Wednesday | Conference Activities • 6/26/2024 |
8 - 8:30 am | Opening Plenary—Grand Ballroom
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8:45 ‑ 10 am | |
1.05 Safety Initiatives in Non-traditional Labor—Gramercy West
Panelist: TBA TBA | |
1.1 Understanding Bias—Gramercy East
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1.15 Federal Sector Updates—Murray Hill West
Panelist: TBA TBA | |
1.2 New York Collective Bargaining Trends—Murray Hill East
John Doyle, National Labor Relations Board
Teresa Poor, National Labor Relations Board Regional Director, Region 29 | |
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, International Transport Workers' Federation—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 | |
Leigh Johns, Fair Work Commission, Australia
Sara Slinn, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Canada
David Thaler, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service | |
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 HR Practices and Training in Labor Markets (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, Durham University Business School—The Fragility, Robustness and (In-)Stability of Legitimacy of Employment Relations Actors, Institutions, and Processes
Leon Gooberman, Cardiff University, UK 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 FMCS TBD—Gramercy West
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2.15 Words Matter—Murray Hill West
Panelist: TBA TBA | |
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
Jimmy Donaghey, University of South Australia | |
Alejandro Gómez, ILERA El Salvador
Eleonora Escrivá, ILERA Guatemala
Karla Matamoros, ILERA Honduras | |
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 | |
2.4 Comparing ESOPs and BLERs (Symposium)—Clinton
Presenters: Inger Marie Hagen, Work Research Institute Oslo Metropolitan University—Workers at Company Boards: Lessons from Scandinavia
Jungook Kim, Chatham University and Hyunmin Choi, The 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 | |
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 | |
1:30 ‑ 2:45 pm | |
3.1 Ethics for Attorneys in Neutral Roles—Gramercy East
Deborah Gaines, Esq., Arbitrator and Mediator | |
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 FMCS TBD—Nassau West
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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
Scott Buccheit, Arbitrator and Mediator | |
3.35 Employee Voice 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 | |
Steven Vallas, Northeastern University
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
Susan G. Ellicott, University of Sydney—The Legitimacy and Legitimation of Paid Workplace Domestic Violence Leave Laws in Anglophone Countries
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 |
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—Grand Ballroom
Co-Chairs: Homer C. La Rue, Howard University and Katherine Simpson, Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations |
Thursday | Conference Activities • 6/27/2024 |
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
Erin L. Kelly, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Kirsten F. Siebach, Johns Hopkins University; Dena Javadi, Harvard University; Grace DeHorn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Alex M. Kowalski, Cornell University—A New Voice Channel to Improve Warehouse Work: Initial Findings from a Group-Randomized Field Experiment
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, School of Industrial and Labor Relations
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, UK
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
Panelist: TBA TBA | |
4.35 Organizing in the Cannabis Industry (New York) - How Unions and Diverse Stakeholders Worked Together to Change the Industry—Gramercy East
Panelist: TBA TBA | |
4.4 FMCS TBD—Murray Hill West
Panelist: TBA TBA | |
4.45 High Road Bargaining (alt models)—Murray Hill East
Dan Apfel, Genesee Co-Op Federal Credit Union
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 Hohenheim; 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 Hohenheim; 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
Maarten Keune, University of Amsterdam—Rebalancing Power? The Revival of Social Europe and Labour Relations
Valeria Pulignano, Catholic University Leuven; Karol Muszynski, University of Warsaw/KU Leuven; and Maite Tapia, Michigan State University—Bargaining Power in Online Freelancing Platform Work
Peter Turnbull, University of Bristol—From Structure to Conduct Regulation: The Menace of Competition in European (Labour) Markets | |
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 | |
Chair: TBA TBA Panelist: TBA TBA | |
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
Yong Suk Lee, University of Notre Dame—Effects of Right-to-Work on Unionization, Labor Demand, and Automation | |
4.75 Impact of Automation and AI in the Workplace I (Symposium)—New York
Presenters: Sigurd Oppegaard, University of Oslo—Algorithmic Management and Taxi Platforms in Oslo, Norway: Drivers' Experiences of Control and Flexibility
Johan Røed Steen, Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research and Elin SvarstadFafo, Institute for Labour and Social Research—Exposure to Language Modeling AI and the Mitigating Role of Trade Unions on the Norwegian Labour Market
Jonas Hulgård Kristensen, FAOS, University of Copenhagen—Valuing the Nordic Model: A Survey Experiment on Consumer Preferences and Employment Relations in the Gig Economy
Ruben Lind, Karolinska Institutet; Min Kuyng Lee, University of Texas at 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 | |
4.8 LERA/ILERA Poster Session I (Symposium)—Grand Ballroom Foyer
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 Bourdreu, 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, The 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
Fernanda Mendonça Melo, Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil) and Livia Mendes Moreira Miraglia, Federal University of Minas Gerais—In search of Social Justice: The Impunity of Economic Power and Slave Labor in Brazil's Supply Chains
Maria Carolina Oliveira and Fernanda Mendonça Melo, Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil)—Slave Labor in Brazilian Coffee Industry and the New German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act | |
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
Bill Dirksen, The Ford Motor Company (ret.)
Jennifer M. Harmer, University of Toronto
Mike Lillich, Labor and Employment Relations Association |
10:45 am ‑ 12 pm | |
Presenters: Dale Belman, Michigan State University—Can Law-Abiding Construction Contractors Survive in the Current Market?
Laura Valle-Gutierrez, The 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, SAGAFTRA
Alvin Vincent Jr., Actors Equity
Rebecca Kolins Givan, Rutgers University | |
5.15 The State of Labor Management Partnership at Kaiser Permanente—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
Dean Burrell, Burrell Dispute Resolution
Randi E. Lowitt, Esq., Lowitt Labor Arbitration | |
5.3 The Labor Arbitration Marketplace and Diversity Among Arbitrators—Gramercy West
Stephen Millen, FMCS
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
Panelist: TBA TBA | |
5.4 Advancing Equity for Women in the Workplace—Murray Hill West
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5.5 Not your Grandfather's Construction Industry: Diversity Initiatives in the Building Trades—Nassau East
Amy Tracy Wells, Rutgers University
Nicole Bertran, The 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 and Stefano Gasparri, UWE Bristol—Turning Points in Italian Industrial Relations
Ovidiu Goran, Vrije University (SBE), 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 Navigating Increasingly Precarious Nonstandard Work Arrangements in China: A Gendered Perspective (Symposium)—Madison
Presenters: Lufang Bao, Beijing Academy of Social Sciences—Study on the Employment Situation of New Employment Forms of Laborers in Beijing in the Digital Era
Qi Zheng, Capital University of Economics and Business and Zitong Qiu, Labor Dispute Office, Chinese Academy of Labor and Social Security—'Whether Women Can Escape from Precarity in China’s Gig Economy: Evidence from Labor Market, Labor Process, and Labor Reproduction'
Dan Ma, Beijing Academy of Social Sciences, China—Labor and Gender Strategies of Chinese Female Truck Drivers
Tingting Zhang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | |
5.65 U.S. and International Perspectives on Sexual Harassment in Organized and Unorganized Workplaces (Symposium)—Clinton
Presenters: Michelle Kaminski and Stacy A. Hickox, Michigan State University—Measuring Arbitration's Effectiveness in Addressing Workplace Harassment
Martina Trusgnach, University of Greenwich
Ana Avendano, CUNY Law School | |
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, Manhattan College; and Ronit Waismel-Manor, The 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
Benedetta Colaiacovo, Marco Guerci and Silvia Gilardi, University of Milan, Italy—Interpreting Managerial Motives for Remote Work: Impact on Employee Well-being and the Role of Social Class | |
5.75 Impact of Automation and AI in the Workplace II (Symposium)—New York
Presenters: Miranda Cross, Oxford Internet Institute—Stopping the Spying: US Labor Unions' Responses to Electronic Surveillance and its Harms to Workers
, Lagos State University—Employment Relations and Artificial Intelligence in Selected Manufacturing Firms, Lagos, Nigeria: The Role of Consultative Mechanisms
Xiaoman Li, Capital University of Economics and Business; Li Chen, Xiamen University; and Di Liu, University of Manchester—The Impact Mechanism of Human-AI Interaction on Work Innovation Behavior: Evidence from A Smart Power Plant in China | |
5.8 LERA/ILERA Poster Session II (Symposium)—Grand Ballroom Foyer
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
Maria Aina, University of Northampton and Idris Olayiwola Ganiyu, York Business School, York St. John University (United Kingdom)—Examining Agile Methodology as a Strategy for Mitigating Project Risk
Megna Yadlapalli, Please provide affiliation—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
Phela I. Townsend, Rutgers University |
10:45 am ‑ 12 pm | LERA Membership Committee Meeting—East, 4th Floor
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 |
1:30 ‑ 2:45 pm | |
Ylonda Sherrod, Communications Workers of America Local 3159
Rachel Harris, Writers Guild of America East
Beth Gutelius, University of Illinois Chicago | |
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, CELSI—Measuring LW globally: Decent living, minimum wages, material deprivation
Rob van Tulder, Erasmus University Rotterdam | |
6.3 Ask the Arbitrator—Gramercy West
Panelist: TBA TBA | |
6.35 Your Brain on Conflict—Gramercy East
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6.4 Remote Work and Return to Work—Murray Hill West
Panelist: TBA TBA | |
6.45 What is the Right to Disconnect and Can it Work?—Murray Hill East
Panelist: TBA TBA | |
6.55 International Accord, Access to Remedy, International Labour Arbitration Rules (the Rules), Arbitrator acceptability, Tripartism, and Med-arb—Nassau West
Author: Brian Burkett, Fasken, Employer Counsel—Access to Effective Remedies: Fashioning a Global Framework for Arbitration of Labour Disputes
Maryann Parker, Counsel 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 Finding Resonance Across the Global Future(s) of Workers: Part I (Digital Workers) (Symposium)—Madison
Presenters: Melissa Renau-Cano, Open University of Catalonia—Flexibility Unveiled: A Labour Process Theory Perspective on Gig Economy Realities
Kai-Hsin Hung, Montreal University—The Workers in the Data Value Chain of AI: The Cases of the ImageNet Database and AlexNet Model
Sampriti Biswas, University of Kassel—Surveillance Capitalism in the Agrarian Economy: The case of the Indian national agricultural market platform (eNAM) | |
6.65 Defining Low-Wage Work—Clinton
Martha Ross, The Brookings Institution
Kyle Moore, Economic Policy Institute
David R. Howell, The New School
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
Boniface Michael, California State University, Sacramento—Two-Party Negotiation Evaluations as Outcome, Process and Change Frames: Relations with Collaboration, Conflict and Fair Process
Yingchun Wang, University of Houston Downtown—High Performance Work System and Profit: Positive Correlation and Prescriptive Truthiness
Yooseop Chun, King's College London—From Rational Choice to the Social Identity Model of the Insider-Outsider Approach: Understanding Insiders' Attitudes towards Outsiders in the Korean Education Sector | |
6.75 Impact of Automation and AI in the Workplace III (Symposium)—New York
Presenters: Jaeyoung Ha and Hyun Ji Kwon, Seoul National University—Predicting Job Automation Risk: Focusing on Task and Workplace Characteristics
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
Owen Davis, Siegel Family Endowment—Artificial Intelligence, Worker Well-Being and Labor's Bargaining Power | |
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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: Part II (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 Use of Sense-making and Artificial Intelligence in Group Decision-Making—Gramercy West
Panelists: Kevin Hawkins and Tom Louis Melancon and Moira Caruso, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service | |
7.35 FMCS TBD—Gramercy East
Panelist: TBA TBA | |
7.4 Flipping the Script in High-conflict Situations—Murray Hill West
Chair: TBA TBA | |
7.45 Strike Authorization - First Step or Last Resort?—Murray Hill East
Panelist: TBA TBA | |
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
Jesper Prytz, University of Gothenburg, Sweden—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, The University of Burdwan; and K. Mourlin, Xavier Business School, St Xavier's University, Kolkata, India—The Impending Labour Codes in India: The Contextual Perspective
Amir Jafar, Aligarh Muslim University, India; Partha Sarkar, The 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: Clayton Adamson, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Mildred E. Warner, Cornell University—Union Density and Job Quality -- A Regional Analysis
Cory Runstedler, University of Connecticut—Can Coffee be Red and Blue: How the Starbucks Union Movement Maps on Red and Blue States
Santanu Sarkar, XLRI Xavier School of Management—Making Sense of the Global Union Federation’s Articulation of Global Campaigns to Local Condition
Zachary Schaller, Colorado State University—Where Unions Fell: A Geographical Analysis of Labor Union Representation Elections in the U.S. | |
7.75 Impact of Automation and AI in the Workplace IV (Symposium)—New York
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, Rutgers University; Zoë West, Cornell University; Sara Ziff, Model Alliance; and Alexandra Mateescu, Data & Society Research Institute—AI, Worker Voice, and the Future of Fashion
Luna Li, Osgoode Hall Law School—Empowering Canadian Workers with Data Ownership in the Artificial Intelligence Era
Paula C. Sardegna, John F. Kennedy University, Argentina and Eleonora Peliza, ILERA Argentina—Legal Challenges to Data Governance and Algorithmic Opacity in Employment | |
3 ‑ 4:15 pm | LERA Diversity and Inclusion Committee Meeting—Boardroom, 4th Floor
Dennis L. Dabney, LERA President
Frank Mullins, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University |
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 (inv.) |
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, Attorney, 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 Leuven; Lorenzo Frangi, University of Québec at Montréal; Yennef Vereycken, Catholic University 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; Steven Vallas, Northeastern University; and Beth Gutelius, University of Illinois Chicago—Technology, E-Commerce, and Scheduling Precarity: Warehouse Workers at the Mercy of the Market
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 | |
Sunnie Rucker-Chang, Slavic and East European Studies Program, Ohio State University
Kgomotso Mufamadi, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
Rebecca Dixon, National Employment Law Project
Mariela Noles Cotito, Universidad del Pacifico (Lima-Peru) | |
8.3 Fora @ Work: A New Platform to Benefit Industrial Labor Relations—Gramercy West
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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
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8.55 Drug Testing in the Workplace: Science and Sense in Arbitration—Nassau West
Jessica Caggiano, Willig, Williams, & Davidson, Philadelphia, PA (Union Side)
Todd A. Lyon, Fisher & Phillips LLP, San Francisco (Employer Side)
Michael Loconto, Arbitrator
David Gaba, Compass Legal Group PLLC | |
8.6 The Evolution of Mass Arbitration and Its Future—Madison
Hon. Carol Heckman, Lippes Mathias LLP
Alfred Feliu, Feliu Neutral Services, LLC | |
Co-Chairs: Greg J. Bamber, Monash University (Melbourne) and Thomas A. Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
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 -- Book Launch of Volume 4 of the ILERA Publication Series—Trianon Jr. Ballroom
Susan Hayter, International Labour Organization
Rae Cooper, University of Sydney
Jane Parker, European Trade Union Institute |
1:30 ‑ 2:45 pm | |
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
Lisa Rodgers, University of Leicester (UK)—AI and the 'Human in Command' Approach to Labour Law Regulation
Aisha Adam, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa—Unveiling the Digital Frontier: Navigating Legal Landscapes of Worker Activism in South Africa's Tech Revolution | |
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—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 and Dylan Nelson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—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 Regional Director, Region 29 | |
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
Panelists: Cindy Foca and Jonavon Rustin and Nomarashiya Caluza, South African Education Labour Relations Council | |
Discussants: Sara Lafuente Torsten Mueller Jane Parker Agnieszka Piasna 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
Arthur Pearlstein, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Jennifer Ortiz Prather, U.S. EEOC Houston District Office
David Larson, Mitchell-Hamline School of Law
Robert Bergman, NextLevel Mediation | |
Christy Yoshitomi, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Natalia Espina, Land Stewardship Project | |
9.7 Impact of Automation and AI in the Workplace V (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 | 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, Leeds University, UK and Mark Stuart, University of Leeds—Shaping Digital Transformation at Work: Employee Involvement and the Introduction of Automation Technologies in Finance Companies
Jin Huang, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia and Greg J. Bamber, Monash University (Melbourne)—Future Workforces: Exploring the Effects of Artificial Intelligence on Perceived Employability
Jarrod Haar and David Brougham, Massey University, New Zealand; Azka Ghafoor, Otago University, 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
Zelda Spence Wallace, Montgomery Township School Board
James Dolan, Montgomery Township Education Association
Cory Delgado, Montgomery Township School District
Charles Heckscher, Rutgers University | |
10.3 Growing California's Electric Bus Manufacturing Workforce: How an Employer and a Union Built a High Road Training Pathway—Gramercy West
Presenters: Cesar Lara, California Labor Federation; Jennie Mollica, High Road Alliance; and Liz Weiss, Working for America Institute—Growing California's Electric Bus Manufacturing Workforce: How an Employer and a Union Built a High Road Training Pathway
James White, Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers union (SMART)
Frank Girardot, Build Your Dream (BYD)
Will Scott, Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers (SMART) | |
10.35 Sustaining the Revival of the Labor Movement—Gramercy East
Panelists: Molly McCoy and Chris Kazlauskas, Bureau of International Labor Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor
Darnice C. Marsh, 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 (RWDSU/UFCW)
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, CELSI - Central European Labour Studies Institute; Barbora Holubova, CELSI - Central EuropeanLabour 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; Anna Mori, University of Milan; Alejandro Godino Pons, Autonomous University of Barcelona; 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 | |
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 at Oswego and Paula Voos, Rutgers University—Opinions of Employment Relations Professionals regarding Online Masters Programs
Paul F. Clark, LERA President
Hadi El Farr, Rutgers University | |
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 |
8:30 ‑ 9:45 am | |
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
Howard Stanger, Canisius College—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, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge (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—Sutton South
Chair: Duarte Abrunhosa e Sousa, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Justice - University of Porto Presenters: 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, IMPAQ International
Andrew Clarkwest, Abt Associates | |
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 | |
11.35 Navigating Neoliberalism: Prospects for Progressive Industrial Relations in Liberal Market Economies 'Down Under'—Gramercy East
Alex Veen, University of Sydney | |
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 Faculty of Law, Canada | |
11.45 Work Systems and Sectors (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 Dincer Abdullah, Gul University—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 I (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 Leuven; Jane Parker, European Trade Union Institute; Bernd Brandl, University of Durham, UK; Patrice Jalette, University of Montreal; and Kerem Ceylan, Bogazici University—Constructing a Typology of Industrial Relations Systems: Towards a Non-Euro-centric Model?
Bernd Brandl, Durham University Business School—Disciplinary Varieties in Industrial Relations and Labour Research: An Analysis of Disciplinary Knowledge Exchange and Trends in Knowledge Creation
Huw Thomas, University College Dublin and Peter Turnbull, University of Bristol—The Legitimacy of Industrial Relations as a Discipline and Field | |
11.6 Impact of Age in the Workplace I (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 Just Transition in Labor Markets I (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
Brandon Ellem, University of Sydney and Caleb Goods, University of Western Australia—Workers' Power in Just Transition: Union Strategy in a Coal Heartland | |
11.7 Union Decline and Revitalization (Symposium)—Gibson
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 | |
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, Wage and Hour Administrator, U.S. Department of Labor
Cathy Ruckelshaus, National Employment Law Project
Rosa DeLauro, Congresswoman, 3rd District, Connecticut | |
12.1 Health and Safety I (Symposium)—Sutton North
Presenters: Lisa Blomgren Amsler, Indiana University—Intrastate Preemption's Impact on Social Determinants of Health: Wages, Housing, and Health Care
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 Larrson, 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
Elena Gerasimova, ILO Decent Work Team for South Asia, New Delhi, India
Tequila Brooks, Attorney and Comparative Labor Scholar, Washington, DC | |
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
Shawna Bader-Blau, Solidarity Center
Thivya Rakini, Tamil Nadu Textile and Common Labour Union
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, The 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: Anastasios Hadjisolomou, Strathclyde University and Shelagh Mooney, Auckland University of Technology—Workplace Violence and Abuse Against Transgender Individuals in the Hospitality Sector
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 Crossing Purpose?
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?
Roberto Pedersini,
University of Milan—Representing Creative Workers: Services, Voice, Collective Bargaining
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 | |
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
Hiroaki Watanabe, Ritsumeikan University—Union Response to Precarious Working Conditions: The Case of Japan
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 Impact of Age in the Workplace II (Symposium)—Madison
Presenters: Leslie Panyanouvong, University of California, Irvine—Reproducing and Contesting Workplace Inequality: Identity, Commitment, and Voice in the New Service Economy
Joan-Miguel 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, European Trade Union Institute—Why Are Young Workers (Not) Joining Trade Unions? Exploring Survey Evidence Across 14 European Countries | |
12.65 Just Transition in Labor Markets II (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, Work Research Institute, Oslo Metropolitan University—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 | |
12.7 Union Power, Satisfaction, and Composition (Symposium)—Gibson
Carsten Strøby Jensen, University of Copenhagen—Who Are the Members of the European Trade Unions? A Study of Changing Membership Composition in Europe from 2005-2023
DC De La Haye, Doctoral Student, Florida State University; Andrew Keyes, Fresno State University; Pauline de Becdelià¨vre, 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 | |
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13.05 Working Conditions of Gig Platform Drivers (Symposium)—Beekman
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 and Michael Reich, University of California, Berkeley—The Economic Situation of TNC Drivers in Minnesota | |
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, Penn State Abington
Frank Manzo, Illinois Economic Policy Institute | |
13.2 Contemporary Labor Relations in South America - From Historical Legacies to Current Challenges (Symposium)—Sutton South
Presenters: Laura Moisa, National University of Colombia, Medellin—Colombia: Recovering Labor Rights
Daina Bellido de Luna, University of Santiago, Chile—Chile: Regulatory influence for platform work: Lessons from the Chilean system of industrial relations
Jana Karen Silverman, Federal University of ABC, Brazil—Social Dialogue, Labor Rights, and Labor Relations Regimes Under the New Lula Administration
Cecilia Senen Gonzalez, Buenos Aires' University—Labor Relations and Unions in Argentina. A Sectoral Study in Times of Political Uncertainty (2020-2024) | |
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 China and the Workforce (Symposium)—Murray Hill West
Presenters: Elaine Hui, Penn State—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
Wei Huang, Renmin University of China and Senhu Wang, National University of Singapore—China's Labour Relations Governance at the Crossroads: An Analysis of Institutional Experimentation in China
Wei Wei, Beijing wuzi University—Can Unions Promote Innovation? The Evidence from China's High-tech Industry | |
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, The 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 Health Care and Care Work I (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 | |
13.55 Implications of Gig Work I (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
Aiman Zhussupova and Yerbol Ismailov, Eurasian Center for People Management and Aigerim Yerken, Eurasian Center for People Management, Vienna University—Challenges in Enforcing Labor Rights for Platform Economy Workers in Kazakhstan (Central Asia)
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, University of Santa Catarina; Public Ministry of Labor, 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 | |
13.7 The Causes and Consequences of Workplace Innovation (Symposium)—Gibson
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, University of Milan; Marco Guerci, University of Milan, Italy; 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 | |
1:45 ‑ 3 pm | LERA K-12 Industry Council Meeting—East, 4th Floor
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3:15 ‑ 4:30 pm | |
14.05 Work and Labour Relations in Global Platform Capitalism (Symposium)—Beekman
Chair: TBA TBA Presenters: Julieta Haidar, Workers' Innovation Centre (UMET-CONICET), Buenos Aires and Maarten Keune, University of Amsterdam—Work and labour relations in global platform capitalism
Julieta Haidar, Workers' Innovation Centre (UMET-CONICET), Buenos Aires—Collective organization in platform companies inArgentina: between labour union traditions and adaptive strategies
Kurt Vandaele, European Trade Union Institute—Collective Resistance and Organizational Creativity amongst Europe's Platform Workers: A New Power in the Labour Movement? Discussant: TBA TBA | |
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 The State of the Art of Contemporary Slave Labor in Brazil and its Impact on Global Industry (Symposium)—Sutton Center
Carla Reita Faria Leal, Federal University of Mato Grosso
Maria Odete Freire de Araújo, Federal University of Pernambuco
Valena Jacob Chaves, Federal University of Para | |
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 Resflund, University of Aalborg, Denmark—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
Samar Chakraborty, Graeme Hayes and Vidu Badigannavar, Aston University—What Do Unions Do in the Bangladesh Garment Industry?
Aneta Tyc, University of Lodz—The New Generation of the EU Trade Agreements: A Step Towards Better Enforcement of Sustainable Development Chapters | |
14.4 Health Care and Care Work II (Symposium)—Murray Hill West
Presenters: Jingjing Weng, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology and Wei Huang, Renmin University of China—Bound by Injustice: Unveiling the Forced Labor Issue of Indonesian Women in Taiwan's Caregiving Sector
Saikat Chakraborty, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta; Ernesto Noronha and Premilla D'Cruz, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA)—The Quest for Dignity: Indian Security Guards' Comparative Experiences with Clients and Suppliers
Rebecca Selberg, Lund University—Exit as Market Response: Analyzing Nurse Turnover in Sweden as a Contradictory Response to Job Dissatisfaction in the Care Crisis
Katherine Ravenswood, Auckland University of Technology—Weaponising Ideational Power to (De)legitimise Gender Discrimination in Care Work | |
14.45 In Memory of Professor Bordogna—Murray Hill East
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14.5 Impact of Crisis on the Workplace (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 | |
14.6 Implications of Gig Work II (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—Gig Employment and Technology: Exploitation, Emancipation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship in the Work of Musicians
Carla Spinelli, University of 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 | |
14.7 Nature of Work and Occupations (Symposium)—Gibson
Presenters: Jake Rosenfeld and Letao Wang, Washington University in St. Louis—What Workers Think About Pay
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 | |
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—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 Wage Regulations and Policy (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 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 at 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 | |
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, Sweden—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
Xavier Walsh, Unite Union/Auckland University of Technology—Towards (Re-)defining Employment Grievances in Aotearoa New Zealand: Experience of a 22-year-old National Trade Union President | |
15.4 Job Quality I (Symposium)—Murray Hill West
Presenters: Regina Pana-Cryan and Tim Bushnell, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health—Elements of Job Quality: Comparison of Frameworks, Synthesis of Knowledge and Measurement Gaps, and Efforts Underway to Address Them
Jason Sockin, University of Pennsylvania and Aaron J. 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 | |
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—The Americanization of Canadian Collective Bargaining Law | |
15.55 Platform Work World-wide I (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
Jing Chai, Renmin University of China and Kangkang Zhao, Shandong Management University—Power Asymmetries and Labor Order Generation: A Case Study of the Food Delivery Platform in China
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 | |
10 ‑ 11:15 am | |
Yasmin Hilpert, Counsellor for Labour and Social Affairs Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
Marcos Fraile Pastor, Counselor for Labour, Migration and Social Security in the USA and Puerto Rico
Petra Hansson, Counselor, Embassy of Sweden
Kuei-Yen (Kylie) Liao, Executive Officer, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the U.S. | |
16.1 Socio-Legal Studies of Platform Work, Part I (Symposium)—Sutton North
Presenters: Eleni De Becker, Kirsten Lebon and Poul Schoukens, KU Leuven—Care Work on Platforms: The Consequences for Social Security Coverage
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 Discussant: TBA TBA | |
16.15 Power Resource Theory in Contemporary Capitalism—Sutton Center
Marissa Brookes, University of California, Riverside
Bjarke Refslund, Aalborg University | |
16.2 Wage Theft, Inequality, and Wage Setting (Symposium)—Sutton South
Presenters: Stephen Clibborn, The 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 | |
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—Evaluating the Impact of Employee Voice Regimes on Wellbeing and Performance: A Cross-Firm Analysis in Britain, 1980–2011
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 Examining Industrial Relations and Employment Relations Systems II (Symposium)—Gramercy West
Presenters: Yvonne Rueckert, University of Portsmouth—Working Towards a 'New Social Contract' for the Global Economy: The Policy Dialogue Between the Global Unions, the ILO and the IFIs
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, Korean 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 I (Symposium)—Murray Hill West
Presenters: Brighton Chotiputsilp, Erasmus University and Taeho Kim, University of Toronto—The Cost of Salary Negotiation: An Experimental Evaluation with Job Seekers in Thailand
Leonard Goff, University of Calgary; 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 Job Quality II (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, 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 Platform Work World-wide II (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
Christian Haldrup, Anna Ilsøe, Trine Pernille Larsen, Jonas Hulgård Kristiansen and Jakob Demant, University of Copenhagen—The Flexible Platform Firm: Segmentation of Working Time in the Gig Economy
Julieta Haidar, Workers' Innovation Centre (UMET-CONICET), Buenos Aires—De-reifying the Phenomenon: A Review of the Main Theoretical Approaches to Platform Work
Karol Muszynski, University of Warsaw/KU Leuven and Valeria Pulignano, Catholic University Leuven—Why Labour Platforms Use Different Employment Arrangements? Evidence from Belgium | |
16.6 Skills, Training, and Development (Symposium)—Madison
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 | |
16.65 The Strike is Back (Symposium)—Clinton
Presenters: Andy Hodder, University of Birmingham and Stephen Mustchin, University of Manchester—Measuring the 2022-2023 Strike Wave in Britain: Ballots, Participation and Methodological Implications
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? | |
11:30 am ‑ 12:45 pm | |
Panelists: Yasmin Hilpert, Counsellor for Labour and Social Affairs Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
Marcos Fraile Pastor, Counselor for Labour, Migration and Social Security in the USA and Puerto Rico
Benoit Sevcik, Health, labour, and social welfare counselor, Embassy of France
Petra Hansson, Counselor, Embassy of Sweden
Fushiki Takahito, Counselor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan | |
17.1 Socio-Legal Studies of Platform Work, Part II (Symposium)—Sutton North
Presenters: Christina Hiessl, KU Leuven—Multiparty Relationships in Platform Work - Cross-European Case Law Developments & Points of Departure for (Supranational) Regulation
Anna Ilsøe, University of Copenhagen; Valeria Pulignano, Catholic University 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, WELMA, University of Copenhagen—Platform Work from a European Welfare Perspective | |
17.15 Frameworks for Solidarity: Applying Learnings from Black-Asian Solidarity—Sutton Center
Presenter: Soyun Park, Cross Cultural Strategies—Framework for Multiracial Solidarity: Applying Learnings from Black-Asian Solidarity Struggles | |
17.2 Challenges in the Public Sector (Symposium)—Sutton South
Presenters: Jake Rosenfeld, Washington University in St. Louis; Patrick Denice, Western University (Canada); 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—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—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 Job Matching II (Symposium)—Gramercy East
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 and Ira Malmberg-Heimonen, Oslo Metropolitan University—Job after Participating in Job Club? A Longitudinal Analysis | |
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
Ines Wagner, University of Oslo and Harvard University—Transnational Labour Supermobility in a Multinational Company: The Fincantieri/Vard Case
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 Pandemic Effects on the Workplace (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 Policies Affecting Precarity (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, Germany—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
Teresa Lizeth Alanis Gutiérrez, Autonomous University of Zacatecas—The Precariousness of Employment and Its Impact on the Pension System: An Analysis for Mexico | |
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
Alí Rodolfo Bustamante, University of New Orleans and Roosevelt Institute—Industrial Policy Impacts on Local Labor Markets | |
17.6 Sexual Harassment, Gender Inequality, and Women's Rights in the Workplace (Symposium)—Madison
Presenters: Afrouz Azadikhah Jahromi, Widener University—Job Displacement and Inequality in the Distribution of Earning Losses
Tequila Brooks, Attorney and Comparative Labor Scholar, Washington, DC—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 | |
17.65 Wages Across Europe (Symposium)—Clinton
Presenters: Janna Besamusca, Utrecht University 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 Discussant Opportunity Available, Interested? Contact LERA |