Wednesday | Conference Activities • 6/1/2022 |
11 - 11:45 am | National Chapter Advisory Council (NCAC) Meeting—Committee Stream
Co-Chairs: William Canak, Middle Tennessee State University (ret.) and Bonnie Castrey, Dispute Resolution Services |
12 ‑ 12:45 pm | Membership Committee Meeting—Committee Stream
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1 ‑ 1:45 pm | Development Committee Meeting—Committee Stream
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2:30 ‑ 3:15 pm | 75th Annual Meeting Program Committee Meeting—Committee Stream
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3:30 ‑ 4:15 pm | Editorial Committee Meeting—Committee Stream
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4:30 ‑ 5:15 pm | Diversity and Inclusion Committee Meeting—Committee Stream
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5:30 ‑ 7 pm | |
Thursday | Conference Activities • 6/2/2022 |
10:30 ‑ 10:45 am | |
11 ‑ 11:30 am | |
11:45 am ‑ 12:45 pm | |
1.1 Confronting 'Freedom of Contract' with Labor Market Realities (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 1
Presenters: Lawrence Mishel, Economic Policy Institute—The Legal "Freedom of Contract" Framework Willfully, and Incorrectly, Ignores the Absence of Full Employment
Suresh Naidu, Columbia University and Michael Carr, University of Massachusetts-Boston—If You Don't Like This Job, You Can Always Quit?
Kathryn Edwards, Rand Corporation—Financial and Work-life Considerations Limit a Worker's Ability to Quit
Lorenzo Lagos, Brown University | |
1.2 Amplifying the Voices of Historically Undervalued and Essential Workers: The Comprehensive and Accessible Reemployment through Equitable Employment Recovery (CAREER) Project—Breakout Stream 2
Anne McMonigle, Apprenticeship Readiness Fund—Raising Non-Traditional and Under-Represented Voices in Construction | |
1.3 Healthcare Industry Council Session 1: Addressing the Healthcare Workforce Crisis Through Labor-Management Collaboration—Breakout Stream 3
Will Erickson, SHARE/AFSCME, University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center
Patricia (Polly) Pittman, The George Washington University | |
1.4 LERA/AILR Best Papers (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 4
Co-Chairs: David Lewin, University of California, Los Angeles and Paul J. Gollan, University of Wollongong Presenters: John Fitzpatrick LeCounte, Texas A&M University—Human Resource Management Solutions: Implications for
Small Business Owners Managing Labor Unionization and Employee Relations
Xinguo Yu, Hengxu Song and Ting Ren, Peking University and Yanbo Xue, Career Science Lab, BOSS Zhipin—Quantifying Resilience of Labor Market to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Large-scale Online Recruitment Behavior
Edward Patrick McDermott and , Salisbury University—Online Mediation Participant Experience At The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission – Do The Data Herald The Creative Destruction of In-person Dispute Resolution?
Ariel C. Avgar, Cornell University—Conceptualizing Conflict: Ideas and Beliefs about Workplace Conflict and their Implications for Union and Nonunion Dispute Resolution Models | |
1.5 Achieving Diversity in Labor Arbitrator Selection—Breakout Stream 5
Alan Symonette, SymonetteADR Services Inc | |
1.6 LERA Best Papers Session I: Voice in the Time of Crisis (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 6
Presenters: Lilach Lurie, Tel Aviv University and Guy Mundlak, Tel-Aviv University—Industrial Relations and the COVID-19 Crisis in Israel
Sean O'Brady, McMaster University and Virginia Doellgast, Cornell University—Collective Responses to Work from Home During the Pandemic: A Comparison of Contact Centers in Canada, Germany, and the U.S. | |
11:45 am ‑ 12:45 pm | LERA K-12 Education Industry Council Meeting—Committee Stream
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1 ‑ 2 pm | |
2.1 Limitations and Prospects for the Future of Flexible and Remote Work (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 1
Presenters: Jasmina Chauvin, Georgetown University; Prithwiraj Choudhury, Harvard Business School; and Megan Lawrence, Vanderbilt University—Where in the World is My (Virtual) Headquarters?
Prithwiraj Choudhury, Harvard Business School; Sujin Jang and Victoria Sencevko, INSEAD—Temporary Colocation and Performance of Remote Workers: Evidence from a Fully Remote Organization
Vanessa Conzon, Boston College, Carroll School of Management—Gendered Constraints in Role Performances: Gender Differences in How Managers Experience and Respond to Gender Equality-Related Practices and Policies
Christopher Erickson, University of California-Los Angeles and Peter Norlander, Loyola University of Chicago—Institutional and Technological Predictors of Remote Work Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic | |
2.2 Kintsukuroi: Mending Fractured and Broken Workplace Relationships—Breakout Stream 2
Co-Chairs: Eileen B. Hoffman and Denise Patterson McKenney, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Panelists: Gino Renne, UFCW local 1994 MCGEO—Definition of the term Kintsukuroi by Denise McKenney and its application to union/management relationships.
Roberta Phillips, Prince Georges County (Maryland) Memorial Library System—Union's viewpoint/Management Viewpoint
Eileen B. Hoffman, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service—What the union and management did to concretize their relationship
Antoinette Turner, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service—Wise advise from union/management partners | |
2.3 The Impact of Age, Gender and Race on the Retirement Decision during the Pandemic Recession (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 3
Presenters: and Siavash Radpour, The New School for Social Research, Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis—The Marital Dynamics of Women's Retirement Decision during the Pandemic Recession
Feridoon Koohi-Kamali, Aida Farmand and Jose Pedro Bastos Neves, The New School for Social Research—The Duration of U.S. Joblessness and the Great Recession
Truc Bui, Tulane University—Evidence on the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic and Recession on Labor Outcomes among Older Workers
Monique Morrissey, Economic Policy Institute
Siavash Radpour, The New School for Social Research, Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis | |
2.4 Labor and Employment Journalists—Breakout Stream 4
Co-Chairs: David Lewin, University of California, Los Angeles and Bonnie Castrey, Dispute Resolution Services | |
2.5 Turning the Tide: Resolving Conflicts and Retaining Staff in the "Great Resignation"—Breakout Stream 5
Dawn Bedlivy, NSA Ombuds
Julie Weber, Brown University | |
2.6 LERA Best Papers Session II: Work Practices (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 6
Presenters: Christophe Combemale and Kate S. Whitefoot, Carnegie Mellon University—New Technology, New Hierarchy? Implications of Product and Process Innovations for the Division of Problem Solving
Justin Vinton, Rutgers University—Middle Management Implementation of Labor-Management Partnership at the Unit-Level: The Interplay Between Leadership Roles and the Institution
Hua Liu, Renmin University of China; Mingwei Liu, Rutgers University; and Kuang Tang, Renmin University of China—Managerial Perceptions of Employee Value and Adoption of High Involvement Work Practices: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Survey in China | |
1 ‑ 2 pm | LERA Dispute Resolution Interest Section Meeting—Committee Stream
Co-Chairs: Mark Gough, Pennsylvania State University; Bradley R. Weinberg, Queen's University; and Janet Gillman, Oregon Employment Relations Board |
2:15 ‑ 3 pm | |
3:15 ‑ 4:15 pm | |
3.1 What Can States Do About Worker Voice—Breakout Stream 1
Lorena Gonzalez, California Labor Federation | |
3.2 Worker Power in Platform Ecosystems—Breakout Stream 2
Presenters: Jenna E. Myers, University of Toronto—Platform Brokerage for the Representation of Low-powered Groups During Technology Development
Michael David Maffie, Pennsylvania State University—Moonlighting in the Gig Economy: New Forms of Worker Power
Duanyi Yang, Cornell University and Tingting Zhang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—Voice without Representation: Worker Voice in China's Networked Public Sphere | |
3.3 Challenges of Collective Bargaining (Part A: USA) (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 3
Presenters: Kerwin K Charles, Yale University; Matthew S. Johnson, Duke University; and Nagisa Tadjfar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Trade Competition and the Decline in Union Organizing: Evidence from Certification Elections
Anna Stansbury, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Do US Firms Have an Incentive to Comply with the FLSA and the NLRA?
Matt Mazewski and Suresh Naidu, Columbia University and Brendan Moore, Stanford University—Causes of Union Decline in the United States: Evidence from a Novel County-Level Dataset
Viola Corradini, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
3.4 Using Text Data to Study Work and the Labor Market (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 4
Presenters: Sarah H. Bana, Chapman University—work2vec: Using Language Models to Understand Wage Premia
Peter Norlander, Loyola University of Chicago and Stephen Meisenbacher, Technical University of Munich—Building a Firm-level Dataset of Employment Practices with Context Rule Assisted Machine Learning ("CRaML")
Carly Knight, New York University and Nathan Wilmers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—The Dynamics of Managerial Ideologies: Ideological Reorientation in the Transformation of Work, 1935-2005
Jason Sockin, University of Pennsylvania—Show Me the Amenity: Are Higher-Paying Firms Better All Around? | |
3.5 A New Way Of Expressing Voice - The Use of Online Dispute Resolution Video Platforms At The EEOC (Workshop)—Breakout Stream 5
Presenters: Edward Patrick McDermott and , Salisbury University—Employment Dispute Resolution Revolution - The Mediators' Perspective on the Use of Online Video Platforms in Mediation at the EEOC
and Edward Patrick McDermott, Salisbury University—An Analysis of Participant Perceptions and Conduct In Online Video Mediation at the EEOC
Arthur Pearlstein, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
David Larson, Mitchell-Hamline School of Law | |
3.6 LERA Best Papers Session III: Organized Voice (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 6
Presenters: Yao Yao, University of Ottawa and Lorenzo Frangi, University of Québec at Montréal—Digital Solidarity: Worker Collectives in the Virtual Space
Deborah Moy, California Transit Works!—It's Our Work! Empowering Frontline Worker Voice for Unionized Coach Operators
John S. Ahlquist, University of California, San Diego—Employee Hardship Funds as Mutual Aid: Private Welfare, Unionization, and Social Insurance | |
3:15 ‑ 5:30 pm | |
4:30 ‑ 5:30 pm | |
4.1 Workplace Sexual Harassment: Causes, Costs, Collective Action—Breakout Stream 1
Presenters: Jennifer Mondino, TIME'S UP Legal Defense Fund/National Women's Law Center—The TIME'S UP Legal Defense Fund: Insights on Sex Harassment from 5000 Applicants for Legal Assistance
Jess Forden, Graduate Student New School; Eve Mefferd and Ariane Hegewisch, Institute for Women's Policy Research—Charting the Financial Costs of Workplace Sexual Harassment to Individuals: Case Studies and Methodology
Sanjay Joseph Pinto, Rutgers University; Phoebe Strom, Cornell University; Kristen Harknett, University of California, San Francisco; and Daniel Schneider, Harvard Kennedy School—Neutralizing the Costs of Workplace Sexual Harassment: Results from a National Survey of Retail and Food Service Workers
Zoe West and KC Wagner, Cornell University and Sanjay Joseph Pinto, Rutgers University—The Janitor Promotora Model: An Approach for Confronting Workplace Sexual Violence in the Low-Pay Service Economy | |
4.2 Innovative Models That Give Worker Voice to Non-Union Workers—Breakout Stream 2
Panelists: Hildalyn Colón Hernández, Los Deliveristas Unidos—Creating a Collective Voice for bike-delivery workers: Los Deliveristas Unidos
Alan McAvinney, Alphabet Workers Union—Collective Voice in Technology -- The Story of the Alphabet Workers Union
Daniel Castellanos, Resilience Force—Creating Employee Voice for a New Type of Migrant Worker: Disaster Relief Workers | |
4.3 Challenges of Collective Bargaining (Part B: Brazil and South Africa) (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 3
Presenters: Ihsaan Bassier, University of Massachusetts, Amherst—Central Bargaining, Spillovers and Connected Local Labour Markets
Viola Corradini, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Lorenzo Lagos, Brown University; and Garima Sharma, MIT—Collective Bargaining for Women: How Unions Create Female-Friendly Jobs
Ellora Derenoncourt, Princeton University; François Gerard, Queen Mary University of London; Lorenzo Lagos, Brown University; and Claire Montialoux, University of California, Berkeley—Collective Bargaining, Earnings, and Inequality
Anna Stansbury, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
4.4 New Research on Emerging Challenges and Opportunities in Care Work and Policy Implications (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 4
Presenters: Elizabeth Palley, Adelphi University School of Social Work; Corey Shdaimah, University of Maryland, School of Social Work; and Bweikia Steen, George Mason University—Voices of Home-Based Providers: Perspectives from the Early Childhood Field
Julia Henly, University of Chicago; David Alexander and Viridiana Luna, Illinois Action for Children; and Karlyn Gehring, University of Chicago—Home-Based Child Care Providers Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Yulya Truskinovsky, Wayne State University; Jessica Finlay and Lindsay Kobayashi, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor—The Lasting Impacts of COVID-19 on Family Caregiving | |
4.5 Labor and Democracy: Presentations Related to the Cambridge Handbook of Labor and Democracy—Breakout Stream 5
Presenters: Mark Anner, Pennsylvania State University—Labor, Workers' Rights, and Democracy in Latin America
Anibel Ferus-comelo, U.C. Berkeley Labor Center—Reclaiming Democracy: The Challenge Facing Labor in India
Timothy Minchin, La Trobe University, Melbourne Australia—Holding On: The Decline of Organized Labor in the U.S.A. in Historical Perspective and the Implications for Democracy | |
4.6 LERA Best Papers Session IV: Migrant Workers (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 6
Presenters: Kyoko Suzuki, University of Tokyo—Migrant Labor Expansion and Decreasing Gender Inequality in Labor Markets
Haijing Zhang, School of Ethnology and Sociology, Yunnan University—Suspended But Stable: The Case Study of SOE-Employed Chinese Migrant Workers in Southeast Asia
Faun Rice and Trevor Quan, Digital Think Tank by ICTC—Beyond "Economic Immigration": Understanding the Experiences of Skilled Technology Sector Newcomers in Mid-sized Canadian Cities | |
Friday | Conference Activities • 6/3/2022 |
10:30 ‑ 10:45 am | |
11 am ‑ 12 pm | |
5.1 Implicit Bias and Microaggressions in Dispute Resolution (Workshop)—Breakout Stream 1
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5.2 Bringing Critical Race Theory and Principles of Intersectionality to Bear within IR Scholarship: Emergent Perspectives—Breakout Stream 2
Presenters: Jiyoon Park, Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations (SMLR) and Seonghoon Hong, Rutgers University—Intersectionality Research in Labor Studies and Employment Relations: A Systematic Review
Jacob Barnes, Rutgers University—Legacy of Exclusion: A Critical View of Labor Standards (Non)Compliance
Alysa Hannon, Rutgers University—A Critical (Race) Theory of Skill: Using CRT to unpack Human Capital Theory
Maite Tapia, Michigan State University | |
5.3 European Apprenticeship Models—Breakout Stream 3
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5.4 LERA Competitive Papers I: Shocks, Inequities, and Labor Market Responses (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 4
Presenters: Hye Jin Rho, Michigan State University; Christine Riordan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Christian Ibsen, University of Copenhagen; and Ryan Lamare, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—Do Workers Speak Up When Job Insecure? Examining Workers' Response to Precarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Gabrielle Pepin, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and Bryce VanderBerg, Michigan State University—Occupational Sorting, Multidimensional Skill Mismatch, and the Child Penalty among Working Mothers
Timotej Cejka, University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Mazhar Waseem, University of Manchester—Long-Run Impacts of In-Utero Ramadan Exposure: Evidence from Administrative Tax Records | |
5.5 Off-Duty Misconduct: How Private is Your Private Life?—Breakout Stream 5
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5.6 LERA Best Papers Session V: Policy Related to Gig Work (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 6
Presenters: Robert Bruno, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Frank Manzo, Illinois Economic Policy Institute; and Larissa Petrucci, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign—Quality of the Gig: An Analysis of Rideshare Drivers' Working Conditions in Illinois
Pengxin Xie and Hongyu Chen, School of Public Administration, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, PR China. and Wei Fan, Capital University of Economics and Business—Can the Guiding Opinion Promote Platforms to Protect Gig Workers' Rights? -- An Empirical Research Based on 450 Civil Cases | |
11 am ‑ 12 pm | |
12:15 ‑ 1:15 pm | |
6.1 C-suite Roles and Relationships and the Company Decision-making Calculus with Respect to Worker Voice—Breakout Stream 1
Solange Charas, Charas Consulting and HCMoneyball
Miguel Padró, Aspen Institute
Thomas A. Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
6.2 Industrial Relations and a Racial Reckoning (Workshop)—Breakout Stream 2
Danielle Phillips-Cunningham, Texas Woman's University—The World Will Get A Correct Estimate of the Negro Woman: The Intellectual Work of Early Black Women Labor Organizers | |
6.3 Registered Apprenticeship in the 21st Century—Breakout Stream 3
Panelists: Brent Parson, Office of Apprenticeship Training, DOL—Where Do Things Currently Stand with Registered Apprenticeship?
Thomas Kriger, North America's Building Trades Union—4. Engaging K-12 and other under represented groups in construction training and apprenticeship | |
6.4 LERA Competitive Papers II: Unions, Labor Relations, and Conflict Resolution (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 4
Presenters: Tingting Zhang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Lorenzo Frangi, University of Québec at Montréal; and Robert Hebdon, McGill University—The Shifting Locus of Labor Conflicts
Edward Patrick McDermott and , Salisbury University—Are We Witnessing the Creative Destruction of the In-person Mediation Model - Mediator Evaluation of Online Dispute Resolution at the EEOC | |
6.5 Teaching Interest Section—Breakout Stream 5
Angela B. Cornell, Cornell University
Robert Hickey, Queen's University | |
6.6 LERA Best Papers Session VI: Microeconomic Issues Related to Gig Work (Symposium)—Breakout Stream
Presenters: Victoria Sevcenko, INSEAD; Panos Mavrokonstantis, Raphael Nehmer and Ruike Zhang, GrabTaxi—Social Incentives in the Gig Economy: Evidence from a Field Experiment on a Ride-hailing Platform
Jing Zhan, Capital University of Economics and Business; Mingwei Liu, Rutgers University; and Yue Zhao, Capital University of Economics and Business—Well-Being on Tap: Work Arrangements and Health of Online Food-Delivery Platform Workers
Mengjie Lyu and Weihao Li, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Xiaoman Li, Capital University of Economics and Business—Contract Types, Job Quality, and Workers' Voice on Chinese Food Delivery Platforms | |
2:30 ‑ 3:30 pm | |
7.1 What Arbitrators Expect from Advocates and What Advocates Should Expect from Arbitrators—Breakout Stream 1
Panelists: Jacquelin F. Drucker, Arbitration Offices of Jacquelin F. Drucker, Esq.—What Arbitrators Expect from Advocates
Melissa Biren, Esq., Arbitrator/Mediator—Confronting Implicit Bias and Cultural Myopia in Arbitration | |
7.3 Preparing Hospitality Workers and Workplaces for the Future of Automation—Breakout Stream 3
Panelists: Betsy Bender Stringam, School of Hotel, Restaurant & Tourism Management, New Mexico State University—Technological change in hospitality work: An industry perspective
Christine Riordan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—Capturing worker and job quality outcomes associated with algorithmic management
Jodi Forlizzi, Computer-Human Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University—Opportunities for co-design of algorithmic management in housekeeping
Deborah M. Figart and Ellen Mutari, Stockton University—Implications of technological change and co-design interventions for worker well-being and job quality | |
7.4 Healthcare Industry Council Session 2: Strengthening Healthcare Partnerships in Trying Times—Breakout Stream 4
Bart Metzger, University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center (retired)
Denise Duncan, United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals
Sylvia Everroad, Kaiser Permanente Medical Group in Southern California
Paul F. Clark, President-Elect and Program Chair | |
7.5 Are Student-Athletes Employees? Labor Law's Application to College Athletics—Breakout Stream 5
Panelists: Jody David Armour, University of Southern California, Gould School of Law—A review of law and policy
Jill Coffman, National Labor Relations Board, Region 20, San Francisco—A National Labor Relations Board perspective
Craig Pintens, Loyola Marymount University Athletic Department—A university athletic director's perspective
Chasson Randle, Former Stanford University and Professional Basketball Player | |
7.6 Current Issues Facing the Construction Industry—Breakout Stream 6
Panelists: Michael Monroe, NABTU—1. Challenges and Reponses to the Open Shop: training, PLAs; labor management and labor management cooperation.
Michael Scott, National Coordinating Committee for Multiemployer Plans—The Current Status of Multi-employer Pension Plans
Noel Xavier, North Atlantic Regional Council of Carpenters—The Impact of Immigration on Working Conditions in Construction & the UBC Response
Russell Ormiston, Allegheny College—Payroll and Tax Fraud in the Construction Industry in Massachusetts | |
3:45 ‑ 4:45 pm | |
5 ‑ 5:15 pm | |
Saturday | Conference Activities • 6/4/2022 |
9:30 ‑ 9:45 am | |
10:00 ‑ 11:00 am | LERA Plenary: The Supply Chain Crisis and Its Impact on Workers, Sponsored by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—Plenary Stream
Lisa M. Lynch, Brandeis University |
11:15 am ‑ 12:15 pm | |
8.1 Labor in Global Supply Chains Part I: Problematic Decoupling of Global Buyers' Practices and Working Conditions (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 1
Presenters: Elizabeth A. Bennett, Lewis & Clark College and Harvard Kennedy School—Decoupling: Extending theories of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and the Environment to the Context of Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) and Labor Standards
Ning Li, Cornell University—Work in Silos: How lack of Coordination within Buyer Constrains Supplier's Compliance Performance
Sazid Ahmad, , London School of Economics; Chunyun Li, London School of Economics and Political Sciences; and Sarah Ashwin, London School of Economics—The Power of Proximal Processes In Compliance: Explaining Employee Perceptions Through Affective Events Theory And Beyond | |
8.2 Work and Labor Conflict at Amazon Part I: U.S. and Comparative International Perspectives From Canada and Brazil (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 2
Author: Juliann Emmons Allison, University of California, Riverside, Assoc. Prof. of Gender & Sexuality Studies—Boxing Lessons: Amazon, the Matrix of Exploitation, and Resistance in Inland Southern California Panelist: Juliann Emmons Allison, University of California, Riverside, Assoc. Prof. of Gender & Sexuality Studies—Boxing Lessons: Amazon, the matrix of exploitation, and resistance in Inland Southern California" Presenters: Ellen Reese, University of California, Riverside, Prof. of Sociology and Chair of Labor Studies—Boxing Lessons: Amazon, the Matrix of Exploitation, and Resistance in Inland Southern California
Scott B. Martin, Columbia University; Joao Paulo Candia Veiga, Universidade de Sao Paulo; and Katiuscia Galhera, Dourados Federal University—Disruptive Capitalism Heads South: Algorithmic Control, Working Conditions, and Labor Contestation in Amazon Warehouses in Brazil and Mexico
Mostafa Henaway, Concordia University, Phd candidate in Geography, Planning and Environment, and Immigrant Workers' C—Amazon's Fragile Neoliberal Fordism: The Challenges for Labour Organizing in Canada | |
8.3 Job Quality in the Restaurant Industry: An Examination of Human Resource Practices and Outcomes in Fast Food Chains (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 3
Presenters: Can Ouyang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Rosemary Batt, Cornell University—Do Fast Growing Franchise Brands Invest More in Human Resource Management?
Tashlin Lakhani and Rosemary Batt, Cornell University—Toeing the Line: Formal Requirements, Line Managers, and Human Resource Practices in Fast Food Franchises
Hyesook Chung, Cornell University—When and How Do Line Managers Matter? Evidence from Quick Service Restaurants | |
8.4 The Art of Inquiry and the Power of Questions (Workshop)—Breakout Stream 4
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8.5 Transit Worker Voices: How We Collectively Transform Our Industry and Uplift Our Community—Breakout Stream 5
Richard Diaz, Workforce Investment Network (Golden Gate Transit/ATU 1275)
Param Momi, Joint Workforce Investment (Santa Clara VTA/ATU 265)
Susan Yates, California Transit Works! Discussant: Pamela L. Egan, University of California, Berkeley—The CTW Program as a High Road Workforce Strategy | |
8.6 LERA Best Papers Session VII: Discrimination (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 6
Presenters: Adam Osman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jamin D. Speer, University of Memphis; and Andrew Weaver, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—Discrimination Against Women in Hiring
Cheuk Ming Tsang, City University of Hong Kong—Autistic Adults in the Workplace: Should Neoliberalism Take the Blame?
Edward Patrick McDermott, Salisbury University—The Equal Opportunity Commission's Failure to Process and Investigate Employment Discrimination Claims - Irrational Classification | |
11:15 am ‑ 12:15 pm | NCAC Chapter Representatives Meeting—Committee Stream
Co-Chairs: William Canak, Middle Tennessee State University (ret.) and Bonnie Castrey, Dispute Resolution Services |
11:15 am ‑ 1:30 pm | Panelists: Tamara Lee, Rutgers University—Moving from Voice to Identity: Centering Workers’ Intersectional Identities in Theory & Research
Maite Tapia, Michigan State University |
12:30 to 1:30 pm | |
9.1 Labor in Global Supply Chains Part II: Workplace Interventions to Improve Labor Standards (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 1
Presenters: Matthew Amengual, Alessandro Guasti and Damian Raess, University of Oxford—Do Large-scale Training Programs Increase Social Upgrading in Global Value Chains?
Greg Distelhorst and Jee-Eun Shin, University of Toronto—Assessing the Social Impact of Corporations: Evidence from Management Control Interventions in the Supply Chain to Increase Worker Wages
Drusilla Brown, Ana Antolin and Laura Babbitt, Tufts University and Negin Toosi, California State University—Empowering Women through Humane Workplaces | |
9.2 Work and Labor Conflict at Amazon Part II: European, U.S., and Global Perspectives (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 2
Presenters: Sarrah Kassem, Universität Tübingen, Germany—Navigating Amazon’s Landscape in Europe: What the Case of Germany Can Tell Us about Organizing (Trans)nationally
Stuart Appelbaum, Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU)—Organizing at Amazon: Lessons from Bessemer | |
9.3 Elevating Home Care Work: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Policy Implications (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 3
Presenters: John Kallas and Ariel C. Avgar, Cornell University; Madeline Sterling, Weill Cornell Medicine; and Nicola Dell, Cornell University Information Science—Making a Bad Situation Worse: Examining the Challenges Facing Rural Home Care Workers
Joy Ming, Cornell University Information Science—"I Go Beyond and Beyond": Examining the Invisible Work of Home Health Aides to Design Appropriate and Equitable Technology
Anthony Poon, Cornell University Information Science—Sharing Circles for Intersectional Peer Support with Home Care Workers
Mara Bensson, Madeline Sterling and Joanna Bryan Ringel, Weill Cornell Medicine—Association between Voice, Burnout, and Job Satisfaction among Home Health Aides: Findings from a New York City Survey | |
9.4 Virtual Negotiations: Maximizing Tools to Get the Deal—Breakout Stream 4
Panelist: Myla Hite, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service—Virtual Negotiations: Maximizing Tools to Get the Deal
Charlyn Shepherd, Missouri National Education Association (MNEA) | |
9.5 Pay Equity Laws: Intended, Unintended, and Unpursued Consequences for Tackling Gender Wage Gaps—Breakout Stream 5
Presenters: Trilby Robinson-Dorn, UC Irvine School of Law—Trends and Developments in State Equal Pay Caselaw
Shengwei Sun, National Women's Law Center—Pay Transparency Policies: Racial and Gender Disparities in Freedom to Discuss Pay at Work
Laura Adler, Harvard University—Salary History Bans: Statistical Discrimination in Employer Responses Presenter: Heather Wakefield—Pushing Beyond Pay Reporting: The Role of Job Evaluation in Achieving Equal Pay for Low-Paid Women Workers | |
9.6 LERA Best Papers Session VIII: Work During Pandemic (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 6
Presenters: Ryan Lamare and , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—An Empirical Examination of Ethnicity Effects on Work Mobility during COVID-19 Lockdown
Abay Asfaw, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health—Explaining Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Teleworking During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mediation Analysis
Ahmed Mohamed, York University-Canada—Do Values Matter? Exploring the Factors that Encourage Employees to Commit to Physical Activity During the COVID-19 in Relation | |
12:30 ‑ 1:30 pm | NCAC Chapter Administration Workshop (Workshop)—Committee Stream
Co-Chairs: William Canak, Middle Tennessee State University (ret.) and Bonnie Castrey, Dispute Resolution Services
Meeta Bass, Bass Dispute Resolution Services LLC |
1:45 ‑ 2:45 pm | |
3 ‑ 4 pm | |
10.1 Labor in Global Supply Chains Part III: Macro Social Programs to Improve Social Performance (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 1
Presenters: Mark Anner, Pennsylvania State University—Labor Governance in Global Value Chains: Achieving Decent Work through the interaction of Global Binding Agreements and Encompassing Collective Bargaining
Chunyun Li, London School of Economics and Political Sciences; Sarosh C. Kuruvilla, Cornell University; and Raymond Robertson, Texas A&M University—Improving Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains: The Interactive Effects of Public Disclosure Programs and Supplier Management System
Jeffrey S. Wheeler, Global Trace Protocol Project, ELEVATE Limited—Technology and Labor Rights: Eliminating Child and Forced Labor in Global Supply Chains through Traceability | |
10.2 Broadening the Definition of Job Quality and Work Scheduling Quality (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 2
Presenters: Alison Dickson, Larissa Petrucci, Peter J. Fugiel and Dylan Bellisle, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign—A New Measurement for Assessing Employment Quality in Illinois
Lola Loustaunau, University of Oregon—Working through the Pain: Obstacles to Receiving Workers Compensation in Food Processing
Sophia M. Mitchell, DeAnna Baumle and Lindsay K. Cloud, Temple University—Exploring The Legal Response To Unpredictable Scheduling Burdens For Women In The Workplace
Kristen Harknett, University of California, San Francisco; Charlotte O'Herron and Evelyn Bellew, Harvard University—Can't Catch a Break: Racial Inequality in Access to Break Time during Work
Andrew Fox, City of Chicago, Office of Labor Standards | |
10.3 Disability Inclusion and Voice in the Post-pandemic Era (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 3
Presenters: Mason Ameri, Terri Kurtzberg, Lawrence Houston and Hazel-Anne Johnson-Marcus, Rutgers University—Building Trust for Employee Voice in Disability Disclosure and Accommodation Requests
Nanette Goodman, Syracuse University; Nick Canfield, Process Zip; Lauren Gilbert, Rutgers University; Fatima Wise and Peter Blanck, Syracuse University—Disability Inclusion in Corporate Supplier Diversity Policies
Douglas Kruse, Lisa Schur, Mason Ameri and Lauren Gilbert, Rutgers University—Paid Leave Mandates and Disability Employment
Yana Rodgers, So Ri Park, Lisa Schur, Mason Ameri and Douglas Kruse, Rutgers University—Disability and Telework in the Pandemic
Sophie Mitra, Fordham University | |
10.4 Working Successfully in Virtual Teams (Workshop)—Breakout Stream 4
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10.5 Emerging Critical Perspectives on Worker Voice—Breakout Stream 5
Panelists: Yaminette Diaz-Linhart, Brandeis University—Beyond safeguarding practices of occupations: Professional associations as a form of collective voice
Phela I. Townsend, Rutgers University—Black worker centers: a critical analysis of race and class in worker organizing
Arrow Minster, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Worker voice as labor: silence, (in)action, and the social construction of affect | |
10.6 LERA Best Papers Session IX: Union Support (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 6
Presenters: Zachary Schaller, Colorado State University—Where Unions Fell: A Geographical Analysis of Labor Union Representation Elections in the U.S.
Andrew Keyes and Jack Fiorito, Florida State University and Pauline de Becdelièvre, Paris-Saclay Normal School—C'est Pareil Mais Différent: Union Support in France and the U.S.
Lorenzo Frangi, University of Québec at Montréal; Jack Fiorito, Florida State University; and Tingting Zhang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—General Union Attitude and Situational Union Voting Intentions: A Comparative Analysis between the USA and Canada
William Herbert, Hunter College; Jacob Apkarian, York College, City University of New York; and Joseph Van Der Naald, City University of New York—Determinants in Higher Education Representation Election Results, 2012-2020 | |
4:15 ‑ 5:15 pm | |
11.1 Worker Resistance or Resistance to Work: Is This the Labor Renewal We’ve Heard So Much About For So Long? Organized by the Labor Studies and Labor Unions Interest Section—Breakout Stream 1
Augustus Wood, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Rebecca Kolins Givan, Rutgers University
Ruth Milkman, City University of New York Graduate Center
Maria Figueroa, SUNY Empire State College, School of Labor Studies | |
11.2 Cross-National Innovations in Workplace Conflict Management Strategies and Practices (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 2
Presenters: Denise Currie, Queen's University Belfast—Workplace Conflict Management Approaches and their Efficacy for Resolving Identity-based Conflict
David Nash and Deborah Hann, Cardiff University—Do Firms Practice Conflict Management Strategically? Survey Evidence from the U.K.
Julian Teicher, Central Queensland University; Bernadine Van Gramberg, Swinburne University (Melbourne); and Greg J. Bamber, Monash University (Melbourne)—Understanding COVID-19 Workplace Conflicts through Employment Relations Theories Lenses
Erling Rasmussen, Gaye Greenwood and Yashika Chandhok, Auckland University of Technology—Employment Relationship Problems and Workplace Conflict Resolution in New Zealand: Introducing New Research Insights to Reframe Conflict Resolution Processes Presenters: Katrina G. Nobles and Ariel C. Avgar, Cornell University and Ryan Lamare, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—U.S. Labor and Employment ADR: A System in Flux | |
11.3 Are We There Yet? Milestones on the Journey to a Psychologically Safe Workplace—Breakout Stream 3
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11.4 LERA Award Winners Roundtable—Breakout Stream 4
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11.5 LERA Best Papers Session X: Conflict and Transition (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 5
Presenters: Eric Benjamin Blanc, New York University—“Did We Win?” Using Digital Data to Explore Participants' Expectations and Assessments in the 2018 Teachers’ Strikes
Daniel Marschall, AFL-CIO Working for America Institute—Manufacturing Apprenticeship for Dislocated Workers: A Case Study | |
Sunday | Conference Activities • 6/5/2022 |
10:30 ‑ 10:45 am | |
11 am ‑ 12 pm | LERA Plenary: Financialization, Corporate Governance, and Labor, Sponsored by International Union, UAW—Plenary Stream
Featured Speaker: Congressman Jesús "Chuy" García, (IL-04)—Corporate Governance and Labor in the United States
Lenore Palladino, University of Massachusetts-Amherst |
12:15 ‑ 1:15 pm | |
12.1 Labor and Corporate Governance I: The Contours of Financialization's Impact on Labor—Breakout Stream 1
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12.2 Collective Bargaining: Towards Inclusive and Effective Labor Governance—Breakout Stream 2
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12.3 LERA Best Papers Session XI: Health and Other Effects of Unemployment (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 3
Presenters: Bryce VanderBerg, Michigan State University—The Long-Run Effects of Early Career Job Loss During the Great Recession
Brian Quay, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Sharon Silver and Jia Li, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (NIOSH)—Employment Status, Unemployment Duration, and Healthcare Access Among U.S. Adults of Prime Working Age: BRFSS, 2018-2019
Lonnie Golden, Penn State Abington and Jaeseung Kim, University of South Carolina—Underemployment in U.S. Labor Markets --Its Distribution and Health Consequences On U.S. Workers | |
12.4 LERA Best Papers Session XII: HR Practices, Wage Penalties, and Unpredictable Schedules (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 4
Presenters: Danielle Lamb, Rupa Banerjee and Talia Emanuel, Ryerson University—New Canadians Working Amidst a New Normal: Recent Immigrant Wage Penalties in Canada during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Peter J. Fugiel, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign—For Whom is Unpredictability a Problem? Evidence from the American Time Use Survey 2017-18
Adam Loos, California State University - Dominguez Hills—How did John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s Colorado Industrial Plan Impact and Inform Human Resources Best Practices and What Were the Collateral Impacts of the Plan? | |
12.5 LERA Best Papers Session XIII: Unions, Politics and Labor Law Outside the U.S. (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 5
Presenters: Jana Karen Silverman, The Pennsylvania State University—The Effectiveness of Union Contestation in Periods of Political Volatility and Democratic Decline: Lessons from Brazil
Chloe Fortin-Bergeron, Université du Québec à Trois Rivières and Cassandra Bowkett, University of Manchester—Institutional Legacy and Strategic Capabilities: Comparison of Trade Union Responses in the U.K. and Canadian Telecommunications | |
1:30 ‑ 2:30 pm | |
13.1 Labor and Corporate Governance II: What Would Meaningful Stakeholderism Look Like and What Would It Take to Get It?—Breakout Stream 1
Presenters: Lenore Palladino, University of Massachusetts-Amherst—Economic Democracy at Work: Why (and How) Workers Should be Represented on US Corporate Boards
Nina Eichacker, University of Rhode Island—Corporate Governance in Comparative Historic Context: German Codetermination on Corporate Boards as an Alternative to Shareholder Primacy
Richard McIntyre, University of Rhode Island and Michael Hillard, University of Southern Maine—Managerial, Institutional, and Class Theoretic Approaches to Shareholderism vs. Stakeholderism | |
13.2 Extending Understanding of Power Resources: Novel Perspectives from Employment Relations in Diverse Sectors and Socio-Political Contexts (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 2
John Kallas, Cornell University—Examining Sources of Power and Strike Effectiveness in the U.S. Healthcare Industry
Matthew Fischer-Daly, Cornell University—Labor Control and Contestation in Strawberry International Commodity Networks: The Role of Human Dignity in Bargaining Power | |
13.3 LERA Best Papers Session XIV: Worker Mobility and Vulnerability (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 3
Presenters: Adrienne Edisis, Virginia Tech—Post COVID-19: Effects of Variation in State Labor Regulations on Worker Opportunity and Equity
Jasmine Annette Platt, Boise State University—Vulnerable Workers Don't Bring Home the (Davis-) Bacon | |
13.4 LERA Best Papers Session XV: Voice Miscellany (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 4
Paul Luc Tainturier, Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne—Assessing the Democratic Dimension of Voice: The Contributions of the Accountability Concept
Jung Ook Kim, Rutgers University—Spillover From the Workplace to Politics-A Cross-National Comparison of the Patterns of Political Behaviors | |
13.5 LERA Best Papers Session XVI: Public Sector (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 5
Presenters: Mark R Reiff, University of California at Davis—In Defense of Public Sector Unionization
Patrice M. Mareschal and Jeffrey H. Keefe, Rutgers University—Socioeconomic Status, Crime Rates, Population, or Something Else?: Police Staffing and Compensation in New Jersey
Bradley R. Weinberg, Queen's University—Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector of Canada in Light of the Constitutional Right to Strike: Legislative Changes and their Impact on Conflict and Wages | |
2:45 ‑ 3:45 pm | |
14.1 LERA Best Posters (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 1
Presenters: Eung Il Kim, Yonsei University—I Will Be Happy, Where I Can Communicate: The Positive Role of Employees' Representative Meetings on Employees' Quality at Work
Jacqueline M. Zalewski and Johnna Capitano, West Chester University of Pennsylvania—A Qualitative Study of the Nonstandard, Contingent Workforce and Their Socialization Into Client Organizations
Fangliang Zhang and Tianlong You, Yunnan University, School of Ethnology and Sociology—Precarious Entrepreneurs: The Case Analysis of Rohingya Jadeite Entrepreneurs in Ruili City, China, During the Pandemic | |
14.2 The Nature of Low-road Jobs in Construction and their Impact on Workers, Families, and the General Public (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 2
Presenters: Ken Jacobs, University of California, Berkeley; Kuochih Huang and Jenifer MacGillvary, UC Berkeley Labor Center; and Enrique Lopezlira, University of California, Berkeley—The Public Cost of Low-Wage Jobs in the U.S. Construction Industry
Scott Littlehale, Northern California Carpenters Regional Council—Burdened Builders: The Case of California Construction Trades Workers' Housing Costs & Compensation
Gabriel Pleites and Peter Phillips, University of Utah—Epochs of Collectively Bargained Wages in U.S. Construction: the Great Compression and the Great divergence in Union Construction Wages 1907 to 2019
Ken Jacobs, University of California, Berkeley
Matthew Capece, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America | |
14.3 LERA Best Papers Session XVII: Productivity and Employment in Old and New Industries (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 3
Presenters: William M. Boal, Drake University—Shorter Hours and Productivity: Evidence from Coal Mining
Turner Cotterman, Erica Fuchs, Mitchell Small and Kate S. Whitefoot, Carnegie Mellon University—The Transition to Electrified Vehicles: Implications for the Future of Automotive Manufacturing and Worker Skills and Occupation
Rachel L.R. Reolfi, Erica Fuchs and Valerie J. Karplus, Carnegie Mellon University—Impacts of Vehicle Electrification on Vehicle Use Phase Employment | |
14.4 LERA Best Papers Session XVIII: Specific Workers, Qualitative (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 4
Presenters: Evren Mehmet Dincer, Abdullah Gul University—College Students as Turkey's New Pool of Informal Workforce: Coffee Shop Sector in Bursa
Xiaoxu Chen, Yunnan University, School of Ethnology and Sociology—International Water as Social Space: A Case Study of Lancang-Mekong Transnational Shipping Crewmen | |
14.5 LERA Best Papers Session XIX: Conflict, Organizing, and Arbitration (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 5
Presenters: Arvind Karunakaran, McGill University—Truce Structures: Mechanisms for Addressing Protracted Jurisdictional Conflicts between Professions
Stephen Silvia, American University—Union Organizing, Public Relations Firms, and Outside Consultants: The Experience of the United Auto Workers
Aibak Hafeez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – How Employee Demographics Influence Arbitration Outcomes: Evidence from the Securities Industry Discrimination Complaints |