Symposium: (XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology (July 15-21, 2018))

RC44 Labor Movements

Program Coordinator: Bridget KENNY (University of Witwatersrand, South Africa)

Monday, 16 July 2018

10:30-12:20

738

Trade Unions in Transformation: Acquiring and Applying Power Resources
Session Organizers: Stefan SCHMALZ and Edward WEBSTER
Chair: Stefan SCHMALZ

15:30-17:20

JS-8

Theorizing Informal and Precarious Worker Organizing Under Global Capitalism
Session Organizers: Jennifer CHUN and Chris TILLY

17:30-19:20

JS-15

The Employment Standards Enforcement Gap in Ontario (Joint Session with RC44 Labour Movements)
Session Organizers: Leah VOSKO and John GRUNDY
Chair: Chris TILLY

Tuesday, 17 July 2018

08:30-10:20

739

Labour and the Forces of Nature: Prospects, Paradoxes and Perspectives
Session Organizers: Nora RATHZEL, Dimitris STEVIS and David UZZELL
Chair: David UZZELL

10:30-12:20

740

International Labour Movement Organizations' Supranational Strategies
Session Organizers: Michele FORD and Michael GILLAN
Chair: Dimitris STEVIS

15:30-17:20

741

Labour Movements Under Rekindled Nationalism
Session Organizer: Manjusha NAIR
Chair: Manjusha NAIR

17:30-19:20

742

Free Trade, Labour Movements and the Search for Alternatives
Session Organizer: Andreas BIELER
Chair: Edward WEBSTER

19:30-20:50

743

RC44 Business Meeting

Wednesday, 18 July 2018

08:30-10:20

744

Xenophobia, Anti-Migrant Politics, and Workers’ Movements
Session Organizers: Ruth MILKMAN and Chris TILLY
Chair: Ruth MILKMAN

10:30-12:20

745

Organizing in a Gig Economy: Atomized Work and the Labor Movement
Session Organizer: Kim VOSS
Chair: Kim VOSS

15:30-17:20

746

Learning from Migrant Labour Struggles: Innovative Initiatives of Precarious Workers
Session Organizers: Aziz CHOUDRY and Davide PERO
Chair: Andreas BIELER

Thursday, 19 July 2018

08:30-10:20

JS-57

Can Anti-Globalization, "New" and "Old" Social Movements Work Together?
Session Organizers: Lev GRINBERG and Rina AGARWALA

10:30-12:20

747

International Labour Solidarity in the Americas: Exploring New Research and Developments
Session Organizers: Katherine NASTOVSKI and Thomas COLLOMBAT
Chair: Aziz CHOUDRY

15:30-17:20

748

RC44 Roundtable Session
Session Organizer: Andreas BIELER

17:30-19:20

749

Precarious Labour, Life and Urban Struggle
Session Organizers: Maurizio ATZENI and Bridget KENNY
Chair: Thembi LUCKETT

Friday, 20 July 2018

08:30-10:20

750

Labour and Populism: Trajectories, Dilemmas, and Opportunities
Session Organizer: Mark THOMAS
Chair: Kritee AHMED

10:30-12:20

751

Academic Labour in Times of Authoritarianism, Violence and Injustice
Session Organizer: Ercüment ÇELIK
Chair: Ercüment ÇELIK

15:30-17:20

752

Connections Between Indigenous Peoples’ Movements and Labour Movements
Session Organizers: Chris TILLY and Suzanne MILLS
Chair: Suzanne MILLS

17:30-19:20

753

Authors Meet Critics
Session Organizers: Rina AGARWALA, Jenny CHAN, Alexander GALLAS and Ben SCULLY

Saturday, 21 July 2018

08:30-10:20

754

China’s Labor in Global Services and Transnational Production
Session Organizers: Jenny CHAN and Chun-Yi LEE
Chair: Chun-Yi LEE