Thursday | Conference Activities • 6/12/2025 |
| 8 - 9 am | LERA Opening Plenary "Seattle: The City of Workers' Rights"—Grand Ballroom I, 4th Fl.
Steve Marchese, Seattle Office of Labor Standards
Danielle Alvarado, Fair Work Center and Working Washington |
| 9:15 ‑ 10:30 am | |
1.1 New Attendee Orientation and Welcome—Cascade Ballroom II
Co-Chairs: Frank Mullins, University of Alabama in Huntsville and John W. Budd, LERA President and University of Minnesota | |
1.2 Scheduling, Work Time, and Fair Work Week Laws (Symposium)—Grand Crescent
Presenters: Daniel Schneider, Harvard University; Kristen Harknett, University of California San Francisco; and David Arbelaez, Harvard University—A Fair Work Week? The Impact of Work Hour Regulations on Work Schedules and Worker Wellbeing
Susan Lambert, Julia Henly, Hyojin Cho, Resha Swanson-Varner and Yuxi He, University of Chicago—Employees' Experiences of Fair Workweek Ordinances: Variations by Provision, Industry, and Municipality
Jaeseung Kim, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea; Lonnie Golden, Pennsylvania State University Abington; and Hyeri Choi, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Work Time Quality, Job Quality and Workers' Well-being | |
1.4 Governing Gig Work: The Seattle Story—Cascade Ballroom 1-A
Patrice Tisdale, Drivers Union Washington
Danielle Alvarado, Fair Work Center and Working Washington
Silvia Gonzalez, Casa Latina
Tina Sigurdson, Seattle Office of Labor Standards
Andrew Wolf, Cornell University
Martin Garfinkel, Former Director, Seattle Office of Labor Standards | |
1.5 Creative Approaches to Worker Voice, Part I: Pathways to Amplify Workers' Voices (Symposium)—Cascade Ballroom 1-B
Presenters: Alison Dickson, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Improving Job Quality Outcomes through Workers' Rights Education
Arrow Minster, San Francisco State University—Scaffolding Empowerment: The Strategic Role of Unscripted Practices in Continuous Worker Involvement
Yaminette Diaz-Linhart, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Paulina López González and Luis Nuñez, National Domestic Workers Alliance; and Thomas A. Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Quality Employment in Private Homes: Domestic Worker Voice and Voice Mechanisms | |
1.6 Practice what You Preach: When Organizations' Values are Misaligned with Their Practices—Cascade Ballroom 1-C
Melissa Sobota, Management Side Attorney | |
1.7 Collaborative Research: Bridging Research and Praxis (Symposium)—St. Helens
Presenters: Carla Lima Aranzaes, Pennsylvania State University and Destiny Blackwell, Amazon Worker - Organizer with CAUSE (Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity and Empowerment)—From Marginalization to Labor Organizing: Independent Unionization In North Carolina
Tommaso Pio Danese, Katia Pilati and Andrea Signoretti, University of Trento, Italy—The Party Politics of Trade Unions: Union and Non-Union Voices in the Italian Logistics Sector
Ericka Wills, University of Wisconsin-Madison—Towards an Actual "Just Transition" on the Navajo Nation: Oral Histories from Union Coal Mining and Impacted Communities
Hye Jin Rho, Michigan State University; Christine Riordan, Yeaseul Hur and , University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Building relational power from the bottom-up: Union leaders and social action as a response to algorithmic management | |
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2.1 From Manuscript to Publication: A Workshop with Journal Editors—Cascade Ballroom II
Ryan Lamare, London School of Economics
Adam Seth Litwin, Cornell University | |
2.2 Computational Social Science and Labor Relations Research—Grand Crescent
Tingting Zhang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | |
2.3 LERA WHRO Council Presents: Human Resource Developments—Vashon I and II
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2.4 The Impact of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo on Labor and Employment Regulations: The End of Chevron—Cascade Ballroom 1-A
Michael D. Berkheimer, Seyfarth Shaw, LLP
April Madison-Ramsey, Stanford Health Care
Ellicott Dandy, Frank Freed Subit & Thomas, LLP | |
2.5 Creative Approaches to Worker Voice, Part II: Strategic Partnerships to Engage Workers (Symposium)—Cascade Ballroom 1-B
Presenters: Kess Ballentine, Wayne State University; Hollen Tillman, University of Pittsburgh; and Yaminette Diaz-Linhart, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Preliminary Results from a Case Study of the Implementation and Efficacy of the Inaugural Detroit Industry Standards Board for Arena Workers
Justin Vinton, Adrienne E. Eaton, Rebecca Kolins Givan and Phela I. Townsend, Rutgers University—Illuminating Frontline Labor-Management Roles and Worker Voice in Partnership: Evidence from U.S. Healthcare
Kirsten F. Siebach, Johns Hopkins University; Laura Kubzansky, Harvard University; Yaminette Diaz-Linhart, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Alex M. Kowalski, Cornell University; and Erin L. Kelly, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Effectiveness of a Participatory Voice Intervention on Psychological Well-being among Warehouse Workers: Results from the Fulfillment Center Intervention Study | |
2.8 LERA Poster Session I (Symposium)—Cascade Foyer
Presenters: Franck Bietry, University of Caen (France) and Jordane Creusier, University of the Littoral Opal Coast (France)—A Contribution to the Academic Discussion about the Universalism Versus Contingency of Well-being at Work
Akierah Binns, University of Guelph—From Crisis to Convention: Understanding the Normalization of Layoffs
Or Shay, Cornell University—Labor Policy in a Pandemic: Paid Sick Leave Laws and the Spread of Covid-19
Megan Bergman, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Corporate Responses to Board Diversity Disclosure Law: An Investigation of Illinois Firms | |
| 10:45 am ‑ 12 pm | |
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| 12:15 ‑ 1:45 pm | LERA Public Policy Luncheon "From Policy to Practice: State Strategies to Advance Worker Rights"—Grand Ballroom I, 4th Fl.
Jessica Giannettino Villatoro, Deputy Labor Commissioner, Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries |
| 2 ‑ 3:15 pm | |
3.2 Institutions, Employer Strategies, and the Evolving Landscape of Work (Symposium)—Grand Crescent
Presenters: Ren Chaoran, East China University of Science and Technology; Rutgers University and Mingwei Liu, Rutgers University—The Impact of Social Insurance Payroll Taxes on Employment Externalization: Firm-Level Evidence from China
Felix Lukowski, Myriam Baum, Ana Santiago Vela and Kathrin Weis, Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB)—How Technological Change Shapes Human Capital (Mis)Match in German Firms | |
3.4 Public Policies and Employment of People with Disabilities (Symposium)—Cascade Ballroom 1-A
Presenters: Shailee Manandhar, Roisin O'Neill and Douglas Kruse, Rutgers University—Impact of the 2020 CARES Expansion of UI on People with Disabilities
Roisin O'Neill, Shailee Manandhar and Douglas Kruse, Rutgers University—How do Minimum and Subminimum Wages Affect Employment of People with Disabilities?
Montserrat Avila-Acosta and Fitore Hyseni, Syracuse University—Breaking Barriers to Employment for People with Disabilities: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Financial and Benefits Counseling in Vocational Rehabilitation
Lauren Gilbert, Rutgers University—Vocational Rehabilitation Funding and Employment Outcomes During a Decade of Policy Change
Kimberly Phillips, Syracuse University | |
3.5 Creative Approaches to Worker Voice, Part III: Informal Networking and Dialogue—Cascade Ballroom 1-B
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3.6 Deferred Action for Labor Enforcement: A Changing Paradigm for Immigrant Workers—Cascade Ballroom 1-C
Jessie Hahn, National Immigration Law Center
Matthew Capece, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America | |
3.7 Laboring at the Margins: Equity, Inclusion, and Emerging Risks in the Workforce (Symposium)—St. Helens
Presenters: Amanda Chuan and Andrew S. Johnson, Michigan State University—Diversity Statements can Activate Stereotype Threat: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment
Keaton A. Fletcher and Kendall Stephenson, Colorado State University—The Intersection of Child Employment, Child Labor Laws, and Union Activity
Matthew Scherer, Center for Democracy & Technology and Wilneida Negrón, Coworker.org—How Workers View Workplace Surveillance and Datafication | |
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4.1 Labor Activism and Political Outcomes (Symposium)—Cascade Ballroom II
Presenters: Daniel Daneri, Syracuse University; John Kallas, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; and Ryan Lamare, London School of Economics—Do Strikes Shift Legislators' Behavior? Examining the Relationship between Labor Activism and Political Outcomes in the United States
Melissa Arnold Lyon, University of Albany; Leslie Finger, University of North Texas; and Hyesang Noh, University at Albany—Strikes Demobilize Opponents
Katherine Rader, Christopher Newport University—Organizing Against Taft-Hartley: Lessons from Labor and Racial Advocacy Organizations in the Twentieth Century | |
4.3 Advocates' Selection and Avoidance of Labor Arbitrators - The Data Are in and the Debate Will Begin—Vashon I and II
John Henry, Summit Law Group
Jennifer L. Robbins, Barnard, Iglitzin, and Lavitt | |
4.4 Occupational Licensing across Countries (Symposium)—Cascade Ballroom 1-A
Presenters: Darwyyn Deyo, San Jose State University and Morris M. Kleiner, University of Minnesota—Locked Out: The Labor Market Effects of Licensing Barriers for Individuals with Criminal Records
Wenchen Wang, Illinois Institute of Technology—Occupational Licensing of Opticians and Optometrists -- Analyzing the Labor Market Outcomes of Regulating Eye Care Occupations
Mengjie Lyu, University of Michigan—Labour Market Impacts of Occupational Licensing and Delicensing: What's New in China
Tingting Zhang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Occupational Licensing in Canada: The Recent Legislative Development of Regulatory Oversight | |
4.5 Unions and Union Strategy (Symposium)—Cascade Ballroom 1-B
Presenters: Ian Kinzel, University of California, Riverside—Striking in a Post-COVID World: Paths to Sustainable Outcomes
Alexander Busch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Lukas Lehner, University of Edinburgh; and Kilian Weil, Hertie School—The Revival of Strikes in Germany
Larry Savage and Paul Gray, Brock University—Under the Hood: Detroit Three Bargaining and Intra-Union Tensions in Canada | |
4.6 Work of the Future: Green Jobs and Care Work (Symposium)—Cascade Ballroom 1-C
Presenters: Peter J. Fugiel, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Abhinav Banthiya and Hesong Yang, Illinois Climate Jobs Institute—A Composite Approach to Quantifying Clean Energy Jobs in Illinois
Zoe West and Yiran Zhang, Cornell University—The Boundaries of Paid and Unpaid Care Work in Consumer-Directed Home Care
Linda Larsen, Roshan Krishnan and Peter J. Fugiel, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Illinois Trade Unions and Clean Energy Expansion: Challenges and Opportunities
Sanjay Joseph Pinto and Beth Gutelius, University of Illinois Chicago—Knowledge for Power: Advancing Data Equity to Expand Voice and Improve Job Quality for Direct Care Workers | |
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| 3:30 ‑ 4:45 pm | Co-Chairs: William Canak, Middle Tennessee State University (ret.) and Bonnie Castrey, Dispute Resolution Services |
| 3:30 ‑ 4:45 pm | LERA Hospitality Council Meeting—Blakely
Co-Chairs: Christine Riordan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Hye Jin Rho, Michigan State University |
| 5 ‑ 6:30 pm | LERA Annual Joint Universities' Welcome Reception—Grand Ballroom II, 4th Fl.
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Friday | Conference Activities • 6/13/2025 |
| 8 ‑ 9 am | |
| 9 ‑ 10:15 am | |
5.1 A Comparison of Public Sector Collective Bargaining Statutes in Oregon and Washington and Corresponding Trends in Contract Mediation, Strikes, and Binding Arbitration—Cascade Ballroom II
Janet Gillman, Oregon Employment Relations Board
Mike Brunet, Foster Garvey, PC
Michael Tedesco, Tedesco Law Group | |
5.2 Gender Bias, Dynamics, and Bargaining (Symposium)—Grand Crescent
Presenters: Moonyoung Jang, Korea University—Ethical Leadership, Dominant Male Leadership Perspective vs. Minority Female Leadership Perspective
Janna Johnson, University of Minnesota—Occupational Licensure, Interstate Migration, and the Labor Market Outcomes of Dual-Earner Couples
Pooria Assadi, California State University Sacramento and Shinjae Won, University of Pennsylvania—Setting the Price: Gendered Self and Other Devaluation of Medical Services in Health Care
Sebastian Fossati and Joseph Marchand, University of Alberta—Women on the Margins: Gendered Effects of Large Minimum Wage Changes | |
5.3 Empowering Engagement: Navigating Critical Workplace Conversations—Vashon I and II
Laura Long, Kaiser Permanente
Ellen Kim, Workday | |
5.5 Spicy Trends in Union Research (Symposium)—Cascade Ballroom 1-B
Presenters: Bradley R. Weinberg, Queen's University—The Effect of Public Sector Essential Service Designation Legislation on Collective Bargaining Outcomes
Daniela Gatti, University of Toronto and Lorenzo Frangi, University of Québec at Montréal—Student Union Leadership: Commitment, Experience, and Union Legacy | |
5.6 High Quality Training Partnerships: How Unions and Employers are Adapting Lessons from Successful Registered Apprenticeships to New Sectors—Cascade Ballroom 1-C
Cate Bridenstine, Imagine Institute
Gregg Lancette, President, New York State Pipe Trades Association
Carl Hugle, Workforce Development Program Manager & Data Analyst, Port of Seattle | |
5.7 Organizing, Identity, and Strategy (Symposium)—St. Helens
Presenters: Kwelina Thompson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—The Stronger We Can Make Ourselves: 9to5's Dual Strategy in Organizing Women
Enrique Lopezlira, University of California Berkeley—Building Solidarity: Unions as a Necessary Condition to Solve the Affordable Housing Crisis
Jianxuan Lei, University of Minnesota; Xin Meng, Rutgers University-New Brunswick; and Xueyu Wang, University of Toronto—Do You Hear the People Sing? The Impact of Strikes on Workers' Mental Health | |
| 9 ‑ 10:15 am | LERA Community Councils Meeting—Whidbey
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| 9 ‑ 10:15 am | Co-Chairs: William Canak, Middle Tennessee State University (ret.) and Bonnie Castrey, Dispute Resolution Services |
| 10:30 ‑ 11:45 am | |
6.4 Labor in Global Supply Chains Part I: Trade Agreements and Enforceable Brand Agreement Targeting Gender-based Violence in Global Supply Chains (Symposium)—Cascade Ballroom 1-A
Presenters: Mark Anner, Rutgers University and Diego Bautista, El Colegio Mexiquense—The Interaction of Labor Chapters in Trade Agreements and Labor Law Reform: Disparate Employment Relations Impacts along Global Supply Chain Tiers in Mexico
Pauline Jerrentrup, London School of Economics—The Emergence of Enforceable Brand Agreements: Patterns of Stakeholder Interaction and Approaches to Women Worker Representation in the Lesotho and Dindigul Agreements to Eliminate Gender-based Violence and Harassment
Sumati Thusoo, Rutgers University—Intersectional Organizing Against Gender-Based Violence: The #JusticeForJeyasre Campaign and Critical Industrial Relations Theory
Sanchita Saxena, University of California Berkeley—Effective Grievance Mechanisms to Address Gender Based Violence and Harassment (GBVH) for Workers in Global Supply Chains | |
6.5 LERA Competitive Papers I: Gender, Diversity, and Inequality in Modern Labor Markets (Symposium)—Cascade Ballroom 1-B
Presenters: Laura Beltran Figueroa and Adriane Clomax, Rutgers University—The Benefits of Employee Ownership: Can ESOPs Reduce Gender Disparities in Employment?
Chien-Hao Chen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign—Empowering Women in Higher Education: The Regulatory Spillover Effects That Gender Quotas for Government Have on Female Faculty Representation in Taiwanese Universities | |
6.6 How Parties Negotiate Themselves into Deadlock—Cascade Ballroom 1-C
Panelists: Nolusindiso Cindy Foca and Adriaan Van Der Walt and Luvuyo Bono, Education Labour Relations Council
Mongwena Maluleke, South African Democratic Teachers' Union (SADTU) | |
6.7 Work Time and Life Course Dynamics (Symposium)—St. Helens
Presenters: Youngmin Chu and Phyllis Moen, University of Minnesota; Wen Fan and Juliet Schor, Boston College—Navigating Life Under a Four-Day Workweek: Examining Time-Work Boundary Strategies and Work-Life Fit
Andrew Weaver, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Hyejin Ko, Korean Institute of Health and Social Affairs—The Impact of Work Hour Reductions on Fertility and Human Capital
Matthew Piszczek, Wayne State University and Peter Berg, Michigan State University—Who Needs Older Workers? A Demand-side Perspective of HR Responses to Workforce Aging | |
6.8 LERA Poster Session II (Symposium)—Cascade Foyer
Presenters: Ricardo Araujo Dib Taxi and Valena Jacob Chaves, Federal University of Para—Child Labor in the Açaí Productive Chain in Brazilian Amazonia
Wogene Mena, Vienna University of Economics and Business—Made in Ethiopia - but at whose expense? Unveiling the Working Conditions and Legitimizations of Labor Control Regimes in Ethiopian Garment Industries.
Jeffrey B. Arthur and Daniel J. Beal, Virginia Tech University—Social Exchange Breakdown: State Income Inequality Effects on Employees' Response to High-Commitment Work Practices
Nien-chi Liu, Ming-Jhe Jeng and Ya-Ting Liu, National Taiwan University—A Sociotechnical Framework for Generative AI Adoption: Balancing Technical, Economic, and Institutional Dynamics in Organizational Integration | |
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| 12 ‑ 1:30 pm | LERA Community-Building Networking Lunch—Grand Ballroom I, 4th Fl.
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7.1 Current Issues in Public Sector Labor Employment Relations (Symposium)—Cascade Ballroom II
Presenters: Jake Rosenfeld, Washington University in St. Louis; Patrick Denice, Western University; and Jennifer Laird, Lehman College—Race, Gender, and Demand for Worker Power in the Public Sector
Lauren Melodia, The New School—Federal Child Care Policy and Its Impact on the Earnings of Home-Based Child Care Providers and Workers
Abdur-Razzaaq Yasin, Rutgers University-Newark—It's in Their Blood: Calling and Public Service Motivation in Black, Latino and Women Firefighters
Patrice M. Mareschal, Jeffrey H. Keefe and Daniel Assamah, Rutgers University—Police Salaries and Staffing in New Jersey: Examining the Roles of Community Context, Conflict, and Control | |
7.2 Mapping New Frontiers in IR Research (Symposium)—Grand Crescent
Presenters: John Kallas, Anh Lam and Tingting Zhang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Under what Conditions are Strikes Most Effective for Workers and their Organizations?
Dongwoo Park, Cornell University—The Making of Unjust Transition: Examining Union Internal Politics and BEV Transition
Shannon Potter, Michigan State University; Rachel Aleks, University of Windsor; and Tina Saksida, University of Prince Edward Island—Raising the Bar: Combatting Sexual Harassment though Collective Bargaining
Lorenzo Frangi, University of Québec at Montréal; Tingting Zhang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; and Jordan Cowie, McGill University—A pluribus unum? Affiliates' Leadership and Identification with a Global Union Federation | |
7.3 When Workers Lead: Creating the Conditions for Labor and Management Collaboration—Vashon I and II
Erik Nicholson, Semillero de Ideas | |
7.4 Labor in Global Supply Chains II: Worker Activism and Labor Regimes in Global Supply Chains (Symposium)—Cascade Ballroom 1-A
Presenters: Sazid Ahmad, London School of Economics—Exploiting Shifting Local Political Dynamics in GSCs: How Garments Workers in Bangladesh Spontaneously Organized to Improve Working Conditions
Claire Sleigh, Cornell University—Worker Activism in Global Supply Chains: Investigating Wildcat Strikes in Jordan
Matthew Fischer-Daly, Pennsylvania State University—Export Agribusiness, Multimodal Dispossession, and Livelihood Reconstitution in Baja California
Wogene Mena, Vienna University of Economics and Business—Made in Ethiopia - but at whose expense? Unveiling the Working Conditions and Legitimizations of Labor Control Regimes in Ethiopian Garment Industries | |
7.5 LERA Chapter Administration Workshop Hosted by NCAC (Workshop)—Cascade Ballroom 1-B
Dario de la Rosa, Washington PERC | |
7.6 Negotiating High Performance-Focused Partnerships—Cascade Ballroom 1-C
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7.7 Precarious Work and Inequality Dynamics (Symposium)—St. Helens
Presenters: Giorgos Gouzoulis, Queen Mary, University of London and Aggela Papadopoulou, City, University of London—Financialization & the Black-White Pay Gap in the United States
Zhipeng Zhou, Cornell University—Understanding Market Dynamics in China: Sectoral Differences in Employment Precarity and Labor Income Inequality [DCDC Best Student Paper Winner]
Luis Rondan-Vasquez, University of Florida—Understanding the Role of Complete Higher Education in the Relationship between Social Inequalities and Precarious Work in Peru | |
| 1:45 ‑ 3 pm | Co-Chairs: David Lewin, University of California Los Angeles and Tazewell Victor Hurst III, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers |
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8.1 Negotiating Menopause: Collective Solutions for a Supportive Workplace—Cascade Ballroom II
Diana Clark, United Employees Benefits Trust | |
8.2 The Economics of Occupational Health and Safety Outcomes in Road Transportation (Symposium)—Grand Crescent
Presenters: Michael Belzer, Wayne State University and David Peetz, Griffith University—The Economics of Safety in Australian Road Transport: The TEACHO Report
Walt Ryley, Bowling Green State University and Michael Belzer, Wayne State University—Intrastate Truck Driver Relative Pay and Motor Carrier Safety Performance
Kevin Conner, University of Utah—Safety's Relation to Labor Market Concentration and Driver Remuneration in U.S. Intrastate Trucking
Wol-San Liem, International Transport Workers' Federation and Doojoo Baek, Institute for Global Area Studies, Pukyong National University—Nowhere else in the world? The Korean Safe Rates System in global context' | |
8.4 Labor in Global Supply Chains III: Evolution of Joint governance and Impacts of Global Brands on Workers in Supply Chains (Symposium)—Cascade Ballroom 1-A
Presenters: Jimmy Donaghey, University of South Australia; Juliane Reinecke and Mahreen Khan, University of Oxford—Trajectories of Public, Private and Joint Governance in the Bangladesh RMG Sector 2013-2024
Yichen Liu and Greg Distelhorst, University of Toronto—Purchasing Practices and Working Conditions: Evidence from Dedicated Shoe Suppliers
Chunyun Li, London School of Economics and Political Sciences—Purchasing Practices and Labor Outcomes in Global Supply Chains: Opening the Black Box of Multi-buyer Factories
Claire Sleigh and Sarosh C. Kuruvilla, Cornell University—Global Brands, Logistic Companies and Labor Standards | |
8.5 Human Capital Accumulation & Obstacles in the Labor Market (Symposium)—Cascade Ballroom 1-B
Presenters: Teresita Cruz Vital, University of California Berkeley—Dual Language, Dual Benefit? Estimating the Effects of Dual Language Immersion Programs in Texas
Gabrielle Lohner, University of California Berkeley—Broadening the Safety Net: The Impact of Increased CalFresh Access for California College Students
Cecilia Moreira, Stanford University; Aastha Rajan, Northwestern University; and Lauren Harris, Stanford University—Incentivizing Success: Assessing the Texas Incentive Allotment Program's Impact on Teacher Labor Markets and Student Achievement
Joanna Lahey, Gerianne Alexander and Tracy Hammond, Texas A&M University—Gender Discrimination in Hiring for STEM Graduates | |
8.6 Policy, Practice, and Inequality: U.S. Focus (Symposium)—Cascade Ballroom 1-C
Presenters: Soohyun Roh and Jiawei Tang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Corporate Minimum Wages and Working Poverty
Joy J. Kim, Rutgers University—Prevalence and Determinants of Worker Misclassification: Role of Off-the-Book Employment and Workers' Knowledge
James A. Parrott, The New School for Social Research—The Economic Condition of New York City Restaurant Delivery Gig Workers
Enrique Lopezlira and Kassandra Hernandez, University of California Berkeley—Worker-led Lawsuits: The Effects of California's Private Attorneys General Act on Business Behavior Across the State | |
8.7 LERA/AILR Best Papers (Symposium)—St. Helens
Presenters: Jiyoung Lee, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Board Diversity Disclosure: What Determines Compliance with Mandated Disclosures of Board Diversity Information for U.S. Public Firms?
Roshni Raveendhran, University of Virginia; Arvind Karunakaran, Stanford University; and Tami Kim, Dartmouth College—Artificial Intelligence and Workers' Motivation to Reskill
Lindsey Cameron, University of Pennsylvania and Bobbi Thomason, Pepperdine University—Bottom-Up Reliability: People as Infrastructure in Global Platform Work
Irene Wen-fen Yang, National Chung Cheng University—Navigating the New Normal: The Impact of Work Autonomy and Job Crafting on Performance in Multinational Remote Work Environments | |
| 4:45 ‑ 6:15 pm | LERA Executive Board Meeting (by Invitation)—Fifth Avenue, 4th Fl.
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Saturday | Conference Activities • 6/14/2025 |
| 7:30 ‑ 9 am | LERA Annual Labor Breakfast: Labor Relations Under the New Administration, Sponsored by the AFL-CIO and Labor at Wayne—Grand Ballroom I, 4th Fl.
Darrick Hamilton, AFL-CIO Chief Economist |
| 9:15 ‑ 10:30 am | |
9.1 Naming and Shaming: Promoting Labor Standards Compliance through Publicizing Employer Violations (Symposium)—Cascade Ballroom II
Presenters: Steve Marchese, Seattle Office of Labor Standards—Integrating Communication Strategy into Effective Enforcement
Peter Basso, NJ Department of Labor & Workforce Development—Strategic Enforcement in Action: The New Jersey Workplace Accountability in Labor List (WALL)
Janice Fine, Jake Barnes, Jenn Round and Hana R. Shepherd, Rutgers University and Daniel Galvin, Northwestern University—Do Stop Work Orders Have a Spillover Effect on Compliance?
Mark Anner, Rutgers University—Addressing Workers' Rights Violations in Global Supply Chains: Catalyzing Events vs. Strategic Framing | |
9.3 Measuring What Matters: Building a Multi-Dimensional Job Quality Index to Address Labor Market Disparities—Cascade Ballroom 1-A
Lonnie Golden, Pennsylvania State University Abington
Alison Dickson, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Wenchen Wang, Illinois Institute of Technology | |
9.4 Support or Stress: How Work Environments Shape Employee Wellbeing (Symposium)—Cascade Ballroom 1-B
Presenters: Dena Javadi, Harvard University; Erin L. Kelly, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Lisa Berkman, Harvard University—Workplace Social Capital in U.S. Fulfillment Centers: A Longitudinal Assessment of Impact on Psychological Distress and Turnover
Brittany Bond, Duanyi Yang and Sunita Sah, Cornell University—Organizational Interventions to Alleviate Burnout and Promote Well-Being
Rebecca Wolfe, Harvard University; Paige Prater, University of California, San Francisco; Kristen Harknett, University of California San Francisco; and Daniel Schneider, Harvard University—Supportive Workplaces for Systems Involved Young Workers | |
9.5 Author Meets Critics: A Just Transition for All by J. Mijin Cha—Cascade Ballroom 1-C
Lara Skinner, Climate Jobs Institute at Cornell University
Liz Ratzloff, Labor Network for Sustainability | |
9.6 Davis-Bacon and Prevailing Wage: The Current State of Wage Requirements on Federal and State Projects and the Road Ahead—St. Helens
Chair: David Speer, Prevailing Wage Program Manager, State of Washington, Department of Labor and Industries Panelists: Shannon M. Chambers, Northern Nevada Operating Engineers Contract Compliance Fund, Inc. (NNOECC)
Dina Morsi, NorCal Construction and Industry Compliance | |
| 9:15 ‑ 10:30 am | Co-Chairs: Deepa Kylasam Iyer, Cornell University; Kwon Hee Han, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Akierah Binns, University of Guelph; and Tinu Mathew, York University
Rachel Erstad, Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies
Jack Fiorito, Florida State University |
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10.3 Labor Management Partnership between Kaiser Permanente and the Alliance of Health Care Unions in Historical Perspective—Cascade Ballroom 1-A
Jim Pruitt, LERA Past-President and Kaiser Permanente
Adrienne E. Eaton, Rutgers University | |
10.4 Generations United: Enhancing Communication and Fostering A Productive Workplace—Cascade Ballroom 1-B
Sheri L. Mooney, Mind Squad HR
Renée Mayne, Labor-ADR | |
10.5 Organizing a Labor- and Community-led Clean Energy Transition: Lessons from Contra Costa County, California—Cascade Ballroom 1-C
Jessica HF Hammerling, University of California Berkeley
Josh Sonnenfeld, BlueGreen Alliance
Josh Anijar, Contra Costa Labor Council | |
Chair: Jeffrey Waddoups, University of Nevada Las Vegas—Navigating the New Normal: The Impact of Work Autonomy and Job Crafting on Performance in Multinational Remote Work Environments Panelists: Larissa Petrucci, NorCal Construction Industry Compliance—Board Diversity Disclosure: What Determines Compliance with Mandated Disclosures of Board Diversity Information for U.S. Public Firms?
Benjamin Aaron Kreider, North America's Building Trades Unions—Desegregation and Military Installations: Does Military Presence Influence School Racial Composition?
Lucas A. Franco, LiUNA Great Lakes Region | |
10.7 LERA Poster Session III (Symposium)—Cascade Foyer
Presenters: Jessica Aguilar, Deborah L. Young, Beth Yeager, Noah Coronado Cartmell and Boniface Michael, California State University Sacramento—Teaching Arbitration in Business Schools: Assessing Neutrality with AI and Associating with the Two Parties' Satisfaction
Olufemi Michael Oladejo, University of KwaZulu-Natal—Training and Development: Implication on Academic Staff Performance and University Sustainability
Irene Wen-fen Yang, National Chung Cheng University and Meng-Ting Hsieh, National Central University—Whispers in the Workplace: Exploring the Impacts of Organizational Rumors on Employees' Psychological Safe, Task Performance, and Innovative Behavior | |
| 10:45 am ‑ 12 pm | Co-Chairs: Akierah Binns, University of Guelph; Tinu Mathew, York University; Deepa Kylasam Iyer, Cornell University; and Kwon Hee Han, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Adam Seth Litwin, Cornell University
Jake Rosenfeld, Washington University in St. Louis
Maite Tapia, Michigan State University
Danielle van Jaarsveld, University of British Columbia
Carla Lima Aranzaes, Pennsylvania State University
Michael David Maffie, Cornell University |
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| 12:15 ‑ 2 pm | LERA Annual Presidential Address and Luncheon—Grand Ballroom I, 4th Fl.
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11.1 Building Worker Power through Workforce Development (Symposium)—Cascade Ballroom II
Presenters: Laura Dresser, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Ana Luz Gonzalez-Vasquez, University of California Los Angeles Labor Center—Building Worker Power through Workforce Development: A Study of High Road Training Partnerships in California
Alí Rodolfo Bustamante, University of New Orleans and Roosevelt Institute—Protecting Workers by Preventing Labor Law Violators from Receiving Federal Workforce Development Funding
Teófilo Reyes, Restaurant Opportunities Centers United—Worker-Led Workforce Development in the Restaurant Industry | |
11.3 Organizing a New Union around Labor Management Partnership: The Case of Clinicians forming a Union at Cambridge Health Alliance—Cascade Ballroom 1-A
Katie Thelen, SHARE/AFSCME and Cambridge Health Alliance | |
11.4 LERA Competitive Papers II: Labor Relations, Unions, and Institutional Dynamics (Symposium)—Cascade Ballroom 1-B
Presenters: E. Patrick McDermott, U.S. Air Force Academy—An Empirical Analysis of Arbitration Selection and Sustainability – What One Would Expect and The Many Surprises
Kwon Hee Han, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Ryan Lamare, London School of Economics; and Tingting Zhang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—How Should We Continue to Study What Unions Do? A Methodological Review of Union Effect Studies
Shawn Meikle and Jenna E. Myers, University of Toronto—To Conceal or Reveal: Strategic Skill Deployment to Adjust the Wage-effort Bargain | |
11.5 LERA/Illinois Climate Jobs Institute Best Papers (Symposium)—Cascade Ballroom 1-C
Presenters: Jo Orsatti, University of Sydney—Who Benefits from Net Zero Futures? Quality Jobs and the Future Made in America
Abraham Walker, University of North Carolina—Permissive Bargaining Topics as a Point of Leverage in the Emergent BEV Sector
Matt Sedlar, Center for Economic and Policy Research—Who is Saving Coastal Louisiana? The Workforce and Industry Behind Coastal Protection and Restoration | |
11.6 Automation and Advanced Technologies (Symposium)—St. Helens
Presenters: Ayaj Rana, Cornell University—A Supermodularity Approach to Navigating the Automation-Augmentation Paradox in Management
Mengjie Lyu, University of Michigan; Eli McClain and Julie Hui, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor—Advanced Technologies Adoption and the Workforce: A Firm-level View from Small Manufacturers
Deepa Kylasam Iyer, Cornell University and Francis Kuriakose, Impact and Policy Research Institute (IMPRI), New Delhi—Occupational Considerations in Choices around Generative AI in Creative Industries
Yue Qiu, Capital University of Economics and Business and Mingwei Liu, Rutgers University—Robots, Employment, and Labor Income Share Evidence from Chinese Industrial Firms | |
| 2:15 ‑ 3:30 pm |
Ryan Lamare, London School of Economics
Thomas A. Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Janice Fine, Rutgers University |
| 2:15 ‑ 3:30 pm | |
| 3:45 ‑ 5 pm | |
12.1 The State of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education: Findings from the 2024 Directory of Bargaining Agents and Contracts in Higher Education—Cascade Ballroom II
Joseph van der Naald, City University of New York
Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Brandeis University | |
12.4 LERA Competitive Papers III: Worker Power, HRM, and Organizational Strategies (Symposium)—Cascade Ballroom 1-B
Presenters: Ayaj Rana, Cornell University—Equilibrating the Exchange: Disintermediation in Triadic Labor Markets of the Remote Gig Economy
Abraham Walker, University of North Carolina—Neither Chains nor Networks: Modeling Ambivalence in the Global Automobile Industry
Hadi El-Farr, Rutgers University and Kevin S. Kertechian, ESSCA School of Management—Prioritizing Work Recognition and Security Over Financial Rewards in a Fluid Society | |
12.6 Can Collaboration be Negotiated?—St. Helens
Saul Rubinstein, Rutgers University | |
| 3:45 ‑ 5 pm | |
| 3:45 ‑ 5 pm | |
| 5:15 ‑ 6:30 pm | LERA General Membership Meeting and Awards Ceremony—Fifth Avenue, 4th Fl.
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Sunday | Conference Activities • 6/15/2025 |
| 8 ‑ 9: 15 am | |
13.1 A.I.? Ay Yai Yai! A View from the Trenches on the Growing Ties Between Labor Issues and Technology—Cascade Ballroom II
Joseph L. Paller, Gilbert & Sackman, a Law Corporation | |
13.2 Job Quality and Labor Standards in Hospitality Work (Symposium)—Grand Crescent
Presenters: Tashlin Lakhani, Cornell University and Mark Gough, Pennsylvania State University—Franchising and Joint Employer Liability: Examining the Effects of Ownership Structure and Control on Workers' Access to Justice
Jeffrey Waddoups, University of Nevada Las Vegas and C.K. Miller, University of Nevada, Las Vegas—Does Union Bargaining Raise Wages of Non-Union Workers? A Case Study of Las Vegas' Hospitality Industry
Hye Jin Rho, Michigan State University and Christine Riordan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—From Rhythms to Stop, Drop and Roll: The Impact of Algorithmic Management on Discretion in Hotel Housekeeping Work | |
13.4 Legal Environment and Managing Disputes (Symposium)—Cascade Ballroom 1-A
Presenters: Maziar Jafary and Jules Carrière, University of Ottawa—Arbitration Measures in Canadian Collective Agreements: The Cases of Collective Agreements in the Federal Public Service and Five Canadian Provinces
Maha Shehade Switat, Harvard University and Yuval Feinstein, University of Haifa—Settling for (In)equality: The Impact of the "Vanishing Trial" on Gender and Ethnic Inequalities in Labour Legal Disputes
Adam (Chuling) Huang, Cornell University—The Effects of Local Political and Economic Conditions on Judicial Outcomes: Evidence from Labor Dispute Litigations in China
Xinming Deng and Peter Berg, Michigan State University—Unintended Consequences of Legal Aid: Employer Tactics and Labor Dispute Resolution in China | |
| 9:30 ‑ 10:45 am | |
14.1 LERA DR and LEL Council Presents: AI in Arbitration—Cascade Ballroom II
Panelists: Thomas A. Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Use and Views of AI within the National Academy of Arbitrators
Christine Newhall, American Arbitration Association | |
14.2 Applying Computational Social Science Methods to Employment Relations Research—Grand Crescent
Carla Lima Aranzaes, Pennsylvania State University
Peter Norlander, Loyola University of Chicago
Tingting Zhang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | |
14.4 Theoretical Questions: ER, IR, HR and More (Symposium)—Cascade Ballroom 1-A
Presenters: Carl Hughes, University of Liverpool—A ‘New Unionism’ for 21st Century Britain: Developing Trade Union Organisation and Strategy
Christopher Boone, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Michael Paz, Purdue University Northwest; and Michael C. Sturman, Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations—Employer Market Power and Implications for HR Theory and Practice | |
14.5 National Assembly on Workplace Democracy: Practical and Research Implications—Cascade Ballroom 1-B
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14.6 Gig Workers and Platforms Part I (Symposium)—Cascade Ballroom 1-C
Presenters: Michael David Maffie and Hector Hurtado, Cornell University—The Enshittification of Work: Platform Decay and Labor Conditions in the Gig Economy
Laura Lam, University of Toronto—To Relate or to Reason: How Managers Repair Worker and Client Disruptions Arising from the Distribution of Authority in Gig Work Settings
Yihong Wan, Rutgers University/Renmin University of China—Outsourcing Labor Management in China's Platform Economy: A Case Study of the Food Delivery Industry | |
| 11 am ‑ 12:15 pm | |
15.1 The Rise of AI/ML in Research Data Work: Racing with the Machine—Cascade Ballroom II
Presenter: Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Brandeis University—The Rise of AI/ML in Research Data Work: A New Era for Data Workers
Sarah Stone, University of Washington | |
15.3 Workplace Democracy and Ownership (Symposium)—Vashon I and II
Presenters: William Foley, Joseph Blasi, Adrienne E. Eaton, Douglas Kruse and Lisa Schur, Rutgers University—Employee Ownership for Union Workers: Positive Outcomes and Negative Perceptions
Larry Liam Ching Liu, Morgan State University—The Economic Precondition of Voice: How a Universal Basic Income (UBI) Can Promote Workplace Democracy
Stefan Ivanovski, Cornell University and Dionne Pohler, University of Saskatchewan—Varieties of Worker Co-operatives | |
15.4 Topics in Labor and Employment (Symposium)—Cascade Ballroom 1-A
Presenters: Kate Bronfenbrenner, Cornell University; Katy Habr and Suresh Naidu, Columbia University; Anders Rhodin, Cornell University; and Victor Yengle, University of Virginia—Union Tactics Still Matter: NLRB Organizing in a Hostile Climate
Jack Fiorito and Princess Anya, Florida State University and Lorenzo Frangi, University of Québec at Montréal—Public Approval and Disapproval of Labor Unions: The "Micro" Level
Padraic X. Scanlan and Sandrine Julia Haentjens, University of Toronto—From Offender to Employee: Canadian Prison Labour and Neoliberal Citizenship | |
15.5 Gig Workers and Platforms Part II (Symposium)—Cascade Ballroom 1-B
Presenters: Jacob McCartney, Northern Kentucky University and Matthew Hinkel, Alma College—Fundamental Limits to Labor Platform Growth
Yongjin Nho, Seoul National Univ. of Science and Technology and Kyongwon Park, Hanyang University—Platform Business Institutionalization and Labor Market Outcomes: Analysis of South Korea's Taxi Industry Reform
Virgel C. Binghay and Jose Maria G. Binghay, University of the Philippines Diliman – The Influence of Social Media on Employer Branding in the Philippines: Transforming Workplace Perception |