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Friday


Conference Activities  •  1/2/2009

10:00 a.m - 11:50 a.m.
LERA Public Sector Industry Council - Future of Federal/Public Sector Labor-Management Relations Under the Obama Administration—Elizabethan C
Co-Chairs: Marick Masters, Wayne State University and Michael Filler, International Brotherhood of Teamsters

10:00 a.m. ‑ 11:30 a.m.
LERA Grant and Sponsorship Committee Meeting—Mayfair
Chair: Marlene Heyser, Workplace Law Strategies

11:30 a.m. ‑ 1:00 p.m.
LERA National Chapter Advisory Committee Meeting—Board Room
Chair: William Canak, Middle Tennessee State University

12:00 p.m. ‑ 1:30 p.m.
LERA "Perspectives on Work" Editorial Committee Meeting—Essex Room
Co-Chairs: Charles Whalen, Perspectives on Work and Susan Cass, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

12:00 p.m.‑6:00 p.m.
Ph.D. Student Consortium—Elizabethan AB
Co-Chairs: Sean Rogers, Rutgers University and Sun Wook Chung, Cornell University

1:00 p.m ‑ 2:50 p.m.
Higher Education Industry Council Meeting—Elizabethan D
Chair: Michael Loconto, Harvard University Office of Labor Relations

1:00 p.m. ‑ 3:00 p.m.
Research by the Rank-and-File (Symposium)—Yorkshire Room
Chair: Ruth Ruttenberg, National Labor College
Presenters: Frank Cuneo, Sheet Metal Workers International—Come On In: Making Sheet Metal Apprenticeship Attractive in Rural Areas
Clyde Babylon—Employment at Will in the United States: A British Doctrine Long Overdue for Extinction
Elizabeth Kaylor, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees—Challenges to AFSCME 101 Confidential Employees: Which Side are We On?
Ricky Shaw, Roofer—Immigrants on the Roof: The Arizona Organizing Campaign
Chris Valverde, Sheet Metal Workers International—Pensions and Health Care: A Practical Assessment of Political Choices

1:30 p.m. ‑ 3:30 p.m.
LERA Finance and Membership Committee Meeting—Hampton Room
Co-Chairs: David Lewin, University of California-Los Angeles and Paula Voos, Rutgers University

2:00 p.m. ‑ 3:50 p.m.
LERA Automobile Industry Council Meeting - Facing the Crisis: Dialogue Between Practitioners and Academics—Elizabethan C
Co-Chairs: Arthur Schwartz, General Motors Corp.; Linda Ewing, UAW; and John Paul MacDuffie, University of Pennsylvania

2:30 p.m. ‑ 4:00 p.m.
LERA Education Committee Meeting—Board Room
Chair: Cheryl L. Maranto, Marquette University

3:15 p.m. ‑ 4:45 p.m.
LERA Labor Markets/Economic Section Meeting - Labor and Employment Relations: Advice for the Next President—Yorkshire Room
Chair: Steven Greenhouse, New York Times
Panelists: Robert Reich and Laura Tyson, University of California-Berkeley
Daniel J.B. Mitchell, University of California-Los Angeles

3:45 p.m. ‑ 5:45 p.m.
LERA Development and Contributions Committee Meeting—Hampton Room
Chair: John F. Burton, Jr., Rutgers University

4:30 p.m. ‑ 5:30 p.m.
Industry Council Advisory Committee Meeting—Elizabethan C
Chair: Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, University of Illinois, LERA President and Program Chair

4:30 p.m. ‑ 6:00 p.m.
LERA Editorial Committee Meeting—Essex Room
Chair: Adrienne E. Eaton, Rutgers University

4:30 p.m .‑ 6:00 p.m.
LERA Interest Section Advisory Committee—Tower B
Chair: Jill Kriesky, Wheeling Jesuit University

6:15 p.m. ‑ 10:00 p.m.
LERA Board Meeting—Tower A
Chair: Anthony T. Oliver, Jr., Esq., Parker, Milliken, Clark, O'Hara & Samuelian


Saturday


Conference Activities  •  1/3/2009

8:00 a.m. ‑ 10:00 a.m.Concurrent Sessions
  
 
1.1  *The Recent Changes To Chinese Employment Laws - Are They Consistent with a View of Declining Worker Rights Under Globalization? - 2 hrs MCLE credit (Workshop)—Elizabethan CD
Chair: E. Patrick McDermott, Salisbury University
Panelists: Jenny Sun, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics—Chinese Labor Arbitration - Lessons from Dalian
Jiang Junlu, King and Wood—Recent Development in Chinese Labor Law
Discussants: Eileen Hoffman, Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service
Aaron Halegua, Harvard Law School
Earl V. Brown, Jr., Labor Solidarity Center

 
1.2  Unions and the Civic Integration of Immigrant Workers (Symposium)—Elizabethan A
Chair: Michael Fichter, Free University of Berlin
Presenters: Janice Fine, Rutgers University—Vigorous Debates and Momentous Shifts of Position: The American Labor Movement and Federal Immigration Policy 1866-2007
Ruth Milkman, University of California-Los Angeles—L.A.'s Past, America's Future? The 2006 Immigrant Rights Protests and Their Antecedents
Daniel B. Cornfield, Vanderbilt University—Immigration Labor Organizing in a New Destination City: Approaches to a Multi-Ethnic Labor Force in Nashville, Tennessee
Lee Howard Adler and Lowell Turner, Cornell University—Unions and Immigrant Worker Integration: A U.S.-German Comparative Analysis

 
1.3  LERA Refereed Papers—Olympic Room
Chair: David Bensman, Rutgers University
Presenters: Kandice Kapinos, University of Michigan—Spousal Health Insurance Coverage and Labor Supply Decisions: An Analysis of Working Wives
Marian Baird, University of Sydney—Fear, Insecurity and the New Industrial Relations: Talking to Low Paid Women About Work, Life, and Family in Australia
Peter Turnbull, Cardiff University—No Lesser Evil than Divide and Conquer: Resisting Access to the European Port Services Market
John Kelly, Birkbeck College—General Strikes in Western Europe 1980-2006
Colleen Flaherty Manchester, University of Minnesota—The Effect of Pension Plan Type on Retirement Age: Distinguishing Plan Incentives from Career Length Preferences

 
1.4  UCIRHRP Student Paper Presentations—Essex Room
Chair: Timothy J. Keaveny, Marquette University
Presenters: Brian Harney, University of Cambridge—The Road Less Travelled in HRM Performance Research: A Critical Realist Alternative to Big Science'
Lena Hipp, Cornell University—Contracts, Confidence, Continuous Employment? Workers’ Perceived Job & Employment Security in OECD Countries

10:15 a.m. ‑ 12:15 p.m.Concurrent Sessions
  
 
2.1  Telecommunications Employment Systems Transformed? Liberalization, Competition, and Digitalization in Australia, Germany, Britain, and the United States - Comparative Perspectives (Symposium)—Olympic Room
Chair: Harry C. Katz, Cornell University
Presenters: Owen Darbishire, Oxford University—Fragmentation, Variation, and Union Decline: Employment Relations in the British Telecommunications Industry
Virginia Doellgast, King's College—Still a Coordinated Model? Market Liberalization and the Transformation of Employment Relations in the German Telecommunications Industry
Jeffrey Keefe, Rutgers University—Convergence, Divergence, or Fragmentation: How Are Digitalization, Service Competition, and Corporate Consolidation Reshaping Employment Systems in US Telecommunications?
Greg J. Bamber, Monash University/Griffith University and Peter Ross, Griffith University—Telecommunications Privatization and Deregulation: Changing Approaches to Employment Relations in Australia
Discussants: Debbie Goldman, Communication Workers of America
Joseph Gimilaro, Verizon Communications

 
2.2  What Happened to the East Asian Model?: Evolving Employment Relations in Japan, Korea and China (Workshop)—Elizabethan CD
Chair: Takao Kato, Colgate University
Presenters: Henry Farber, Princeton University—Labor Market Adjustment to Globalization: Long-term Employment in the United States and Japan
Ryo Kambayashi, Hitotsubashi University—The Japanese Employment System after the Bubble Burst: New Evidence
Dong Bae Kim, Korea Labor Institute—High Performance Work Practices and Employee Voice: A Comparison of Japanese and Korean Workers
Irene Chow, Chinese University of Hong Kong—The Incidence, Nature, Scope and Effects of HRM Practices in China
Discussants: Masanori Hashimoto, The Ohio State University
Masahiko Aoki, Stanford University
Timothy Ryan, Solidarity Center/Washington

 
2.3  *The Implications of Employer Ascendancy - 2 hrs MCLE credits (Workshop)—Elizabethan A
Chair: Russell D. Lansbury, University of Sydney
Presenters: Daniel J.B. Mitchell and Christoper Erickson, University of California-Los Angeles—Implications of Employer Ascendancy: Micro and Macro
David Madland, Georgetown University—Reduction in Employee Benefits in a Period of Employer Ascendancy
Ian McAndrew, Alan Geare and Fiona Edgar, University of Otago—Collective Bargaining under a Mandate to Collaborate: the Recent New Zealand Experience
Discussants: Julie Martinez Ortega, American Rights at Work
Janice Bellace, University of Pennsylvania

 
2.4  UCIRHRP Meeting—Essex Room
Chair: Timothy J. Keaveny, Marquette University

12:30 p.m. ‑ 2:15 p.m.
UCIRHRP Program - Deans and Directors on Innovation and Transformation in IR/HR Schools (Workshop)—Essex Room
Panelists: David Finegold, Rutgers University
Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, University of Illinois, LERA President and Program Chair
Harry C. Katz, Cornell University

12:30 p.m. ‑ 2:15 p.m.
LERA Collective Bargaining Section Meeting - The Financial Crisis and its Impact Upon Retirement Plans: Implications for Labor, Management, and Public Policy—Victorian Room
Co-Chairs: Howard Stanger, Canisius College and Gordon, R. Pavy, AFL-CIO
Panelists: Christian E. Weller, Center for American Progress
Jim Pruitt, Kaiser Permanente
Scott Adams, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

12:30 p.m. ‑ 2:15 p.m.
LERA Labor Studies/Union Section Meeting - The Politics and Policy of Better Organizing—Elizabethan CD
Co-Chairs: Robert Bruno, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Erin E. Johansson, American Rights at Work
Panelists: Honorable Hilda Solis, Secretary of Labor, US Department of Labor
Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO
Kate Gordon, Apollo Alliance

12:30 p.m. ‑ 2:15 p.m.
LERA Alternative Dispute Resolution Section Meeting - The Role of Conflict Resolution in Reducing the Risk of Workplace Violence—Yorkshire
Co-Chairs: Mary Ellen Shea, Mediator/Arbitrator and Sheila G. Mayberry, Arbitrator
Panelists: Richard V. Denenberg and Tia Schneider Denenberg and Marcia L. Greenbaum, Workplace Solutions, Inc.

12:30 p.m. ‑ 2:15 p.m.
LERA Work and Employment Relations Section Meeting - What are the Implications of the Financial Crisis for Work and Employment Relations Research?—Olympic Room
Co-Chairs: Rosemary Batt, ILR School, Cornell University and Carrie Leana, University of Pittsburgh
Panelists: Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research
Eileen Appelbaum, Rutgers University

12:30 p.m. ‑ 2:15 p.m.
*LERA Labor and Employment Law Section Meeting - Strategies for Enforcing Labor Rights - 1 hr 45 min MCLE credit—Elizabethan A
Chair: Philip Harvey, Rutgers University - Camden
Panelists: Dennis Walsh, National Labor Relations Board
Paul Whitehead, Pennsylvania State University (formerly USW)
Charles Jeszeck, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Ellen Dannin, Penn State University

12:30 p.m. ‑ 2:15 p.m.
LERA Globalization, International and Trade Section Meeting - Contingent Work in a Global Industry: Transport Workers in Korea, China, South Africa and the U.S—Elizabethan B
Chair: Owen Herrnstadt, Int'l Assn of Machinists & Aerospace Workers
Panelists: Sook-Kyung Jin, Korea University Business School
Xiong Jun, Renmin Business School
David Bensman, Rutgers University

2:30 p.m. ‑ 3:30 p.m.
LERA 62nd Annual Meeting Program Committee Meeting—Hampton Room
Chair: Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, University of Illinois, LERA President and Program Chair

2:30 p.m. ‑ 4:30 p.m.Concurrent Sessions
  
 
3.1  *Globalization, Alternative Dispute Mechanisms, Corporate Social Responsibility and International Framework Agreements - 2 hrs MCLE credit (Workshop)—Elizabethan CD
Chair: Owen Herrnstadt, Int'l Assn of Machinists & Aerospace Workers
Panelists: Robert Johnson, International Metalworkers Federation—IFA's in the Metalworking Industry
Marion Hellmann, Building and Woodworkers International—IKEA and BWI
Scott Nova, Workers' Rights Consortium—Critique of IFA's in Concept and in Practice
Discussants: David Bensman, Rutgers University
TBA Government Panelist

 
3.2  *Unions and Collective Action as Alternative Dispute Resolution - 2 hrs MCLE credit (Workshop)—Elizabethan A
Chair: David C. Yamada, Suffolk University Law School
Panelists: Ellen Dannin, Penn State University—The Effect of Union and Non-Union Contexts on the Quality of Mediation and Arbitration - New Zealand's Experience
Heather Grob, Saint Martin's Univeristy—ADR in Inherently Contingent Work Settings - Lessons from the Building and Construction Trades
Guy Mundlak, Tel-Aviv University—Collective Bargaining as a 'Soft-law' Measure and its Implications for the New Governance Alternatives
Clayton Sinyai, Mid-Atlantic Labors Cooperation Trust—Labor Institutions as Alternative Dispute Resolution - A Historic Review
Nik Theodore, University of Illinois at Chicago—Day Labor Worker Centers - Workplace Dispute Resolution on the Street

 
3.3  New Directions in Research on Direct Care Work (Symposium)—Olympic Room
Chair: TBA Government Panelist
Panelists: Ann Frost, University of Western Ontario—Dignity at Work for Direct Care Workers
Noreen Sugrue, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—Paraprofessionals: Why They Leave, Why They Stay, and Understanding How They View Their Work
Carrie Leana, University of Pittsburgh—Quality CareThrough Quality Jobs: Preliminary Quantitative Findings

2:30 p.m. ‑ 4:30 p.m.
Study Group #9 (Pay Systems)—Yorkshire Room
Chair: Daniel J.B. Mitchell, University of California-Los Angeles

3:30  p.m. ‑ 4:30 p.m.
LERA 2009 National Policy Forum Program Committee Meeting—Hampton Room
Chair: Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, University of Illinois, LERA President and Program Chair

4:45 p.m. ‑ 5:45 p.m.
*LERA Distinguished Speaker - 1hr MCLE credit—Elizabethan CD
Chair: Anthony T. Oliver, Jr., Esq., Parker, Milliken, Clark, O'Hara & Samuelian
Featured Speaker: George P. Shultz—Putting Our House in Order: A Guide to Social Security and Health Care Reform

6:00 p.m. ‑ 7:30 p.m.
LERA Welcome Reception - Sponsored by The Bureau of National Affairs—Colonial Room


Sunday


Conference Activities  •  1/4/2009

7:00 a.m. ‑ 8:00 a.m.
AFL-CIO Breakfast—Colonial Room
Chair: Sheldon Friedman, AFL-CIO
Featured Speaker: Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO

8:00 a.m. ‑ 10:00 a.m.Concurrent Sessions
  
 
4.1  *Human Rights in Labor and Employment Relations: International and Domestic Perspectives - 2 hrs MCLE credit (Workshop)—Elizabethan A
Chair: Harry C. Katz, Cornell University
Panelists: James Gross, Cornell University—The Human Rights Framework in Labor and Employment Relations
Jeff Hilgert, Cornell University—Workers' Health and Safety as a Human Right: Sacraficial Lamb of Industrial Relations
Maria L. Ontiveros, University of San Francisco—Employment Discrimination and Human Rights
Rebecca Smith, National Employment Law Project—Globalization and Migration for Work: Human Rights Questions
Susanne Bruyere, Cornell University—The Human Rights of Workers with Disabilities
Discussant: Edward Potter, The Coca Cola Company—Human Rights and Corporate Social Responsibility

 
4.2  Organized Employers: Past and Present (Symposium)—Elizabethan CD
Chair: TBA Government Panelist
Presenters: Chad Pearson, SUNY-Albany—Employer-Organizers, Emergency Responders, and Jokers in the Open Shop Movement, 1900-1914
Howard Stanger, Canisius College—There's Something About Columbus: The Printing Employers of Columbus, Ohio, 1919-1990
John Logan, University of California-Berkeley—Exporting the US Model of Union Avoidance: The Role of Employer Groups, MNCs, and Union Avoidance Consultants
David Jacobs, Morgan State University—Employer Opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act
Discussant: Linda Ewing, UAW

8:00 a.m. ‑ 10:00 a.m.
LERA National Chapter Advisory Committee Reps Meeting—Tower Salon A
Chair: William Canak, Middle Tennessee State University

8:00 a.m. ‑ 10:00 a.m.
LERA Refereed Papers II—Olympic Room
Chair: Mark Stuart, University of Leeds
Presenters: Kevin Neuman, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point—Are Retirees Satisfied and for How Long? The Effect of Union Membership, Job Characteristics, and Retirement Duration
Barbara Rau, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh—The Diffusion of High Performance Work Systems in Unions
Gregor Gall, g.gall@herts.ac.uk and Jack Fiorito, Florida State University—Union Membership Commitment and Union Renewal
Monica Bielski Boris, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—Work as Home and Community: The Workplace Culture of an Alternative, Women-Led Company
Kyoung-Hee Yu, MIT Sloan School of Management—Made for Export: Emigration and Higher Education in the Philippines
Discussant: Susan Helper, Case Western Reserve University

8:00 a.m. ‑ 10:00 a.m.
SABE Poster Session—California West

10:15 a.m. ‑ 12:15 p.m.Concurrent Sessions
  
 
5.1  Sidelined or Mainstreamed? Employment of People with Disabilities in the 21st Century (Symposium)—Olympic Room
Chair: Douglas Kruse, Rutgers University
Presenters: Lisa Schur, Rutgers University; Meera Adya, Syracuse University; Lisa Nishii and Susanne Bruyere, Cornell University; and Peter Blanck, Syracuse University—Disability and Corporate Culture: Case Study Evidence
Sophie Mitra, Fordham University and Douglas Kruse, Rutgers University—Disability and Worker Displacement
Meera Adya and Noemi Enchautegui-de-Jesus, Syracuse University; Lisa Schur, Rutgers University; and James Schmeling, Syracuse University—Disability at Work: Job Characteristics and Attitudes of Employees with Disabilities
H. Stephen Kaye, Lita Jans and Erica C. Jones, University of California - San Francisco—Why Don’t Employers Hire Workers with Disabilities?
Discussants: Julie Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Marjorie Baldwin, Arizona State University

 
5.2  *Lessons of New Research for the Coming Debate over Labor Law - 2 hrs MCLE credit (Symposium)—Elizabethan A
Chair: Julie Martinez Ortega, American Rights at Work
Presenters: Kate Bronfenbrenner, Cornell University—A National Survey of Organizing
Susan Johnson, Wilfrid Laurier University—First Contract Arbitration: Lessons from Canada
Chris Riddell, Queen's University—An Examination of the Effect of Delays on Attaining Union Recognition and the Role that Labor Policy Plays in Increasing Those Delays
Bruce Nissen, Florida International University—A Case Study of an Organizing Campaign Among Nursing Home Workers

 
5.3  Meeting Today's Healthcare Challenges through Innovations in Employment Relations and Information Technology (Symposium)—Elizabethan CD
Chair: Sir Peter Carr, UK National Health Service
Presenters: Greg J. Bamber, Monash University/Griffith University; Adrian Wilkinson, Cameron Allan and Keith Townsend, Griffith University—Mixed Signals in Human Resources Management (HRM): The HRM Role of Hospital Line Managers
Jody Hoffer Hoffer Gittell, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University—Is the Doctor In? A Relational Approach to Job Design and the Coordination of Work
David B. Lipsky, Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution and Ariel Avgar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—Pathways to Better Healthcare: Electronic Medical Records Keeping, Employment and Labor Relations, and Resident Care
Julie Sadler, University of Delaware—The Role of Union Leadership and Union Attitudes in Healthcare Workers' Preparedness for Technological Innovation
Discussant: Eileen Appelbaum, Rutgers University

10:15 a.m. ‑ 12:15 p.m.
LERA Poster Session A—California East
Chair: Robert Hoell, Georgia Southern University
Presenters: Helen LaVan and Kelly Pope, DePaul University and Marsha Katz, Governors State University—Employee Protection for Whistle Blowing: A Litigated Analysis
Huan Ni, Kennesaw State University and Hugo Benitez-Silva, SUNY at Stony Brook—Planning for Retirement and Application for Disability: The Role of Health Dynamics
Joseph Rose, McMaster University—The Direction of Public Sector Unionism in Canada
Terry Wagar, Saint Mary's University and Wendy Carroll, University of Prince Edward Island, School of Business—Is Organizational Culture Associated with the Adoption of Human Resource Management Practices: Evidence from Canadian Contact Centers
Timothy Bartkiw, Ryerson University—Baby Steps? Toward the Regulation of Temporary Help Agency Employment in Canada
Diane Bridge, George Washington University; Mary E. Graham, Clarkson University; and Patrick McHugh, The George Washington University—Class Action Workplace Litigation: Does it Matter to Job Applicants?
Erik Young, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—The Role of Emotional Intelligence in Dispute Resolution: How EI Abilities Can Aid Professional Mediators
Francesco Macheda, University of Milan—Industrial Relations in Icleand
Matthew M. Bodah, University of Rhode Island and Shannon Campbell, Northeastern University—State-Level Policy and Work/Life Balance
James Marton, Georgia State University and Stephen Woodbury, Michigan State University—Can Employees Count on Offers of Retiree Health Benefits? Evidence from the Health and Retirement Survey
Jing Wang, University of Toronto—Explaining Organizational Responsiveness to Work-Life Balance Issues: The Role of Business Strategy
Alexander J.S. Colvin, Pennsylvania State University—Conflict at Work in the Individual Rights Era
Baniyelme Zoogah and Allan Guto, Morgan State University—How Flexible are Labor Markets in Africa

12:30 p.m. ‑ 2:15 p.m
LERA Presidential Lunch—Colonial Room
Chair: Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, University of Illinois, LERA President and Program Chair
Featured Speaker: Anthony T. Oliver, Jr., Esq., Parker, Milliken, Clark, O'Hara & Samuelian

2:30 p.m. ‑ 4:30 p.m.Concurrent Sessions
  
 
6.1  How Can Corporate Social Responsibility Work in an Era of Supercapitalism? (Workshop)—Elizabethan A
Co-Chairs: Jody Hoffer Hoffer Gittell, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University and Maureen Scully, University of Massachusetts Boston
Panelists: Robert Reich, University of California-Berkeley
Lisa M. Lynch, Heller School, Brandeis University
Thomas A. Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stephen Sleigh, The Yucaipa Companies
Judy Scott, SEIU
Judith Samuelson, Aspen Institute

 
6.2  AILR/LERA Best Papers (Workshop)—Olympic Room
Co-Chairs: David Lewin, University of California-Los Angeles and Bruce Kaufman, Georgia State University
Presenters: Patrick Gunnigle, Jonathan Lavelle and Anthony McDonnell, University of Limerick—Subtle But Deadly: Union Avoidance through 'Double Breasting' Among Multinational Companies
Steven Abraham, State University of New York at Oswego; Adrienne E. Eaton and Paula Voos, Rutgers University—Card Check vs. NLRB Election: Stock Market and First Contract Effects
David Marsden and Simone Moriconi, London School of Economics—The Value of Rude Health: The Contribution of Employee Well-Being and Sickness Absence Policies to Improved Business Performance
Diane Frey, London School of Economics—The Abolition of Forced Labor in Central America
Chikako Oka, London School of Economics—Buyers' Impact on Working Conditions: The Case of Cambodia's Garment Industry
Debbi, L Casey and G. Steven McMillan, Penn State Abington—Paradigm Shifts in Industrial Relations Research: A Bibliometric Approach

 
6.3  *International Trends in Workplace Dispute Resolution - 2 hrs MCLE credits (Workshop)—Elizabethan CD
Chair: Sara Adler, Arbitrator/Mediator
Panelists: Jan Duffy, Management Practices Group—Trends in the EU
Arnold M. Zack, Harvard University—Trends in Asia
Ariel Avgar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—Trends in the US

2:30 p.m. ‑ 4:30 p.m.
LERA Poster Session B—California West
Chair: Robert Hoell, Georgia Southern University
Presenters: Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay, Tele-Universite and Laurence Thomsin, Teluq-Universite du Quebec a Montreal—Telework and Mobile Working: An Analysis of its Benefits and Drawbacks
Hugh D. Hindman, Appalachian State University and Charles G. Smith, Otterbein College—Capitalism and Child Labor: The Continuing Legacy of Adam Smith's Pin Factory
Yong-Jin Nho, Seoul National University of Technology and Yong-Seung Park, Kyung Hee University—Unions, Informal Learning and Economic Competitiveness
Rory Donnelly, The University of Manchester—Employment Change in the Knowledge Economy: An Internationally Comparative Analysis of Employment and Contracting in IT and Management Consultancy
Kristian E. Braekkan and Jeffrey B. Arthur, Virginia Tech—High Performance Work Systems and Psychological Contracts: The Role of Union Support
Cynthia Gramm and John F. Schnell, University of Alabama-Huntsville—Determinants of Employee Remedy-Seeking for Discrimination
Peter Toumanoff and Timothy J. Keaveny, Marquette University—Gender Composition of Occupations and Earnings: Why Enter a Female Dominated Occupation?
Johanna Weststar, Michael Melenchuk and Erik Nowak, Saint Mary's University—The Role of Labour Relations Officers and Labour Climate
Liang Zhang, Vanderbilt University and Xiangmin Liu, Cornell University—Blending in the Same Pot: Standard and Non-Standard Employment at Four-Year Colleges and Universities
Danielle van Jaarsveld, University of British Columbia and Hyunji Kwon, Cornell University—Introduction of the Featured Speaker from Labor
Rocio Bonet, Instituto de Empresa Business School—The Changing Value of Experience as Education Accumulates
Steven Ashby, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and C.J. Hawking, Chicago Interfaith Committee on Worker Issues—The Role of the Labor-Religious Coalition in Local and National Solidarity Efforts During the A.E. Staley Lock-Out, Decatur, Illinois 1993-1995
Kristen Monaco and Kimberly, A. Ritter, California State University Long Beach—Employment and Earning in Southern California Logistics Industries
Vibhuti Mehra, Labor Project for Working Families—LEARN WorkFamily - A Unique Online Labor Education and Resource Network

4:45 p.m. ‑ 5:45 p.m.
*Distinguished Panel - Prospects for Labor Law Reform After the 2008 Election - 1 hr MCLE credit—Elizabethan CD
Chair: John Logan, University of California-Berkeley
Panelists: Jonathan Hiatt, AFL-CIO—Prospects for Labor Law Reform: A Labor Perspective
William Dritsas, Seyfarth Shaw—Prospects for Labor Law Reform: A Management Perspective
William B. Gould, Stanford University—Prospects for Labor Law Reform - Law Perspective
Steven Greenhouse, New York Times

6:00 p.m. ‑ 7:00 p.m.
LERA General Membership Meeting—Elizabethan CD

6:45 p.m. ‑ 8:00 p.m.
Universities Joint Reception—Tower A Salon


Monday


Conference Activities  •  1/5/2009

8:00 a.m. ‑ 10:00 a.m.Concurrent Sessions
  
 
7.1  Markets Before Institutions? Global Perspectives on the Effects of Outsourcing and Offshoring (Workshop)—Elizabethan A
Chair: Tania Saba, University of Montreal
Panelists: Patrice Jalette, University of Montreal—Relocation of Production and Industrial Relations in Canadian Manufacturing
Ian Greer, Mark Stuart and Ian Greenwood, University of Leeds—Outsourcing Employment Services: An Anglo-German Comparison
Mark Anner, Pennsylvania State University—The Impact of International Outsourcing on Wages and Unionization in Latin American Export Processing Zone
Nathan Lillie, University of Groningen—Finnish Trade Union Responses to Outsourcing in Shipbuilding and Construction
Hyunji Kwon, Cornell University and Seong-Jae Cho, Korea Labor Institute—Choice Between On-Site Subcontracting and the Use of Temps: a Comparative Study on Workforce Segmentation in Korean Auto and Banking

 
7.2  *Research on the Non-Economic Benefits of Unions - 2 hrs MCLE credit (Symposium)—Olympic Room
Chair: Nancy Wiefek, American Rights at Work
Presenters: Hoyt N. Wheeler, University of South Carolina—Workplace Justice
Alison Morantz, Stanford University—Workplace Safety and Health
Netsy Firestein, Labor Project for Working Families—Work and Family Balance
Discussants: Harley Shaiken, University of California - Berkeley
Daniel Gallagher, James Madison University

 
7.3  *Mandatory Arbitration of Statutory Claims and Other Workplace Disputes: Enforceable/Desirable? - 2 hrs MCLE credit (Workshop)—Elizabethan CD
Chair: Anthony T. Oliver, Jr., Esq., Parker, Milliken, Clark, O'Hara & Samuelian
Panelists: Everett Meiners, Parker, Milliken, Clark, O'Hara & Samuelian—The Enforceability of Mandatory Arbitration Agreements/Policies
Marianne Reinhold, Reich, Adell & Cvitan
Bonnie Prouty Castrey, Mediator/Arbitrator
Gary Spitko, Santa Clara University—Pros and Cons of Proposed Legislation Banning Mandatory Arbitration Agreements

10:15 a.m. ‑ 12:15 p.m.
Bargaining for Benefits: Wellness as a Win-Win Strategy - LERA Healthcare Industry Council Meeting—Essex Room
Chair: Jody Hoffer Hoffer Gittell, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
Panelists: Tammy Jones, Kaiser Permanente
Jeffrey Levi, Trust for America's Health
Discussants: Bonnie Summers, BlueCross BlueShield Association
Jim Pruitt, Kaiser Permanente
James R. Bialke, SEIU Healthcare Minnesota

10:15 a.m. ‑ 12:15 p.m.Concurrent Sessions
  
 
8.1  Collective Bargaining and Economic Transition - Three Industry Studies (Symposium)—Elizabethan CD
Chair: Francoise Carré, Center for Social Policy-University of Massachusetts Boston
Presenters: Paul Clark, Penn State University—Collective Bargaining in American Hospitals: The Response of Nurses' Unions to the Crisis in American Health Care
Richard Block and Mary Hamman, Michigan State University and Kent Hill, Arizona State University—The Impact of Auto Assembly Collective Bargaining on the Michigan Economy: The Case of the 2006 Special Attrition Program
Dale Belman, Michigan State University—Construction Industry Labor Relations since 2000
Discussant: Joel S. Yudken, High Road Strategies, LLC

 
8.2  *San Francisco and the New Social Compact 2 hrs MCLE credit (Workshop)—Elizabethan A
Chair: David Weinberg, FMCS
Panelists: Mike Casey, Unite-HERE
Jim Wunderman, Bay Area Council
Ken Jacobs, UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education

12:15 p.m. ‑ 2:00 p.m.
Public Sector Governance and Employment Relations - LERA International/Comparative IR Section Meeting A—Yorkshire Room
Chair: John Kelly, Birkbeck College
Presenters: Suzanne Konzelmann, University of London-Birkbeck—Public Sector Governance Reforms and Employee Relations in Britain: Evidence from the National Health Service
Rebecca Givan, Cornell University—What Anglo-American Model? Public Sector Employment Relations in Context
Julian Gould-Williams, Cardiff Business School; Ed Snape, Hong Kong Polytech University; and Tom Redman, University of Durham—Organizational Justice and Union Citizenship Behavior: Comparing Social Exchange and Frustration-Aggression Effects in a Local Government Study
David Lewin, University of California-Los Angeles—Incentive Compensation in the Public Sector: Evidence from North America and Europe

1:00 p.m. ‑ 3:00 p.m.Concurrent Sessions
  
 
9.1  The Public Sector Workforce Challenge: Attracting and Retaining a New Generation of Public Servants (Symposium)—Olympic Room
Chair: Christian E. Weller, Center for American Progress
Presenters: Joshua Franzel, Center for State and Local Government Excellence—The Public Sector Workforce: Past,Present, and Future
Beth Almeida, National Institute on Retirement Security—Recruitment and Retention in the Public Sector: The Role of Pensions
Ariane Hegewisch, Institute for Women's Policy Research—Work/life Balance and New Models of Working Time Organization in Public Services: Why Such Different Emphasis in Europe and the United States?
Marie Louise Caravatti, American Federation of Teachers—Union Learning Representatives: Potential for the United States
Tom Wilson, Trade Union Congress—Union Learning Representatives as a Tool for Workforce Development (and Unionization) in the UK Public Services

 
9.2  *Litigating Employee or Independent Contractor Status? The View from the Trenches - 2 hrs MCLE credit (Workshop)—Elizabethan A
Chair: Revae Moran, GAO
Panelists: Lynn Rossman Faris, Leonard Carder, LLP
Steven Green, California Department of Justice
Dennis Perez, Hochman, Salkin, Rettig, Toscher & Perez, P.C.
Robert W. Wood, Wood & Porter

2:15 p.m. ‑ 4:00 p.m.
New Migrant Communities and 'New' Industrial Relations in the EU and USA - LERA International/Comparative IR Section Meeting B—Yorkshire
Co-Chairs: Mark Stuart, University of Leeds and Bruce Nissen, Florida International University
Presenters: Miguel Martinez Lucio, University of Manchester University of Manchester—Employment Relations, Migration and Politics: Issues in the Study of Migrant Communities in the European Union
Nathan Lillie, University of Groningen—National Systems and Transnational Work in Construction
Robert MacKenzie and Christopher Forde, Leeds University—Networks of Support for New Migrant Communities: Institutional Goals versus Substantive Goals
Janice Fine, Rutgers University – US Labor and Federal Immigration Policy