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10TH INTERNATIONAL LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS ASSOCIATION REGIONAL CONGRESS FOR THE AMERICAS

Toronto, Canada | June 24-27, 2020

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2020PRE - CONFERENCE DAY, BY INVITATION OR SPECIAL REGISTRATION8:30 - 5:00 Registration9:00 - 5:00 Graduate Student Consortium (lunch included)2:30 - 4:30 Executive meetings of Canadian Industrial Relations Association (CIRA)2:30 - 4:30 Executive meetings of International Labour and Employment Relations

Association (ILERA)5:00 - 6:30 Cocktail Reception

THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 20208:30 – 5:00 Registration9:00 - 10:30 Opening Plenary – Speakers to be announced10:30 - 11:00 Health Break11:00 - 12:30 Concurrent Sessions12:30 - 2:00 Lunch Break2:00 - 3:30 Concurrent Sessions3:30 - 4:00 Health Break4:00 - 5:30 Concurrent Sessions5:30 - 7:00 Cocktail Reception & HD Woods Lecture

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ILERA2020 will bring together academics, students, practitioners and policy-makers from over 30 countries to discuss and debate important issues related to the world of work.

See below for a preliminary list of the excellent presentations and panels at the conference. Sessions are organized under the following headings:

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM SNAPSHOT

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

TRACK 1 Unionism and other forms of workers’ representation

TRACK 2 Human resource management and organizational behavior

TRACK 3 Work and well-being

TRACK 4 Labour markets

TRACK 5 Developments in labour law and public policy

TRACK 6 Conflict at work and its resolution

TRACK 7 Employment diversity and fairness at work

TRACK 8 New perspectives on comparative employment relations

SPECIAL TRACK Indigeneity and Work

SPECIAL TRACK CRIMT Partnership Project on Institutional Experimentation for Better (or Worse) Work

POSTER SESSIONS Teaching in Employment Relations

WORKSHOPS AND ROUNDTABLES

PAPER PRESENTATIONSTRACK 1: UNIONISM AND OTHER FORMS OF WORKERS’ REPRESENTATIONConflicts about union busting in Germany. Employee responses to management opposition Markus Hertwig (Chemnitz Technical University)

De-collectivising strategies in Chile Daina Bellido de Luna Mayea (University of Manchester)

From Cooperation to Concessions: The Impact of the Corporatization of Cooperative Governance on Labour Relations Andrew Stevens (University of Regina) and Doug Nesbitt (Independent researcher)

Union-management relations in the neoliberal era: strategies for advancing school teachers’ interestsMihajla Gavin (The University of Technology, Sydney)

Union identities and environmental protection: the case of Québec’s construction industry Evelyn Dionne (Université Laval)

Les coalitions en tant que vecteurs d’influence et de résistance - Regard sur le travail de soin au Québec Émilie Lessard-Mercier (Université Laval - CRIMT)

Towards union pluralism in Spanish soccer: The key terms of the debateInmaculada Baviera-Puig (University of Navarra)

The Impact of Managerial Prerogatives (Under the Industrial Relations Act (Section 13) on Employee Participation Process in Malaysia Balakrishnan Parasuraman (Universiti Malaysia Kelantan) and Aryana Satrya (University of Indonesia)

Mexico, an uninmined trade union transformationMora Olmos Mayra (Universidad de Guadalajara)

Représentation du personnel et intelligence artificielle Leroy Yann, Université de Lorraine (France)

Considerations on the work in Brazilian mining Daisy Moreira Cunha, Cláudio Scliar, Luciana Gelape, Viviane Rocha and Mírian Niso (Federal University of Minas Gerais)

Syndicalisme et responsabilité sociale : La remise en question des acquis sociaux au Canada (2008-2018)Louis Durand (Laurentian University)

Social Unionism for Whom: Nonprofit Organizations and Labour Union Partnership Kunle Akingbola (Lakehead University) and Carol Brunt (University of Wisconsin)

Unions, Non-union Employee Representation and Management Strategies in PakistanMuhammad Ali Akhter (Kohinoor Textile Mills Ltd), Alia Rahim (Punjab University of Lahore) and Muhammad Asif Comboh (Kohinoor Textile Mills Ltd)

Is U.S. Public Sector Labor Relations in the Midst of a Transformation? An Updated Assessment Harry C. Katz (Cornell University)

‘Non-workers’ as the new actors rebuilding unions Jane Holgate (University of Leeds), Gabriella Alberti (University of Leeds) Iona Byford (University of Portsmouth) and Ian Greenwood (University of Leeds)


Rapport à la représentation collective dans les structures privées de travail rémunéré de care. Étude tenant compte des savoirs expérientiels du personnel. Louise Boivin (Université du Québec en Outaouais)

Diversified Variants of a Bridging Role? Comparative Case Studies of Six Foreign-owned Enterprises in China Xiaoming Bao (Université de Montréal)

Socialism and the Saskatchewan Trade Union Act: Gender and Politics in the Construction of Industrial Legality in a Prairie Province, 1944-1948 Charles Smith (St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan)

Workers’ Self-Management in Argentina Contesting Neo-liberalism by Occupying Companies, Creating Cooperatives, and Recuperating Autogestión Marcelo Vieta (University of Toronto)

Organising Informal Workers Chimpampwe Silvia M.V (International Labour Organization)

German Model: Workplace Voice: Future of Works CouncilsMohammad Ahshanullah (York University)

Renewing the social contract through an active trade union participation: The case of labour reforms in UruguayJuan Velasco (King’s College London)

The New Union Avoidance Internationalism: How Ant-Union Firms are Using ILO Jurisprudence to Undermine Freedom of Association John Logan (San Francisco State University)

The changing face of precarity: Emergence and reproduction of professional precarity among media workers in KoreaSung-Chul Noh (Saitama University)

Crisis or Catharsis? The Impact of Work Stoppages on Bargaining Unit Mortality Bradley R. Weinberg (Queen’s University)

New Actors as Motors for Industrial Relations change: Inter-actors Conflict and the Reformation of Central Collective Bargaining for Precarious Workers Assaf Bondy (UCLA)

Labor and automation: Are unions prepared for the changing landscape? Joseph B Sobieralski (Purdue University)

The microfoundation of social movement unionism Lorenzo Frangi (Université du Québec à Montréal) and Sinisa Habziabdic (University of Geneva)

Going ‘off piste’: Examining non-routinised union responses to restructuring in France Genevieve Coderre-LaPalme (University of Birmingham) and Ruth Reaney (London School of Economics)

L’étude des dynamiques de partage du leadership au sein des équipes syndicales locales : État des lieux et pistes de recherche Chloé Fortin-Bergeron (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières)

An emic exploration of union change readiness Chris Smith (Carleton University) and Linda Duxbury (Carleton University)

A blurred divide? New insights into Canada-US unionism Lorenzo Frangi (Université du Québec à Montréal) and Jack Fiorito (Florida State University)

“The same for all”? Tenures in Milan construction sector for different immigrant groups Lorenzo Frangi (Université du Québec à Montréal), Rupa Banerjee (Ryerson University) and Tingting Zhang (Merrimack College)

Rethinking union renewal: engaging young workers Andy Hodder (University of Birmingham)

Designing collective bargaining in the gig economy: some possible contributions from Brazil Victor Raduan da Silva (University of São Paulo) and Antonio Rodrigues de Freitas Júnior (University of São Paulo)

Négociation et politiques d’austérité un duo malaisant? Le cas des négociations dans le secteur de l’éducation au Québec en 2015Diane Gagné (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières) and Chloé Bergeron-Fortin (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières)

‘Negotiating the Algorithm”: Unions, Workplace Representation and Industry 4.0 Tod Rutherford (Syracuse University)

Les syndicats canadiens face à la transition juste: Politiques et diversité idéologique Jonathan Michaud (Université de Montréal)

Workers’ coping strategies and self-organizing in the era of digital workspace – case of Uber driversRabih Jamil (Université de Montréal)

Informal labour markets, multiple job holding, and union membership Robert Hickey (Queen’s University)

A Social Network Perspectives of the Fight for $15 Movement Tingting Zhang (Merrimack College), Lorenzo Frangi (Université du Québec à Montréal)


Consequences of Labor Flexibility on Organizational Outcome Hyesook Chung (Cornell University)

Psychologizing Human Resource Management Consulting: Historical Perspectives Kira Lussier (University of Toronto)

Voice within the Union: Relationship of Leader, Status and Voice behavior Kyungyeon Kim (Korea University) and Dongchul Kim (Korea University)

Founder CEO status and the different pursuit of exploration-exploitation activities: An agency theory perspectiveKyung-hwan Lee (Korea University)

The institutional work as a relevant theory for the study of individual actors’ roles in the reshaping of employment relations policies within MNCsSondes Turki (Université de Montréal)

Giant but young: Managing the evolution of employment systems in a new venture strategicallyQian Zhang (University of Toronto)

Effets des représentations de la fonction RH sur la socialisation des travailleurs atypiquesAlbert Le Grand Amba Mballa (Université Laval)

TRACK 2: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOURVoice Within the Union: Relationship of LMX, Organizational Support and member’s Voice behaviorKyungyeon Kim (Korea University)

Role of Hitachi Corporation as a Human Resource Innovator Toshiko Suda (Aoyama Gakuin University)

Les Plateformes Numériques de Services: Diversité des Modèles managériaux et Régulations Sophia Galiere (IAE Nantes)

Testing the Goodness of Organizational Citizenship Behaviour (OCB) Measures in Banking Sector: Development of a Scale in Indian ContextSudhir Chandra Das (Banaras Hindu University)

Not All Anger Has the Same Effect: How Will the Negotiation Outcomes Vary with the Extent of Anger?Jeeyoon Jeong (Korea University) and Seungwoo Kwon (Korea University)

The deployment of atypical workers in the Italian service sector: A fuzzy set of analysisAndrea Signoretti (University of Trento), Enrico Zaninotto (University of Trento) and Lucia Pederiva (University of Trento)

The Effect of Task-interdependence and Job autonomy on Job Crafting Jihae Kim (Korea University) and Johngseok Bae (Korea University)

Rebels of the clock: Spaces of discontent, active disengagement and appropriation of working time in the UK and Cyprus food retail sector Anastasios Hadjisolomou (University of Strathclyde)

Responsabilité et irresponsabilité sociales envers les employés: Test de la causalité bidirectionnelle avec la performance financière Raja Abid (Université de Montréal)

Different Behaviors in Machiavellianism during Negotiations Bora Kim (Korea University)

Digitalization Revitalizing the concept of Control based HRM Muhammad Zeshan (IAE Paris)

Aerospace multinationals as institutional entrepreneurs? A cross national analysis of UK and Australian engineering skill development Cassandra Bowkett (HEC Montréal)

You, Me, or We? Identity Change in a Merger Process of a Canadian Private Sector Union Tingting Zhang (Merrimack College), Lorenzo Frangi (Université du Québec à Montréal) and Sinisa Hadziabdic (University of Geneva)

Exploring the Unique Contributions of Seniors and Millennials Towards Organizational Performance Faizan Imtiaz (Towson University) and Insiya Hussain (University of Texas at Austin)

Alone in a counter-institution: Professionals’ identity work in the online gig economy Yao Yao (University of Toronto)

Performance appraisal and me, retrospect and prospect. Performance appraisal and the Indian ITES software employee an ethnographic study Anuratha Venkataraman (IIM Kashipur)


The Costs of justice Incurred by Injured Workers: What They Tell Us About Access to Justice in the Worker’s Compensation System Maxine Visotzky-Charlebois (Université du Québec à Montréal)

New human resources policies to prevent violence at workMaria Del Lujan Charrutti (Universidad de la Republica de Uruguay)

Psychosocial hazards and health in community services Robert Hickey (Queen’s University) and Terri Szymanski (Ontario Public Sector Employees’ Union)

The Need to Enhance Marine Occupational Health and Safety in Canada Desai Shan (Memorial University of Newfoundland)

A precarização como alternativa de sobrevivência: Flexibilização e reforma trabalhista Brasileira sob a perspectiva de trabalhadores da enfermagemCristiane Fraga da Silveira Sastre (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul) and Andrea Poleto Oltramari (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)

Performance versus well-being in a fast-paced, deadline oriented, targets driven work worldSheldon Matthew Bromfield (University of Toronto)

Examining work experiences of employees with fibromyalgia: A scoping review of the evaluated research evidenceKarim Mukhida (Dalhousie University), Wendy R. Carroll (Saint Mary’s University) and Rene Arsenault (Saint Mary’s University)

Clinical Integration and Implications for Employee Wellbeing Phoebe Strom (Cornell University), Ariel Avgar (Cornell University), Harry Katz (Cornell University), Adam Seth Litwin (Cornell University) and John August (Cornell University)

Resettled Syrian Refugees in the Job Market: the challenges of socioeconomic integrationOula Hajjar (McGill University), Rabih Jamil (Université de Montréal), Jill Hanley (McGill University), Rim Khyar, (Université du Québec à Montréal) and Adnan Al Mhamied (McGill University)

The Predictors of Burnout and Smoking Behaviour at Workplace: The Mediating Effect of BurnoutAyesha Tabassum (York University)

Precaritization as a survival alternative: Flexibilization and Brazilian labour reform under the perspective of nursing workersCristiane Fraga da Silveira Sastre (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul) and Andrea Poleto Oltramari (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)

Réforme du financement dans le réseau des centres de la petite enfance au Québec : Impacts sur les conditions de travail des éducatrices Julie Bourgault (Université du Québec en Outaouais), Anne-Renée Gravel (TELUQ) and Jessica Riel (Université du Québec en Outaouais)

Practice of Human Resource Management in a technology driven organizationOlusegun Ogundare (Intellectual Edge Services)

Coal mine working conditions in PakistanAbdul Haleem Khan (All Pakistan Labour Federation)

Exploring the Experiences of South Asian Women Immigrant Teachers in Toronto Rozalina Omar (OISE/University of Toronto)

“Decent Work” in the Port Industry: Resilience of Social DialogueOlusegun Oladeinde (Bells University of Technology)

TRACK 3: WORK AND WELL-BEINGRethinking precarity and decent work in eSwatini (Swaziland): An exploration of contract workers’ experiences at selected transnational textile establishments in Matsapha industrial site. Emma Mavodza (University of Witwatersrand) and Eyerusalem Amare Wolde (University of KwaZulu-Natal)

Apparel Supply Chains in Bangladesh: Examining the Views of Garment Employers Regarding the Accord on Fire and Building Safety Gulfam Tasnim (Jawaharlal Nehru University)

Workload and job satisfaction of personal support workers in Ontario, Canada: The mediating role of stress and workplace violence and harassment Firat K. Sayin (Saint Mary’s University), Margaret Denton (McMaster University), Catherine Brookman (Catherine Brookman Consulting & Associates), Sharon Davies (McMaster University), Isik U. Zeytinoglu (McMaster University)

The use of social innovation technologies (SIT) by public policies to create occupation and income to informal workers João Felipe Nogueira Matias (Universidade Federal Fluminense), Mariana Lopez Matias (Universidade de Fortaleza) and Ana Virginia Moreira Gomes (Universidade de Fortaleza)

Demand, control and support – mapping teachers’ conditions of work in the context of educational reform Mihajla Gavin (University of Technology, Sydney), Susan-McGrath-Champ (University of Sydney), Karolina Parding Lulea (Luleå University of Technology), Scott Fitzgerald (Curtin University) and Rachel Wilson (University of Sydney)

Les personnes âgées face à la crise économique : le cas du Canada Samir Amine (Université du Quebec en Outaouais) and Wilner Predelus (Université du Quebec en Outaouais)

Managing of accident prevention management through employee participation and ownership on construction project, Sarawak, MalaysiaBalakrishnan Parasuraman (Universiti Malaysia Kelantan) and Jelian Anak Sudum (Universiti Malaysia Kelantan)

Socio-economic Profile of Fishculture Workers from Pará State, Amazon Region – Brazil: Who are these workers who can help to reduce the GHG emissions and the deforestation in Brazilian Amazon RegionJoão Felipe Nogueira Matias (Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia) and Mariana López Matias (Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia)

Intervening on work overload: Decision criteria of OHS inspectors in Quebec Maude Villeneuve (Université Laval)

Workhour Reductions and Effects on Labor Productivity: Implications for Korea’s 52-hour Work Week Policy Junseok Goh (Seoul National University)

Humanity at work Lucia del Carmen Flores Gaytán (Universidad de Guadalajara)

Mother’s education and child work in Lagos mainland area of Lagos state, NigeriaJoy Onyinyechi Ekwoaba (University of Lagos)

Seeing labour from the middle: HR practitioners on the status and improvement of labour laws compliance in the PhilippinesVirgel C. Binghay (University of the Philippines)

The impact of new technology on employee productivity in the South African workplace Gerhardus van Zyl (University of Johannesburg)

Employer and employee perspectives of a ‘Living Wage’ in New Zealand Jane Parker (Massey University), Jim Arrowsmith (Massey University), Stuart Carr (Massey University), Jarrod Haar (Auckland University of Technology) and Siautu Alefaio (Massey University)


Hype for some and reality for others: An intersectional approach to the study of digitalization and the future of work Bui K. Petersen (Memorial University of Newfoundland), Gordon B. Cooke (Memorial University of Newfoundland), Raymond G. Gosine (Memorial University of Newfoundland) and Peter Warrian (University of Toronto)

The Employment Effects of Natural Disasters: Evidence from High-Frequency Data Alessandro Barattieri (Université du Québec à Montréal)

Health Care Practitioners without Borders? The Impact of Licensing Requirements on the Career Paths of Skilled Immigrants Tingting Zhang (Merrimack College)

Different Trajectories in the Professional Insertion of Business Administration Graduates in Brazil Jhony Pereira Moraes (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul) and Sidinei Rocha-de-Oliveira (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)

Careers in the Brazilian public service: Tendencies to Protean and Boundaryless Attitudes Jair Jeremias Junior (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul) and Sidinei Rocha de Oliveira (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)

Analysis of the savings fund appropriation mechanisms for workers’ retirement in Mexico Teresa Lizeth Alanis Gutierrez (Autonomous University of Zacatecas)

Crowdworking platforms: Possible Brazilian breakthrough?Leonardo Stocker Pereira da Cunha (Rio de Janeiro State University)

Expanding Social Insurance Coveragefor Informal Workers in Brazil: Insufficiency of Provisions of 2019 Pension Reform Constitutional AmendmentEduardo Rocha Dias (University of Fortaleza – UNIFOR)

TRACK 4: LABOUR MARKETSResearch on the Operation Mode of China’s Business Incubation Base Hou Zengyan (Chinese Academy of Labour and Social Securities)

Frontiers du salariat et Nouvelles formes d’emploi en Europe: Vers une hibridation des statuts d’emploi?Alberto Riesco-Sanz (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Sylvie Célérier (Université de Lille 1) and Sergio D’Antonio Maceiras (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

The Instrumental Role Key Actors Play Within Public Training Institutions in Regard to Workforce Skills Development Yves Blanchet (Interuniversity Research Centre on Globalization and Work - CRIMT)

Deskilling to reskilling: What former manufacturing workers say about their experiences of retraining after layoff Trent Cruz (Fanshawe College) and Indranil Chakraborty (Fanshawe College)

Liberalization strategies of employers’ organizations within manufacturing and retail since the 70s – the Dutch case Saskia Boumans (AIAS-HSI University of Amsterdam)

Nouveau paradigme productif et nouvelles configurations du travail et de l´emploi Julio César Neffa (CEIL CONICET and Universidad de Buenos Aires) and Eleonora Peliza (Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero)

Low Wage Workers in Canada: Recent Evidence from a Survey & Implications for Policy Anil Verma (University of Toronto)

Minority Job Search in Software Engineering Santiago Campero (University of Toronto)

The probability of automation of occupations in Italy Sandro Trento (University of Trento) and Emilia Filippi (University of Trento)

Dynamics of Trade Unionism Faisal Mahmood Ghani (Faisal Mahmood Ghani & Co)

A Shortage of Talent, or a Shortage of Commitment to Workers? Types of Staffing Strategies Among Small Canadian Employers Kelly MacDonald (University of Guelph), James Chowhan (York University), Gordon B Cooke, (Memorial University of Newfoundland) and Sara Mann (University of Guelph)

Exploring internal labour market ‘churn’: an analysis of the experience of internal redeployment Chris McLachlan (University of Leeds) and Robert MacKenzie (Karlstad University)

Expected challenges in the labor market of the Unified Korea of the future Rho Dayoung (Korea University)

Enterprising the informality: a theoretical debate in the light of new ways of work organizationMarcia Cristiane Vaclavik (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul), Sidinei Rocha-de-Oliveira (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul) and Andrea Poleto Oltramari (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)

Expanding the debate on precariousness in Brazil: the challenge of the association of the dimensions of work and employment Bruna Roberta Floriano (Aix-Marseille University and Federal University of Parana)


Canada’s Response to the Extraterritorial Wrongs of Its Corporations: An appraisal of recent developments in transnational litigation and regulatory oversight Jeffrey Sack (Jeffrey Sack Law & University of Toronto) and Christopher Davidson (University of Toronto)

Globalization: Reverse or Reform? Brian W. Burkett (Fasken)

Changing politics of global trade: how should we take care of workers’ rights? Aneta Tyc (University of Lodz)

Au-delà de la protection contre le harcèlement psychologique au travail : contrer l’exercice inapproprié ou délétère du droit de directionJulie Bourgault (Université du Québec en Outaouais) and Anne-Marie Laflamme (Université Laval)

Human trafficking, human rights or labour law? Where should we turn to protect the rights of migrant workers facing forced labour?Laurence Matte Guilmain (Université du Québec à Montréal) and Jill Hanley (McGill University)

Labour reform in Brazil, 2016-2019 Carlos Henrique Horn (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul)

Freedom of Association and the Limits on Government Robert Hebdon (McGill University)

Initiatives fiscales et participation des travailleurs âgés au marché du travail : une perspective interprovinciale Jean-Michel Cousineau (Université de Montréal) and Daphné Lecomte (Université de Montréal)

Labor Reform in Brazil: Prevalence of Individually Negotiated over the Legislated, Economic Dependence and Limits of the Expression of Autonomy Fábio De Araujo Góes

Effect of Political and Legislative Change on Union Certification in Ontario Christopher Davidson (University of Toronto), Emily Niles (Canadian Union of Public Employees) and Kelly Kwon (University of Toronto)

The Paradoxes of Data Protection and Data Workers’ Privacy in India Kai-Hsin Hung (HEC-Montréal)

Changements climatiques, conditions météorologiques et droit du travail Frédéric Paré (Université du Québec à Montréal)

Collective bargaining at the Taranto (Italy) integrated steel complex: Ownership structure, environmental concerns, and evolving industrial relations practices Anthony C. Masi (McGill University) Lidia Grego (University of Bar)

The Failures of the Colour-Blind Employment Standards Enforcement Regime in Ontario Kiran Mirchandani (University of Toronto) and Sheldon Bromfield (University of Toronto)

Is employment relations towards deregulation and institutional convergence across the globe?Bojindra Prasad Tulachan (Ajou University)

Premises for a labour policy transformation for the near future Eleonora Peliza (Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero)

The growing divergence in U.S. employee relations: Individualism, democracy and conflictPeter Norlander (Loyola University Chicago)

The implications of the aging population on the workforce: How much can G7 policies lessen the effects of aging populations?N Renuga Nagarajan (Simon Fraser University)

TRACK 5: DEVELOPMENTS IN LABOUR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICYThe pension of the returning retired migrant in the Maghreb: A sustainable development factor?Sofiane Bouhdiba (University of Tunis)

Collective rights for digital workers Ruben Schiavo (ADAPT)

An Analysis of the 2018 Brazilian Law on the Protection of Personal Data and its Repercussions for Workers Lara Castro Padilha Ramos (Universidade de Fortaleza) and Ana Virginia Moreira Gomes (Universidade de Fortaleza)

Trial and Error in Latin América: Premises for a labour policy transformation for the near FutureEleonora Peliza (Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero)

Prolonged Working Lives, Older Workers and Dismissals. A Study of the Dynamics between Employment Protection, Non-Discrimination and Collective Bargaining Mia Rönnmar (Lund University)

Labor reforms impacts on gender in Latin America: Chile, Argentina and Brazil Lygia Sabbag Fares Gibb (Escola Superior de Administração e Gestão) and Valter Palmieri Jr. (Escola Superior de Administração e Gestão)

Platform economy, subcontracting and casualization of employment: the paradox of sectoral regulation Frederic Hanin (Université Laval), Martine D’Amours (Université Laval), Louise Briand (Université du Québec en Outaouais), Guy Bellemare (Université du Québec en Outaouais) and Leticia Pogliaghi (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)

The Labor Law of the Crisis: a study about the labor law reforms in the context of the subprime crisisPaulo Rogério Marques de Carvalho (Centro Universitário 7 de Setembro)

The creation of social labels as a mechanism to combat contemporary slave labor in the Brazilian beef production chain Fernanda Brandão Cançado (Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso) and Carla Reita Faria Leal (Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso)

Labor Reform in Brazil: main normative changes and the impacts to workers Isabela Fadul de Oliveira (Federal University of Bahia)

The Flexible Trend of Labor Security Supervision in China: Typological Development of Order Correction Chen Cheng (China University of Labor Relations)

Workplace Safety vs. Employee Privacy: The Legal Case for Cannabis Workplace Policy after Legalization in Canada Scott Walsworth (University of Saskatchewan)

Portuguese Golden Visa Sandra Tavares (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)

A Critique of Collective Bargaining Policy in Nigeria from Colonial Era till date Elegbede Sikirulahi Tunde (University of Lagos

The Working Hour: A History Padraic X. Scanlan (University of Toronto

Automation and Union Labour in OntarioAmira Karimova (Ontario Ministry of Labour)

Paying and Promoting the Real Living Wage in British Local Government Deborah Hann (Cardiff University) and David Nash (Cardiff University)


TRACK 6: CONFLICT AT WORK AND ITS RESOLUTIONEffect of Industrial Dispute on Labour Turnover in the Nigerian Tertiary Institution. A Study of Federal College of Education, Oyo State, Nigeria Adeyemi Akinkunmi Modupe Dawodu (Daam & Associates (Nigeria) Ltd.) and Olajide Odusanya

Are Protests Replacing Strikes? Analyzing Industrial Conflicts during the 1995-2018 period in KoreaDong-One Kim (Korea University Business School) and Kyungyeon Kim (Korea University Business School)

Régulation du travail et conflits liés à l’emploi : l’approche québécoise de résolution des conflits de compétence entre les métiers de la construction Pier-Luc Bilodeau (Université Laval), Sophie Mireault (Avocat) and Evelyn Dionne (Université Laval)

Compliance officer responsibility Mariana Cesto (Tribunal Regional do Trabalho do Paraná)

Swimming against the tide: Processes and challenges for changing institutional work Johanna Macneil (University of Newcastle), Mark Bray (University of Newcastle), Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld (Brandeis University) and Anna Booth (Fair Work Commission, Australia

Self-Managed Conflict Resolution: A Case Study of a Flat-Line Hierarchy Benjamin Hopkins (University of Birmingham) and Kristine Olson (Dixie State University)

The evolution and effectiveness of publicly-provided workplace mediation: evidence from New Zealand & the Republic of IrelandIan McAndrew (University of Otago), Deirdre Curran (National University of Ireland at Galway), Alec Coakley (National University of Ireland at Maynooth) and Gaye Greenwood

(Auckland University of Technology)

The moderating role of job insecurity and power distance in the relationship between supervisory justice and customer-directed sabotage Young Ho Song (University of Windsor) and Lorenzo Frangi (Université du Québec à Montréal)

Technology and Eigensinn: The Digitization of the German Care Service in a Practice Lens Peter Wegenschimmel (Regensburg University of Applied Sciences)

Beyond ADR: Looking for Integrated Conflict Management Systems in the UK. David Nash (Cardiff University) and Deborah Hann (Cardiff University)

Balloons, icebergs, or escalators? Towards a comprehensive theory of labour conflict Muhammad Umar Boodoo (University of Warwick), Lorenzo Frangi (Université du Québec à Montréal), Rafael Gomez (University of Toronto) and Robert Hebdon (McGill University)

Arbitration under Pressure: Accounting for Firms’ Use of Mandatory Arbitration Ariel Avgar (Cornell University), Ryan Lamare (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Alexander Colvin (Cornell University)

Conflict at work and its resolution: A comparative study of some recent developments in labor law in Malaysia and the PhilippinesJonathan Sale (University of Newcastle)

Uber-Algopticon: The genesis of an algorithmically powered all-seeing power: The case of Uber drivers in Montréal Rabih Jamil (Université de Montréal)

Comparing the normative underpinnings of Canadian and American labo(u)r law to explain divergent outcomesCole Eisen (University of Toronto)

The dual aspect of Canadian unions: Public and private law issues in the context of internal trade union disputesCole Eisen (University of Toronto)

Spanish-American legal transfers, Australian parallels and endogenous developments in Phillipine labour law: Some entangled legal histories, varieties of capitalism and labour market implicationsJonathan Sale (University of Newcastle)

Examining the prominence of minimum wage issues in South African media: A comparative analysis of the news coverage of Daily Sun and Sowetan newspapersSandra (University of Kwa-Zulu-Natal)

Visual Artists’ Agency in the Context of Precarity: What Role(s) for Artists-Run Centres?Laurence D. Dubuc (Université de Montréal)

The need for a hybrid tutelage of crowdwork according to Brazilian Labour LawAndré Zipperer (Zipperer e Minardi Advogados Associados)


TRACK 8: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON COMPARATIVE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSPreventing Labor Relations Risk: Problems to Be Solved by Chinese-Funded Enterprises Involved in “One Belt and One Road” Initiative - A Case of Brazil Jian Qiao (China University of Labor Relations)

The Developing Law of Portable Benefits Paul M Secunda (Marquette University Law School)

The Importance of Highly-Representative Democracies for Representative Workplaces: Comparative Theory and Evidence John W. Budd (University of Minnesota) and J. Ryan Lamare (University of Illinois)

The ILO Convention Concerning the Elimination of Violence and Harassment in the World of Work and the Prohibition of Harassment at Work: an analysis of comparative law between Brazil and Uruguay Ana Virginia Moreira Gomes (Universidade de Fortaleza), Benedito Augusto da Silva Neto (Universidade de Fortaleza) and María Soledad De Franco (Law Office)

New Perspectives on Employment Relations in Developing Economies: The Impact of Colonial Imperialism John Opute (London South Bank University)

The Future of Work: fundamental rights in the Digital Era Taciela Cordeiro Cylleno de Mesquita (Tribunal Regional do Trabalho do Rio De Janeiro)

Perception of the users of digital platforms on possible employment links in the uberization scenarioJorge Cavalcanti Boucinhas Filho (Fundação Getulio Vargas) and Clarissa Cícori Rodrigues (Fundação Getulio Vargas)

Impact of industry 4.0 in Mexico on labor matters and social security Angel Edoardo Ruiz (University of Guadalajara)

The Ideological Distribution of Union Members: A Comparative Exploration John W Budd (University of Minnesota) and J. Ryan Lamare (University of Illinois)

International organisations and transnational employment relations experiences from the European Union Holm-Detlev Köhler (University of Oviedo)

Sectoral Power and Partnership. Understanding the Conditions for Social Partnership Responses in US-American and English Healthcare Nick Krachler (Cornell University)

Un concept, deux contextes, trois histoires. Industrie 4.0 et expérimentation institutionnelle, ou comment les acteurs patronaux et syndicaux expérimentent et changent leurs institutionsJulie M.É Garneau (Université Laval)

A (New?) Focus For IR: The Attainment of Democratic Principles at Work John Godard (University of Manitoba)

Toward a General Model of the Trade-Offs Among Efficiency, Equity, and Voice in the Employment Relationship: The Role of Power and IdeasDionne Pohler (University of Toronto)

The future of IR from a postproductivist and intersectional perspectiveLouise Boivin (Université du Québec en Outaouais)

TRACK 7: EMPLOYMENT DIVERSITY AND FAIRNESS IN THE WORKPLACERacializing Accentism in the Workplace Vijay Ramjattan (University of Toronto)

Feelings of inequality: Career stories of south Asian professional women in corporate CanadaFiona Sookhai (University of Toronto)

Gender equality on professional boards Jorge Cavalcanti Boucinhas Filho (Fundação Getulio Vargas) and Paula Esteves da Costa (Universidade de São Paulo)

La mujer en el Mercado de trabajoMartha Monsalve Cuellar (ILERA Columbia)

Influence of Nature of Employment on Job Satisfaction and Commitment in Deposit Money Banks in Lagos State, NigeriaPeter Oluwadare Kalejaiye (Olabisi Onabanjo University)

Hidden hierarchies’ in a flat-line organisational structure Benjamin Hopkins (University of Birmingham) and Kristine Olson (Dixie State University)

Status and actions for improving gender diversity in STEM in the EU countries Alka Obadić (University of Zagreb) and Nina Pološki Vokić (University of Zagreb)

The Blame Game: Male attribution of the ‘diversity problem’ in the digital game industryJohanna Weststar (Western University),

Amanda Coles (Deakin University), Chandell Gosse (Western University) and Victoria O’Meara (Western University)

Surfacing the Underground: Experiences of Undocumented Migrant Workers in Alberta Jason Foster (Athabasca University)

Developing gender consciousness or defending the system? A qualitative analysis of attitudes to affirmative action among female pilots in Australia Meraiah Foley (University of Sydney), Rae Cooper (University of Sydney), Marian Baird (University of Sydney) and Sarah Oxenbridge (University of Sydney)

Gender segregation in the Northern Ontario workplace: The experience of women working in resource sectors of blue-collared industry Sarah de Blois (Laurentian University)

Dynamics of Race-Based Exclusion at Work: Lived Experiences and Perspectives of Racialized Public Servants in British Columbia Farid Asey (University of Toronto)

Permanent Pedagogy in Workplaces: The Dynamics of Hegemony and Resistance Asmita Bhutani (University of Toronto)

Youth Education, training and transition to work programs in South AfricaFrikkie De Bruin (Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council)


SPECIAL TRACK: INDIGENEITY AND WORK Session A:Contesting “The Core of Indianness”: Examining Federal Jurisdiction over First Nations employment Leah F. Vosko (York University), Adam D. K. King (York University) and Andrea M. Noack (Ryerson University)

What Does Labour Law Represent? Accounts of Anishinabeg Silvicultural WorkersBéatrice Venne (Université du Québec à Montréal)

Respect, Rights and Recognition: Indigenous workers and Australian trade unions Cathy Brigden (RMIT University)

Decolonizing labour lawAdelle Blackett (McGill University)

Session B:South African Case Study of Labour Market, Indigeneity and EmploymentFrikkie de Bruin (Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council)

Non-Standard Employment and Indigenous Earnings Inequality in CanadaDanielle Lamb (Ryerson University) and Anil Verma (University of Toronto)

Illuminating Indigenous Economic DevelopmentRob Gillezeau (University of Victoria), Maggie Jones and Donna Feir

Leadership in Aboriginal Australian EnterprisesMark Jones (RMIT University), Mark Rose (RMIT University) and Pauline Stanton (RMIT University)

Session CIndigenous Self Determination through Treaty, Voice and Identity: perspectives from Victoria, Australia Kevin Moore (RMIT University)

Historical Perspective on Work and Labour of Indigenous Peoples of South Africa Including Colonial ImpactFrikkie de Bruin (Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council)

Indigenous employee voice in the Vietnamese workplace: Challenges and solutionsTho Alang (Da Nang University- Kontum Campus), Pauline Stanton (RMIT University) and Mark Rose (RMIT University)

The challenge of attracting Indigenous workers in the Quebec forest industry: Expectations, perceptions and barriersMarie-Eve Dufour (Université Laval) and Jean-Michel Beaudoin (Université Laval)

A perspective on the role of shared capitalism in democratic spilloverJungook Kim (Rutgers University)

Uber Technologies and the making of an Algopticon – Insights from the daily life of Montreal drivers Rabih Jamil (Université de Montréal)

The concept of employer in the European union and its consequencesPierluigi Digennaro (State University of Milan)

Changing role of the State and industrial relations in European capitalisms Domenico Carrieri (Sapienza University of Rome)

L’influence des systèmes de relations professionnelles sur la formation des conditions de travail et d’emploi : Application à une multinationale de l’industrie pharmaceutique Mae Geymond (Centre d’Economie de la Sorbonne)

Nontraditional approaches to employment: A focus on healthFabian Flintoff (Notre Dame University


Session D. Experimenting with New Forms of Collective ActionChair: Kate Farhall (RMIT University)Panelists: The FTQ’s Social Delegates: one Gateway for a ‘New’ Union Renewal in Quebec?

Mélanie Dufour-Poirier (Université de Montréal), Catherine Le Capitaine (Université Laval) & Salima Kamoun (Université Laval), Francine d’Ortun (Université du Québec en Outaouais) & Nicolas Chaignot Delage (Université Paris 5 / Conservatoire national des arts et métiers)

North American Solidarity Project Gregor Murray (Université de Montréal)

Canalside Community Alliance’s Campaign for High Road Economic Development – Buffalo Russell Weaver (Cornell University), Lou Jean Fleron (Cornell University) & Ron Applegate (Cornell University)

Building Worker Power in the Digital Age Phela Townsend (Rutgers University)

Session E. Talent Management and New Skills Requirements: sectoral, regional and international perspectivesChair: Charlotte Yates (Guelph University)Panelists: Industry 4.0, technological adoption and skills in the Canadian aerospace sector

Cassandra Bowkett (HEC Montréal), Christian Levesque (HEC Montréal), Sara Perez-Lauzon, (Montréal)

Digital transformations and institutional experimentation in the automotive services sector: Actor strategies in the provision of multipartite in skills and training Mathieu Dupuis (TÉLUQ), Gregor Murray (Université de Montréal) and Meiyun Wu (Université de Montréal)

L’application d’une GRH au sein des syndicats : Regards croisés Québec-Pays Basque Espagnol Blandine Émilien (Université du Québec à Montréal), Mélanie Dufour-Poirier (Université de Montréal), Christian Dufour (Expert DCE) & Adelheid Hege (IRES)

Defying Organizational Perspectives: When Workers Reshape their Expatriate Experiences Kamila Moulaï (Université de Louvain)

Session F. Experiments in Labour and IR TransnationalismChair: Blandine Émilien (Université du Québec à Montréal)Panelists : Can Trade Union Organisations make use of Soft Regulatory Instruments to Foster

Transnational Solidarity Initiatives? The case of the mining industry Mélanie Dufour-Poirier (Université de Montréal), Isabelle Martin (Université de Montréal) & Francisco Villanueva (Université du Québec à Montréal)

Internationalization of industrial relations governance in upstream factories of garment industrial chain: A longitudinal study of Cambodia Min Li (South China University of Technology) & Xiaoli Hu (South China University of Technology)

Labor Transnationalism and Horizontal Solidarities in the Bangladeshi Garment Industry Christopher Raymond (ILR School, Cornell University)

SPECIAL TRACK: CRIMT PARTNERSHIP PROJECT ON INSTITUTIONAL EXPERIMENTATIONSession A: Power Asymmetries and Inequalities: Experimentation for better and worse workChair: Harry Arthurs (York University)Panelists: Disruption and Re-Regulation in Work and Employment: From Organizational to

Institutional Experimentation Christian Lévesque (HEC Montréal), Glenn Morgan (University of Bristol), Gregor Murray (Université de Montréal) & Nicolas Roby (Université de Montréal)

Utilisation abusive (ou non) du lock-out? Le cas d’ABI Diane Gagné (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières) & Claude Rioux (ILO Consultant)

The Poverty Of American ‘Industrial Democracy’: The Construction Of Industrial Relations Institutions During The ‘Second’ & Third New Deals, 1935–1947 Étienne Cantin (Université Laval)

The workplace as a site of social change: Experimenting across the spheres of work, home and community for better work and a better world Kate Farhall (RMIT University)

Session B. Company-level Collective Bargaining and the Dynamics of Inequity: Australia, Canada, Denmark, and France in Comparative PerspectiveChair: Patrice Jalette (Université de Montréal)Panelists : Company-level Collective Bargaining and the Dynamics of Inequity:

The Case of Australia Ruth Barton (University of Tasmania)

Company-level Collective Bargaining and the Dynamics of Inequity: The Case of Canada Patrice Jalette (Université de Montréal) & Mélanie Laroche (Université de Montréal)

Company-level Collective Bargaining and the Dynamics of Inequity: The Case of Denmark Anna Ilsoe (FAOS, University of Copenhagen), Steen Erik Navrbjerg (FAOS, University of Copenhagen) & Trine Pernille Larsen (FAOS, University of Copenhagen)

Company-level Collective Bargaining and the Dynamics of Inequity: The Case of France Élodie Béthoux (IDHES, ENS Paris-Saclay) & Camille Dupuy (DySoLab, Normandy University & CEET)

Session C. Labour and the Green New DealChair: John Peters (Laurentian University)Panelists: Joie Warnock (UNIFOR), John Calvert (Simon Fraser University), Jason Walsh (Blue-

Green Alliance)and Lara Skinner (The Worker Institute, Cornell University)


WORKSHOPS AND ROUNDTABLESA Scholar of Historic Renown: Honouring the Contributions of Bruce Kaufman Chair: John W Budd (University of

Minnesota)Panelists: Daphne Taras (Ryerson University),

Rafael Gomez (University of Toronto)

Innovative Approaches to Dispute Resolution Chair: Susan Stewart (Arbitrator &

Mediator)Panelists: Christopher Albertyn (Arbitrator &

Mediator), Jasbir Parmar (Arbitrator & Mediator), Karen Drake (Osgoode Law School), Chris Dassios (Power Workers’ Union)

Book Panel: The Science of SettlementOrganizer: Susan Stewart (National Academy

of Arbitrators)Panelists: Barry Goldman (National Academy

of Arbitrators), Christopher Albertyn (National Academy of Arbitrators), Jules Bloch (National Academy of Arbitrators)

Arbitration: A labour court by stealth? Chair: Allen Ponak (Arbitrator & Mediator)Panelists: Pnina Alon-Shenker of Ryerson

University, Wassim Garzouzi of Raven Law, and Richard Charney of Norton Rose

Labour Law in crisis: the case of recent labour law changes in Brazil Organizer: Ana Virginia Moreira Gomes

(Universidade de Fortaleza) Panelists: Antonio Rodrigues de Freitas

Jr. (Universidade de São Paulo), José Francisco Siqueira Neto (Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie), Stanley Gacek (AFL-CIO), Eduardo Pragmácio Filho (Centro Universitário Farias Brito), Roberto da Silva Fragale Filho (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)

Disrupción en las relaciones de Trabajo: Impacto en la regulación Organizer: Eleonora Peliza (ILERA-ARTRA &

Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero)

Panelists: Julio Grisolia (ILERA-ARTRA & Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero), Viviana Diaz (USUARIA / UNTREF), Liliana Garmendia (ILERA ARTRA) and Maria Elena Lopez (ILERA-ARTRA & Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero)

Aspectos Empresariais, Juridicos e Psiquicos dos Acidentes de Trabalho de Grande MagnitudeOrganizer: Lourival Barao Marques Filho

(Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná)

Panelists: Mariana Cesto (Tribunal Regional do Trabalho do Paraná), Paola Figueiredo Mylla Todeschini Alves (Associação Brasileira de Medicina Legal e Perícias Médicas) and Sérgio Todeschini Alves Júnior

Third places and coworking spaces: challenges for work and employment Organizer: Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay

(Université Téluq)Panelists: Gerhard Krauss (Université

Rennes 2), Angelo Dossou Yovo (Glendon College, York University) and Arnaud Scaillerez (Université de Moncton)

Digital Dissemination of Research: Translating Knowledge for Practical Impact Organizer: Ellen Choi (Ryerson University)Panelists: Scott Carter (University of Guelph),

Trent Tucker (University of Guelph) and Nita Chhinzer (University of Guelph)

POSTER SESSION: TEACHING IN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSTeaching Labour Law and Industrial Relations Starting from Students’ CV Michele Tiraboschi (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)

Collective Action in Practice: Effectively Using Simulations in High Enrollment ClassesCarla A. Katz, Esq.

Teaching Employment Relations By Emphasizing ER Goals and Alternative Methods for their AchievementJohn W. Budd (University of Minnesota)

Going Wide and Digging Deep: The Current Events Case MethodPeter Norlander (Loyola University Chicago)

Teaching Workplace Social Justice Online: Recommendations for EngagementAnne-Michelle Marsden

Teaching industrial relations in BrazilCarlos Henrique Horn

Innovative Strategies for Teaching Labor and Employment Relations: The University of Illinois ExperienceRyan Lamare

Experiential learning in employment relationsRobert Hickey (Queen’s University)


Organizer: Robert Hickey (Queen’s University)Panelists: Richard Chaykowski (Queen’s

University); Pier-Luc Bilodeau (Université Laval), Martin St-Arnaud (Université Laval) and Joseph Rose (McMaster University)

Faire de la recherche partenariale portant sur les travailleurs pauvres : 5 études de casOrganizers: Diane Gagné (Université du

Québec à Trois-Rivières) and Yanick Noiseux (Université de Montréal)

Panelists: Sid Ahmed Soussi (Université du Québec à Montréal), Mylène Fauvel (Université de Montréal), Cheolki Yoon (CTI), Jill Hanley (McGill University) and Manuel Salamanca Carbona (McGill University)

Conflictos en el Trabajo y su Resolucion. Acceso a la JusticiaOrganizer: Norma Beatriz Marmoria (UNTREF

ARTRA) Panelists: Pablo Cesar Carignano (UNTREF

ARTRA), Maria Victoria Montanari (UNTREF ARTRA) and Estefania Recchia (UNTREF ARTRA)

Comparative Perspectives on Work and Worker Organizing in Global Supply Chains in the Americas Organizer: Mark Anner (Penn State University)Panelists: Anil Verma (University of Toronto);

Matthew Fischer-Daly (Cornell University), João Paulo C. Veiga (University of São Paulo), Katiuscia Galhera (Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados) and Cirila Quintero Ramírez (El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Matamoros)

The Future of Work in Retail: A Critical Discussion of the Pathways to Better Work in the Sector Organizer: Sean O’Brady (McMaster

University)Panelists: Tom Collins (Retail, Wholesale

and Department Store Union (RWDSU)), Tim Deelstra (United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW)), Angelo DiCaro (Unifor), Peter Ikeler (SUNY Old Westbury) and Chris Tilly (University of California, Los Angeles)

Strikes and lockouts: legal paths, challanges, and recent dynamics Organizer: Robert Hebdon (McGill University)Panelists: Pierre Moreau (PE Moreau Avocat

Inc) and Ibsen Christian (Michigan State University)

Closing the Enforcement Gap: Improving Protections for Workers in Precarious JobsOrganizers: Leah Vosko (York University)

and Andrea M. Noack (Ryerson University)

Panelists: Kiran Mirchandani (University of Toronto), Mark Thomas (York University), Eric Tucker (Osgoode Law School), Rebecca Casey (Acadia University), Alan Hall (Memorial University of Newfoundland)

Unions, community organising, social justice Organizer: Jane Holgate (University of Leeds)Panelists: Lorenzo Frangi (Université du

Québec à Montréal), John Aman (Unifor), Roxanne Dubois (Unifor)

Disruptive Technologies and the Future of Work & Employment Organizer: Anil Verma (University of Toronto)Panelists: Tom Kochan (Massachusettes

Institute of Technology), Marc Weinstein, Susan Helper

Teaching Strategies for Making Labor and Employment Relations Courses Relevant in an Era of Perceived IrrelevanceChair: John W Budd (University of

Minnesota)Panelists: Integrating labor and

employment relations and collective bargaining into negotiation modules Douglas McCabe (Georgetown University)

Employment relations IRL – Using problem-based learning to make ER teaching authentic Johanna Macneil (University of Newcastle)

Core principles, contemporary examples and hands-on work Johanna Weststar (Western University)

Teaching labour law and industrial relations starting from students’ CV Michele Tiraboschi (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)

Diversity in industrial relations in Canada, USA, Latin America and Europe Organizer: Peter Kerckhofs (Eurofound)Panelists: Mathieu Dupuis ((Université

Téluq)), Harry Katz (Cornell University), Cecilia Senén Gonzalez (Universidad de Buenos Aires); Sara Slinn (Osgoode Law School), and Genevieve Coderre-LaPalme (University of Birmingham)

ILO report to mark the 30th anniversary of Convention No. 169 Organizer: Umberto Cattaneo (International

Labour Organization)Panelists: Martin Oelz (International

Labour Organization), Rishabh Dhir (International Labour Organization), Umberto Cattaneo (International Labour Organization) and Maria Victoria Cabrera Ormaza (International Labour Organization)

Work and Well-Being

Organizer: Marjorie Mwelwa Chanda MutalePanelists: Vanessa Chisenga

Sichimwabenzu; Jessie Muwowo; Aggie Chewe; Emily Maiba Muwema

Égalité professionnelle entre les femmes et les hommes: Perspective comparée France-Québec concernant les systèmes de relations professionnelles, les leviers d’action privilégiés et les résistances à l’œuvre Organizer: Emilie Genin (Université de

Montréal)Panelists: Mélanie Laroche (Université de

Montréal), Vincent-Arnaud Chappe (Mines-Paristech) and Marion Charpenel (Université de Rouen Normandie)

Relaciones laborales y sindicatos durante el siglo XXI en América Latina: tradiciones, cambios y desafíos en un contexto de cambios políticos y económicos Organizer: Cecilia Senén González

(Universidad de Buenos Aires)Panelists: Graciela Bensusán Areous

(Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana - X), Daniel Cerdas-Sandi (Secretariat of Labor and Employment Promotion of Mexico City), Mariela Agueda Quiñones Montoro (Universidad de la República), Laura Moisa (Universidad Nacional de Colombia), Carlos Henrique Horn (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul), Daina Bellido de Luna (University of Manchester)

Cross Border Reflections on the Future of the Wagner Model or Labour Law After the Wagner Model Organizer: David Doorey (York University)Panelists: Cynthia Estlund (New York

University), Charlotte Garden (University of Seattle), Catherine Fisk (University of California, Berkeley), and Michael Lynk (Western University)

Work, skills, and employment relations in Construction


Gig workers: analytical and strategic insights. Organizer: Lorenzo Frangi (Université du

Québec à Montréal)Panelists: Pierre Moreau (PE Moreau Avocat

Inc), Liisa Schofield (Canadian Union of Postal Workers), Representative of Cavalluzzo (TBC), Foodora worker (TBC)

‘Theory and Practice in Comparative Employment Relations: International Trends with regard to Unions and other forms of Workers’ Representation, especially in the Face of AI & Digitisation’Chair: Greg Bamber (Monash University,

Newcastle University) Panelists: Elodie Béthoux (Ecole Normale

Supérieure Paris-Saclay), Alex Colvin (Cornell University), Harry Katz (Cornell University), Stewart Johnstone (Newcastle University), Sean O’Brady (McMaster University)

Education and Labour Market in South Asia: Policies and PraxisOrganizer: Dr Kiran Mirchandani (University of

Toronto)Panelists: Tayyaba Syed (Virtual University of

Pakistan), Sarah Alam (University of Toronto), Mohammad Shahidul Islam (University of Toronto), Sarita Sharma (The Teacher App), Md Ahsan Habib (University of Dhaka)

Work in the West: Implications for Land and Labour. Organizer: Andrew Stevens (University of

Regina). Panelists: Andrew Stevens (University

of Regina), Shelagh Campbell (University of Regina), others TBC

Book Panel: Everyday Transgressions: Domestic Workers’ Transnational Challenge to International Labor Law Organizer: Adelle Blackett (McGill University)Panelists: Uma Rani Amara (International

Labour Office), Leah Vosko (York University), Ana Virginia Moreira Gomes (Universidade de Fortaleza), Louise Boivin (Université du Québec en Outaouais)

Building Bridges between the Academy, Government & Non-profit SectorOrganizer: Jennifer M. Harmer (University of

Toronto)Panelists: Judy Fantham (Newcomer

Women’s Services Toronto), Nicholas Scott (Open Government and Innovation, Finance and Treasury Board, Government of New Brunswick), Anil Verma (University of Toronto), Enid Slack (Institute on Municipal Finance & Governance/Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy)

New directions or the same old problems? Union efforts at renewal and revitalization in CanadaOrganizer: John Peters (Laurentian University)Panelists: Tanya Ferguson (Workers United

Canada), Brad James (United Steelworkers of Canada), Bill Murnighan (Unifor), Kevin Shimmin (United Food and Commercial Workers Canada)

The shift towards temporary labour migration: Comparing insights from Canada, Australia and the EUOrganizer: Anna Triandafyllidou (Ryerson

University)Panelists: Marshia Akbar (Ryerson

University), Dimitria Groutsis (The University of Sydney) and Joana Vassilopoulou (Brunel University)

Book Panel: Reimagining the Regulation and Governance of Work: LERA 2020 Annual Volume Chair: Dionne Pohler (University of

Toronto) Panelists: Multinational corporations as

labour regulators Greg Distelhorst (University of Toronto)

Basic income guarantees Kourtney Koebel (University of Toronto)

Emancipation in the idea of transnational labour law Adelle Blackett (McGill University)

Guaranteed jobs or guaranteed income? Lessons from a Canadian jobs program Marc-Andre Pigeon (University of Saskatchewan)

Development in rural and indigenous communities: Lessons from the Co-operative Innovation Project and Co-operatives First Dionne Pohler (University of Toronto)

Labour market integration of skilled migrants in Canada: Challenges and strategiesOrganizer: Anna Triandafyllidou (Ryerson

University)Panelists: Jeffry Reitz (University of

Toronto), Rupa Banerjee (Ryerson University), Feng Hou (Statistics Canada), Naomi Alboim (Queen’s University)

Gender, Labor and Islamophobia as experienced by South Asian populationsOrganizer: Shahrman Khattak (University of

Toronto)Panelists: Kiran Mirchandani (OISE,

University of Toronto), Farhanna Khan (IMWELL EPD Consultancy), Ghazala Ahmed (Brock University), Sarah Alam (OISE, University of Toronto), Wajeeha Khalil (Virtual University of Pakistan)

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