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Wednesday | Conference Activities • 6/1/2022 | ||
10 - 10:45 am ET | Diversity and Inclusion Committee Meeting—Committee Stream | ||
11 - 11:45 am ET | National Chapter Advisory Council (NCAC) Meeting—Committee Stream Moderators: William Canak, Middle Tennessee State University (ret.); and Bonnie Castrey, Dispute Resolution Services | ||
12 - 12:45 pm ET | Membership Committee Meeting—Committee Stream Moderators: David Lewin, University of California, Los Angeles; and Tazewell Victor Hurst III, IAMAW | ||
1 - 1:45 pm ET | Development Committee Meeting—Committee Stream | ||
1:45 - 2:30 ET | |||
2:30 - 3:15 pm ET | 75th Annual Meeting Program Committee Meeting—Committee Stream | ||
3:30 - 4:15 pm ET | Editorial Committee Meeting—Committee Stream | ||
5:15 - 5:30 pm ET | |||
5:30 - 7 pm ET | |||
Thursday | Conference Activities • 6/2/2022 | ||
10:30 - 10:45 am ET | |||
11 - 11:30 am ET | Opening Plenary: A Conversation with the U.S. Secretary of Labor, Sponsored by Cornell University—Plenary Stream Wilma Liebman, LERA President, will interview the Honorable Marty Walsh, U.S. Secretary of Labor. Lynn Rhinehart will immediately follow the Secretary with a special appeal to the LERA membership | ||
| 11:45 am - 12:45 pm ET | |||
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 | |||
1.2 Amplifying the Voices of Historically Undervalued and Essential Workers: The Comprehensive and Accessible Reemployment through Equitable Employment Recovery (CAREER) Project (Panel)—Breakout Stream 2 Organizers of a worker-centered, multi-industry collaborative will discuss how they leverage national dislocated worker resources to amplify the voices of line cooks, room attendants, bartenders, meatcutters, retail food workers, and unemployed or underemployed workers from historically marginalized communities to improve labor outcomes in the hospitality, construction, and retail food sectors. A worker trainee and a worker educator will highlight their experiences in designing, implementing, and refining the work. Panelists: Adine Forman, Hospitality Training Academy; Sara Miles, UFCW Western States Council; and Anne McMonigle, Apprenticeship Readiness Fund | |||
1.3 Healthcare Industry Council Session 1: Addressing the Healthcare Workforce Crisis Through Labor-Management Collaboration (Panel)—Breakout Stream 3 This session will look at the ways union-management partnerships can help healthcare organizations address critical workforce issues. Retention, turnover, and the inability to recruit new employees are all facets of the critical challenge of staff shortages in healthcare organizations. These issues have traditional been seen as management responsibilities, however unions and union employees are significantly impacted by the problem of inadequate staff and can play an important role in trying to address this challenge when working in partnership with healthcare administrators.
The healthcare workforce is in crisis with leaving for temporary agency stints or leaving healthcare all together. Often the state of the workforce has been viewed as managements’ responsibilities. Some unions are taking a new approach and getting more deeply involved in a more deeply collaborative role in engaging on recruitment, retention, and training of workers to address this crisis. This new approach helps illuminate how a transformed relationship between labor and management might emerge. Panelists: Zach Zobrist, SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania; Will Erickson, SHARE/AFSCME, University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center; Mike Pacinda, University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center; and Patricia (Polly) Pittman, The George Washington University | |||
1.4 LERA/AILR Best Papers (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 4 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 (Panel)—Breakout Stream 5 Session Panelists will discuss the "Ray Corollary Initiative", in which they propose ways to diversify the selection of arbitrators in dispute-resolution, by expanding the ABA's Resolution 105, and thinking outside the box in other ways as well. Advocates for labor and management will offer their own suggestions for improving the diversity of the pool of active arbitrators Discussants: Homer C. La Rue, Howard University; Alan Symonette, SymonetteADR Services Inc; and To be announced To be announced, NAA | |||
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 ET | LERA K-12 Education Industry Council Meeting—Committee Stream | ||
| 1 - 2 pm ET | |||
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 (Panel)—Breakout Stream 2 This workshop session will feature FMCS clients who, with the assistance of an FMCS mediator rebuilt contentious, broken relationships and are now thriving. Moderators: Eileen B. Hoffman and Denise Patterson McKenney, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Panelists: Gino Renne, UFCW local 1994 MCGEO; Roberta Phillips, Prince Georges County (Maryland) Memorial Library System; Eileen B. Hoffman and Antoinette Turner, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service | |||
2.3 The Impact of Age, Gender and Race on the Retirement Decision during the Pandemic Recession (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 3 Presenters: *, The New School for Social Research, Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis; and Siavash Radpour, The New School for Social Research—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 Discussants: Karen Smith, Urban Institute; Monique Morrissey, Economic Policy Institute; and Siavash Radpour, The New School for Social Research | |||
2.4 Labor and Employment Journalists (Panel)—Breakout Stream 4 This proposed session is intended to provide a forum for professional journalists to discuss some of the challenges they face in doing labor and workplace reporting and to provide LERA members - college/university faculty, third party neutrals, union representatives, management representatives, and labor and employment attorneys - enhanced understanding of these challenges. Moderators: David Lewin, University of California, Los Angeles; and Bonnie Castrey, Dispute Resolution Services Panelists: Lydia DePillis, The New York Times; Josh Eidelson, Bloomberg; Juliana Feliciano Reyes, The Philadelphia Inquirer; and Noam Scheiber, The New York Times | |||
2.5 Turning the Tide: Resolving Conflicts and Retaining Staff in the "Great Resignation" (Panel)—Breakout Stream 5 This session explores how various institutions are navigating new concerns with those driving the Great Resignation ... employees. The panel identifies and defines the roles of key positions within organizations, discusses conflict trends surfacing in the workplace, and how organizations can work both independently and collectively to resolve current workplace challenges and conflicts. Panelists: Christopher Rice, Chevron Global; Dawn Bedlivy, NSA Ombuds; and 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* and Kuang Tang, Renmin University of China; and Mingwei Liu, Rutgers University—Managerial Perceptions of Employee Value and Adoption of High Involvement Work Practices: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Survey in China | |||
1 - 2 pm ET | LERA Dispute Resolution Interest Section Meeting—Committee Stream Moderators: Mark Gough, Pennsylvania State University; Bradley R. Weinberg, Queen's University; and Janet Gillman, Oregon Employment Relations Board | ||
2:15 - 3 pm ET | Panelists: Heather Boushey, Council of Economic Advisers in the Biden administration; and Ioana Marinescu, University of Pennsylvania | ||
| 3:15 - 4:15 pm ET | |||
3.1 What Can States Do About Worker Voice (Panel)—Breakout Stream 1 Federal law heavily restricts states and cities from passing their own private sector labor laws. But in recent years, local lawmakers have been seizing on the gaps (or potential ones) in that federal pre-emption, trying to boost worker voice in the ways that U.S. law still leaves them the discretion to pursue. Cities or states have been pursuing strategies including creating forms of bargaining for workers who are explicitly or arguably excluded from federal protections; leveraging the involvement of public funds to insist on labor harmony; and establishing industry boards with worker representation to address issues like safety. With federal labor law overhaul still facing daunting obstacles, what are the pros and cons of these local approaches? How much difference will or won't they make? Panelists: Jessica Ramos, New York State Senate; Lorena Gonzalez, California Labor Federation; Kate Andrias, Columbia University; and Mary Joyce Carlson, counsel to Fight for Fifteen | |||
3.2 Worker Power in Platform Ecosystems (Panel)—Breakout Stream 2 One of the most widely debated topics in labor and employment relations concerns whether digital technologies will stifle worker voice and bargaining power, or whether technology can be used to amplify worker voice and strengthen their bargaining power. This session provides an in-depth examination of how platform technologies affects the bargaining power and voice of traditionally disadvantaged workers. These presentations illustrate the importance of worker voice and participation in technology creation and development, and the potential for workers and organizers to use technology to enhance their bargaining power. 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 Discussants: Ihsaan Bassier, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; and 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 The session introduces two recent studies on the performance of the EEOC mediation program. The data includes two in-person mediation evaluations - a 2000 benchmark measures on participant evaluation and mediation outcomes measured and then 2018 and 2019 measures prior to the move to online mediation. The same in-person measures, plus new ones, are then applied to participant experience in online dispute resolution via video platform that ensued at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The second recently completed study consists of EEOC Mediator comparison of in-person mediation to online mediation using a set of 2001 benchmark measures plus many new measures comparing online mediation to in-person mediation. This is the most comprehensive data comparing in person to online mediation and includes a twenty year timeframe. These data will encourage an audience discussion/debate over the future of ODR. We ask the audience to be prepared to respond to our polls and voice their observations. 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 Discussants: Stephen Ichniowski, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Arthur Pearlstein, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; and 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 ET | |||
| 4:30 - 5:30 pm ET | |||
4.1 Workplace Sexual Harassment: Causes, Costs, Collective Action (Panel)—Breakout Stream 1 This panel brings together four new contributions on understanding the extent of workplace sexual harassment and how to tackle it. The contributions highlight commonalities in circumstance leading to harassment, and the failure of organizational practices and the legal system to provide effective redress and solutions; the short-term and long-term financial costs to survivors of workplace harassment; the nature and extent of harassment in low wage retail and janitorial jobs, including psychological and economic costs experienced, and the positive role that can be played by positive supervisory behavior and/or by peer and collective organizing in mitigating costs. 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 University—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 (Panel)—Breakout Stream 2 In as much as 94% of private-sector workers in the U.S. are not unionized and unionizing is often an uphill battle, workers are increasingly forming new organizations that are not traditional unions to exercise their collective voice. Some of these groups have quickly gathered steam and succeeded in rallying workers and being heard -- from the Alphabet Workers Union (a minority union, mainly of Google workers ) to Los Deliveristas Unidos, a New York-based group of delivery workers that got the City Council to enact landmark legislation. We examine what makes these groups tick and what makes them succeed. Panelists: Hildalyn Colón Hernández, Los Deliveristas Unidos; Alan McAvinney, Alphabet Workers Union; Cherri Murphy, Gig Workers Rising; and Daniel Castellanos, Resilience Force | |||
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 Discussants: Matthew S. Johnson, Duke University; and 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; and Emily Wiemers*, Syracuse University—The Lasting Impacts of COVID-19 on the Long Term Care Expectations and Outcomes for High-need Older Adults and their Families | |||
4.5 Labor and Democracy: Presentations Related to the Cambridge Handbook of Labor and Democracy (Round Table)—Breakout Stream 5 At a time when democracy is challenged around the globe, this session explores the role of labor in democracy from interdisciplinary and cross-regional perspectives. The participants are part of an edited volume on this topic from Cambridge University Press. 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 | |||
5:45 - 6 pm ET | |||
Friday | Conference Activities • 6/3/2022 | ||
10:30 - 10:45 am ET | |||
| 11 am - 12 pm ET | |||
5.1 Implicit Bias and Microaggressions in Dispute Resolution (Workshop)—Breakout Stream 1 You have probably heard the expression "What you don't know can't hurt you." Maybe it's true somewhere, but when it comes to dealing with our biases, it could not be farther from the truth. This sessions looks at the biases we all have, many of which we may not be conscious of, and microaggressions. Not only can biases and microaggressions hurt us, but they can hurt our clients and co-workers, and our productivity as well. Becoming aware of our own biases and the ways we can insult or denigrate those around us (even if unintended and invisible to the perpetrator) will help us mitigate them in the workplace and promote a culture of courtesy, respect, and collaboration. | |||
5.2 Bringing Critical Race Theory and Principles of Intersectionality to Bear within IR Scholarship: Emergent Perspectives (Panel)—Breakout Stream 2 This session introduces research conducted by a team of emerging scholars at Rutgers SMLR seeking to answer the call for more rigorous application of critical theories and methodologies within the industrial relations (IR) canon, particularly regarding workers' identities. The research presented here both (a) reviews intersectional frameworks used by labor scholars to date, and (b) argues for increasingly critical IR research foundations through two case studies focused on labor standards compliance and human capital theory, respectively. Discussants include Tamara Lee and Maite Tapia, two authors of the forthcoming LERA research volume Industrial Relations and a Racial Reckoning. 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 | |||
5.3 European Apprenticeship Models (Panel)—Breakout Stream 3 Experts from three prominent European nations present analyses of the national apprenticeship programs. Panelists: Thomas Habenicht, IG Metall; Patrick McGurk, Queen Mary University of London; and Christian Ibsen, University of Copenhagen | |||
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? (Panel)—Breakout Stream 5 A grievance arbitrator, management-side attorney and union attorney present their perspectives on potential discipline for off-duty misconduct. | |||
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 | |||
11 am - 12 pm ET | |||
| 12:15 - 1:15 pm ET | |||
6.1 C-suite Roles and Relationships and the Company Decision-making Calculus with Respect to Worker Voice (Panel)—Breakout Stream 1 The session focuses on how the following considerations shape companies' responses to workers' efforts at gaining greater voice: what corporate actors' think they know about what workers want in that regard; their beliefs about the necessity for/desirability of change within the company's decisional calculus in terms of its impact on the company's financial performance or otherwise; the bearing of their individual interests, priorities, abilities, etc. and relationships with other company actors on the kinds of actions they might be willing to take; and the need to anticipate or respond to political, legal, reputational, etc. issues posed by non-corporate actors. Panelists: Amy Armitage, Human Capital Investment and Reporting Council; Solange Charas, Charas Consulting and HCMoneyball; Miguel Padró, Aspen Institute; and Thomas A. Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |||
6.2 Industrial Relations and a Racial Reckoning (Workshop)—Breakout Stream 2 In this session, the co-editors and contributors of the LERA Research Volume 2022 on "industrial relations and a racial reckoning' will present some key themes of this Volume. 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 (Panel)—Breakout Stream 3 Apprenticeship if seen as an important pathway for individuals to achieve high skills and earn a family supporting income. This session includes participants who will speak on current USDOL policy, creating up to date cirricula in the electrical industry, and impediments to ahd efforts to support greater diversity in the industry Panelists: John Ladd, US DOL Employment and Training Administration; Todd Stafford, Electrical Training ALLIANCE; David Bullock, Morehouse College; and Thomas Kriger, North America's Building Trades Union | |||
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 (Panel)—Breakout Stream 5 The panelists will each present information about innovative ways in which they have sought to help students understand course learning objectives. The materials include student advocacy activities, experiential learning and engaged scholarship. Panelists: Alicia Plemmons, West Virginia University; Angela B. Cornell, Cornell University; and Robert Hickey, Queen's University | |||
6.6 LERA Best Papers Session VI: Microeconomic Issues Related to Gig Work (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 6 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 | |||
1:30 - 2:15 pm ET | Visit the LERA Exhibitor: Cornell University Press—Breakout Stream 1 | ||
1:30 - 2:15 pm ET | Visit the LERA Exhibitor: SFHAX The Workplace Community—Breakout Stream 2 | ||
| 2:30 - 3:30 pm ET | |||
7.1 What Arbitrators Expect from Advocates and What Advocates Should Expect from Arbitrators (Panel)—Breakout Stream 1 This is a practice driven session identifying the ways advocates can be more successful and arbitrators more effective. Panelists: Jacquelin F. Drucker, Arbitration Offices of Jacquelin F. Drucker, Esq.; Jed L. Marcus, Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C.; and Melissa Biren, Esq., Arbitrator/Mediator | |||
7.2 Elevating the Voices and Choices of BIPOC Employees in the Workplace During the Pandemic and Beyond (Panel)—Breakout Stream 2 Panel discussion of changes in the workplace regarding virtual work and return to the physical workplace, as it impacts BIPOC knowledge employees. Also, discussion of the current climate and the role of DEIB efforts with respect to a return. | |||
7.3 Preparing Hospitality Workers and Workplaces for the Future of Automation (Panel)—Breakout Stream 3 Algorithmic management applications are increasingly popular in hospitality settings like hotel housekeeping. Yet hotels' fragmented organizational structures mean that little attention is paid to purposeful design and deployment of such technologies. Our research indicates that this leads to disruptions in housekeepers' workflow, consequently intensifying work, decreasing their autonomy, and rendering managerial mechanisms for addressing problems inaccessible. In response, we ask: How can housekeepers' input into the design and deployment of algorithmic management systems address such outcomes? We present the initial phase of a multi-year project aimed at developing mechanisms for worker input into co-designed technology and assessing outcomes with multi-method, matched case evaluation. Panelists: Betsy Bender Stringam, School of Hotel, Restaurant & Tourism Management, New Mexico State University; Ben Begleiter, UNITE HERE; Christine Riordan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jodi Forlizzi, Computer-Human Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University; Deborah M. Figart and Ellen Mutari, Stockton University | |||
7.4 Healthcare Industry Council Session 2: Strengthening Healthcare Partnerships in Trying Times (Round Table)—Breakout Stream 4 Labor-Management Partnerships, in which employees and their union representatives work together with management and administrators as full and equal partners to identify and craft solutions to significant workplace problems, have proven to be able to improve patient care, improve working conditions for frontline staff, and control costs in healthcare organizations. Partnerships, however, face many challenges. Those challenges have been exacerbated by inadequate staffing levels, lack of safety equipment, and significant stress caused by Covid-13. This session will look at how healthcare partnerships have dealt with these challenges to remain viable and how they have actually played critical roles in responding to these challenges. It will also focus on how various health-care Labor-Management Partnerships have been learning from each other to strengthen their work Panelists: Janet Wilder, SHARE/AFSCME; Mike Pacinda, University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center; Denise Duncan, United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals; Sylvia Everroad, Kaiser Permanente Medical Group in Southern California; and Paul F. Clark, President-Elect and Program Chair | |||
7.5 Are Student-Athletes Employees? Labor Law's Application to College Athletics (Panel)—Breakout Stream 5 College athletes are often heavily-recruited and select a college or university with agreement to terms on how they will study, compete, and conduct themselves as a condition of scholarship. The National Labor Relations Board and labor advocates have considered a view that the athletes are "employees" for purposes of labor law and union organizing. New initiatives from NLRB's General Counsel suggest that the oft-used term "student-athlete" is itself unlawful and undermines one's "employee" status. This session will address key issues in this debate with from a variety of perspectives. Panelists: Jody David Armour, University of Southern California, Gould School of Law; Jill Coffman, National Labor Relations Board, Region 20, San Francisco; Craig Pintens, Loyola Marymount University Athletic Department; and Chasson Randle, Former Stanford University and Professional Basketball Player | |||
7.6 Current Issues Facing the Construction Industry (Panel)—Breakout Stream 6 This panel addresses several of the pressing issues facing the building trades: competition from the open shop; the current state of multi-employer pension plans; the effect of undocumented immigrant workers on the operations of construction labor markets; and the prevalence of wage and tax theft in construction The four presenters are deeply knowledgeable on these issues through personal experience, their positions, or careful research on the issue. This panel complements the panel on registered apprenticeship. Panelists: Michael Monroe, NABTU; Michael Scott, National Coordinating Committee for Multiemployer Plans; and Russell Ormiston, Allegheny College | |||
3:45 - 4:45 pm ET | |||
5 - 5:15 pm ET | Virtual Happy Hour, Sponsored by MIT and FIU—All Streams | ||
Saturday | Conference Activities • 6/4/2022 | ||
9:30 - 9:45 am ET | |||
10:00 - 11:00 am ET | LERA Plenary: The Supply Chain Crisis and Its Impact on Workers, Sponsored by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—Plenary Stream Panelists: Roy Bahat, Bloomberg Beta; Lisa M. Lynch, Brandeis University; and Erica Smiley, Jobs With Justice | ||
| 11:15 am - 12:15 pm ET | |||
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 Presenters: Juliann Emmons Allison, University of California, Riverside, Assoc. Prof. of Gender & Sexuality Studies; and 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 Panelist: Juliann Emmons Allison, University of California, Riverside, Assoc. Prof. of Gender & Sexuality Studies | |||
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 Questions are one of the most powerful tools that we have in our labor-management and problem-solving relationships. This interactive, skill-building workshop will focus on the Art of using questions, not just for investigations, but also to guide problem-solving processes, to empower communications and expression, to explore and build understanding of different experiences and perspectives, and to facilitate dialogues and relationships. We will explore the power and danger of 'why?,' appreciative inquiry, as well as timing, silence, and when to ask. | |||
8.5 Transit Worker Voices: How We Collectively Transform Our Industry and Uplift Our Community (Panel)—Breakout Stream 5 Frontline worker peer mentors from the public transit sector discuss how their long-term investments in joint labor-management partnerships elevate worker voice, safety, and professionalism through mentorships, career ladders, and in daily operations. This diverse group of workers increases the viability and effectiveness of public transit as a vital resource of particular importance to underserved communities, including communities of color, immigrant communities, and the unhoused. Presenters will discuss how these workers support each other and their communities in times of crisis and how they reshape public transit as key actors in climate mitigation strategies like the transition to zero emission vehicles. Panelists: Eliseo Acosta, Jr., Joint Workforce Investment (Santa Clara VTA/ATU 265); Richard Diaz, Workforce Investment Network (Golden Gate Transit/ATU 1275); Jamaine Gibson, Amalgamated Transit Union International; Param Momi, Joint Workforce Investment (Santa Clara VTA/ATU 265); and Susan Yates, California Transit Works! | |||
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 ET | NCAC Chapter Representatives Meeting—Committee Stream Moderators: William Canak, Middle Tennessee State University (ret.); and Bonnie Castrey, Dispute Resolution Services | ||
11:15 am - 1:30 pm ET | Panelists: Tamara Lee, Rutgers University; Maite Tapia, Michigan State University; Anna Thomas, Together We Stand Corporation; Elda Solomon, Southern California Black Workers Hub for Regional Organizing; and Déjà Thomas, UCLA Labor Center | ||
| 12:30 to 1:30 pm ET | |||
9.1 Labor in Global Supply Chains Part II: Workplace Interventions to Improve Labor Standards (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 1 Presenters: Matthew Amengual* and Alessandro Guasti, University of Oxford; and Damian Raess, University of Bern—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 Adam Obernauer*, 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 (Skill-Building)—Breakout Stream 4 This fun, interactive presentation focuses on various tools and tips to creating an effective bargaining environment that gets results in a virtual setting - during even the most difficult times. The session contrasts traditional and collaborative bargaining and keynotes tips from seasoned experts in working with committees virtually. The session will highlight best practices and strategies to use before, during, and after the bargaining session, as well as exploring different tools for negotiating your collective bargaining agreements. An overview of available resources will be discussed to help you get your best deals. Discussants: Anthony DeCosmo, Albertsons; and Charlyn Shepherd, Missouri National Education Association (MNEA) | |||
9.5 Pay Equity Laws: Intended, Unintended, and Unpursued Consequences for Tackling Gender Wage Gaps (Panel)—Breakout Stream 5 In recent years many U.S. states have passed or updated equal pay laws, introducing new concepts such as salary history bans, prohibition of pay secrecy policies, new mandates on companies to report pay data, and the broadening of the definition of equal to substantially equal pay. This session brings together researchers, legal experts, union officials and advocates from the US and the UK to discuss new research on the impact of new laws on employment practices. The panel will discuss how laws could/should be strengthened to make them effective for raising the pay of women in the lowest paid occupations. 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 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 ET | NCAC Chapter Administration Workshop—Committee Stream Moderators: William Canak, Middle Tennessee State University (ret.); and Bonnie Castrey, Dispute Resolution Services Panelists: Sarah Miller Espinosa, SME Dispute Resolution, LLC; and Meeta Bass, Bass Dispute Resolution Services LLC | ||
1:45 - 2:45 pm ET | LERA President Wilma B. Liebman in Conversation with Bloomberg Labor Reporter Josh Eidelson, Sponsored by Rutgers University—Plenary Stream | ||
| 3 - 4 pm ET | |||
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 Discussants: Laura Dresser, University of Wisconsin - Madison; and 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 Discussants: Fitore Hyseni and Peter Blanck, Syracuse University; and Sophie Mitra, Fordham University | |||
10.4 Working Successfully in Virtual Teams (Workshop)—Breakout Stream 4 In today's fast-paced globe, many organizations and academic institutions incorporate some form of digital medium into everyday life. Institutions are incorporating technology into their traditional models to lead, interact with colleagues, and collaborate on projects. From emails, customized work hours, videoconferencing, and telephone meetings, it is demanded that people engage with proper "technology etiquette." However, these social norms are rarely taught and the expectation becomes that one already know how to behave without training. Given this, there is a gap in knowledge on how to engage with peers in the virtual realm. Essentially, establishments are using information technology without fully considering the implications of how human dynamics. | |||
10.5 Emerging Critical Perspectives on Worker Voice (Panel)—Breakout Stream 5 There has been an explosion in worker resistance and organizing amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic fallout. Over the last few decades scholars have documented newer forms of worker organizing and representation, though they often rely on last century's paradigms of "worker voice." With a focus on workers of color and workers in lower-status jobs, this session provides an in-depth examination of contemporary organizing practices that bolster worker voice and solidarity. These presentations challenge scholars to explicitly interrogate what counts as work, whose voices we include, and how we elevate worker voice. Panelists: Yaminette Diaz-Linhart, Brandeis University; Phela I. Townsend, Rutgers University; and Arrow Minster, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |||
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 ET | |||
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 (Panel)—Breakout Stream 1 Workers are withholding their labor all over the country and everyone from economist to pundits are at their wits end to explain what is going on. At the same time the labor movement is undergoing some key national leadership changes. This session will do two things. First, we will discuss what “The Great Resignation” and the increased use of strikes signifies about worker resistance in the US. Is this merely an episodic development that temporarily favors labor over capital or a fundamental change in worker consciousness that will decrease labor exploitation and domination, inspire increased unionization, and situate work as a key site for political action? The panel will also explore what the labor shortage means for the power relationship embedded in the collective bargaining process. Additionally, the session will explore the changing leadership in the labor movement (e.g., AFL-CIO, Teamsters) and what it potentially means for the future of unions. Panelists: Hamilton Nolan, Labor Reporter for In These Times; Augustus Wood, University of Illinois at Urbana -Champaign; Rebecca Kolins Givan, Rutgers University; Ruth Milkman, City University of New York Graduate Center; and 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 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 (Skill-Building)—Breakout Stream 3 In a workplace of dignity and meaning, all employees must have voice. For that to happen, the workplace must make a space for the whole person - it must provide psychological safety. People must be able to share not only their successes, but their fears, their grief, and their concerns. This is no kumbaya land; the group must follow certain guidelines and leaders must embody certain characteristics. In this session, we explore the foundations needed, the milestones along the way, and the tools to move from silos, jealousy, and embedded hurts to a bright, open, and respectful learning culture. | |||
11.4 LERA Award Winners Roundtable (Round Table)—Breakout Stream 4 | |||
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 | |||
5:30 - 5:45 pm ET | Virtual Happy Hour, Sponsored by Penn State—All Streams | ||
Sunday | Conference Activities • 6/5/2022 | ||
10:30 - 10:45 am ET | |||
11 am - 12 pm ET | LERA Plenary: Financialization, Corporate Governance, and Labor, Sponsored by International Union, UAW—Plenary Stream Discussants: William Lazonick, Academic-Industry Research Network; and Lenore Palladino, University of Massachusetts-Amherst | ||
| 12:15 - 1:15 pm ET | |||
12.1 Labor and Corporate Governance I: The Contours of Financialization's Impact on Labor (Panel)—Breakout Stream 1 This will be one of two panels in a stream on corporate governance and labor. It features the work of scholars of the broad phenomenon of "financialization" and its impact on American workers and the US labor market. This panel features tow leading LERA scholars on the topic, and a younger researcher who will sketch the many features of how this has become a central force acting on US workers. Panelists: Rosemary Batt, Cornell University; Sanford M. Jacoby, University of California, Los Angeles; and Matthew Hopkins, SOAS University of London | |||
12.2 Collective Bargaining: Towards Inclusive and Effective Labor Governance (Panel)—Breakout Stream 2 Collective bargaining is a fundamental right. Enhancing the inclusiveness of collective bargaining and collective agreements is a key means for reducing inequality and extending labor protection. In the first half of 2022, the ILO plans to publish a new report looking at collective bargaining, inequality, wages and working conditions. This panel discussion will bring together the lead author of the report for an overview of the findings, followed by an interactive discussion with worker, employer, and government representatives to highlight practical examples of collective bargaining in addressing inequality, promoting effective labor governance, and in addressing current and future challenges. Panelists: Dora Sari, International Labour Organization; Mark Anner, Pennsylvania State University; Molly McCoy, Bureau of International Labor Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor; and Lance Compa, Cornell University | |||
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 ET | |||
13.1 Labor and Corporate Governance II: What Would Meaningful Stakeholderism Look Like and What Would It Take to Get It? (Panel)—Breakout Stream 1 This will be one of two panels in a stream on corporate governance and labor. This panel features the work of scholars of the broad phenomenon of "financialization" and its impact on American workers and the US labor market. It offers three takes on what a progressive alternative to financialization (particularly shareholder primacy) would look like, and the historical and comparative context for overcoming resistance to meaningful change that would redraw the landscape for a better future for American workers. 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 ET | |||
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 Discussants: Russell Ormiston, Allegheny College; Ken Jacobs, University of California, Berkeley; and 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 Maitreyee Bardhan Roy*, The Calcutta Heart Clinic and Hospital Society—Proliferate Speaks: Women Workers Voices In An IT Sector in India | |||
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 | |||
3:45 pm ET |