Workshop 1 - Tuesday 25 August 2009 - 1400 – 1530
Chair: Manfred Weiss
Room: Bayside 102

Campaigning for Global Corporative Compliance with Core Labor Rights- The Case of Industrial Conflict at Toyota's Philippine Company
Assoc. Prof Peter Wad & Charles T. Tackney, Copenhagen Business School DENMARK

Identity Work: Transnational Collective Action at General Motors Europe
Mr Marco Hauptmeier, Cardiff Business School UK & Ian Greer, Leeds University, UK

Industrial Relations and the Challenge of Youth Employment. Productivity and Investment in Human Capital in the Perspective of School-to-Work Transition
Michele Tiraboschi, Iacopo Senatori & Olga Rymkevich, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, ITALY

The frontier within - why multinationals fail to set up a European Works Council
Dr Stefan Lücking & Michael Whittall, Technische Universität München GERMANY

What Triggers the Establishment of a Works Council?
Jens Mohrenweiser, Uschi Backes-Gellner & Paul Marginson, University of Zurich SWITZERLAND

Plenary 2 - Tuesday 25 August 2009 - 1600 – 1730
Co Chairs: Janice Bellace, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA & Manfred Weiss, Goethe Univeristy, Frankfurt, Germany
Room: Bayside Auditorium A

Keynote Presentation
Ed Heery, Cardiff Business School, UK

Towards a ‘legislatively-prompted voluntarism’?: the impact of the UK Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations
Prof Michael Terry & John Purcell, University of Warwick UK

When Do Workers First Experience Unionization? Implications For Voice and Representation in a New World of Work
Prof John Budd, University of Minnesota USA

Solidarity in a new world of work, employment and organisations
What is solidarity? How can we conceptualise labour solidarity today? Which solidarity practices will be able to meet the challenges from globalization and furthermore to include diversity?
Assoc. Prof Lise Lotte Hansen, Roskilde University DENMARK

Watchdog, Collaborator, Change Agent? The Role of Women's Structures in Advancing Equity within UK and Canadian Trade Unions
Dr Jane Parker & Janice Foley, AUT University NZ

Workshop 2 - Wednesday 26 August 2009 – 1100 -1245
Chair: Janice Bellace
Room: Bayside 102

Employee Participation at European Union Level: Was it Worth the Wait?
Dr Michael Gold, School of Management at Royal Holloway University of London, UK

Employee Representation Plans and Union-Management Co-operative Committees: Worker Voice in the United States and Canada, 1914-1939
Prof Greg Patmore, The University of Sydney AUSTRALIA

Entering the New ‘ICE’ Age: The efficacy of the Information and Consultation of Employees (ICE) Regulations as a conduit of employee voice in the UK
Elaine Bull, Dr Amanda Pyman & Dr Mark Gilman, University of Kent UK

The Impact of Representative Employee Participation on Work Environment Quality and Business Outcomes in the Hotel Industry
Prof Ray Markey, Candice Harris, Felicity Lamm & David Williamson, New Zealand Work and Labour Market Institute (AUT University) NZ, Jens Lind, Ole Busck and Herman Knudsen, Aalborg University

Works Councils and Joint Consultative Committees: are they a threat to Trade Uniuons?
Prof Chris Brewster, University of Reading UK, Michael Brookes & Richard Croucher, Middlesex University, UK & Geoffrey Wood, The University of Sheffield, UK

Victimisation of labour union activists in Britain: the suppression of gaining the means for union voice
Prof. Gregor Gall, University of Hertfordshire, UK

Workshop 3 - Wednesday 26 August 2009 – 1600 - 1730
Chair: Manfred Weiss
Room: Bayside 102

The Contours of Joint Consultation in Australia: Updating the Empirical Evidence
Dr Amanda Pyman, Kent Business School, UK, Dr Peter Holland, Dr Brian K Cooper & Professor Julian Teicher Monash University, Australia

New, Better, Different? Peak Unionism and the Your Rights at Work Campaign in New South Wales, 2004-2007
Assoc/Prof Bradon Ellem & Sarah Oxenbridge, University Of Sydney AUSTRALIA

The accession migration into construction: a comparative analysis of trade union responses in Denmark, Norway and the UK
Line Eldring, Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research, NORWAY, Ian Fitzgerald, Northumbria University, UK & Jens Arnholtz Hansen, University of Copenhagen, DENMARK

The Role of Employee Voice in Increasing the Quality of Healthcare: An International Comparison of Nurses’ Unions’ Strategies
Prof Paul Clark & Darlene Clark, Penn State University USA

Applying Budd’s model to partnership in UK financial services
Dr Stewart Johnstone & Peter Ackers, Loughborough University UK & Adrian Wilkinson, Griffith Business School, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA

Workshop 4 – Thursday 27 August 2009 - 0900 - 1030
Chair: Janice Bellace
Room: Bayside 102

Do Swedes Still Need the Union? Attitudes to Collective and Individual Negotiations with the Employer in 1997 and 2006
Dr Mattias Bengtsson & Tomas Berglund, Department of Sociology, University of Gothenburg SWEDEN

Dissatisfaction and Voice among Swedish Employees
Prof Bengt Furåker, University of Gothenburg SWEDEN

Whose Interests?  Voice and Representation In Trade Unions: The Use of Intersectional Analysis
Dr Anne McBride & Dr Gail Hebson, Manchester Business School UK & Dr Jane Holgate, London Metropolitan University, UK

Collective for All? Determining who doesn’t collectively bargain
Dr Brigid van Wanrooy, Workplace Research Centre AUSTRALIA

Worker Representation through Civil Society Organizations: Evidence from Britain
Prof Edmund Heery, Brian Abbott & Stephen Williams, Cardiff University UK

Workshop 5 – Thursday 27 August 2009 - 1400 - 1530
Chair: Manfred Weiss
Room: Bayside 103

Alternative forms of regulating voice and representation in a developing country context: A South African case study
Prof Marius Olivier, International Institute for Social Law and Policy (IISLP) & Evance Kalula, University Of Cape Town, SA

Union Membership in Argentina. A theoretical and methodological debate
Dr Cecilia Senen Gonzalez, University of Buenos Aires ARGENTINA

Union Avoidance in Turkey: The State and Employers Vs. Unions
Dr Banu Uckan & Dr. Engin YILDIRIM, Anadolu University TURKEY

Trade unions and urban governance: Evidence from German and U.S. cities
Dr Ian Greer, Leeds University Business School UK & Lowell Turner, Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations

Union decline and the lack of employment advice for vulnerable workers in the UK: can community support organisations help to fill the gap?
Dr Jane Holgate, Meeta Jha & Janroj Keles, London Metropolitan University UK

Workshop 5 – Thursday 27 August 2009 - 1400 - 1530
Chair: Janice Bellace
Room: Bayside 104

Bargaining for work-life flexibility – a comparison of union strategy and outcomes at US and Australian university workplaces
Peter Berg, Dr Marian Baird, Ellen Enst Kossek & Kaumudi Misra, University of Sydney AUSTRALIA

In Control? The influence of employee participation on the quality of the work environment
Herman Knudsen, Ole Busck & Jens Lind, Aalborg University DENMARK

A New Movement to Regenerate Trade Unions in Germany-The Impacts of Women’s Linkage on Trade Unions
Dr Masako Yuki, Kawamura Gakuen Woman's University JAPAN

Employee Voice: More Than a Whisper in the New Workplace?
Assoc. Prof Sandra Jones, RMIT University AUSTRALIA