Markus Hertwig, Patrick Witzak and Anna Korn, Ruhr University Bochum—Antecedents of Collective Action in the Gig Economy: Crowd Workers' Orientations and (Sub-)Communities
Karol Muszynski, University of Warsaw/KU Leuven and Valeria Pulignano, Catholic University of Leuven—Why Labour Platforms Use Different Employment Arrangements? Evidence from Belgium | |
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17.1 Socio-Legal Studies of Platform Work, Part II (Symposium)—Sutton North
Presenters: Anna Ilsøe, University of Copenhagen; Valeria Pulignano, Catholic University of Leuven; Felix Hadwiger, Deutscher Bundestag; and Claudia Marà, Catholic University of Leuven—Employers' Strategies and Collective Bargaining in the Platform Economy - Just Eat/Takeaway in Denmark, Belgium, Italy and Spain
Juliana Londono Polo, Tilburg University—Disrupting the Disrupters: Encompassing Mapping of Case Law, Social Dialogue and Legislative Initiatives in the Platform Economy
Alberto Barrio Fernandez and Catherine Jacqueson, University of Copenhagen WELMA—Platform Work from a European Welfare Perspective | |
17.15 Women at Work: International Perspectives (Symposium)—Sutton Center
Presenters: Afrouz Azadikhah Jahromi, Widener University—Job Displacement and Inequality in the Distribution of Earning Losses
Tequila Brooks, Attorney and Comparative Labor Scholar—The Legacy of Colonialism, the Negotiation of the Post-Cotonou Agreement, and Women's and Worker Rights in the Modern Day
Michel Goyer, University of Birmingham; Shabneez Bhankaraully, Manchester Metropolitan University; and Asmund Rygh, University of Manchester—Industrial Relations Reforms and Gender Occupational Segregation in Labour Markets: The German Experience (1998-2020)
Rae Cooper, Elizabeth Hill, Suneha Seetahul and Meraiah Foley, University of Sydney—Just Another Day in Retail: Understanding and Addressing Sexual Harassment in Australian Retail Workplaces | |
17.2 Challenges in the Public Sector (Symposium)—Sutton South
Presenters: Jake Rosenfeld, Washington University in St. Louis; Patrick Denice, Western University; and Jennifer Laird, Lehman College—The Future of Public Sector Worker Power
Patrice M. Mareschal and Jeffrey H. Keefe, Rutgers University—Impossible Jobs and Accountability Mechanisms: Policy Reforms and Police Use of Force in New Jersey
Sara Gia Trongone, University of Wisconsin Madison—Politicizing Public Sector Work: How Organizational Dynamics Shape Strategy in American Labor Unions
Martin O'Brien and Paul J. Gollan, University of Wollongong—Private and Public Sector Wage Growth Leadership and Spillovers | |
17.25 Labour Struggles and Power Resources in Contemporary Capitalism (Symposium)—Regent
Jörg Nowak, University of Brasilia—Revisiting the Concept of Power in PRT: A Social Reproduction Perspective
Damian Grimshaw, King's College London, UK and Mathew Johnson, Manchester University—Leveraging Power Resources for a Decent Minimum Wage
Bjarke Refslund, Aalborg University and Jens Arnholtz, University of Copenhagen—The Relation between Work and Politics: Analysing the Nexus through Power Resource Theory | |
17.3 Contemporary Slavery (Symposium)—Gramercy West
Presenters: Maurício Krepsky Fagundes, Ministry of Labor Brazil; University of York and Livia Mendes Moreira, Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil)—Modern Slavery in Multinational Companies in Brazil: An Analysis of the Cocoa and Coffee Supply Chains
Milton Lopes Marques, Mariana Teixeira Muratori, Alexssandra de Oliveira Figueiredo, Marcela Rage Pereira and Livia Mendes Moreira, Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil)—Challenges of Work Analogous to Slavery: An Analysis of Gender and Race in the State of Minas Gerais/Brazil
Ricardo Araujo Dib Taxi, Valena Jacob Chaves, Prudencio Hilário Serra Neto and Juliana Pantoja Machado, Federal University of Para—Slave Labor in Amazonia: The Thresholds of Invisibility
Carla Reita Faria Leal and Lécia Nidia Ferreira Taques, Federal University of Mato Grosso—Fighting Contemporary Slavery: International Human Rights Due Diligence Regulations and Their Impact on the Brazilian Supply Chain | |
17.35 Negotiating for Living Wages in the European Union (Symposium)—Gramercy East
Presenters: Fiona Dragstra, Director WageIndicator Foundation and Marta Kahancova, CELSI and Comenius University—Bargaining for Decent Wages in the Context of the Liberalization of Industrial Relations in Europe
Thorsten Schulten, Institute of Economic and Social Research, Düsseldorf/Germany and Torsten Müller, European Trade Union Institute—How to Achieve a Bargaining Coverage of at least 80 Percent? The Implementation of the E.U. Minimum Wage Directive and the Importance of Sectoral Bargaining
Deborah Hann, David Nash and Edmund Heery, Cardiff University—London Calling: What is the Role of Place in the Success of Employment Relations?
Emanuele Menegatti, University of Bologna—The Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages in the European Union and its Foreseeable Impact on National Collective Wage Bargaining | |
17.4 Labor Mobility and Migrant Work (Symposium)—Murray Hill West
Presenters: Chizuko Hayakawa, Saga University—Recent Migrant Worker Policy in Japan: Business And Human Rights Challenges
Danielle Lamb and Rupa Banerjee, Toronto Metropolitan University—It’s Not Great, But it Could be Worse! Immigrant Job Quality in Canada through the Lens of Relative Deprivation Theory
Jianxuan Lei, University of Minnesota—Contested Solidarity: Trade Union Membership and Immigration Attitudes in Europe
Valentina Franca, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia—Shaping Migration Policies in Central Eastern Countries: The (Non)Contribution of Social Partners | |
17.45 Now What? The World of Work Post-COVID (Symposium)—Murray Hill East
Presenters: Akierah Binns, University of Guelph—Layoffs in COVID-19: An Organizational Ecology and Institutional Perspective
Taiwo Toyosola Ositimehin, Syracuse University Whitman School and Bolanle Abiodun Ositimehin, R5 Initiative—Flexible Work Practices and Employees Job Commitment in Selected Information Technology Firms, Lagos, Nigeria: The Role of Post Pandemic Effects
Jane Parker, European Trade Union Institute; Onur Surgit and Nazim Taskin, Bogazici University, Turkey—Explaining Workers' Propensity to Strike Pre- and Post-COVID-19: The New Zealand Case
Francesco Seghezzi, ADAPT—Social Dialogue in Defence of Vulnerable Groups in Post-COVID-19 Labour Markets: A Comparative Analysis in Italy and Spain | |
17.5 Close to the Edge: The Working Poor and the Precariousness of Employment (Symposium)—Nassau East
Presenters: Eleonora Peliza, ILERA Argentina—Causes and Dynamics of the Working Poor Phenomenon in Latin America: Policies to Provide Income Guarantees
Frederic Huettenhoff, University of Duisburg-Essen—Responsible Subcontractor Management for Compliance with Minimum Labour Conditions in the Main Construction Industry in Germany
Peter J. Fugiel, Rutgers University—Sectoral Differences and Similarities in Scheduling Problems: Evidence from the American Voices Project | |
17.55 Policy Impacts in Multiple Sectors (Symposium)—Nassau West
Presenters: Prof Dr Marius van Staden, University of the Witwatersrand and Elmarie Fourie, University of Johannesburg—Redefining Parental Leave: A Constitutional Challenge to the Basic Conditions of Employment Act in South Africa
Larissa Petrucci, NorCal Construction Industry Compliance; Matthew Hinkel, Alma College; and Grace Dunn, Illinois Economic Policy Institute—Timely Construction: The Effect of Project Labor Agreements on Completion Timeliness for Public Works Construction in California
Isabella Dabaja, University of Sydney – Control and Resistance in Public Education Work: The Case of School Leaders in New South Wales |