SATURDAY, APRIL 13
8:15 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45 am Welcome to Middlebury College: Acting President Ron Liebowitz
8:50 am Opening Remarks: Phanindra Wunnava, Middlebury College
Session I: 9:00 am - 10:40 am
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Unions and New Constituents |
Moderator: Jessica Wasilewski '02
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Richard Freeman (Harvard) and Joel Rogers (Univ of Wisconsin Law School) "Open-Source Unionism: Beyond Exclusive Collective Bargaining" |
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Daniel J.B. Mitchell et. al., (UCLA) "Justice for Janitors in Los Angeles and Beyond: A New Form of Unionism in the 21st Century?" |
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Discussant: Lawrence Kahn (Cornell) |
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Discussant: John Addison (USC-Columbia) |
Coffee Break: 10:40 am - 11:00 am
Session II: 11:00 am - 12:40 pm
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Lessons From Past and New Frontiers in Modeling Unionism |
Moderator: Dusan Petrovic '02
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Bruce E. Kaufman (Georgia State)"The Two Faces of Unionism: Implications for Union Growth" |
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Rafael Gomez(London School of Economics) and Morley Gunderson (U-Toronto) "The Experience Good Model of Trade Union Membership" |
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Discussant: Daniel Mitchell (UCLA) |
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Discussant: Edward Schumacher (East Carolina) |
Lunch Break: 12:40 pm - 1:50 pm
Session III A: 1:50 pm - 3: 30 pm
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Union Wage and Employment Effects: US Evidence |
Moderator: Laura Zarchin '03
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Barry Hirsch (Trinity University), David Macpherson (Florida State), and Edward Schumacher (East Carolina)"Measuring Union and Nonunion Wage Growth: Puzzles in Search of Solutions" |
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Bradley Ewing (Texas Tech) and Phanindra Wunnava (Middlebury College)"Union-Nonunion Wage Differentials and Macroeconomic Activity" |
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Discussant: Darren Grant (UT-Arlington) |
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Discussant: Clive Belfield (Columbia University) |
Coffee Break: 3:30 pm - 3:50 pm
Session III B: 3:50 pm - 5:30 pm
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Union Wage and Employment Effects: International Evidence |
Moderator: Valerie O'Hearn '02
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Francine Blau and Lawrence Kahn (Cornell)"Collective Bargaining, Relative Wages and Employment: International Microeconomic Evidence" |
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Sarah Brown (U-Leicester) and John Sessions (Brunel)"International Competition, Trade Unions, and the Labour Market Prospects of Union and Nonunion Workers" |
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Discussant: John Heywood (UW-Milwaukee) |
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Discussant: Sunder Ramaswamy (Middlebury College) |
6:45 pm Cocktails and Dinner for Conference Participants in Redfield Proctor
8: 00 pm -- Panel Discussion -- "Future of Unions" -- John Addison(USC-Columbia), Henry Farber(Princeton), Richard Freeman(Harvard), Barry Hirsch(Trinity University) and Bruce Kaufman(Georgia State)
SUNDAY, APRIL 14
8:00 am Continental Breakfast
Session IV: 8:30 am - 10:10 am
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Desire to Unionize and Union Impact on Workplace Practices |
Moderator: Brendan McCauley '02
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John Heywood (UW-Milwaukee) and Clive Belfield (Columbia)"The Desire for Unionization, HRM Practices and Coworkers: UK Evidence" |
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John Addison (USC-Columbia) and Clive Belfield (Columbia)"Unions and Establishment Performance: Evidence from the British Workplace Industrial/Employee Relations Surveys" |
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Discussant: John Sessions (Brunel) |
Coffee Break: 10:10 am - 10:30 am
Session V: 10:30 am - 11:20 am
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Politics and Union Organizing |
Moderator: Justin Drechsler '02
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Henry Farber and Bruce Western (Princeton)"Is Union Organizing Activity Affected by Large Union Successes and Failures" |
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Discussant: Solomon Polachek (SUNY-Binghamton) |
Session VI: 11:20 am - 12:20 pm
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Round-Table Discussion on Lessons Learned, Future Directions, and Concluding Remarks |
Moderator: Barry Hirsch (Trinity University)
Lunch: 12:20 - 1:20 pm