LERA 65th AM - Static Program 2013

2013 Program


Wednesday

Conference Activities  •  6/5/2013
7:15 pm - ?
Baseball: Cardinals vs. D'backs (Ice Mountain Autograph Night), Hosted by LERA Gateway Chapter—Busch Stadium
Chair: Robert Russell, University of MissouriSPECIAL EVENT: Join the Gateway Chapter at the Cardinals Game. Tickets are $15.
 

Thursday

Conference Activities  •  6/6/2013
7  ‑ 8 am
Continental Breakfast, Hosted by LERA Gateway Chapter—Mississippi Upper
Chair: Eric M. Mooshegian, IUOE Local 148
   
8 ‑ 10 am Concurrent Sessions
 
1.1  North American Experience with Forms of Nonunion Employee Representation (Workshop)—Missouri Lower
Chair: Jack Fiorito, Florida State University
Presenters: Bruce E. Kaufman, Georgia State UniversityUps and Downs of Employee Involvement and Representation at Delta Air Lines
David Lewin, University of California-Los AngelesNonunion Committees and Company ADR Systems
Michael H. LeRoy, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignAre Employer-Created Committees for Union Avoidance or Employee Involvement? Evidence from Section 8a2 Cases
 
1.2  LERA Higher Education Industry Council Meeting "Recent Developments in Higher Education Labor & Employment Law" (Workshop)—Missouri Upper
Chair: Louis Benedict, Bowling Green State University
Discussants: Michael Loconto, Harvard University
Judith Stilz Ogden, Clayton State University
Gregory M. Saltzman, Albion College
 
1.3  Addressing Healthcare Challenges on the Frontlines: Partnership, Involvement, Voice and Mindful Organizing (Symposium)—306
Chair: Ann C. Frost, University of Western Ontario
Presenters: Timothy Vogus, Vanderbilt UniversityThe Antecedents and Consequences of Mindful Organizing in Workgroups
Adam Seth Litwin, Johns Hopkins University and Adrienne E. Eaton, Rutgers UniversityFrontline Employee Involvement and the Mystery of the Missing Performance Effects
Rebecca Kolins Givan, Rutgers UniversityEmployee Voice in the Veterans Health Administration
Paul F. Clark, Pennsylvania State University; Ariel C. Avgar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Julie Sadler, Pennsylvania State University; and WonJoon Chung, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignPartnership in Context: Moderating the Effects of Frontline Partnership on Perceptions of Patient Care
Discussant: Saul Rubinstein, Rutgers University
8 ‑ 10 am
LERA Chapter Representatives Meeting—Missouri Middle
Chair: William Canak, Middle Tennessee State University
8 ‑ 10 am
LERA Finance/Membership Committee Meeting—307
Co-Chairs: Bonnie Castrey, Arbitrator/Mediator and Jeffrey H. Keefe, Rutgers University
   
10:15 am ‑ 12:15 pm Concurrent Sessions
 
2.1  Organizing Informal Workers: Innovations from Around the World (Symposium)—Missouri Lower
Chair: Adrienne E. Eaton, Rutgers University
Presenters: Chris Bonner, Women in Informal Employment; Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) and Françoise Carré, University of Massachusetts-BostonGlobal Networking: Informal Workers Build Solidarity, Power and Representation through Alliances
Rina Agarwala, Johns Hopkins UniversityDignifying Discontent Among India's Informal Workers
Daniel Hawkins, Penn State UniversityPort Workers in Colombia
Sahra Ryklief, International Federation of Workers' Education AssociationsHospitality and Retail Workers in South Africa
Discussants: Shawna Bader-Blau, AFL-CIO
Susan J. Schurman, Rutgers University
 
2.2  The Case of The Missing Money: A Mock Arbitration Hearing (Workshop)—Missouri Middle
Chair: Edward Harrick, NAA, ArbitratorModerator and Discussion Leader
 
Panelists: Rudy Smith, Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 562Grievant
Sally E. Barker, Schuchat, Cook & Werner, Labor Attorney and Robert Stewart, Ogletree Deakins, Employer AttorneyAdvocates
James O'Grady, NAA, ArbitratorArbitrator
 
2.3  Harnessing Legal Scholarship to Shape the Law of the Workplace (Workshop)—Missouri Upper
Chair: Ellen Dannin, Pennsylvania State University
Panelists: Marcia McCormick, St. Louis UniversityFrom Dusty Tomes to #Winning the Interwebs
David C. Yamada, Suffolk UniversityIntellectual Activism: How Scholarship Can Inform Employment Law and Policy (and Vice Versa)
Discussant: John N. Raudabaugh, Butzel Long
 
2.4  Strategic Enforcement for a Fissured Economy: Lessons from the Field (Workshop)—306
Chair: Janice Fine, Rutgers University
Panelists: David Weil, Boston UniversityFissured Employment Relations and Strategic Enforcement
Libby Hendrix, Asst. Administrator for Planning, Performance, Evaluation and Communications, Wage and Hour DivisionDeveloping a Strategic Enforcement Strategy for the Wage and Hour Division of the US DOL
Terri Gerstein, Chief of the Labor Bureau, New York State Attorney General's OfficeStrategic Enforcement at the State Level: New York
Joanne Goldstein, Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development, Office of Labor and Workforce DevelopmentStrategic Enforcement at the State Level: Massachusetts
Janice Fine, Rutgers University and Matthew Amengual, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyStrategies for Labor Participation and Labor Standards Enforcement
Discussant: Lilia Garcia, Executive Director, Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund
 
2.5  LERA Best Posters, Session I (Workshop)—305
Chair: Ariel C. Avgar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Presenters: Radek Nowak, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignAdvancing Quality of Care in American Hospitals: Positive Role of the Interaction Between Cognitive Conflict and Conflict Management
Xiangmin (Helen) Liu, Penn State University; Danielle van Jaarsveld, University of British Columbia; Rosemary Batt, Cornell University; and Ann C. Frost, University of Western OntarioDoes Ownership Structure Affect Employment Practices? Evidence from North America
Daniel Gilbert, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignImaginary Managers: Spectatorship and Human Resources in Fantasy Football
Sung Chul Noh and Robert Hebdon, McGill UniversityUnbundling Workplace Conflict: Developing a Theory of Conflict Mobilization, from Grievances to Strikes
Amit Kramer and WonJoon Chung, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignEffect of Work and Family Demands on BMI and the Moderating Role of Work-Life Policies: A 14 Years Longitudinal Study
Monica Bielski Boris, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignCatching the Next Wave: Examining AFSCME's Young Worker Program
Byron Lee, Renmin University of China; Jing Wang, York University; and Johanna Weststar, Western UniversitySatisfying Employee Preferences for Work Hours Can Improve Firm Outcomes
Jonathan Booth and Mark Williams, London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnions in the Community: Union Membership, Charitable Giving, and Volunteering
Diane Ellen Schmidt, California State University, Chico; Alan Schmidt, Cal Northern Law School; and Donna Kemp, California State University, ChicoWorkplace Democracy, Open Door Policies, and Protecting Individual Rights
Qianyun Xie, University of Minnesota; Wei Chi, Tsinghua University; and Xiaoye Qian, Sichuan UniversityThe Effects of Unions on Innovation and Technology: Evidence from China
Rocio Bonet and Fabrizio Salvador, Instituto de Empresa Business SchoolUnpacking the Effects of Collocation in Geographically Distributed Work
Zev Eigen, Northwestern University and David S. Sherwyn, Cornell UniversityWhen Employees Can't Win: An Analysis of How Courts Construe the Ellerth / Farragher Affirmative Defense to Sexual Harassment
Janice Bellace, University of PennsylvaniaThe Age Discrimination in Employment Act: Failed Promise or Conceptually Flawed?
Robert Hickey, Queen's University and Richard Chaykowski, Queens UniversityLabour Relations Policy Reforms in Ontario's Broader Public Sector
Frank Mullins, North Carolina A&T State UniversityThe Effects of Ownership Structure on Defined-Benefit Plan Funding
Bert Mustafa Azizoglu, The New School UniversityConceptualizing the Finance - Labor Nexus
Yuanyuan Sun, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignBank CEO Compensation and Mortgage Lending Practices
Robert B. McKersie, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyA Decisive Decade: An Insider's View of the Chicago Civil Rights Movement During the 1960s
10:15 am ‑ 12:15 pm
LERA Development Committee Meeting—307
Chair: Ralph Craviso, Craviso & Associates
12:30 ‑ 2:15 pm
LERA Airline Industry Council Meeting "Airline Merger Integration" (Symposium)—Missouri Upper
Chair: Thomas A. Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Presenters: Jody Hoffer Gittell, Heller School, Brandeis University; Andrew von Nordenflycht, Simon Fraser University; and Greg J. Bamber, Monash UniversityBuilding Relational Capital: The Southwest/AirTran Merger
Panelists: Wayne Stamps, Southwest Airlines Pilots' AssociationSouthwest Airlines Labor Relations and Merger Integration: The Pilots' Perspective
William Hiers, Jr., Ford & HarrisonAirline Mergers, Past & Present
Jono Anderson, Booz & CompanyAirline Mergers from a Network, Capacity & Operations Perspective
Gerald Adolph, Booz & CompanyMerger Integration Lessons from beyond Airlines
12:30 ‑ 2:15 pm
LERA Collective Bargaining Interest Section Meeting "2013 LERA Research Volume Preview: Collective Bargaining in the US" (followed by an open discussion) (Workshop)—306
Co-Chairs: Howard Stanger, Canisius College and Lynne Mingarelli, American Federation of Teachers
12:30 ‑ 2:15 pm
LERA Grants & Sponsorship Committee Meeting—307
Chair: Marlene K. Heyser, Workplace Law Strategies
   
2:30 ‑ 4:30 pm Concurrent Sessions
 
3.1  The Future of Work and Employment Relations in China (Symposium)—Missouri Lower
Chair: Sarosh C. Kuruvilla, Cornell University
Presenters: Mingwei Liu, Rutgers University and Yujie Cai, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool UniversityThe Future of Chinese Industrial Relations
Hao Zhang and Sarosh C. Kuruvilla, Cornell UniversitySectoral Bargaining in China
Xiangmin (Helen) Liu, Ning (CiCi) Jingxi and Can Ouyang, Penn State UniversityAlternative Staffing, Workforce Integration Practices and Organizational Outcomes
Fanmin Kong and Junjing Lu, Peking UniversityThe Nature of Industrial Relations and Its Impacts on Occupational Safety and Health in China
Discussant: Earl Brown, Jr., Solidarity Center
 
3.2  Employment, Grievance and ADR Mediation: Long-term Relationships vs. Immediate Outcomes (Workshop)—Missouri Middle
Chair: Allison Beck, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Panelists: Sergio A. Delgado, Federal Mediation and Conciliation ServiceRegional Differences in Why Grievance Mediation is Done: The Cost-factor - Economic and Relationship
Gilbert Escudero, Federal Mediation and Conciliation ServiceThe Dynamics of Employment vs. Grievance Mediation: Employer/Employee vs. the Involvement of Union Interests and LT vs. ST Relationships
Eileen B. Hoffman, Federal Mediation and Conciliation ServiceTechniques That Are Distinct: Comparing the Practitioner to the Participant
 
3.3  Institutions, Ownership Structures, and Employment Systems (Symposium)—Missouri Upper
Chair: Rosemary Batt, Cornell University
Presenters: Ian Greer, Greenwich University; Katia Iankova and Lisa Schulte, University of Greenwich; and Graham Symon, Greenwich UniversityMarketization, Management, and Misbehavior in Welfare-to-work Services: Cases from Germany, the UK, and France
Tashlin Lakhani, Cornell UniversityOur Business, Your Employees: The Management of Employment Systems in Franchise Businesses
Dionne Pohler, University of Saskatchewan and Chris Riddell, Cornell UniversityThe Differential Impact of National Institutions on Downsizing Practices in Foreign-Owned MNCs versus Locally-Owned Companies in Canada
Discussant: Gregory Jackson, Free University Berlin
 
3.4  The Construction of Work and the Future of Worker Representation: Pushing the Boundaries of the Law (Workshop)—306
Chair: Wilma B. Liebman, Former Chairman, NLRB
Panelists: David Weil, Boston UniversityBusiness Restructuring and "Fissured Employment"
Katie Corrigan, Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working PoorNew Models of Organizing: Low-wage Workers
Ana Avendano, AFL-CIONew Models of Organizing: Immigrant Workers
Gary Witlen, International Brotherhood of TeamstersIndependent Contractor Organization
Bhairavi Desai, New York Taxi Workers AllianceOrganizing Taxi Drivers outside the NLRA
Discussant: Marion G. Crain, Washington University
 
3.5  AILR/LERA Best Papers—305
Co-Chairs: David Lewin, University of California-Los Angeles and Paul J. Gollan, Macquarie University
Presenters: Paulo Ferreira de Souza Marzionna, Cornell UniversityUnion Avoidance and Culture Strategies: How American Employers Behave in Brazil
Ankita Patnaik, Cornell UniversityMaking Leave Easier: Better Compensation and Daddy-Only Entitlements
Avner Ben-Ner, University of Minnesota and Ting Ren, Peking UniversityOwnership and Organization Design: A Sectoral Comparison of Workplace Organization in Nursing Homes
2:30 ‑ 4:30 pm
LERA National Chapter Advisory Committee Meeting—307
Co-Chairs: Bonnie Castrey, Arbitrator/Mediator and William Canak, Middle Tennessee State University
5 ‑ 6:15 pm
LERA Welcome Reception, Hosted by University Programs—Mississippi Middle & Lower
Chair: David Lewin, University of California-Los Angeles
6:05 pm ‑ ?
Baseball: Cardinals vs. D'backs, Hosted by LERA Gateway Chapter—Busch Stadium
Chair: Robert Russell, University of MissouriSPECIAL EVENT: Join the Gateway Chapter at the Cardinals Game. Tickets are $15.
 

Friday

Conference Activities  •  6/7/2013
7 ‑ 8 am
AFL-CIO Breakfast and Program—Mississippi U, M, L
Chair: Daniel Marschall, AFL-CIO
Featured Speaker: Dennis Williams, United Auto Workers
   
8 ‑ 10 am Concurrent Sessions
 
4.1  Better Work and Labour Standards Compliance in Global Supply Chains (Symposium)—Missouri Lower
Chair: Anil Verma, University of Toronto
Presenters: Drusilla Brown, Tufts UniversityBetter Work Jordan: Examining Migrant and Native-Born Wages and Hours Discrimination
Mark Anner, Pennsylvania State UniversityStrikes, CSR, and Better Work in the Vietnamese Apparel Export Sector
Kelly I. Pike, University of Toronto and Shane Godfrey, University of Cape TownBetter Work Lesotho: Examining Workers' Perceptions of Labour Standards Compliance
Jennifer Lynn Bair, University of Colorado-Boulder and Gary Gereffi, Duke UniversityBetter Work in Central America: Assessing the Opportunities for Upgrading in Nicaragua's Apparel Sector
Discussants: Anil Verma, University of Toronto
Amy Luinstra, International Finance Corporation
 
4.2  Gateway LERA Chapter presents "21st Century Apprenticeship Programs: Examples of Labor-Management Cooperation from the St. Louis Area" (Workshop)—Missouri Middle
Chair: Robert Russell, University of Missouri
Discussants: David Zimmerman, Sheet Metal Workers Local 36
John J. O'Mara, Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 562
Timothy Bernstetter, Painters' District Council 2 Apprenticeship Program
 
4.3  International Public Policy and Labor-Management Relations: Crisis, Recovery and New Social Contracts (brief International Interest Section Meeting to follow) (Symposium)—Missouri Upper
Chair: Greg J. Bamber, Monash University
Presenters: Alexander J.S. Colvin, Cornell University and Owen Darbishire, Oxford UniversityLabor Policy in the Great Recession: The New Anglo-American Model under Pressure
Ian Greer and Graham Symon, Greenwich UniversityWorkfare Regimes: Similarities, Differences, and Exceptions
Roy Joseph Adams, McMaster UniversityPublic Policy vs. International Law in Canada: The Case of Saskatchewan
Discussants: Eileen B. Hoffman, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Richard Cooney, Monash University
 
4.4  Employee Voice in the Health Care Workplace: The Role of Joint Labor-Management Skill Training Programs (Workshop)—306
Chair: Daniel Marschall, AFL-CIO
Panelists: Cheryl Feldman, District 1199C Training & Upgrading FundInvesting in a Skilled Workforce: A Win-Win for Workers and Employers
Sally Klingel, Cornell UniversityHow Health Care Employers Benefit from Multi-employer Labor-Management Training Funds
Susan J. Schurman, Rutgers UniversityHow Government Policy is Influencing Health Care Workforce Development and Apprenticeship Programs
8 ‑ 10 am
LERA Editorial Committee—307
Co-Chair: Eric Duchinsky, Labor and Employment Relations Association
8 ‑ 11 am
University Council of Industrial Relations/Human Resources Programs (UCIRHRP) Meeting—305
Chair: William N. Cooke, Michigan State University
   
10:15 am ‑ 12:15 pm Concurrent Sessions
 
5.1  International Comparisons of Employment Relations Practices in Multinational Company Subsidiaries (Symposium)—Missouri Lower
Chair: J. Ryan Lamare, Pennsylvania State University
Presenters: Timothy Bartram, La Trobe University; Brendan Boyle, University of Newcastle; John Burgess, Curtin University; Anthony McDonnell, University of South Australia; and Pauline Stanton, Victoria UniversityUnion Recognition and Collective Bargaining in MNEs in Australia: A Moveable Feast?
Gregor Murray, Université de Montréal; Patrice Jalette, University of Montreal; Christian Levesque, HEC Montreal; and Jacques Belanger, University of LavalThe Relationship between Management Discretion and Employment Relations Practices in the Subsidiaries of Multinational Companies
Thomas Turner, Jonathan Lavelle and Daryl D'Art, University of LimerickA Receding Tide? Perceptions of Union Influence in Europe after the Financial Crisis
Valeria Pulignano, Katholieke University Leuven; Patrick Gunnigle, University of Limerick; Steen Navrbjerg, University of Copenhagen; Paul Gooderham, Norwegian School of Economics; Lourdes Susaeta, University of Navarra; and Tony Edwards, King's College LondonSimilar or Contrasting Trajectories - Large Scale Survey Evidence on Industrial Relations in MNCs in Western Europe
 
5.2  Retirement Income Security: Challenges Ahead for an Aging Population (Workshop)—Missouri Middle
Chair: Stephen Sleigh, IAM National Pension and Benefit Fund
Presenters: David S. Blitzstein, United Foods and Commercial Workers International UnionMulti-employer Pension Plans
Dennis Kuhl, The Boeing Co.Single Employer Pension Plans and Saving Plans
Nari Rhee, National Institute on Retirement SecurityPublic Pension Plans
Panelist: Charles Jeszeck, U.S. Government Accountability OfficeTrends In Pension Coverage
 
5.3  Institutions and Inequality in Networked Organizations (Symposium)—Missouri Upper
Chair: Alexander J.S. Colvin, Cornell University
Presenters: Nathan Lillie, University of JyväskyläEuropean Integration, Transnational Subcontracting and the Disintegration of National Industrial Relations Systems
Virginia Doellgast, London School of Economics and Political Science; Katja Sarmiento-Mirwaldt, Brunel University; and Chiara Benassi, London School of EconomicsInstitutions and Inequality in Liberalized Markets: Organizational Restructuring and Wage Segmentation in Telecommunications
Hyunji Kwon, King's College London(Re-)negotiating Flexibility: The impact of New Temporary Worker Legislation on Organizational Strategies in Korean Firms
Discussant: Sarosh C. Kuruvilla, Cornell University
 
5.4  Public School Reform Policy, Unions, and Student Performance (Workshop)—306
Chair: Saul Rubinstein, Rutgers University
Presenters: Kelvin Adams, Saint Louis Public Schools and Mary Armstrong, AFT St. Louis, Local Union 420Union-Management Collaboration in St. Louis Public Schools
Laura Rico, American Federation of Teachers; Cheryl Teare, AFT Union Leadership Institute; and Linda Stelly, AFT Educational Issues DepartmentNational Union Diffusion of Collaborative School Reform
John McCarthy, Rutgers UniversityLabor-Management Partnerships, Teacher Collaboration and Student Performance in US Public Schools
Discussant: David Lewin, University of California-Los Angeles
10:15 am ‑ 12:15 pm
LERA Program Committee Meeting I—305
Co-Chair: Lisa M. Lynch, Brandeis University, LERA President and Program Chair
10:15 am ‑ 12:15 pm
ASSA Program Committee Meeting—307
Co-Chairs: Eileen Appelbaum, Center for Economic and Policy Research and William M. Rodgers III, Rutgers University
10:30 am ‑ 12:30 pm
Sheet Metal Workers' Training Center Tour, Hosted by LERA Gateway Chapter—On Site at Training Center
Chair: Robert Russell, University of MissouriSPECIAL EVENT: Follow the Gateway Chapter's 8 am presentation "21st Century Apprenticeship Programs" with a case study tour. Tickets are $20.
 
12:30 ‑ 2:15 pm
LERA National Policy Luncheon—Mississippi U, M, L
Chair: Lisa M. Lynch, Brandeis University, LERA President and Program Chair
Featured Speaker: Representative Richard (Dick) Gephardt, U.S. House of Representatives
2:15 ‑ 4:15 pm
Labor Art Tour, Hosted by LERA Gateway Chapter—Clayton, Mo.
Chair: Robert Russell, University of MissouriSPECIAL EVENT: Tour the Feldacker Labor Art Collection, comprised of paintings, prints, drawings, and sculpture on the theme of labor and the role of the worker in America. Tickets are $20.
 
   
2:30 ‑ 4:30 pm Concurrent Sessions
 
6.1  Workplace Inequalities and Remedies (Symposium)—Room 306
Chair: Lonnie Golden, Pennsylvania State University-Abington
Presenters: Eileen Appelbaum, Center for Economic and Policy ResearchReducing Inequality and Insecurity: Rethinking Labor and Employment Policy for the 21st Century
Lingwen Zheng, Cornell UniversityThe Role of Tipping - The Dynamic of Racial Segregation in Firms & What Goes Beyond
Roberto Fernandez and Gokce Basbug, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyGendered Musical Chairs: Job Succession and Sex Segregation
 
6.2  Workers' Compensation: Recent Developments (Workshop)—Missouri Middle
Chair: John F. Burton, Jr., Rutgers UniversityRecent Workers' Compensation Developments from the Perspective of a Researcher
 
Panelists: J.R. Boyd, Boyd & Kenter, P.C.Recent Workers' Compensation Developments from the Perspective of Plantiff Counsel
James Gallen, Evans & DixonRecent Workers' Compensation from the Perspective of Defense Counsel
Emily Spieler, Northeastern UniversityRecent Workers' Compensation from the Perspective of a Researcher
David B. Torrey, Pennsylvania Department of Labor and IndustryRecent Workers' Compensation Developments from the Perspective of a Workers' Compensation Judge
 
6.3  'Lean Management' in Health Care: International Perspectives (Symposium)—Missouri Upper
Co-Chairs: Sir Peter Carr, UK National Health Service and Paul F. Clark, Pennsylvania State University
Presenters: Greg J. Bamber, Monash University; Pauline Stanton and Ruth Ballardie, Victoria University; Timothy Bartram, La Trobe University; Richard Gough, Victoria University; Sandy Leggat, La Trobe University; and Amrik Sohal, Monash UniversityAn Analysis of 'Lean Management' in a Melbourne Hospital: People Perspectives from Australia (and Canada)
David Ben-Tovim, Flinders Medical CentreImplementing Lean Thinking with a Management under Strain: Australasian Experiences
Jody Hoffer Gittell, Heller School, Brandeis University; Eva Thoft, Grontmij Engineering and Consulting; and Walter Lowell, Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Lean ManagementThe Soft Side of Lean: Enabling Lean Process Improvement through Relational Coordination
Discussants: Rebecca Kolins Givan, Rutgers University
Bonnie Summers, BlueCross BlueShield Association
 
6.4  John T. Dunlop Public Policy Panel: The Chicago Teachers Strike and the Fight for Public Education (Workshop)—306
Chair: Robert Bruno, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignThe External Dynamics that Impacted the Bargaining Process and Created Momentum for a Teacher Strike
 
Panelists: David Lewin, University of California, Los AngelesThe Collective Bargaining Process in Addressing Education Reform Efforts
Saul Rubinstein, Rutgers UniversityLabor-Management Partnerships in K-12 Public Schools
Karen Lewis, Chicago Teachers UnionHow 26,000 Union Teachers Took to the Street in Support of Collective Bargaining and Public Education
James Franczek, Franczek Radelet P.C.Why The Contract Between the Chicago Public Schools and its Teachers Union Was so Complex and Difficult to Bargain
Kate Grossman, Chicago SuntimesThe Chicago Public Teachers Strike and a View from the Press Box
2:30 ‑ 4:30 pm
LERA Program Committee II—305
Chair: Lisa M. Lynch, Brandeis University, LERA President and Program Chair
2:30 ‑ 4:30 pm
LERA Perspectives on Work Editorial Advisory Board Meeting—307
Chair: Eric Duchinsky, Labor and Employment Relations Association
4:45 ‑ 6 pm
The Right and Labor in America: Labor Historians' Perspective (Workshop)—Meramec West
Chair: Michael Hillard, University of Southern Maine
Presenters: Elizabeth Tandy Shermer, Loyola University ChicagoUnderstanding the Right and Labor in the United States: Current Research and Future Directions
Susan Orr, The College at Brockport-SUNYIs Democracy in the Cards? A Democratic Defense of the Employee Free Choice Act
Discussant: Howard Stanger, Canisius College
4:45 ‑ 6 pm
AFL-CIO Listening Session: How Do Unions Need to Change to Fulfill Their Mission?—Missouri Middle
Chair: Daniel Marschall, AFL-CIO
Panelists: Cathy Feingold, AFL-CIO
Richard Cooney, Monash University
Mark Stuart, University of Leeds
Discussant: Monica Bielski Boris, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
6:15 ‑ 8:15 pm
St. Louis Restaurant Tour, Hosted by LERA Gateway Chapter—Various Restaurants
Chair: Robert Russell, University of MissouriSPECIAL EVENT: LERA's own Gateway Chapter sparks a new tradition by hosting a Taste of St. Louis Night. Let a local LERA host escort you to the flavor of St. Louis. (Everyone pays separately.)
 
6 ‑ 10 pm
LERA Executive Board Meeting—Missouri Lower
Chair: David Lewin, University of California-Los Angeles

Saturday

Conference Activities  •  6/8/2013
7 ‑ 8 am
Continental Breakfast—Mississippi Upper
Chair: David Lewin, University of California, Los Angeles
   
8 ‑ 10 am Concurrent Sessions
 
7.1  Labor and Organizing in the Food Chain (Symposium)—Missouri Lower
Chair: Chris Benner, University of California, DavisFrom Labor to Consumer: The Impact on Consumer Food Prices of Raising Wages in the Food Chain
 
Presenters: Margaret Gray, Adelphi UniversityLabor and the Locavore: Uncovering the Plight of Marginalized Immigrant Workers in the Hudson Valley's Locavore Farm Industry
Saru Jayaraman, University of California, BerkeleyFrom Labor to Consumer: The Impact on Consumer Food Prices of Raising Wages in the Food Chain
Diana Robinson, Food Chain Workers AllianceThe Hands That Feed Us: Coordinated Food Workers Organizing in a Supply Chain
Chris Tilly, University of California-Los Angeles and Françoise Carré, University of Massachusetts-BostonSo far from God, So Close to the United States and Yet: Why Supermarket Jobs are So Different between Mexico and the US
Nick Rudikoff, Change to Win and Warehouse Workers UnitedAlways Low Prices: The Impacts and Failures of Walmart's Purchasing Practices and the Limits of Corporate Social Responsibility
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7.2  A Global Perspective on the 'Public Interest' in Labour-Management Relations (Workshop)—Missouri Middle
Chair: Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignPublic Goods in Labour Relations: Behavioral, Legal, and Cultural Considerations
 
Presenters: Noel Cowell and Danny Roberts, University of the West Indies and Wayne Jones, Jamaica Civil Service Association and Caribbean Public Service AssociationTowards a Transformation in Caribbean Public Sector Labour Relations
Noel Cowell, University of the West Indies and Tanzia Sarah Saunders, University of West IndiesPolitical Capture, Public Interests and the Role of the Government as Employer - Employment Relations in the Jamaican Public Sector
Christos Ioannou, Organisation for Mediation and ArbitrationPublic Sector Labour Relations at the Heart of Societal Economic Challenge in Greece
Søren Viemose, Kaløvig CenterThe 1899 "Danish Model" Under Stress: Decomposition or Innovation - Contradicting Trends in the Current Labor Negotiation Practice
 
7.3  Expanding the Issues of Bullying in the Workplace: Labor and Management Responsibilities (Workshop)—Missouri Upper
Chair: Marlene K. Heyser, Workplace Law Strategies
Presenters: Tapas K. Ray, Chia-Chia Chang and Abay Asfaw, CDC/NIOSHWorkplace bullying and health-related quality of life: Results from the 2010 National Health Interview Survey
David C. Yamada, Suffolk UniversityAs Workplace Bullying Enters the Mainstream of American Employment Relations, Will Law and Public Policy Follow?
Panelists: Carlos Perez, Reich, Adell & CvitanView of Labor on Workplace Bullying
Anthony T. Oliver, Jr., Parker MillikenView of Management on Workplace Bullying
Tia Schneider Denenberg, Workplace Solutions, Inc.View of Neutral on Workplace Bullying
 
7.4  LERA Best Posters, Session II (Workshop)—305
Chair: Ariel C. Avgar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Presenters: Adina Sterling, Washington University in St. LouisFriendships and Strategic Behavior in Labor Markets
Robert Hickey, Queen's UniversityOrganizational Logic, Human Resource Practices and the Experiences of Direct Support Workers
Jack Fiorito, Irene Padavic and Phillip DeOrtentiis, Florida State UniversityReconsidering Union Activism and Its Meaning
Fred Stahl, Fred Stahl LLCWorker Leadership: The Future of Production Systems
Samantha Conroy, University of ArkansasRethinking Pay Research, Consider the System
Richard Cooney, Monash UniversityOccupational Licensing in Australia; an Institutional Approach
James Martin, Wayne State University and Ariel Lelchook, Gettysburg CollegeRelationship of Shift Work and Shift Changes with Attitudes towards Work Shift
Kristian E. Braekkan, Gustavus Adolphus CollegePsychological Contract Violations, Union Commitment, and Trust in Management
Adrienne E. Eaton, Tracy Chang, Sean E. Rogers and Paula Voos, Rutgers UniversityEmotions and Attitudes in Union Voting Behavior
Matthew M. Bodah, University of Rhode IslandThe Role of Neutrals in the Resolution of Shop Floor Disputes: A 25th Anniversary Retrospective
Scott Littlehale, Northern California Brotherhood of Carpenters and Dale Belman, Michigan State UniversityDo Prevailing Wage Laws Increase Housing & School Construction Costs?
Xianguo Yao and Haifeng Zhang, Zhejiang UniversityThe Labor Market Effect of Internal Migration in China
Rafael Gely, University of Missouri; Robin Cheramie, Kennesaw State University; and Timothy D. Chandler, Louisiana State UniversityA Weak(est) Claim: An Empirical Assessment of the Contract Based Exception to the Employment-At-Will Rule
Fu-xi Wang, Rutgers UniversityDoes Democratic Management Matter? Evidence from a Petrochemical Cooperation State-Owned Enterprise in China
Rachel Aleks, University of TorontoUnion Characteristics and Organizing Tactics in Certification Elections of Professional Workers
8 ‑ 10 am
LERA Program Committee Meeting III—307
Chair: Lisa M. Lynch, Brandeis University, LERA President and Program Chair
8 am ‑ 12:15 pm
LERA 15th Annual PhD Student Consortium—306
Co-Chairs: Manfred Elfstrom and Mark Gough, Cornell University
   
10:15 am ‑ 12:15 pm Concurrent Sessions
 
8.1  Public Employees as the Enemy (Symposium)—Missouri Lower
Chair: Charles Jeszeck, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Presenters: Nick Surgey, Center for Media and Democracy, PR WatchThe Story of ALEC Through the Prism of Attacks on Collective Bargaining Rights
Jeffrey H. Keefe, Rutgers UniversityEven an Unnecessary Crisis Creates an Opportunity to Apply the Shock Doctrine: The U.S. States' Fiscal Crisis and the Attack on Government and Public Employees
Janice Fine, Rutgers University and Patrice Mareschal, Rutgers University at CamdenOversight: Safeguarding the State's Investments and Protecting Its Residents and Resources
Ellen Dannin, Pennsylvania State UniversityPrivatizing Government Services in the "United States of ALEC"
 
8.2  International Experiences with Worker-Community Stakeholder Alliance in the Mining Sector (Workshop)—Missouri Middle
Chair: Cathy Feingold, AFL-CIO
Panelists: Molly McCoy, Solidarity CenterWidening Alliances to Challenge Protection Unions
Benjamin Davis, United SteelworkersBuilding Cross-Border Solidarity
TBA TBA, National Union of Mining, Metallurgical, Steel and Allied Workers of Mexico (Los Mineros)Creating a Real Union Presence in the Mines
Alejandra Acheita, Project for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, ProDESCTransnational Justice in Mexico
Discussant: Amelia Evans, Harvard University Multi-Stakeholder Iinitiative Institute
 
8.3  How Labor-Management Disputes Influence Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing (Symposium)—Missouri Upper
Chair: Morris Kleiner, University of Minnesota
Presenters: Jonathan Leonard, University of California, Berkeley and Adam Pilarski, Avitas, Inc.The Cost of Upstream Strikes
Jerry Nickelsburg, University of California, Los AngelesStructural Adjustment to Variations in Aerospace Budgets
Li Ding, Avitas, Inc.Impact on Resale Values of Aircraft Produced during Labor-Management Disputes
Discussants: Dennis Kuhl, The Boeing Co.
Neil S. Gladstein, International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers
12:30 ‑ 2:15 pm
LERA Presidential Luncheon—Mississippi Middle and Lower
Chair: Lisa M. Lynch, Brandeis University, LERA President and Program Chair
Featured Speaker: David Lewin, University of California-Los Angeles
   
2:30 ‑ 4:30 pm Concurrent Sessions
 
9.1  Placing Labor in the New Urban Economy (Symposium)—Missouri Lower
Chair: Paul F. Clark, Pennsylvania State University
Presenters: Ian MacDonald, Cornell UniversityUrban Organizing Strategies in the New York City Hospitality Sector
KC Wagner and Mildred Warner, Cornell University; Susanna Schaller, City College, CUNY; and Simon Black, York UniversityLinking Child Care and Union Strategy in NYC
Lois Gray, Cornell UniversityFilm Industry Unions in Local Politics
Hector Cordero-Guzman, Baruch College-CUNY and Victor Narro, University of California, Los AngelesThe Workforce Development Activities of Worker Centers
Discussant: Robert Bruno, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
 
9.2  Training in Dispute Resolution and Collective Bargaining Abroad (Workshop)—Missouri Middle
Chair: Allison Beck, Federal Mediation and Conciliation ServiceHow FMCS Helps Developing Market Economies Create Stable Labor Relations and Conflict Management Systems
 
Panelists: Eileen B. Hoffman, Federal Mediation and Conciliation ServiceConflict Resolution Techniques in a Variety of Cultures and Climates: How to Adapt in Asia, Africa, and Europe
Sergio A. Delgado, Federal Mediation and Conciliation ServiceLessons from Panama, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Argentina
Gilbert Escudero, Federal Mediation and Conciliation ServiceThe Latin American Experience: Bolivia, Chile, Honduras, and Peru
 
9.3  Developing the Workforce of the Future (Workshop)—Missouri Upper
Co-Chairs: Linda Ewing, United Auto Workers and Arthur R. Schwartz, Labor and Economics Associates
Panelists: Martin Mulloy, Ford Motor Co.Developing the Skilled Workforce of the Future - An Employer's Perspective
James Settles, Jr., United Auto WorkersDeveloping the Skilled Workforce of the Future - A Union Perspective
Kristin Dziczek, Center for Automotive ResearchBeyond the "Big Leave"
2:30 ‑ 4:30 pm
Meeting of LERA Junior Faculty—Room 307
Chair: Adam Seth Litwin, Johns Hopkins University
2:30 ‑ 4:30 pm
LERA Program Committee Meeting IV—Missouri Lower
Chair: Lisa M. Lynch, Brandeis University, LERA President and Program Chair
4:45 ‑ 6 pm
LERA General Membership Meeting and Awards Ceremony—Meramac West
Chair: David Lewin, University of California-Los Angeles

Sunday

Conference Activities  •  6/9/2013
   
8 ‑ 10 am Concurrent Sessions
 
10.1  Raising Labor Standards (Symposium)—Missouri Lower
Chair: Chip Hunter, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Presenters: Greg Distelhorst, Jens Hainmueller and Richard Locke, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyLean Production and Improved Labor Standards at Nike
Kelly I. Pike, University of TorontoStrong and Free? Examining Employment Standards Enforcement at the top end of the Global Value Chain
Mevan Jayasinghe, University of Wisconsin-MadisonMaking Core Labor Standards Stick: Determinants of the Adoption of Voluntary Labor Codes
Discussant: Alexander J.S. Colvin, Cornell University
 
10.2  Gateway LERA presents "Building a Local LERA Chapter: Challenges and Successes from the Gateway Chapter" (Workshop)—Missouri Middle
Chair: Robert Russell, University of Missouri
Discussants: Eric M. Mooshegian, IUOE Local 148
Gary Weisenborn, Ameren Missouri
Edward Harrick, NAA, Arbitrator
 
10.3  The Growth of Social Media and its Potential Impact on Dispute Resolution (Workshop)—Missouri Upper
Chair: Janice Holdinski, American Arbitration Association
Panelists: Sergio A. Delgado, Federal Mediation and Conciliation ServiceSocial Media and the FMCS
Jean E. Zeiler, National Assoc. of Government Employees, SEIUDrafting Social Media Policy
Daniel G. Fritz, McMahon BergerAn Update on the Use of Social Media
 
10.4  LERA Competitive Papers I—306
Chair: Robert Bruno, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Presenters: Matthew Bidwell, University of PennsylvaniaWithin or Without? How Firms Combine Internal and External Labor Markets to Fill Jobs
Masaki Nakabayashi, University of TokyoEducation, Experience, and Tenure: Emergence of Japanese Internal Labor Markets
Felice B. Klein, Michigan State UniversityHow Strong Are CEO Rewards? It depends on Organizational Performance
Robert Hickey, Queen's UniversityProsocial Motivation, Stress, and Burnout Among Direct Support Workers
   
10:15 am ‑ 12:15 pm Concurrent Sessions
 
11.1  Understanding The Re-Rise of American Finance and Merchant Capitalism: Studying Its Impacts on Labor in the Neoliberal Era (Symposium)—Missouri Lower
Chair: Thomas A. Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Presenters: Nelson Lichtenstein, University of California-Santa Barbara and Julia Ott, New School for Social ResearchThe Return of Merchant Capitalism
Julia Ott, New School for Social ResearchInvestors' Democracy as an Alternative to Industrial Democracy
Louis Hyman, Cornell UniversityHow Consumer Debt Crowded Out Business Debt: Institutions, Risk, and Policy at the End of the Great Society
Michael Hillard, University of Southern Maine and Richard McIntyre, University of Rhode IslandFrom Enterprise to Assets: Financialization and the Destruction of American Manufacturing
 
11.2  BBNA: How We Can Help LERA and Its Members (Workshop)—Missouri Middle
Chair: Matthew Sottong, The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.
Panelist: Kenneth May, BNA
 
11.3  Reports from the Field: The Realities of Organizing Low Wage Workers in the 21st Century (Workshop)—Missouri Upper
Co-Chairs: Robert Bruno, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Erin E. Johansson, American Rights at Work
Panelists: Alison Dickson Quesada, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignClean Cars, Dirty Work: Workers Rights Violations in Chicago Car Washes
Jose Oliva, Restaurant Opportunities Center of ChicagoDo You Eat Ethically? How ROC United and Consumers are Taking on Darden Restaurants
Mark Meinster, Warehouse Workers for JusticeForeign Trade Zones in Suburbia: The Warehouse Workers for Justice Campaign
Candace Howes, Connecticut CollegeCross State Variation in Job Quality of Home Care Workers: What Role Does Labor Market and Long Term Care Policy Play?
Discussants: Janice Fine, Rutgers University
Emily E. LaBarbera Twarog, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
 
11.4  LERA Competitive Papers II—306
Chair: Oren Levin-Waldman, The Metropolitan College of New York
Presenters: Jeffrey H. Keefe, Rutgers UniversityA Reconsideration and Empirical Evaluation of Wellington's and Winter's, The Unions and the Cities (1971)
Matthew Bidwell, University of PennsylvaniaWhat Happened to Long Term Employment? The Role of Worker Power and Environmental Turbulence in Explaining Declines in Worker Tenure
Pat WesterkampDilemmas Facing Advocates and Arbitrators Who Mediate Grievances

 
12:15 pm Adjournment David Lewin, University of California-Los Angeles