Panelist: Amy Moor Gaylord, Akerman LLP—Setting Democratic Standards of Behavior: Why Management Needs Labor

Chair: Matthew Fischer-Daly, Rutgers University

Chair: Paul Garrison, Vanderbilt School of Law

Chair: Tingting Zhang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Chair: Hector Hurtado Pineda, University of Toronto

Chair: Sandra Flores, Alliance of Health Care Unions

Chair: Wilma B. Liebman, Former Chair NLRB and New York University Law School

Chair: Andrew Wolf, Cornell University

Chair: Brian Abery, University of Minnesota

Chair: Harry C. Katz, Cornell University

Chair: Thomas A. Lenz, Atkinson Andelson Loya Ruud & Romo

Chair: Joy Ming, Cornell University Information Science

Chair: John W. Budd, LERA President and University of Minnesota

Chair: Lucas A. Franco, LiUNA Great Lakes Region

Discussant: Greg Distelhorst, University of Toronto

Chair: Hiroyuki Kawahara, American Arbitration Association

Chair: Jim Pruitt, Kaiser Permanente

Chair: Daniel B. Cornfield, Vanderbilt University

Chair: Heidi B. Parker, Arbitrator/Mediator

Chair: David Rolf, Founder and President Emeritus, SEIU 775

Chair: Javier Ramirez, Cornell University, ILR School

Chair: Janice Fine, Rutgers University

Chair: Thomas J. Norman, California State University, Dominguez Hills

Chair: Sarah Miller Espinosa, SME Dispute Resolution, LLC

Chair: Ariel C. Avgar, Cornell University

Chair: Ani Darbinyan, Labor Management Cooperation Committee, IUOE Local 12

Chair: John Kallas, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Chair: Christine Riordan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Chair: Aaron Schmidt, American Arbitration Association

Chair: Tom Louis Melancon, Labor Relations Professional

Chair: Danny Lee Dickerson, Faithworks Consulting

Chair: Matthew Fischer-Daly, Rutgers University

Chair: Matthew Capece, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America

Chair: Bob Oberstein, Arbitrator, Mediator, Investigator and Educator

Chair: Chris Rhomberg, Fordham University

Chair: Lisa Li, Northern California LERA

Chair: Susan N. Houseman, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Chair: Connor M. Parker, Conflict & Dispute Resolution Practitioner

Chair: Javier Ramirez, Cornell University, ILR School

Chair: Maite Tapia, Michigan State University

Chair: Rita Turpin Porterfield, City of Pittsburgh

Chair: Gloria Perez, Minnesota Women's Foundation

Chair: Zachary Schaller, Colorado State University

Chair: Andrea Caceres, SHARE/AFSCME

Chair: Robert Bruno, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Chair: Peter Hanlon, PJH Resolution Services

Chair: Timothy Watkins, Fair Contracting Foundation of Minnesota

Chair: Stephanie Fortado, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Chair: Sanford M. Jacoby, University of California Los Angeles

Chair: Yael Foa, Alliance of Health Care Unions

Chair: Teresa Kroeger, Workrise @ The Urban Institute

Chair: Robert Chiaravalli, Strategic Labor & Human Resources, LLC

Chair: Tingting Zhang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Chair: Xiangmin (Helen) Liu, Rutgers University

Chair: Roxanne L Rothschild, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) / Association of Labor Relations Agencies (ALRA)

Chair: Tingting Zhang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Chair: Gina M Roccanova, Roccanova ADR

Chair: Michael Hillard, University of Southern Maine

Chair: Lorenzo Frangi, University of Québec at Montréal

Chair: Matthew T. Bodie, University of Minnesota, School of Law

Chair: Paul Osterman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Chair: Larissa Petrucci, NorCal Construction Industry Compliance

Chair: Emily Martin, Washington State PERC

Chair: Homer C. La Rue, Howard University School of Law & Board Chair, RCI, Inc.

Chair: Richard A. Benton, Climate Jobs Institute at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Chair: Jeffrey S. Wheeler, LRQA

Chair: Rosemary Batt, Cornell University

Chair: Frank Binda, American Arbitration Association

Chair: David Madland, Center for American Progress

Chair: Roxanne L Rothschild, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) / Association of Labor Relations Agencies (ALRA)

Chair: Rebecca Kolins Givan, Rutgers University

Chair: Chair Opportunity Available, Interested? Contact LERA

Chair: Sanjay Joseph Pinto, University of Illinois Chicago

Chair: Zuhur Ahmed, Rutgers University

Chair: Kassandra Hernandez, University of California Berkeley

Chair: Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou, Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO

Chair: William P. Jones, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Chair: Daniel J. Julius, Case Western Reserve University

Chair: Virginia Doellgast, Cornell University

Chair: Alexander Busch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Chair: Adrienne E. Eaton, Rutgers University

Chair: Tingting Zhang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Chair: Xiangmin (Helen) Liu, Rutgers University

Chair: Mark Anner, Rutgers University

Chair: Phyllis Moen, University of Minnesota

Chair: John A. Logan, San Francisco State University

Chair: Javier Ramirez, Cornell University, ILR School

Chair: Benjamin Aaron Kreider, North America's Building Trades Unions

Chair: Andrew Wolf, Cornell University

Chair: Brian Clauss, University of Arizona Rogers School of Law

Chair: Gregory Lyon, Georgetown University

Chair: Christy Yoshitomi

Chair: Phyllis Moen, University of Minnesota

Chair: Roxanne L Rothschild, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) / Association of Labor Relations Agencies (ALRA)

Chair: Hana R. Shepherd, Rutgers University

Chair: Hilary Mofsowitz, National Academy of Arbitrators International Studies Group

Chair: Homer C. La Rue, Howard University School of Law & Board Chair, RCI, Inc.

Chair: Tobias Schulze-Cleven, Rutgers University

Chair: Hye Jin Rho, Michigan State University

Chair: Karen Crump-Wilson

Chair: Thomas Pontolillo, Labor Dispute Solutions, Inc.

Chair: Lara Skinner, Climate Jobs Institute at Cornell University

Chair: Zoe West, Cornell University

Panelist: Dale Belman, Michigan State University—Worker Misclassification Disadvantages Honest, Law-Abiding Contractors: A Project-Based Analysis

Presenter: Adam Kaelin Schoenbachler, Vanderbilt University—AI in telecommunications and game development: The role of worker voice in management strategy and job quality

Presenter: Jillian Morely, Cornell University—Working Conditions in the U.S. Solar Industry: Findings and Learnings from Studies in New York and Texas

Author: Barry Eidlin, McGill University—What explains differences in wage premia? New evidence from U.S. administrative data linkages

Presenter: Ryan Lamare, London School of Economics—The Role of Political Parties in Shaping Women's Labor Market Policies and Outcomes

Presenter: Deepa Kylasam Iyer, Cornell University—How does Generative AI Impact Creativity at Work?

Panelist: Alan Benson, University of Minnesota

Presenter: Sumati Thusoo, Rutgers University—Intersectional Organizing Against Gender-Based Violence: The #JusticeForJeyasre Campaign and Critical Industrial Relations Theory

Presenter: Erin L. Kelly, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Emergent Empowerment or Contained Communication? A Process Study of Implementing New Voice Channels in U.S. Fulfillment Centers

Panelist: Lu-Ann Glaser, American Water

Panelist: Lauren M. McFerran, The Century Foundation

Presenter: Jack Garigliano, Northwestern University—Precarity and organizing in low-wage US service industries: Perspectives from non-union fast-food workers

Panelist: Homer C. La Rue, Howard University School of Law & Board Chair, RCI, Inc.—Reimagining the Path Forward: Preparing and Promoting the Next Generation of Arbitrators

Presenter: Lindsey Cameron, University of Pennsylvania—Scalable Subjugation: The Myth of Geographic Scalability in the Gig Economy and How Workers Reconstitute Platforms

Author: Martin Curley, Katalyst Initiative—'Stakeholder Consultation' and variations in industry context: Implications for human rights due diligence regulatory design

Panelist: Jaz Brisack, Organizing Director of the Inside Organizer School and co-founder of Starbucks Workers United—No unorganizable workplace: Strategy, organizing and the IOS

Panelist: Frank Mullins, University of Alabama in Huntsville—Teaching, Training, and Field Work across Deep Divides in Society

Panelist: Representative from Minnesota Ofc. of Collaboration and Dispute Res., Minnesota Ofc. of Collaboration and Dispute Res.

Presenter: Peter Berg, Michigan State University—Organizations and Workforce Aging: Stakeholders, Interests, and Human Capital Management

Panelist: Dina Morsi, NorCal Construction and Industry Compliance—What are Labor Management Cooperation Committees (LMCCs) and Joint Management Organizations.

Panelist: Keith D. Greenberg, Esq., Arbitrator and Mediator—AI's Expanding Role in Labor Arbitration

Discussant: Jaz Brisack, Organizing Director of the Inside Organizer School and co-founder of Starbucks Workers United—Get on the Job and Organize: Standing up for a Better Workplace and a Better World

Panelist: Dionne Pohler, Cornell University—Mediation: A Scholar's Perspective

Panelist: Hal Ruddick, Alliance of Health Care Unions

Panelist: Merrick Dresnin, Cote Hospitality, Chief People Services Officer

Panelist: Thomas J. Norman, California State University, Dominguez Hills

Panelist: David Larson, Mitchell-Hamline School of Law—Part I: National Advocacy and Private Action - from the ABA to the RCI

Presenter: Jake Barnes, Rutgers University—Meeting the moment: challenges and opportunities for worker centers in today's political climate

Presenter: Fitore Hyseni, Syracuse University—Improving Employer Readiness to Hire People with Disabilities in Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

Author: Andrew Weaver, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Manufacturing Technicians and Innovation

Panelist: Jody Calemine, AFL-CIO, Director of Advocacy

Presenter: Evren M. Dincer, CUNY Graduate Center—Caught in the low-end ICE trap: Turkey's struggle for direction in the global EV transition

Presenter: David Lewin, University of California Los Angeles—Emerging Labor Relations in High-Tech Industries: A Conceptual, Empirical and Case Study Analysis

Presenter: Hector Hurtado Pineda, University of Toronto—Algorithmic Folklore: How Algorithmic Beliefs Impact Platform and Peer Perceptions of Gig Workers

Panelist: James Brudney, Fordham University—Tripartism in Crisis: The ILO and the Right to Strike

Panelist: Douglas Ewart, Jamaican musician and educator

Panelist: Jun Payoyo, PERB (SMCS)

Panelist: Holland Atkinson, Hennepin County—What Were They Thinking? Management side

Panelist: Christopher David Ruiz Cameron, Southwestern Law School—Academic/Neutral Perspective

Panelist: Amy Moor Gaylord, Akerman LLP—Management Perspective

Panelist: Cynthia Estlund, New York University Law School—Tripartism as "Regulation with Representation"

Panelist: Brian Walsh, Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights—The Minneapolis Labor Standards Enforcement Division (LSED)

Panelist: Experienced Election Arbitrator, Arbitrator/Mediator—Conducting Fair, Efficient, and Cost-Effective Union Elections: Lessons and Best Practices

Presenter: Virginia Doellgast, Cornell University—Building worker voice and power in AI decisions: Three cases in the German ICT industry

Panelist: Mike Podhorzer, AFL-CIO—National Perspectives on Labor and Democracy in 2026

Presenter: Lucy Pei, University of Southern California—Imposed and chosen temporariness: Organizing migrant gig workers in Latin America

Chair: Jennifer Hadsell, National Labor Relations Board, Region 18

Presenter: Carla Lima Aranzaes, Pennsylvania State University—From Tweets to Ties: Disseminating Collective Action Frames During The BAmazon Union Campaign

Panelist: B.J. Mariotti, Franna Companies—Impact of employment law violations on construction employers.

Presenter: Carol Wood, University of Minnesota—Rethinking Pathways and Mobility in Salon Service Occupations

Author: Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Columbia University—Introducing Worker Voice as a Dimension of Job Quality

Panelist: Johnny Villareal, Minnesota Bureau of Mediation Services

Presenter: Kati Griffith, Cornell University—Author of Legalized Inequalities

Panelist: Fred Jacobs, George Washington University Law School—The NLRA and the Foundation of Industrial Democracy

Panelist: Mark Erlich, Harvard University—The Origin of Corporate Attacks on Construction Labor Standards & Early Repeal Fights

Panelist: Bob Oberstein, Arbitrator, Mediator, Investigator and Educator—So, You're Thinking About Maybe Becoming a Neutral (Arbitrator, Mediator, Investigator, etc.?

Presenter: Serwaa Omawale, UT Houston—Employment as a Social Determinant: Work-Related Stress, Economic Inequality, and Maternal Health in Black Women

Presenter: Zachary Schaller, Colorado State University—The NLRB Election Data Project: A Newly Harmonized Record of Union Organizing Since 1962

Panelist: Janet Wilder, SHARE/AFSCME—Labor Perspective

Panelist: Robert Bruno, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Researching Diversity in the Building Trades

Author: Lenore Palladino, University of Massachusetts Amherst—The Myth that Shareholders are Investors

Panelist: Debra Sung, United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP)—Labor-Management Partnership and Worker Engagement for Use of AI and Technology at Kaiser Permanente

Presenter: Abhinav Banthiya, Illinois Climate Jobs Institute—Fossil Fuel Workers in Transition: Job Quality, Mobility, and Displacement

Presenter: Pedro N Ferro, Management-side CEO—Overview of Innovation Processes

Presenter: Joy Ming, Cornell University Information Science—Technological Change in Home Care: Worker Voice in the Age of AI

Presenter: Matthew Fischer-Daly, Rutgers University—Chains of labor control? The case of palm oil global production networks in Honduras

Panelist: Jordan Rose Bermudez, Howard University School or Law—TBD

Panelist: Dominique Windberg, Jackson Lewis, PC—Management Perspective on NLRB Developments and Possibilities for the Future

Presenter: Kate Bronfenbrenner, Cornell University—Outsourcing Employer Opposition

Presenter: Peter Norlander, Loyola University of Chicago—Enhancing Skill Extraction: JAAT Applications and LLM-as-Judge Techniques

Presenter: Ed Herbert, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) of New York—Collective Bargaining Protections and Benefits for International Students

Panelist: David Weil, Brandeis University

Author: Carla Lima Aranzaes, Michigan State University—Building Capacity to Challenge the Giant

Panelist: SaNni Lemonidis, Streepy Lemonidis Consulting and Law Group, PLLC

Panelist: Ryan Lamare, London School of Economics—Union Political Mobilization Campaigns: A Scholar's Perspective

Panelist: Jenna Chernega, Inter-Faculty Organization

Presenter: Wogene Mena, Vienna University of Economics and Business—The Double-Edged Sword of Labor Agency: Navigating Workers' Resilience, Reworking, and Resistance in Ethiopia's Garment Industries

Panelist: Lisa W. Timmons, chair, ADR Section, Michigan State Bar, and Executive Director, Mediation Tribunal Association—Creating Space for Dialogue and Inclusion in Mediation

Panelist: Enrique Lopezlira, University of California Berkeley—California and Massachusetts Laws in Perspective

Presenter: Nikita Raheja, Columbia University—Union Membership in Voluntary Settings: Evidence from U.S. Health Care

Presenter: Hana R. Shepherd, Rutgers University—Increasing Labor Standards Compliance Among Under-resourced Small Businesses: The Minneapolis Project

Panelist: Karla Elizabeth Walter, Center for American Progress—Low Standards Hurt Security Officers' Ability To Make Ends Meet

Author: Joseph van der Naald, City University of New York—Collective Bargaining Protections and Benefits for International Students

Presenter: Destiny Blackwell, Amazon Worker - Organizer with CAUSE (Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity and Empowerment)—Building Capacity to Challenge the Giant

Author: Chad Pearson, University of North Texas—Outsourcing Employer Opposition

Author: Niha Singh, Notre Dame University—Union Membership in Voluntary Settings: Evidence from U.S. Health Care

Presenter: Justin Vinton, Rutgers University—Manufacturing Technicians and Innovation

Author: Michael David Maffie, Cornell University—Algorithmic Folklore: How Algorithmic Beliefs Impact Platform and Peer Perceptions of Gig Workers

Author: Tobias Schulze-Cleven, Rutgers University—Intersectional Organizing Against Gender-Based Violence: The #JusticeForJeyasre Campaign and Critical Industrial Relations Theory

Author: Raquel Kessinger, Boston College—Emergent Empowerment or Contained Communication? A Process Study of Implementing New Voice Channels in U.S. Fulfillment Centers

Author: John McCarthy, Cornell University—AI in telecommunications and game development: The role of worker voice in management strategy and job quality

Author: Avalon Hoek Spaans, Cornell University—Working Conditions in the U.S. Solar Industry: Findings and Learnings from Studies in New York and Texas

Presenter: Emily Lemmerman, MIT—What explains differences in wage premia? New evidence from U.S. administrative data linkages

Author: John W. Budd, LERA President and University of Minnesota—The Role of Political Parties in Shaping Women's Labor Market Policies and Outcomes

Author: Matthew Piszczek, Wayne State University—Organizations and Workforce Aging: Stakeholders, Interests, and Human Capital Management

Presenter: Anne Lally, University of Notre Dame—'Stakeholder Consultation' and variations in industry context: Implications for human rights due diligence regulatory design

Author: Barbara Langes, Institute for Social Science Research, Germany—Building worker voice and power in AI decisions: Three cases in the German ICT industry

Presenter: Thomas A. Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Introducing Worker Voice as a Dimension of Job Quality

Author: Samuel Young, Arizona State University—The NLRB Election Data Project: A Newly Harmonized Record of Union Organizing Since 1962

Author: Peter J. Fugiel, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Fossil Fuel Workers in Transition: Job Quality, Mobility, and Displacement

Author: Ariel C. Avgar, Cornell University—Technological Change in Home Care: Worker Voice in the Age of AI

Author: Jonne Kamphorst, Stanford University—The NLRB Election Data Project: A Newly Harmonized Record of Union Organizing Since 1962

Author: Nathan Wilmers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—What explains differences in wage premia? New evidence from U.S. administrative data linkages

Author: Johanna Weststar, Western University—AI in telecommunications and game development: The role of worker voice in management strategy and job quality

Author: Meg Lovejoy, Harvard University—Emergent Empowerment or Contained Communication? A Process Study of Implementing New Voice Channels in U.S. Fulfillment Centers

Author: Suresh Naidu, Columbia University—Union Membership in Voluntary Settings: Evidence from U.S. Health Care

Author: Henrik Lindholm, Ethical Trading Initiative-Sweden—'Stakeholder Consultation' and variations in industry context: Implications for human rights due diligence regulatory design

Author: Tobias Kaempf, Labour University, Germany—Building worker voice and power in AI decisions: Three cases in the German ICT industry

Author: José Quezada, Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands)—AI in telecommunications and game development: The role of worker voice in management strategy and job quality

Author: Aaron Sojourner, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research—Union Membership in Voluntary Settings: Evidence from U.S. Health Care

Panelist: Peter Capelli, University of Pennsvylvania

Panelist: John Henry, Summit Law Group

Panelist: Randie Pearson, United Steel Workers—Reproductive Rights and Collective bargaining: The USW Approach

Panelist: Bruce Harland, Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld—Union Perspective on NLRB Developments and Possibilities for the Future

Presenter: Michael David Maffie, Cornell University—Innovative Research Design to Study Work and Employment Relations

Panelist: Dan Fehrenkamp, Neighborhood Development Center—CDFIs: an untapped resource for promoting employment law compliance

Panelist: Enrique Lopezlira, University of California Berkeley—Demographic and Job Characteristics of the Security Guard Workforce

Panelist: Kevin Lindstrom, Minnesota State College Faculty

Presenter: Roshan Krishnan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Riding the Solar-Coaster: Exploring the Experiences of Solar Workers in Illinois

Presenter: Cherise Regier, University of Oxford—Employee Voice and Workplace Wellbeing in the Age of AI: Cross-National Empirical Evidence

Presenter: Jade Kosche, Oxford University—Private Power, Public Justice? Workers' Pathways to Redress under the Lesotho Agreement

Panelist: Jeffrey D. Boyd, American Guild of Musical Artists

Panelist: Brian Clauss, University of Arizona Rogers School of Law—Med-Arb and the Continuum of Workplace Dispute Resolution

Presenter: Pauline Jerrentrup, London School of Economics—Institutionalizing Gender Justice: Lessons from Two Enforceable Brand Agreements to Address Gender-Based Violence

Presenter: Lauren Gilbert, Rutgers University—How do people with disabilities understand subjective career success?

Presenter: Shannon Potter, Michigan State University—Eliminating the Motherhood Pay Penalty? Flexible Work Design and (Non)Greedy Compensation in a High-Earning Occupation

Author: Seong-Jae Cho, Korea Labor Institute—Reinforcing the status quo or sparking a new industrial order? The BEV Transition and Labor Market Dualism in Korea

Panelist: Deqa Essa, The Awood Center—Building East African worker power in the Twin Cities: The Awood Center

Presenter: Howard Stanger, Canisius University—Organizing and Collective Bargaining in Digital Media: The First Decade, 2015-2025

Panelist: Jeffrey D. Boyd, American Guild of Musical Artists—Tripartism under stress: The ILO, LGBTQ+ rights and backlash

Presenter: Virginia Parks, University of California Irvine—Organizing a Worker- and Community-centered Transition: The Contra Costa Refinery Transition Partnership as Case Study

Panelist: Jennifer Abruzzo, former General Counsel of the Biden NLRB

Presenter: Shruti Appalla, Cornell University—The Skill of Being Human

Presenter: Chad Pearson, University of North Texas—Capital's Terrorists : Klansman, Lawmen, and Employers in the Long Nineteenth Century

Panelist: Daniel B. Cornfield, Vanderbilt University

Panelist: Rena Wong, UFCW

Presenter: Lola Loustaunau, University of Wisconsin Madison—In Solidarity, Not Service: The Praxis of Co-Creating Research with a Worker Coalition

Panelist: Athlete Advocate or Agent, Attorney

Presenter: Miriam Venturini, University of California, Riverside—The Imperfect Union: Labor Racketeering, Corruption Exposure, and Its Consequences

Panelist: Marcy Chong, SEIU—Rideshare Organizing

Panelist: Representative from Convergence Ctr. For Pol. Res., Convergence Center for Policy Resolution

Panelist: Richard Griffin, former NLRB General Counsel (of Counsel at Bredhoff & Kaiser)

Presenter: Yi Sui, Renmin University of China—ACFUT at an International Table: How a Post-socialist Union Advocates Seafarers' Interests in Transnational Bargaining

Panelist: Alexander J.S. Colvin, Cornell University—Informing Arbitrator Development Through Research

Presenter: Laura Lam, University of Toronto—VOICE WITHOUT DIRECTION: CARE WORKERS NAVIGATING ADVOCACY AND VOICE IN FLEXIBLE WORK SETTINGS

Panelist: David Weil, Brandeis University—Amazon Drives Low Wages: The Unraveling of Workplace Protections for Delivery Drivers

Panelist: Walter Darr, Jr., National Mediation & Conflict Solutions—Teaching, Training, and Field Work across Deep Divides in Society

Presenter: Xueyu Wang, University of Toronto—What Do Unions Do in Gig Work? The Collision of State-Corporatism Unions and Giant Platform Capital in China

Panelist: J. (Chris) Christopher Heagarty, Ray Corollary Initiative, Inc.—Part II: Meet the Neutrals - How to Grow from "I Go with Who I Know"

Presenter: Wen Fan, Boston College—Can the four-day week vanquish the ideal worker norm?

Panelist: Shannon M. Chambers, Northern Nevada Operating Engineers Contract Compliance Fund, Inc. (NNOECC)—How LMCCs and Joint Management Organizations Can Work With Government Agencies to Enforce Labor Laws.

Panelist: Vonda McDaniel, Central Labor Council of Nashville and Middle Tennessee—Establishing Community Benefits Agreements at the Local Level

Author: Raquel Badillo Salas, Brown University—Sham Unions: Evidence from the USMCA's Rapid Response Mechanism

Panelist: Bradley A. Areheart, University of Tennessee College of Law—AI in Arbitration: Perspectives from Practice and Scholarship

Panelist: Javier Ramirez, Cornell University, ILR School—Mediation: A Practitioner's Perspective

Panelist: Jim Pruitt, Kaiser Permanente

Panelist: James R Johnsen, University of California, Berkeley

Panelist: Jolene Kjelshus, AFSCME Council 65—What Were They Thinking? Union side

Panelist: Joseph L. Paller, Gilbert & Sackman, a Law Corporation—Union Perspective

Panelist: Ben Wilkins, Union of Southern Service Workers—Building Worker Power in the South: the Union of Southern Service Workers (USSW)

Panelist: Liz Xiong, LIUNA Great Lakes Region—Union Political Mobilization Campaigns: A Practitioner's Perspective

Panelist: Union Advocate, International Union

Presenter: Sean O'Brady, McMaster University—Weaponizing algorithmic control against worker power: A new model for union busting the precariat

Panelist: Jerry Marzullo, Asher, Gittler & D'Alba, Ltd.—Union/Employee Perspective

Panelist: Lenny Sanchez, Director of the IL Chapter, Independent Drivers Guild—A Worker's Perspective on the Need for Representation

Panelist: Thomas Riley, Jr., Special Counsel for the University of Illinois System—Exploring the Impact of Turnover on Negotiations

Presenter: John Kallas, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Redefining the word 'union': Examining how underpaid service workers are building collective power across the United States

Panelist: Tony Ofstead, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension—State law enforcement participation in community councils.

Panelist: Laura Bucci, St. Joseph's University—Subnational Labor Market and Workplace Governance in the United States: A Dual Regime Approach

Presenter: Jeffrey S. Wheeler, LRQA—Labor Rights in Critical Mineral Sourcing: Lessons from DRC Cobalt Supply Chains

Panelist: Nichole Harville, NLRB Region 18, head of unfair labor practice litigation

Author: Suresh Naidu, Columbia University—Democracy Denied at the Bedside: Union Busting in the Nursing Home Sector

Author: Kihwan Bae, West Virginia University—Measuring Licensing Stringency: New Evidence from a Comprehensive Dataset on Cosmetology Regulation

Panelist: Miguel Campos, Chicago Office of Labor Standards—The Chicago Office of Labor Standards (OLS)

Presenter: Tamara Lee, Rutgers University—Reviewer of Legalized Inequalities

Presenter: Hunter Akridge, Princeton University (formerly at Carnegie Mellon University)—Designing Worker-Centered Alternatives to Technological Displacement in Transit

Panelist: Mary Kate Condon, UMass Memorial Health—Management Perspective

Panelist: Joseph McCartin, Georgetown University—Organized Labor's Role in Saving Democracy from an Authoritarian Turn

Panelist: Frank Manzo, Illinois Economic Policy Institute—A "Research Renaissance" in Response to Renewed Repeal Efforts after 2010

Panelist: Homer C. La Rue, Howard University School of Law & Board Chair, RCI, Inc.—Part II of "So, You're Thinking About Maybe Becoming a Neutral (Arbitrator, Mediator, Investigator, etc.?

Presenter: Ken Bell, Management, Retired Operations Consultant—Application of Theory of Constraints to Operations

Presenter: Claire Sleigh, Cornell University—Strikes and power in unlikely places: Migrant garment workers in Jordan

Panelist: Nereyda Rivera, Union of American Physicians and Dentists

Panelist: Kevin Sage, East Central Illinois Building Trades—Working Toward Diversity in the Building Trades

Presenter: Nichola Lowe, University of Minnesota—Co-Designing Workforce Systems: Lessons from Transit Labor Relations

Presenter: Erin L. Kelly, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Gender and Job Quality in 2025: Looking Beyond Pay and Beyond the Binary

Presenter: Ligia M. Velazquez, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service—Bankrupting Human Capital

Author: Sean O'Brady, McMaster University—Contested automation: Double indeterminacies, job quality, and union resistance in call centers

Author: Kirsten F. Siebach, Johns Hopkins University—Gender and Job Quality in 2025: Looking Beyond Pay and Beyond the Binary

Presenter: Jeonghun Kim, Cornell University—Contested automation: Double indeterminacies, job quality, and union resistance in call centers

Author: Michaela Hoffelmeyer, University of Wisconsin-Madison—In Solidarity, Not Service: The Praxis of Co-Creating Research with a Worker Coalition

Author: Sylvie Guezeon, University of Minnesota—Co-Designing Workforce Systems: Lessons from Transit Labor Relations

Author: Ryan Lamare, London School of Economics—Employee Voice and Workplace Wellbeing in the Age of AI: Cross-National Empirical Evidence

Author: Dionne Pohler, Cornell University—Eliminating the Motherhood Pay Penalty? Flexible Work Design and (Non)Greedy Compensation in a High-Earning Occupation

Presenter: Dongwoo Park, Cornell University—Reinforcing the status quo or sparking a new industrial order? The BEV Transition and Labor Market Dualism in Korea

Author: Jessica HF Hammerling, University of California Berkeley—Organizing a Worker- and Community-centered Transition: The Contra Costa Refinery Transition Partnership as Case Study

Author: Juliet Schor, Boston College—Can the four-day week vanquish the ideal worker norm?

Presenter: Lorenzo Lagos, Brown University—Sham Unions: Evidence from the USMCA's Rapid Response Mechanism

Author: Jelena Starcevic, McMaster University, School of Labour Studies—Weaponizing algorithmic control against worker power: A new model for union busting the precariat

Panelist: Andrew Cantrell, Field Services Director, Illinois Federation of Teachers—Exploring the Impact of Turnover on Negotiations

Author: Adam Reich, Columbia University—Democracy Denied at the Bedside: Union Busting in the Nursing Home Sector

Author: Morris M. Kleiner, University of Minnesota—Measuring Licensing Stringency: New Evidence from a Comprehensive Dataset on Cosmetology Regulation

Author: McKenna Roberts, Columbia University—Democracy Denied at the Bedside: Union Busting in the Nursing Home Sector

Author: Faraz Shahidi, Institute for Work and Health—Employee Voice and Workplace Wellbeing in the Age of AI: Cross-National Empirical Evidence

Author: Kate Hayman, University of Toronto—Eliminating the Motherhood Pay Penalty? Flexible Work Design and (Non)Greedy Compensation in a High-Earning Occupation

Author: Jorge Perez Perez, Banco de Mexico—Sham Unions: Evidence from the USMCA's Rapid Response Mechanism

Author: Guolin Gu, Boston College—Can the four-day week vanquish the ideal worker norm?

Author: Patrick Youngblood, Columbia University—Democracy Denied at the Bedside: Union Busting in the Nursing Home Sector

Author: Megan Landes, University of Toronto—Eliminating the Motherhood Pay Penalty? Flexible Work Design and (Non)Greedy Compensation in a High-Earning Occupation

Author: Phyllis Moen, University of Minnesota—Can the four-day week vanquish the ideal worker norm?

Presenter: Aaron Sojourner, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research—Democracy Denied at the Bedside: Union Busting in the Nursing Home Sector

Presenter: Veronica Uribe-del-aguila, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)—Biomonitoring Computing: Tech Assembly Workers' Countermapping Practices in the Mexican Bajio

Panelist: Kirk L. Davis, SHARE/AFSCME—Union-side Stories and Examples

Panelist: Lauren M. McFerran, The Century Foundation—How Labor Unions Contribute to a People's Democracy

Panelist: Todd Stenhouse, Stenhouse Strategies Inc.—Modern Communication Strategies to Effectively Deploy Academic Research

Panelist: Justin McMullen, Climate Works Preapprenticeship Program—Building a Preapprenticeship Program

Panelist: Jessica Grosz, Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry—Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI)

Presenter: Matthew T. Bodie, University of Minnesota, School of Law—Codetermination and Beyond: Considering American Models for Worker Participation

Panelist: Jonathan K. Donehower, Kaiser Permanente

Author: Brittany Bond, Cornell University—Burnt Out Buffers: How Organizational Interventions Can Alleviate Manager Burnout

Presenter: Garrick Hu, Retired CTO and VP of Engineering—Product Technology

Presenter: Mahreen Khan, University of Oxford—Worker Voice and Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains: Reframing the Role of Worker-Management Participation Committees

Panelist: Rudy Gonzalez, San Francisco Building Trades Council

Author: Tamara Davis, State of Colorado—Validating Occupational Licensing Coverage and Attainment: New Evidence from Survey and Administrative Data

Panelist: NCAA or University Compliance Officer, NCAA

Presenter: Jianxuan Lei, University of Minnesota—Normalizing opposition to labor unions: The impact of the 1981 PATCO strike on union organizing

Panelist: Ryan Lamare, London School of Economics

Presenter: Robert Bruno, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Justice and the American Workplace

Presenter: Or Shay, Cornell University—Do Collective Bargaining Agreements Help School Districts Retain Skilled Teachers?

Presenter: Tingting Zhang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Are We Collecting and Analyzing Too Much Data?

Presenter: Adrienne E. Eaton, Rutgers University—Testing NLRB Arguments Against Graduate Student Employee Unions: Results of Before/After Surveys

Panelist: Rosemary Batt, Cornell University

Panelist: Lucas A. Franco, LiUNA Great Lakes Region—Local Labor and Socio-Economic Impacts on Wind Farm Projects

Presenter: Matthew Fischer-Daly, Rutgers University—Chains of labor control? The case of palm oil global production networks in Honduras

Panelist: Barry Goldman, MA, JD (Inv), Arbitrator and Mediator—The Human Element in Grievance Mediation

Presenter: Katharine G. Abraham, University of Maryland—Self-employment and Job Quality

Presenter: Amytess Girgis, University of Oxford—"Any Issue That Brings People In is Our Issue": Starbucks Workers United and Intersectional Organizing as a Strategy for Union Sustainability

Panelist: Nicolette Gullickson, Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights—An Office of Labor Standards Perspective on Small Business Compliance

Panelist: Discussant Opportunity Available, Interested? Contact LERA—New Pathways for Standards

Presenter: Hye Jin Rho, Michigan State University—Algorithmic management and worker well-being: Evidence from the National Survey of Hotel Housekeepers

Panelist: Tyler Treptow-Bowman, Minnesota State University Association of Administrative and Service Faculty

Presenter: Oluwasekemi Odumosu, Urban Institute—How Do High-Quality Jobs Benefit Workers, Businesses, and Communities?

Panelist: Jaz Brisack, Organizing Director of the Inside Organizer School and co-founder of Starbucks Workers United

Presenter: Sarosh C. Kuruvilla, Cornell University—Lessons from The Dindigul Agreement to End Gender-Based violence and Harassment

Presenter: Kayleigh Edith Truman, Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations—Three Identities in a Trenchcoat: a Reflexive Thematic Analysis of how Neurodivergent Entertainment Workers Navigate the Gig Economy

Presenter: Ericka Wills, University of Wisconsin-Madison—Working from Common Ground: University-Labor Collaborative Strategic Plan Building

Panelist: Lydia Boerboom, ISAIAH—Kids Count on Us: Organizing community-based childcare centers across Minnesota

Author: Hannah Puelle, Columbia University—The Union Conversation: How Workers Talk About Unionization in the Field

Presenter: Zachary Schaller, Colorado State University—A Double-Shot of Organizing: How Starbucks Workers Have Inspired the Labor Movement

Panelist: Lisa Salas, HR Policy Global—European Social Dialogue: Tripartism, the good and the bad

Presenter: Ayaj Rana, Cornell University—Restoring Reciprocity: A Relational Theory of Disintermediation in Triadic Platform Work

Panelist: Richard Bensinger, Former AFL-CIO Organizing Director and Consultant to Starbucks Workers United—Lessons from Starbucks and the need for private sector organizing

Panelist: Zachary Hylton, Brandeis University—Teaching, Training, and Field Work across Deep Divides in Society

Panelist: David Hyslop, Minnesota Orchestra

Panelist: John Ring, former NLRB Chair (Morgan Lewis)

Panelist: Sarah Miller Espinosa, SME Dispute Resolution, LLC—What Works in Arbitrator Training? Lessons from Recent Development Programs

Author: Evren M. Dincer, CUNY Graduate Center—The United States: Contradictions of an Unjust Transition

Panelist: Steven Filling, California State University, Stanislaus

Presenter: Mike Williams, Center for American Progress—Climate Jobs and Manufacturing: Green Industrial Policy Must Mean Good Jobs

Presenter: Wen Li Thian, Cornell University—Algorithmic Moneylending: Debt among Super App Workers

Panelist: Homer C. La Rue, Howard University School of Law & Board Chair, RCI, Inc.—Part III: Mentorship - How Senior Arbitrators Can Help Open Doors for a More Inclusive ADR Profession

Panelist: James Kunz, III, Pennsylvania Foundation for Fair Contracting, Executive Director—Success Stories - Examples of What LMCCs and Joint Management Organizations Can Do.

Panelist: Panelist from Government Perspective Be TBD, Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI)—Government Perspective

Presenter: Aaron Rosenthal, North Star Policy Action—A Roadmap to Compliance: Enforcing Labor Standards in Minneapolis Construction

Presenter: Jenna E. Myers, University of Toronto—Partnership on AI and Quality of Work (PAIQ): Early Insights from Cross-sector Workplace Case Studies

Panelist: A RideShare Driver's Perspective, RideShare Company TBD—A rideshare drivers perspective

Panelist: Former FMCS Official, Former FMCS

Panelist: Andrew Greenblatt, Independent Drivers Guild—Existing Pilot Projects in the States

Presenter: Kate Bahn, Institute for Women's Policy Research—Cost of Reproductive Rights Restrictions to Workers, Employers, and the Economy

Panelist: Would like to include Chair/Member/Counsel, NLRB Chairman, Board Member, or General Counsel

Presenter: Anh Lam, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Reframing Academic Freedom as a Labor Right: How Teacher Unions Defend Academic Freedom in Pre-K-12 Public Education

Panelist: Lee Atakpu, Office of the Minnesota Attorney General—The formation and use of state worker protection units.

Panelist: Lucas A. Franco, LiUNA Great Lakes Region—State and Local Strategies to Protect Workers and Level the Political Playing Field

Presenter: Chunyun Li, London School of Economics and Political Sciences—Global value chain structure and worker outcomes: the role of lead firm origin and chain tiers?

Author: Alexander Busch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—The effect of "Right-to-Work" on unions and unionization

Presenter: Duanyi Yang, Cornell University—Burned Out and Boxed In: Gendered Constraints on Voice and Exit in China's Tech Industry

Presenter: Jeonghun Kim, Cornell University—Strikes and the Politics of AI Adoption: Union Strategies to Regulate AI in Outsourced Public Service Work in South Korea and the United States

Presenter: Martin Garcia Vazquez, Washington University in Saint Louis—Reviewer of Legalized Inequalities

Author: Mingwei Liu, Rutgers University—Global value chain structure and worker outcomes: the role of lead firm origin and chain tiers?

Author: Nidhaanjit Jain, University of Chicago—The effect of "Right-to-Work" on unions and unionization

Author: Tingting Zhang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Burned Out and Boxed In: Gendered Constraints on Voice and Exit in China's Tech Industry

Author: Seonghoon Hong, Rutgers University—Testing NLRB Arguments Against Graduate Student Employee Unions: Results of Before/After Surveys

Presenter: Steve Holloway, State of Colorado—Validating Occupational Licensing Coverage and Attainment: New Evidence from Survey and Administrative Data

Presenter: Duanyi Yang, Cornell University—Burnt Out Buffers: How Organizational Interventions Can Alleviate Manager Burnout

Author: Teresa Kroeger, Workrise @ The Urban Institute—How Do High-Quality Jobs Benefit Workers, Businesses, and Communities?

Author: Susan N. Houseman, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research—Self-employment and Job Quality

Author: Christine Riordan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Algorithmic management and worker well-being: Evidence from the National Survey of Hotel Housekeepers

Presenter: Adam Reich, Columbia University—The Union Conversation: How Workers Talk About Unionization in the Field

Panelist: Sheli Stein, ROC-MN—Restaurant Opportunities Center of Minnesota

Presenter: Ian Greer, Cornell University—The United States: Contradictions of an Unjust Transition

Author: Prasiddha Shakya, Colorado State University—A Double-Shot of Organizing: How Starbucks Workers Have Inspired the Labor Movement

Presenter: Sebastian Puerta, UC Berkeley—The effect of "Right-to-Work" on unions and unionization

Author: Paula Voos, Rutgers University—Testing NLRB Arguments Against Graduate Student Employee Unions: Results of Before/After Surveys

Author: Sunita Sah, Cornell University—Burnt Out Buffers: How Organizational Interventions Can Alleviate Manager Burnout

Author: Mark Klee, Bureau of the Census—Validating Occupational Licensing Coverage and Attainment: New Evidence from Survey and Administrative Data

Author: Beth C. Truesdale, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research—Self-employment and Job Quality

Author: Shannon Potter, Michigan State University—Algorithmic management and worker well-being: Evidence from the National Survey of Hotel Housekeepers

Author: Suresh Naidu, Columbia University—The Union Conversation: How Workers Talk About Unionization in the Field

Author: Tobias Zimmerman, Free University Berlin—The United States: Contradictions of an Unjust Transition

Presenters: Sal McCollum and Monica Opoku, Colorado State University—A Double-Shot of Organizing: How Starbucks Workers Have Inspired the Labor Movement

Author: Victoria M. Udalova, U.S. Census Bureau—Validating Occupational Licensing Coverage and Attainment: New Evidence from Survey and Administrative Data

Presenters: Niha Singh, Notre Dame University and Aaron Sojourner, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research—The Union Conversation: How Workers Talk About Unionization in the Field

Panelist: Gwynne A. Wilcox, National Labor Relations Board, Former Chair—Labor and Democracy in the Current Environment

Presenter: Adolfho Romero, Cornell University—From Crisis to Capacity: Worker Centers and the New Infrastructures of Worker Power in Pandemic and Post-Pandemic New York

Presenter: Stefan Ivanovski, Cornell University—Leveling Up or Losing Ground? The Perceived Impact of AI on Job Quality and Occupation Identity in Game Development

Presenter: Janice Fine, Rutgers University—Reviewer of Legalized Inequalities

Panelist: Larissa Petrucci, NorCal Construction Industry Compliance—The Union Difference: The Effect of Union Contractors on Public Works Construction Costs in California

Panelist: Susan N. Houseman, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Presenter: Shannon Potter, Michigan State University—The value of collective bargaining

Presenter: Mark Anner, Rutgers University—The Elusive Quest for Living Wages in Global Supply Chains: Three Decades of Labor Campaigns, Conceptual Debates, and Unfulfilled Commitment

Presenter: Kim Fernandes, Brown University—Technology, Disability, and Labor

Presenter: Lin Xiu, University of Minnesota Duluth—The Happiness Premium? Gender and Employment Sector Differences in Well-Being in China

Panelist: Industry Contractor Invited, Construction Industry Professional

Author: Tommaso Pio Danese, University of Trento, Italy—Varieties of Logistics and Chokepoint Possibilities: Evidence from the Italian Warehousing Sector

Presenter: Samuel Young, Arizona State University—Unionization, Employer Opposition, and Establishment Closure

Presenter: David Lewin, University of California Los Angeles—Then and Now: Employer Opposition to Unions in Two Periods

Presenter: Mevan Jayasinghe, Michigan State University—Suppliers' Voluntary Initiatives to Elevate Job Quality in Artisanal Global Supply Chains

Panelist: Panelist TBD from IDOL, Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL)—The Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL)

Presenter: Jerome Braun, Loyola University of Chicago—Labor Law before the New Deal and its Ramifications for Today