Saturday | Conference Activities • 1/2/2010 |
| 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Co-Chairs: Erik Young, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Joo-Young Park, Michigan State University |
| 10:00 a.m. ‑ 11:30 a.m. | LERA Section Coordinating Committee—Marietta
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Co-Chairs: Michael Filler, International Brotherhood of Teamsters and Marick Masters, Wayne State University |
| 10:30 a.m. ‑ 12:30 p.m. |
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Co-Chairs: Thomas A. Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Patricia Friend, Association of Flight Attendants; Robert DeLucia, Airline Industrial Relations Council; and Andrew von Nordenflycht, Simon Fraser University |
| 11:30 a.m. ‑ 1:00 p.m. |
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| 12:00 p.m. ‑ 1:30 p.m. |
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Co-Chairs: Thomas Schneider, Restructuring Associates, Inc. and Jim Voye, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers |
| 1:00 p.m. ‑ 2:50 p.m. |
Co-Chairs: Dale Belman, Michigan State University; James O'Neill, Hill International, Inc.; and John Spavins, New York City Department of Design and Construction |
| 1:00 p.m. ‑ 3:00 p.m. | National Labor College Student Workshop: Research by the Rank-and-File (Symposium)—Greenbriar
Presenters: Javier Almazon, National Labor College/International Association of Machinists—Challenges in Organizing Today’s Workers: Why is it So Difficult to Reach a First Contract Agreement After You Win the Election?
Pamela Fero, National Labor College/National Air Traffic Controllers Association—Winning The Game: What Unions Can Do To Help Women Plan For Retirement
Michael Kelley, National Labor College/Sheet Metal Workers International Association—Death By Misunderstanding: How Language Barriers Lead to Occupational Fatalities of Immigrant Workers
Floyd Mason, National Labor College/Brotherhood of Railway Signalmen—Coalition Bargaining: A Successful Bargaining Strategy for Rail Labor |
| 1:30 p.m. ‑ 3:30 p.m. |
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| 2:00 p.m. ‑ 3:50 p.m. |
Co-Chairs: Linda Ewing, UAW; John Paul MacDuffie, University of Pennsylvania; and Arthur Schwartz, General Motors Corp. |
| 2:30 p.m. ‑ 4:00 p.m. | LERA Education Committee Meeting—Marietta
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| 3:00 p.m. ‑ 4:30 p.m. |
Co-Chairs: Jody Hoffer Gittell, Brandeis University; James R. Bialke, SEIU Healthcare Minnesota; Jim Pruitt, Kaiser Permanente; and Dana Weinberg, Queens College - City University of New York Presenters: Kelly Pike, Cornell University—Depending on the Angle: Perspectives on Conflict and Workplace Climate
Chichun Fang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—The Dynamics of Health Insurance Coverage: Implications on Reforming U.S. Health Care System
Eun Kyung Lee and Erik Young, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—Care and Conflict: The Impacts of Resident-Centered Care on Task and Resident Conflict in Nursing Homes |
| 3:15 p.m. ‑ 5:15 p.m. | Job Loss and Employment Stabilization - LERA Labor Markets and Labor Economics Section Meeting—Greenbriar
Co-Chairs: Susan Helper, Case Western Reserve University; Stephen Woodbury, Michigan State University; and Charles Whalen, Utica College Presenters: Fadhel Kaboub, Denison University—Can the U.S Economy Afford Not to Guarantee Jobs for All?
Michele Tiraboschi and Silvia Spattini, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia—Italian 'Social Shock Absorbers' as Employment Stabilization Measures
Daniel J.B. Mitchell, University of California-Los Angeles—Division of Labor: California's Renewed Budget Crisis Splits the Union Movement
Sophie Mitra, Fordham University and Douglas Kruse, Rutgers University—Job Loss Across Disability Status: Evidence from New CPS Data |
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| 4:30 p.m. ‑ 6:00 p.m. |
Chair: Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, LERA President and Program Chair |
| 4:30 p.m. ‑ 6:00 p.m. | LERA Editorial Committee Meeting—Marietta
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| 6:15 p.m. ‑ 10:00 p.m. | LERA Executive Board Meeting—Dunwoody
Chair: Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, LERA President and Program Chair |
Sunday | Conference Activities • 1/3/2010 |
| 7:00 a.m. ‑ 8:00 a.m. | President's Circle Breakfast—Spring
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1.1 Collective Bargaining Under International Law: US Obligations and US Practice (Symposium)—Baker
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1.2 Sociotechnical Systems: Moving from the 20th to the 21st Century (Symposium)—Dunwoody
Presenters: Pamela A. Posey and Peter Jay Sorenson, Socio-Technical Systems Roundtable—Tails and Dogs! Who's Wagging Whom? The Inversion of 'Technical Conversion Processes' and 'IT Technical Systems'
Monica Bielski Boris, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—Bargaining Technology: Union Engineers Address Transformation | |
1.3 Educational Reform from the Inside: Teachers’ Union - School Administration Partnerships (Workshop)—Greenbriar
Panelists: Laura Rico, ABC Federation of Teachers and Gary Smuts, ABC Unified School District—Union-Management Partnership at ABC Unified School District
James Short, Plattsburgh City School District and Roderick Sherman, Plattsburgh Teachers Association—Union-Management Partnership at Plattsburgh City School District
Francine Lawrence, Toledo Federation of Teachers and John Foley, Toledo Public School District—Union-Management Partnership at Toledo Public School District
Joan Devlin, AFT Center for School Improvement | |
| 10:00 a.m. ‑ 12:00 p.m. | University Council of Industrial Relations and Human Resources Programs (UCIRHRP) Annual Meeting—Inman
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2.1 Change to Win: Accomplishments, Shortcomings and Labor Strategy for the Future (Workshop)—Dunwoody
Stephen Lerner, Service Employees International Union—Learning from Change to Win: Labor Strategy for the Future | |
2.2 Employment and Healthcare: Empirical Studies of Supply and Demand Side Issues (Symposium)—Greenbriar
Presenters: Dana Weinberg, Queens College - City University of New York—Exploring the Mechanisms Linking Nursing Education and Patient Outcomes
Olga Yakusheva, Marquette University—The Impact of Within-Nursing Unit Variation in Patient Care Hours on Post-Discharge Utilization and Costs
Mary Hamman, Michigan State University—Time for Preventive Care: The Influence of Working Time on Individual Receipt of Routine Healthcare | |
2.3 Potential Problems of Presidential Executive Orders: Early Access to ADR (Workshop)—Baker
Co-Chairs: Lamont Stallworth, Loyola University of Chicago and Erik Young, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
William Gould, Stanford University
Larry Rute, Associates in Dispute Resolution
Grady Murdock, Littler Mendelson, P.C. | |
| 12:30 p.m. ‑ 2:15 p.m. |
Co-Chairs: Robert Bruno, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Erin E. Johansson, American Rights at Work
Eric Arneson, George Washington University |
| 12:30 p.m. ‑ 2:15 p.m. |
Presenters: David C. Yamada, Suffolk University Law School—Generations Hexed: A View from the Kids’ Table
Sharon Hermes, U.S. Government Accountability Office—Intergenerational Risksharing in Retirement: a Case Study of the Netherlands Private Pension System
Mark Glickman, U.S. Government Accountability Office—Coverage is Not Enough: 401(k) Plan Saving Patterns and Projections
Robert Thornton, Lehigh University |
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Co-Chairs: David Bensman, Rutgers University and Owen Herrnstadt, Int'l. Assn. of Machinists & Aerospace Workers |
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Ariane Hegewisch, Institute for Women's Policy Research |
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Beth Almeida, National Institute on Retirement Security
William Spriggs, Howard University
Lisa Jordan, United Steelworkers
Robert Chiaravalli, Strategic Labor & Human Resources, LLC | |
3.2 Labor Creating Social and Economic Impact: The Role of Central Labor Bodies (Workshop)—Greenbriar
Panelists: Susan Schurman, Rutgers University—Increasing Organizational Capacity in State and Local Labor Federations: Lessons from the Labor Leadership Institute
Monica Bielski Boris, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Jeff Grabelsky, Cornell University—Examining the Role of Affiliate Unions in Building Labor’s Power through Central Labor Councils and State Federations
Sean Flaherty, Franklin and Marshall College—Impact of Organizational Change for Central Labor Councils: New Alliance in Pennsylvania
Deborah Scott, Georgia Stand Up—Building Regional Power in Atlanta Through Labor and Community Coalitions | |
3.3 Change Agents in Labor-Management Systems (Symposium)—Dunwoody
Presenters: Dan Brooks, United Auto Workers and Marilyn Bingamen, Ford Motor Company—Internal Change Agents Helping to Drive Transformation in UAW-Ford Quality and Safety Operating Systems | |
3.4 LERA Refereed Papers I—Edgewood
Presenters: Jonathan Lavelle, J. Ryan Lamare and Patrick Gunnigle, University of Limerick and Anthony McDonnell, University of Newcastle, Australia—Is Ireland the "51st State" for US Multinationals? Determinants of Union Recognition and Avoidance at MNCs in Ireland
Jack Fiorito, Florida State University; Gregor Gall, University of Hertfordshire; and Arthur Martinez, Florida State University—Activism and Willingness to Help in Union Organizing
Jashwini Narayan, University of the South Pacific—Labor-Management ‘Non’ Cooperation during Fijian Public Enterprise Reforms
Tom Redman, University of Durham and Ed Snape, Hong Kong Baptist University—Militancy and Moderation in Teachers' Unions: Is There a Fit Between Union Image and Member Attitudes? | |
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| 4:45 p.m. ‑ 5:45 p.m. | LERA Distinguished Panel - 'The Second Industrial Divide' and 'The Transformation of American Industrial Relations': Looking Back and Looking Forward a Quarter Century Later—International Ballroom North
Chair: Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, LERA President and Program Chair Panelists: Michael Piore, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Charles Sabel (invited), Columbia Law School—The Second Industrial Divide--Revisiting the Ideas from 1984
Thomas A. Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Harry Katz, Cornell University; and Robert McKersie, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—The Transformation of American Industrial Relations--Revisiting the Ideas from 1989 |
| 6:00 p.m. ‑ 7:30 p.m. | LERA National Welcome Reception—International Ballroom South
Chair: Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, LERA President and Program Chair |
Monday | Conference Activities • 1/4/2010 |
| 7:00 a.m. ‑ 8:00 a.m. | AFL-CIO Breakfast—International Ballroom South
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Presenters: Rebecca Givan, Cornell University—Healthcare Reform in the Workplace: A Trans-Atlantic Comparison
Julie Sadler, Pennsylvania State University—Who to Blame and Who to Acclaim During a Change Process: Disentangling the Complex Set of Bonds between a Healthcare Professional, Nursing Home Supervisors and Administrators, and the Union
Adam Seth Litwin, Johns Hopkins University—Information Technology and the Scope of Workforce Participation: Examining Two Components of an Electronic Health Records System
Ariel Avgar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—After the Storm: Hospital Restructuring and its Implications for Workplace Conflict and Dispute Resolution
Deborah Friedman, 1199SEIU Training and Employment Fund | |
4.2 Learning from the New Deal (Workshop)—Dunwoody
Panelists: Eileen Hoffman, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service—Lessons in Dispute Resolution: The Role of the Department of Labor and the US Conciliation Service as a Predecessor to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Anne Marie Lofaso, West Virginia University—The Relevance of the New Deal's Wagner Act for Resolving Today's Job-Security Crisis
Daniel J.B. Mitchell, University of California-Los Angeles—Coherence and Confusion in New Deal Policy | |
4.3 LERA Poster Session I—Courtland
Presenters: Sean Rogers, Rutgers University—Mergers and Acquisitions: Industrial Relations Issues and Outcomes
Diane Frey, London School of Economics and Gillian MacNaughton, University of Oxford—Work Rights and the Millennium Development Goals, Targets and Indicators
Brandyn Holgate, University of Massachusetts-Boston—Labor Market Flexibility in Canadian and US Biotechnology Clusters
Kristian E. Braekkan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University—Perceptions of Psychological Contract Violations and Union Commitment: The Moderating Role of Union Instrumentality
Timothy Chandler, Louisiana State University and Rafael Gely, University of Cincinnati—A Comparison of Card Check Recognition in Illinois and Ohio
Jack Howard, University of Alabama at Birmingham—Workplace Violence: Employee Perceptions of Acts and Perpetrators
Peter Toumanoff and Timothy Keaveny, Marquette University—Once More: Why Enter a Female Dominated Occupation? | |
4.4 LERA Refereed Papers II—Greenbriar
Presenters: Kevin Hallock and Felice Klein, Cornell University—Executive Compensation in American Unions
Michael LeRoy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—Revisiting Debt and Labor— Bailouts for Homeowners: Can the U.S. Compel Community Service in Exchange for Debt Relief?
Herve Queneau, Brooklyn College and Amit Sen, Xavier University—Evidence Regarding the Persistence in Gender Unemployment Gaps across Countries
Jeffrey Waddoups, University of Nevada, Las Vegas—Firm Size and Employer Sponsored Training in Australia | |
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5.1 The Effects of HR Practices on Global Workforces (Symposium)—Greenbriar
Presenters: Wendy R. Carroll, University of Prince Edward Island and Terry H. Wagar, Saint Mary's University—Examining Differences in HR Perceptions in Global Workplaces: A Comparative Study between Canada and India
Kaumudi Misra, Michigan State University—Time Zone Effects: High Involvement HR Practices and Global Teams
Danielle van Jaarsveld, University of British Columbia and Hyunji Kwon, Cornell University—Determinants & Consequences of Workforce Blending
Mark F. Peterson, Florida Atlantic University and Stephanie Thomason, University of Tampa—Cultural Issues in Use of E-mail to Communicate about Different Work-Related Issues: Implications for Managing Multinational Teams | |
5.2 Infrastructure Investment and High Road, Green Construction Jobs (Symposium)—Dunwoody
Presenters: Janice Fine, Rutgers University—Worker Centers and Unions in New Jersey: How Green Jobs Just Might Be the Launching Pad for a New Unionism
Phil Thompson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Building High Road Cities: Race, Class, and Planning
David Weil, Boston University/Harvard University—A Green Industrial Relations System for Construction: Challenges and Opportunities
Susan Helper, Case Western Reserve University | |
Presenters: Mildred Warner, Cornell University—What Happened to Costs Savings from Privatization? A Meta-Regression Analysis for Solid Waste and Water Services
Robert Shriver, National Treasury Employees Union—The Impact of Contracting Out Federal Work on Employees
Robert Hebdon, McGill University—Union Response to Privatization: Single-minded Opposition, or Strategic Choices?
Ellen Dannin, Penn State University—Identifying Costs that Matter in Federal Privatization Cost-Benefit Analyses | |
5.4 LERA Poster Session II—Courtland
Presenters: Edwin Arnold, Auburn Montgomery—An Analysis of Certification Elections in the Hospital Industry
Synovia Edwards and Hugh D. Hindman, Appalachian State University—Good Boss, Bad Boss: Leader Self-Awareness and Personality
Nirit Shimron, University of Manchester—Examining the Factors and Motivations Shaping Workplace-level Actors' Support for or Resistance to Change in the Institution of Pay Setting
James Grant, Acadia University and Terry Wagar, Saint Mary's University—Workplace Justice: An Examination of Employee Dismissal in the Perceptions of Human Resource Practitioners
James Grant, Acadia University and Terry Wagar, Saint Mary's University—Workplace Discipline: An Examination of Determinants of Discipline and Dismissal Rates and Individual Employee Dismissals
Merve Cebi, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth and Stephen Woodbury, Michigan State University—Long-term Effects of Job Search Assistance
John Spavins, New York City Department of Design and Construction—Apprenticeship to Entrepreneurship: A Role for Business Schools | |
| 12:30 p.m. ‑ 2:15 p.m. | The Future of Labor and Employment Relations in a Global, Knowledge-Driven Economy - Presidential Luncheon—International Ballroom South
Chair: Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, LERA President and Program Chair |
| 2:30 p.m. ‑ 4:30 p.m. | |
6.1 21st Century Chinese Employment Relations: Changes in the New Institutional Environment (Symposium)—Greenbriar
Presenters: Sun Wook Chung, Cornell University; Mingwei Liu, Rutgers University; and Sarosh Kuruvilla, Cornell University—Employer Responses to the New Labor Legal Environment in China
Mingwei Liu, Rutgers University and Chang-Hee Lee, International Labor Organization—The Impacts of China's Labor Contract Law on Enterprise Employment Practices and the Role of Enterprise Trade Unions
Helen Xiangmin Liu, Pennsylvania State University—Rising Temps? Organizational and Environmental Predictors of the Adoption of Alternative Employment Strategies in China
Jun Xiong, Renmin University of China and David Bensman, Rutgers University—Employment Relations in the Chinese Logistics Industry
Earl Brown, Jr., Labor Solidarity Center, AFL-CIO | |
6.2 Union and Labor Law Innovations in a Volatile Economy (Workshop)—Baker
Estevan M. Trujillo, Raymond's Painting and Decorating, Inc.—Working Together in a Challenging Economy
Nancy Wiefek, American Rights at Work—Union Solidarity in a Volatile Economy: How Does Union Membership Affect the Attitudes, Beliefs, and Levels of Trust of Its Members?
Scott Paul, Alliance of American Manufacturing | |
Presenters: Leonard Lynn, Case Western Reserve University and Hal Salzman, Rutgers University—Offshoring, Technological Change, and Implications for US Skills Requirements
Sara Horowitz, Freelancers Union and Charles Heckscher, Rutgers University—Training for Individuals: Unemployed, Free Agents, Self-employed, Temp Agencies
Mary Gatta, Rutgers University and Louisa Deprez, University of Southern Maine—Integrating the Welfare and Workforce Development Systems
Susan Schurman, Rutgers University and Jane Oates, US Department of Labor—Connecting the Pieces: Accreditation and Articulation | |
6.4 AILR/LERA Best Papers (Symposium)—Edgewood
Co-Chairs: Bruce Kaufman, Georgia State University and David Lewin, University of California-Los Angeles Presenters: Richard Hurd, Cornell University and Sara Slinn, York University—The Impact of First Contract Arbitration: Evidence from Canada
Jing Wang, Saint Mary's University—Reducing Work-Life Conflict: The Role of Participating in Decision Making
Mark Anner, Pennsylvania State University—The Public Regulation of Private Rights: Corporate Responsibility and Freedom of Association | |
| 2:30 p.m. ‑ 4:30 p.m. | SABE Poster Session—Courtland
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| 4:45 p.m. ‑ 5:45 p.m. | LERA Distinguished Panel - Group Dynamics in a Rock Band: Aerosmith—International Ballroom North
Chair: Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, LERA President and Program Chair
Keith Garde, PKA Management and Paid, Inc. Celebrity Services |
| 6:00 p.m. ‑ 7:00 p.m. | LERA General Membership Meeting—International Ballroom North
Chair: Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, LERA President and Program Chair |
| 6:45 p.m. ‑ 8:00 p.m. | Joint Reception-hosted by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Chamapign, Rutgers University, Cornell University, University of Minnesota, Michigan State University, and Penn State University—International Ballroom South
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Tuesday | Conference Activities • 1/5/2010 |
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7.1 Human Rights in and Beyond the Workplace (Workshop)—Greenbriar
Presenters: Janice Bellace, University of Pennsylvania—The Quest for Social Justice: The Nexus between Fundamental Rights and Decent Work
Diane Frey, London School of Economics—The Indivisibility of Human Rights: A Case for Right to Rest and Leisure
James Gross, Cornell University—What Human Rights Approaches to Work Rights Mean for US Labor Relations | |
7.2 Political Actions for Mutual Gains (Workshop)—Dunwoody
Panelists: Kate Navarro-McKay, Partnership for Quality Care—Working Together for Quality Health Care
TBA—Business Working with SEIU on Health Care
Ligia Velazquez, OPEIU, Local 8
Mary Bartolo, Sea Mar Community Health Centers | |
7.3 Emerging Issues in Workplace Law, Regulation & Dispute Resolution (Symposium)—Baker
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8.1 NFL Labor Relations: First and Ten or Fourth and Long? (Workshop)—Dunwoody
Bill Curry, former head football coach at Georgia Institute of Technology
Rich McKay, Jr., President of Atlanta Falcons
Lauren Rich, Senior Attorney for National Labor Review Board | |
8.2 Empirical Studies of Retirement Plans: Implications for Workers, Firms and Public Policy (Symposium)—Greenbriar
Presenters: Gopi Shah Goda, Stanford University and Colleen F. Manchester, University of Minnesota—Incorporating Employee Heterogeneity into Default Options for Retirement Plan Selection
Kandice Kapinos, University of Michigan—Changes in Firm Pension Policy: The Case of Cash Balance Plan Conversions
Kristine Brown and Ron Laschever, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—When They're Sixty-Four: Peer Effects and the Timing of Retirement
Robert Costrell and Joseph B. McGee, University of Arkansas—Teacher Pension Incentives, Retirement Behavior, and Potential for Reform in Arkansas | |
Arindrajit Dube, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Rafael Gomez, University of Toronto | |
| 12:15 p.m. ‑ 2:15 p.m. | Alternative Union Futures in a Neo-Liberal Environment - LERA International Section Meeting I—Edgewood
Presenters: Martin Upchurch, Middlesex University; Andrew Mathers and Graham Taylor, University of the West of England—Alternative Futures for West European Trade Unionism
Pauline Dibben, Kamel Mellahi and Geoffrey Wood, University of Sheffield—Is Social Movement Unionism Still Relevant?: The Case of South African Federation COSATU
Heather Connolly and Miguel Martinez Lucio, University of Manchester—Workers' Centres, Union Renewal, and the State: Immigration and Union Initiatives in Spain
Edson I. Urano, University of Sophia; Paul Stewart, University of Strathclyde; and Andy Danford, University of the West of England—What to do about Workers on the Periphery. How Japanese Labor Unions are Responding to the Increasing Demands of the Excluded: Kanagawa City and Union MIE |
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| 4:00 p.m. | Adjournment—Edgewood |