Chair: Bonnie Castrey, LERA President and Program Chair

Chair: Thomas A. Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Panelists: Carolyn Chalmers, ADR Practitioner and Employment Attorney

Panelists: Monica Bielski Boris, University of Minnesota

Chair: Barb Kucera, University of Minnesota

Chair: James R. Bialke, SEIU Healthcare Minnesota

Chair: John W. Budd, University of Minnesota

Co-Chairs: Bonnie Castrey, LERA President and Program Chair and Peter Berg, ISA President

Chair: Thomas A. Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Panelists: David Lewin, University of California, Los Angeles—Workplace Conflict Resolution Through Litigation: Problems and Prospects

Chair: Timothy Vogus, Vanderbilt University

Presenters: Adrienne E. Eaton and Rebecca Kolins Givan, Rutgers University and Peter Lazes, Cornell University—Labor-Management Partnerships to Improve the Quality of Healthcare -- What's Working and What's Not

Chair: Monica Bielski Boris, University of Minnesota

Panelists: Jan Morse, University of Minnesota—Workplace Bullying Overview

Chair: Trevor Bain, University of Alabama

Panelists: Martin Mulloy, Ford Motor Co. (ret.)—Capital Investment, Labor Productivity and Labor Relations in Ford US and Mexican Facilities

Chair: William Canak, Middle Tennessee State University

Panelists: Jed L. Marcus, Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C.—Recent US Employment & Labor Law - A Management Attorney Perspective

Discussant: David Lewin, University of California, Los Angeles

Chair: Eileen Appelbaum, Center for Economic and Policy Research

Presenters: Annette Bernhardt, University of California, Berkeley—What Do We Know About Domestic Outsourcing in the US?

Presenters: Lisa Schulte, University of Greenwich—Why Outsource Skilled Work? Productivity and Management Control in the Production of Offshore Wind Turbine Components

Presenters: Aruna Ranganathan, Stanford University and Ranjitha Shivaram, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Shackled By Your Status: Examining the Effect of Supervisor Gender on Worker Productivity

Co-Chairs: Bonnie Castrey, LERA President and Program Chair and Peter Berg, ISA President

Featured Speaker: Sean McGarvey, North America's Building Trades Unions , AFL-CIO—Changing Perceptions: A Value-Based Strategic Approach for North America’s Building Trades Unions

Chair: Adam Seth Litwin, Cornell University

Presenters: Paul Clark, Pennsylvania State University—Nurse Union Strategies for Improving the Quality of Patient Care

Discussants: Ariel C. Avgar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Chair: Chris Tilly, University of California, Los Angeles

Panelists: Saru Jayaraman, University of California, Berkeley—New Advances for Restaurant Workers: One Fair Wage

Chair: Richard Hurd, Cornell University

Panelists: Rachel Aleks, Cornell University—Generational Differences in Youth Attitudes Towards Long-Term Employment and Labor Unions

Chair: James R. Bialke, SEIU Healthcare Minnesota

Panelists: Brad Eggen, President, Twin Cities Musicians; AFM 30-73—Twin City Musicians Triumph Over Lock-out Strategy

Chair: Marlene K. Heyser, Workplace Law Strategies

Chair: Thomas A. Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Presenters: Sandy Leggat, La Trobe University; Pauline Stanton, RMIT University; Richard Gough, Victoria University; Greg J. Bamber, Monash University; Timothy Bartram, La Trobe University; Amrik Sohal, Monash University; Ruth Ballardie, Victoria University; and Kathy GermAnn, Independent Researcher—Embracing or Resisting Change? The Role of Industrial Relations in Lean Innovations in Healthcare in Australia and Canada

Chair: Adam Seth Litwin, Cornell University

Presenters: Arindrajit Dube, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Ethan Kaplan, University of Maryland; and Owen Thompson, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee—Nurse Unions and Patient Outcomes

Chair: Annette Bernhardt, University of California, Berkeley

Presenters: Tashlin Lakhani and Rosemary Batt, Cornell University—The U.S. Restaurant Industry: Franchise Ownership and Its Effects on Human Resource Practices and Job Quality

Discussant: John A. Gordon, Pacific Management Consulting Group

Presenters: Stephen V. Burks, University of Minnesota Morris and Kristen Monaco, US Bureau of Labor Statistics—Is There a Shortage of Truck Drivers?

Chair: Jeffrey H. Keefe, Rutgers University

Chair: John W. Budd, University of Minnesota

Chair: Bonnie Castrey, LERA President and Program Chair

Chair: Bonnie Castrey, LERA President and Program Chair

Presenter: Ian Ruskin, The Harry Bridges Project—From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks

Co-Chairs: Bonnie Castrey, LERA President and Program Chair and Peter Berg, ISA President

Chair: Daniel Marschall, Working for America

Featured Speaker: Tefere Gebre, AFL-CIO—Changing the Rules to Create Shared Prosperity

Chair: Daniel Marschall, Working for America

Panelists: Tefere Gebre, AFL-CIO—Building a Movement

Discussant: Tara Johnson, Gas Station Activist

Co-Chairs: Ariel C. Avgar and J. Ryan Lamare, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Presenters: Lin Xiu, University of Minnesota at Duluth and Yufei Ren, University of Minnesota Duluth—Gender Differences in the Initiation of Salary Negotiation: Evidence From Behavioral Experiments

Chair: Alexander J.S. Colvin, Cornell University

Presenters: Michael David Maffie, Cornell University—The Plaintiff's Bar and Contemporary Wage and Hour Litigation

Discussant: J. Ryan Lamare, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Chair: Mingwei Liu, Rutgers University

Presenters: Chunyun Li, London School of Economics and Political Sciences—Empowering Chinese Worker Movement? Collective Bargaining and the Dynamics and Outcomes of Strikes in China

Discussant: Earl V. Brown, Solidarity Center

Chair: Robert J. Thornton, Lehigh University

Presenters: Janna Johnson and Morris Kleiner, University of Minnesota—Is Occupational Licensing a Barrier to Interstate Migration?

Discussants: Jason Hicks, University of Minnesota

Chair: Sally Klingel, Cornell University

Presenter: Leo Casey, Albert Shanker Institute—The State of Teacher Diversity

Panelists: Darryl Alexander, American Federation of Teachers—Quality of the Workplace Survey Results

Discussants: Brenda Cassellius, Commissioner Department of Education State of Minnesota

Chair: Stephen Millen, FMCS

Panelists: Scott Hamman, Allina Health—Changing Demographics and Workforce Impact at Allina Health

Chair: William Canak, Middle Tennessee State University

Chair: Michael Loconto, Boston School Committee

Panelists: Chad Joseph d'Entremont, Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy—The Massachusetts Education Partnership: Labor Management Collaboration in K12 Education

Discussant: Thomas A. Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Co-Chairs: Ariel C. Avgar and J. Ryan Lamare, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Presenters: Katie R. Genadek, Sarah M. Flood and Josiah Grover, University of Minnesota—Demographic Variation in Short-Term Labor Market Patterns, 1995-2015

Co-Chairs: David Lewin, University of California, Los Angeles and Paul J. Gollan, Macquarie University

Presenters: Ting Ren, Peking University—Employee Stock Ownership Plans and Firm Performance in China

Chair: Rosa Emilia Lozano, AFL-CIO

Panelists: Rosemarie Molina, CLEAN Carwash Campaign—Surety Bond Requirement in Car Wash Worker Law: Policy Advocacy as a Complimentary Tool for Organizing

Discussant: Janice Fine, Rutgers University

Chair: Thomas Robert Cherioli, FMCS

Chair: Ariel C. Avgar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Panelists: Eileen Appelbaum, Center for Economic and Policy Research—Insights on Book Writing and Publishing: Eileen Appelbaum

Chair: Rafael Gomez, University of Toronto

Presenters: Johanna Weststar, Western University and Anil Verma, University of Toronto—Aspirations and Realities of Labour in Pension Fund Governance: Is There a Labour Voice?

Chair: Bonnie Castrey, LERA President and Program Chair

Chair: Matthew Bidwell, University of Pennsylvania

Presenters: Peter Capelli, University of Pennsvylvania and Yang Yang, Rowan University—How Skill Requirements Change Over Careers

Discussant: Alan Benson, Princeton University

Co-Chairs: Robert Bruno, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and James R. Bialke, SEIU Healthcare Minnesota

Panelists: Elliot Seide, Executive Director, AFSCME Minnesota Council 5—AFSCME Strong

Chair: Bonnie Castrey, LERA President and Program Chair

Presenters: Denise Currie, Queen's University Belfast—The Strategic Nature of Workplace Conflict Management: The Case of Irish firms

Chair: Anil Verma, University of Toronto

Presenters: Janice Bellace, University of Pennsylvania—Labor Clauses, Trade Agreements and ILO's Fundamental Principles of Rights at Work

Discussants: Kevin Banks, Queen's University Kingston

Chair: Charles Jeszeck, U.S. Government Accountability Office

Presenters: Brian Schwartz, US Government Accountability Office—The Impact of the Great Recession on Retirement Savings

Discussant: David John, AARP

Chair: William Dwyer, PSEG

Discussants: Jade Palmieri, Rutgers University (student and President of RU LERA)

Chair: Paul Clark, Pennsylvania State University

Chair: Dale Belman, Michigan State University

Panelists: Representative US DOL, Office of Apprenticeship Training—Current and Evolving U.S. Policy Toward Apprenticeship

Discussant: Matthew M. Bodah, University of Rhode Island

Chair: John W. Budd, University of Minnesota

Presenters: Ann Markusen, University of Minnesota—The High Road Wins: How and Why Minnesota is Outpacing Wisconsin

Chair: Ken Jacobs, UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education

Presenters: Robert Pollin, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Jeannette Wicks-Lim, University of Massachusetts-Amherst—A $15 U.S. Minimum Wage: How the Fast-Food Industry Could Adjust Without Shedding Jobs

Discussants: David Cooper, Economic Policy Institute

Chair: Susanne Bruyere, Cornell University

Presenters: William Erickson, Cornell University—Employment in High-Tech Industries: What Does it Mean for People With Disabilities?

Discussant: Tim Barrett, Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA)

Chair: Ruben Ingram, School Employers Association of California (SEAC)

Panelists: Thomas Cordeiro, Integrity Pharmaceutical Advisors—Amazing Clinical Results, But Enormous Costs

Co-Chairs: Ami Silverman and Kristen L. Scott, National Labor Relations Board, Region 21

Panelists: James L. Fox, National Labor Relations Board, Region 18—The NLRB in the Age of Uber: Changing Definitions

Chair: William Canak, Middle Tennessee State University

Chair: Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Brandeis University

Chair: Bonnie Castrey, LERA President and Program Chair

Chair: Bonnie Castrey, LERA President and Program Chair

Presenter: Ian Ruskin, The Harry Bridges Project—Sam & Harry: Mr. Impartial Chairman, the Devil Incarnate and a Case or Two of Jack

Chair: Bonnie Castrey, LERA President and Program Chair

Chair: Daniel F. Brent, Arbitrator and Mediator

Panelists: Laura Cooper, University of Minnesota—Sources of Procedural Fairness in Labor Arbitration

Chair: John W. Budd, University of Minnesota

Presenters: Carolyn Liebler, University of Minnesota; Richard Todd, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis; and Jacob Wise, University of Minnesota—Recent Patterns and Changes in the Occupational Structure of the American Indian and Alaska Native Population

Chair: Janice Fine, Rutgers University

Presenters: Palak Shah, National Domestic Workers Alliance—The National Domestic Workers Alliance and Care.com: Toward a New Producer/Consumer Partnership?

Discussant: Wilma B. Liebman, former Chair, National Labor Relations Board

Chair: Mahmood A. Zaidi, University of Minnesota

Presenters: Peter Berg, ISA President and Matthew Piszczek, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh—Comparing Firm Responses to Workforce Aging in the U.S. and Germany

Co-Chairs: Nikolaus Krachler and Michael David Maffie, Cornell University and Hao Gong, Rutgers University

Chair: Jeffrey Wheeler, Esq.

Chair: Ellen Scully-Russ, The George Washington University

Panelists: Hal Ruddick, Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, AFL-CIO—Unit-Based Teams and Performance Results

Chair: Alan Benson, Princeton University

Presenters: Leon Prieto and Mario V. Norman, Clayton State University; Simone Phipps, Middle Georgia State College; and Essence Brianna Sevae Chenault, Clayton State University—Tackling Micro-Aggressions in the Workplace: A Broken Windows Approach

Discussant: Ian Greer, University of Greenwich

Co-Chairs: Marlene K. Heyser, Workplace Law Strategies; Paul F. Clark and Doug Allen, Pennsylvania State University

Panelist: Thomas A. Lenz, Atkinson Andelson Loya Ruud & Romo—The Role & Responsibility of Management in Preventing Bullying in the Workplace

Presenters: Rachel Aleks, Cornell University; Michael Wasser, AFL-CIO, DPE; and Justin Molito, Writers Guild America East—Overview of Professional Unions and Their Role in the American Labor Movement

Panelist: Carlos Perez, Reich Adell & Cvitan—Representing Unions & Their Members: Protecting & Preventing Workplace Bullying

Presenter: Michael Wasser, AFL-CIO, DPE—The Increasingly Important Role of Professional Unions in the American Labor Movement

Panelist: Juan Carlos Gonzalez, JC Gonzalez Attorney at Law—When Bullying Comes to the Mediator: Recognizing When Bullying Might Be a Signal For Violence

Presenter: Justin Molito, Writers Guild America East—Organizing the "New Media" Workforce

Panelist: Kelly Trautner, American Federation of Teachers Nurses and Health Professionals—Topic Title 5 Needed

Chair: Ariel C. Avgar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Chair: Janice Bellace, University of Pennsylvania

Featured Speaker: Bonnie Castrey, LERA President and Program Chair

Chair: Michael Wasser, AFL-CIO, DPE

Panelists: Lawrence Mishel, Economic Policy Institute—Gig Work Is Not the Future of Work

Chair: Steven Greenhouse, Journalist and visiting researcher at the Russell Sage Foundation

Presenters: Janice Fine, Rutgers University—Can Co-enforcement Succeed Where State Action Alone Has Failed?

Chair: Tia Schneider Denenberg, Workplace Solutions, Inc.

Panelist: Marcia L. Greenbaum, Arbitrator/Mediator—Reflections on Work and Labor

Chair: Lou Chang, Mediation / Arbitration / Neutral Services

Chair: Saul Rubinstein, Rutgers University

Co-Chairs: Alan Benson, Princeton University and Ben A. Rissing, Cornell University

Chair: Rosemary Batt, Cornell University

Presenters: Gerald Davis, University of Michigan—How ICTs Enable Alternatives to the Corporation

Chair: John August, Cornell University

Panelists: Deborah King, 1199SEIU Training and Employment Funds—The Challenges in Achieving the Workforce of the Future in Healthcare

Discussant: Thomas A. Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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

Presenters: Douglas Kruse and Lisa Schur, Rutgers University; Sean E. Rogers, Cornell University; and Mason Ameri, Rutgers University—Why Do Workers With Disabilities Earn Less? Occupational Job Requirements and Disability Discrimination

Chair: Janice Bellace, University of Pennsylvania

Chair: Bonnie Castrey, LERA President and Program Chair

Chair: Andrew Weaver, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Presenters: Stephen Silvia, American University—Employee Representation at German Automobile Plants in the United States: A Tale of Three Companies

Chair: Michael Hillard, University of Southern Maine

Chair: Marlene K. Heyser, Workplace Law Strategies

Presenters: Mathieu Dupuis, University of Montreal (Cornell University, as of March 2016)—Local Trade Union Strategies Under Restructuring Threats in Two Countries: A Question of Power and Social Relations?

Chair: Xiangmin (Helen) Liu, Pennsylvania State University

Presenters: Jae Eun Lee, Cornell University—Internal Staffing of Human Capital and Performance Stability

Chair: J. Ryan Lamare, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Presenters: Jerome Braun, Loyola University, Chicago (Visiting Scholar)—Ideas for a Workers Commonwealth in America

Chair: Javier Ramirez, FMCS

Chair: Aaron J. Sojourner, University of Minnesota

Presenters: Ashley Schoenfisch, Duke University Medical Center; Clayton Sinyai, Center for Construction Research and Training; and Hester Lipscomb, Duke University—Occupational Safety and Health: Training and Outcomes Does Hazard Awareness Training Reduce Workers' Compensation Claims?

Chair: Kenneth May, Bloomberg BNA

Presenters: Howard Stanger, Canisius College—Union Organizing at Digital-Only News Organizations and the Prospects for Union Renewal