Find the CIRHR at LERA 2021

The LERA 73rd Annual Meeting will take place online this year from June 5 to 8, 2021. "A Transformational Moment? Work, Worker Power, and the Workplace in an Era of Division and Disruption" will feature numerous faculty, students, alumni and friends of the CIRHR. Here are some highlights of where to find the CIRHR community.

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Saturday, June 5th

11:45 am–12:45 pm EST

1.1  Labor in Global Supply Chains Part I: Disruptions to the Status Quo (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 1

Chair:

• Greg Distelhorst, University of Toronto

Presenters:

• Chunyun Li*, London School of Economics and Political Sciences; and Sarosh C. Kuruvilla, Cornell University—The Impact of COVID-19 on Global Apparel Supply Chain Workers: Surveys of Better Work Factories
• Shane Godfrey*, University of Cape Town; and Khalid Nadvi, University of Manchester—Uneven Regional Development, Labour Regimes and Regional Value Chains: The Southern African Garment Sector
• Jette Steen Knudsen*, Tufts University—A Procedures and Outcomes Paradox After Rana Plaza: Support for Labor Rights by U.S. Companies and the U.S. Government
• Drusilla Brown*, Laura Babbitt and Ana Antolin, Tufts University; and Negin Toosi, California State University—Fair Recruitment along the Bangladesh-Qatar Migration Corridor

Discussant:

• Kelly I. Pike, York University

1–2 pm EST

2.5  LERA Best Papers II: COVID-19 Part A (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 5

Chair:

• Desiree LeClercq, Cornell University

Presenters:

• Dina Bishara*, Ian Greer and Jeonghun Kim, Cornell University—More Relevance, Less Power? Trade Unionism After COVID-19
• Danielle Lamb*, Ryerson University; Rafael Gomez, University of Toronto; and Milad Moghaddas, Ryerson University—Unions, COVID-19 Risk, and Pandemic Pay Premia: Evidence from the Canadian Labour Force Survey
• Raymond Robertson*, Texas A&M University—COVID-19 and Labor Compliance: Evidence from Vietnam
• Ting Zhang* and Dan Gerlowski, University of Baltimore; and Zoltan Acs, George Mason University—Small Business and the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Work from Home

3:15–4:15 pm EST

3.1  Labor in Global Supply Chains Part III: Firms and the Economics of Labor Compliance (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 1

Chair:

• Greg Distelhorst, University of Toronto

Presenters:

• Raymond Robertson*, Texas A&M University—Efficiency and Working Conditions: Evidence from Indonesian Garment Factories
• Anil Verma*, University of Toronto—The Role of Shop-floor Industrial Relations in Labour Standards Compliance: Qualitative Evidence from Garment Factories
• Matthew Amengual*, University of Oxford; and Greg Distelhorst, University of Toronto—Order Overload? Demand Spikes and Labor Compliance in Global Supply Chains
• Sarosh C. Kuruvilla*, Cornell University; and Chunyun Li, London School of Economics and Political Sciences—A View from the Other Side: Purchase Orders and Workforce Arrangements at Supplier Factories

Discussant:

• Mark Anner, Pennsylvania State University

4:15–5:15 pm EST

4.3  Strategies for Organizing Undergraduate Student Workers and Building Cross-Rank Worker Solidarity (Workshop)—Breakout Stream 3

This workshop will feature presentations from members of labor unions representing undergraduate student workers in both the public and private sectors and the Coalition of Student Employee Unions. Panelists will discuss strategies for organizing undergraduate student workers, union recognition campaign challenges, and opportunities to build cross-rank worker solidarity.

Moderators:

• Emily H. Yen, University of Virginia
• Shannon Potter, University of Toronto

Sunday, June 6th

12:15–1:15 pm EST

6.4  LERA Competitive Papers II: Digital Innovations and the Nature of Work (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 4

Chair:

• Xiangmin (Helen) Liu, Rutgers University

Presenters:

• Lindsey Cameron*, University of Pennsylvania; and Hatim A. Rahman, Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University—(Not) Seeing Like an Algorithm: Managerial Control and Worker Resistance in the Platform Economy
• Arvind Karunakaran*, McGill University—Front-Line Professionals in the Wake of Social Media Scrutiny: A Process Model of Obscured Accountability
• Yao Yao*, University of Ottawa; and Sida Liu, University of Toronto—Where Rookies Prevail: Digital Habitus and Age-based Earnings Differentials in Online Legal Services
• Kwan Lee*, University of Houston Victoria—Ties that Bind but Pay: The Consequences of Noncompete Agreements on Compensation

1:45–2:45 pm EST       

7.5  LERA Best Papers VII: Technical Change Part B (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 5

Chair:

Tingting Zhang, Merrimack College

Presenters:

• Larry Liam Ching Liu*, Princeton University—The Relationship between Job Quality and Automatability of Occupations
• Andrew Weaver* and Suyeon Kang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—Employer-Provided Training and Technical Change
• Turner Cotterman*, Mitchell Small and Erica Fuchs, Carnegie Mellon University—The Transition to Electrified Vehicles: Implications for the Future of Automotive Manufacturing and Worker Skills and Occupations?

Monday, June 7th

11:15 am–1:30 pm EST

LERA 23rd Phd Student Consortium, Sponsored by Cornell ILR; MIT Sloan; MSU HRLR; Rutgers SMLR; Illinois SLER; FIU HRM; Penn State LER; Univ. of Toronto, CIRHR—Plenary Stream

Moderators:

• Matthew Hinkel, Michigan State University
• Ki-Jung Kim, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Panelists:

• Adrienne E. Eaton, LERA President
• Peter Berg, Michigan State University
• Dionne Pohler, University of Toronto
• Ryan Lamare, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Featured Speaker:

• Thomas A. Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

11:15 am–12:15 pm EST

8.2  The Impact of COVID-19 on Workers and Businesses (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 2

Chair:

• Dionne Pohler, University of Toronto

Presenters:

• Kourtney Koebel* and Dionne Pohler, University of Toronto—Labor Markets in Crisis: The Double Liability of Low-Wage Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Alycia Damp*, Shannon Potter and Dionne Pohler, University of Toronto—COVID-19 and Organizations: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
• Jordan Lewis-Morden* and Dionne Pohler, University of Toronto—Co-operatives in a Time of Crisis: The Impact of Banking with a Credit Union During COVID-19 on Business Viability

8.5  LERA Best Papers VIII: International Part A (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 5

Chair:

• Tobias Schulze-Cleven, Rutgers University

Presenters:

• Lorenzo Frangi*, University of Québec at Montréal; and Tingting Zhang, Merrimack College—Global Union Federations in Affiliates' Websites: Centripetal and Centrifugal Forces at Play in Organizational Identity
• Marissa Brookes*, University of California, Riverside—Transnational Labor Campaigns: How Many, Where, and When?
• Lorenzo Frangi, University of Québec at Montréal; Jack Fiorito, Florida State University; and Tingting Zhang*, Merrimack College—Still Two Different Twins? Union Attitudinal and Behavioral Insights Across the USA-Canada Border
• Yiluyi Zeng*, University of Warwick—Perceiving Exploitation: Freelancers Understanding of Work and Relations With Clients

3–4 pm EST

10.5  LERA Best Papers X: Nature of Work Part A (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 5

Chair:

• Yea Hee Ko, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Presenters:

• Jenna E. Myers*, University of Toronto—The Future of Training; Vendor and User Co-production of New Knowledge Surrounding Fast-changing, Digital Technologies
• Xincheng Qiu* and Eric Jincheng Huang, University of Pennsylvania—Labor Misallocation with Precautionary Saving
• Gregory Lyon*, Georgetown University—Job Security, Partisanship, and Environmental Regulation
• Jeongrock Kim*, Tasneem Omar Ava, Jalana Ellis, Daniela Febres and Amanda Klavert, University of Toronto—Retooling the Double-Edged Sword: Exploring the Impact of Functional Heterogeneity on Informal Cross-Functional Collaboration

3–5:15 pm EST

LERA 6th Annual Jr. Faculty Consortium—Plenary Stream

Moderators:

• Mark Gough, Pennsylvania State University
• Tashlin Lakhani, Cornell University

Panelists:

• Maite Tapia, Michigan State University
• Alan Benson, University of Minnesota
• Adrienne E. Eaton, LERA President
• Alexander J.S. Colvin and Rosemary Batt, Cornell University
• Chris Riddell, University of Waterloo
• John S. Heywood, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

4:15–5:15 pm EST       

11.6  LERA Higher ED IC / Int'l IS Present: Faculty Voice in Campus Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis, Part II: An International Perspective (Panel)—Breakout Stream 6

The impact of Covid 19 in workplaces around the world has received significant attention since the beginning of the pandemic because of the critical role they play in the economy and the potential they have to spread the virus. Few workplaces have received as much attention in this regard as university campuses which have seen many significant workplace changes since the start of the crisis. This session will focus on the role that faculty voice played in the formation of Covid 19-related policies and practices at university campuses in four countries: Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Moderator:

• Janice Bellace, University of Pennsylvania

Presenters:

• Greg J. Bamber*, Monash University (Melbourne); and Alison Barnes, The National Tertiary Education Union—Australian Faculty Union's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Rafael Gomez*, University of Toronto—Dealing with COVID at a Large Canadian University With a Strong Faculty Union
• Ana Lopes* and Sue Abbott, Newcastle University—The Response of UK Faculty Unions to the COVID-19 Crisis

Tuesday, June 8th

1:30–2:30 pm EST

13.2  Comparative Impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis on Work and Employment Relations (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 2

Chair:

• Tony Dobbins, Birmingham Business School

Presenters:

• Martin Behrens*, Hans Boeckler Foundation; and Andi Pekarek, University of Melbourne—Delivering the Goods? German Industrial Relations Institutions During the COVID-19 Crisis
• David Peetz*, Griffith University; Sean O'Brady, McMaster University; Johanna Weststar, Western University; Rae Cooper and Marian Baird, University of Sydney—Contradictions of Control and Insecurity During the COVID-19 Crisis in Australian and Canadian Universities
• Christian Ibsen*, University of Copenhagen; Ryan Lamare, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Hye Jin Rho, Michigan State University; Christine Riordan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and Maite Tapia, Michigan State University—Do Institutions Mitigate Risks for Exposed Workers during COVID? Evidence from a Cross-National Survey of Danish and American Workers

13.5  LERA Best Papers XV: Labor Unions and Employee Voice Part A (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 5

Chair:

• Ian Greer, Cornell University

Presenters:

• Eric Benjamin Blanc*, New York University—Rank-and-File Organizing and Digital Mobilizing in the 2018 Teachers' Strikes
• Stephen Silvia*, American University—Labor Unions and Industrial Policy
• Rachel Aleks, University of Windsor; and John Kallas*, Cornell University—Starting Off on the Right Foot: How Organizing Tactics Affect First Contract Negotiations
• Andrew Keyes*, Florida State University; Zachary A. Russell, Xavier University; and Jack Fiorito, Florida State University—Workplace Instrumentality, Prosocial Instrumentality, and Union Satisfaction

2:45–3:45 pm EST

14.4  LERA Best Papers XVI: Labor-Management Relations (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 4

Chair:

• Elena Falcettoni, Board of Governors

Presenters:

• Rafael Gomez*, University of Toronto; Alex Bryson, University College London; and Akshay Mohan, University of Toronto—Trust and Cooperation in Labor-Management Relations
• Salil Gadgil, University of California, Los Angeles Anderson; and Jason Sockin*, University of Pennsylvania—Caught in the Act: How Corporate Scandals Hurt Employees
• Lian Zhou*, Guangdong University of Technology; Chunyun Li, London School of Economics and Political Sciences; Mingwei Liu, Rutgers University; Long Zhang, Hunan University; and Jonathan Booth, London School of Economics and Political Science—Employee-Organization Relationships and Workplace Deviance: A Marxist Perspective
• Antonio Falato*, Federal Reserve Board; Hyunseob Kim, Cornell University; and Till M. von Wachter, University of California, Los Angeles—Shareholder Power and the Decline of Labor

14.5  LERA Best Papers XVII: Wages (Symposium)—Breakout Stream 5

Chair:

• Michael Loconto, Labor Arbitrator

Presenters:

• Anil Verma*, University of Toronto—Low Wage Work: Can Workers Escape Low Wages? Recent Evidence from a Survey & Implications for Policy
• Matthew Hinkel*, Michigan State University—Misclassified Information: The Effect of Prevailing Wage Laws on Informal Construction Employment
• Kyoko Suzuki*, University of Tokyo—Unions' Effects on Wage Inequality in Japan
• Zhengxiong Yang* and Shiwei Zhang, Jilin University; and Mingwei Liu, Rutgers University—Crossover Design and the Evaluation of the Labor Market Effects of Minimum Wages in China