Workshop 1 - Tuesday 25 August 2009 - 1400 – 1530
Chair: Youngbum Park
Room: Bayside 104

Do voluntary labour initiatives make a difference for the conditions of workers in global supply chains? A case study of the Costa-Rican UK banana chain.
Dr Pamela Robinson, Cardiff University UK

Decent Work and the ILO: Extending the Agenda
Nigel Haworth, The University Of Auckland NZ

Organization and Regulation of Employment Relations in Transnational Production and Supply Networks. Ensuring Core Labor Standards through International Framework Agreements?
Dr Michael Fichter & Jörg Sydow, Freie Universitaet Berlin GERMANY

National Institutions and the Introduction of European Works Councils
Mr Andreas Dahlkvist, Dep. Of Economic History, Uppsala University SWEDEN

Defining labor rules in a globalizing ASEAN
Prof Rene Ofreneo & Christopher Ng, University of The Philippines PHILIPPINES

Workshop 2 - Wednesday 26 August 2009 – 1100 -1245
Chair: Rachel Zibelu-Banda
Room: Bayside 104

Actors, institutional change and stability in the Indonesian Industrial Relations System
Peter McGraw & Neil Semuel Rupidara, Macquarie University AUSTRALIA

Chinese Labour Law at a Critical Point in History
Mimi Zou & Suzanne Jamieson, The University of Sydney, AUSTRALIA

The determinants of labour standard compliance: the role of buyers in Cambodia's garment sector
Ms Chikako Oka, London School of Economics FRANCE

Collective Bargaining in Transition: Decentralizaed Centralization in Korea
Prof Joohee Lee, Ewha Womans University SOUTH KOREA

What Role Do Safety Net Wage Adjustments Play In Alleviating Household Need?
Mr Josh Healy, National Institute of Labour Studies AUSTRALIA

Emerging Industrial Relations Model in China: Corporatism with Chinese Characteristics?
Dr Changhee Lee, International Labour Organization (ILO) China 

Plenary 4 – Wednesday 26 August 2009 - 1400 - 1530
Co Chairs: Rachel Zibelu-Banda, Industrial Relations Court, Malawi & Youngbum Park, Hansung University, Korea
Room: Bayside Auditorium A

Keynote Presentation
Prof Valeria Pulignano, K.U.Leuven - CESO BELGIUM

Evaluating Industrial Relations Systems of OECD Countries from 1993 to 2005: A Two-Dimensional Approach
Dong-One Kim, Young Doo Kim & Yoon Ho Kim, Korea University SOUTH KOREA, Paula Voos, Rutgers University, USA & Hiromasa Suzuki, Waseda University, Japan

The Emergence of an Anglo-American Model? Convergence in Industrial Relations Institutions
Assoc. Prof. Alex Colvin, Cornell University, USA & Dr Owen Darbishire, Oxford University UK

Two-Tiered Wage Settlements and the Legitimacy of American Unions
Prof Gary Chaison, Clark University USA

Trends in collective bargaining: Why South Africa differs from international trends
Prof Johann Maree, University of Cape Town SOUTH AFRICA

Workshop 3 - Wednesday 26 August 2009 – 1600 - 1730
Chair: Youngbum Park
Room: Bayside 104

Derogations from Collective Bargaining Agreements in the German Metalworking Industry: Erosion or Renewal of the Collective Bargaining System?
Dr Thomas Haipeter, University of Duisburg-Essen, GERMANY

Collective bargaining and the restructuring of service work in the French and German telecommunications industries
Dr Virginia Doellgast, Department of Management, King's College London UK, Hiro Nohara & Robert Tchobanian, LEST, FRANCE

The vulnerability of an export champion - Upheaval in the German employment model
Dr Steffen Lehndorff, Institute for Work, Skills and Training / IAQ / University Of Duisburg-Essen, Ge GERMANY

Transnational Labour, Global Restructuring and Transnational Corporations: The Ironies and Possibilities of Globalization in the Age of Rollerball Capitalism
Prof Miguel Martinez Lucio & Nathan Lillie, University of Manchester UK

Local bargaining at different industries in the Finnish SME sector
Dr Jari Huovinen, Juhapekka Suutarinen & Pekka Tsupari, Confederation of Finnish Industries EK FINLAND

Workshop 4 – Thursday 27 August 2009 - 0900 - 1030
Chair: John Shields
Room: Bayside 104

Invisible Hands, Invisible Objectives: Bringing Industrial Relations Into Focus in the New World of Work, Organizations, and Employment
Prof John Budd, University of Minnesota USA

Social Partnership and Democratic legitimacy in Ireland
Dr Jimmy Donaghey & Paul Teague, Queen's University Belfast UK

Delivering fairer workplaces through statutory rights? Enforcing employment rights in Britain
Prof Linda Dickens, University of Warwick UK

Financial Participation and Institutional Change. Developments in France, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK and Australia
Prof Erik Poutsma & Paul Ligthart, Radboud University Nijmegen NETHERLANDS & Ulke Veersma, University of Greenwich, UK

The Emergence of Specialised Courts for Handling Labour Disputes in the new Democracies: Industrial Relations Court of Malawi
Rachel Zibelu-Banda, Industrial Relations Court, MALAWI 

Workshop 5 – Thursday 27 August 2009 – 1400 - 1530
Chair: John Shields
Room: Bayside 105

Employer Attitudes toward Collective Bargaining: A survey of employers’ role and attitudes in New Zealand
Barry Foster, Ian Laird, John Murrie, Massey University NZ & Erling Rasmussen, Auckland University of Technology, NZ

Interest Heterogeneity and Associability of German Employer Associations
Dr Markus Helfen & Martin Behrens, FU Berlin GERMANY

Clients or members? Organisational strategies of employer associations in Australia and Italy in response to industrial relations decentralisation
Assoc. Prof Peter Sheldon, Francesco Paoletti & Raoul Nacamulli, UNSW AUSTRALIA

Preconditions for ‘Efficiency and Equity’ in Multi-Level Bargaining; the cases of the Danish and Swedish Manufacturing Sectors
Assoc. Prof Søren Kaj Andersen, University of Copenhagen DENMARK