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RC44 Labor Movements

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

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9:00 AM-10:30 AM


21
Migrant Workers, Labour Unions and Collective Protests
Session Organizer: Jennifer CHUN

10:45 AM-12:15 PM


65
Innovative approaches to informal work
Session Organizer: Rina AGARWALA

12:30 PM-2:00 PM


141
Unfree labour: States, capital and the struggles of migrant and immigrant workers for social and economic justice
Session Organizers: Aziz CHOUDRY and Mark THOMASChair: Jennifer CHUN

2:30 PM-4:00 PM


177
RC44 Round Table 2: Strategies for organizing informal workers
Session Organizer: Chris TILLY

178
RC44 Round Table 3: The solidarity economy, the labor movement and the fight against precarious employment
Session Organizer: Ana Margarida ESTEVESChair: Jacklyn COCK

179
RC44 Round Table 4: New strategies for bringing union democracy to unions with diverse memberships
Session Organizers: Sophie BÉROUD and Karel YON

180
RC44 Round Table 5: Organizing Strategies, Diversity and Union Democracy
Session Organizer: Cécile GUILLAUME

Thursday, August 2, 2012

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9:00 AM-10:30 AM


213
Labor movements and the State: What happens when political allies take power?
Session Organizers: Ruy BRAGA and Ruy BRAGAChair: Ruy BRAGADiscussant: Ruy BRAGA

10:45 AM-12:15 PM


238
China's emerging working class and the future of the labor movement
Session Organizer: Pun NGAI

12:30 PM-2:00 PM


315
The attack on public sector unionism and labor's response
Session Organizer: Kim VOSS

2:30 PM-4:00 PM


360
RC44 Business Meeting
Session Organizer: Jennifer CHUN

4:15 PM-5:45 PM


409
Trade unions in the green economy
Session Organizers: Jacklyn COCK , Nora RÄTHZEL and David UZZELL

Friday, August 3, 2012

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9:00 AM-10:30 AM


439
New roles for intellectuals in the labor movement?
Session Organizer: Marcos ANCELOVICI

10:45 AM-12:15 PM


493
Organizing the production of alternative visions to support social justice
Session Organizers: William CARROLL and Vishwas SATGARChair: Michelle WILLIAMS

12:30 PM-2:00 PM


537
Making transnational networks more effective vehicles for North-South and South-South labor solidarity
Session Organizer: Cesar RODRIGUEZChair: Robert O'BRIEN

2:30 PM-4:00 PM


575
Building Transnational Solidarity among National Labor Movements
Session Organizer: Robert O'BRIENChair: Edward WEBSTER

Saturday, August 4, 2012

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9:00 AM-10:30 AM


618
Challenging the logic of neoliberalism: Labor-feminist coalitions and work-family policy campaigns
Session Organizers: Ruth MILKMAN and Linda CHRISTIANSEN-RUFFMANChair: Linda CHRISTIANSEN-RUFFMANDiscussant: Janet GORNICK

10:45 AM-12:15 PM


693
Worker's taking over factories as a response to capital taking away jobs: Reflections on experiences in Argentina and elsewhere
Session Organizers: José ITZIGSOHN and Julian REBON