Chair: Edlira Xhafa

Presenters:

• Melisa Serrano, “Emerging typologies of worker representation and collective action in the location-based platform economy: Findings from the GLU alumni case studies”
   
• Nurus Mufidah and Indah Budiarti, “Organizing Grab Drivers and Riders in Indonesia”
   
• Tilak Jang Khadka, “Working conditions and collective representation of Pathao and Tootle platform riders in Nepal”
   
• Jacqueline Wamai, “Uber drivers’ organizing in Kenya: Challenges and initial successes”
   
• Muttaqa Yushau, “Collective representation of Uber and Bolt drivers in Nigeria”
   
• Svetlana Kolganova, “Organizing Yandex Taxi drivers in Russia: Outcomes and challenges”

Co-Chairs: Sara Cufre and Anne Engelhardt

Presenters:

• Sara Cufre, CEIL-CONICET

• Anne Engelhardt, Kassel University

• Dina Feller, LATAM ITF Network

• Patricia Gilbert, International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers' Associations, IFATCA EVP Americas

• Fatima Queiroz, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)

• Fabrizio Barcellona, International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF)

Chair:Katherine Maich, School of Labor and Employment Relations, Penn State

Authors:

• Tobias Schulze-Cleven, School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University

• Todd E. Vachon, School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University

Critics:

• Rose Batt, Cornell ILR
• Alexander Gallas, Kassel University
• Meghna Mahadevan, New Currents Collective
• Dimitris Stevis, Colorado State University

Chair:Sheri Davis, Rutgers University

Presenters:

• Jinyoung Park, “’We Need Competition, Not Solidarity’: Experiences of the Korean Women Workers’ Movement

• Varsha Ayyar, “No Justice, No Peace: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's Annihilation of Caste as Global Workers, Feminist, And Anti-Fascist Manifesto”

Chair: Paolo Marinaro

Presenters:

• Kruskaya Hidalgo Cordero, “Gender and migration. The self-organization strategies of delivery platform workers in Ecuador”

• Oscar Javier Maldonado and Derly Yohanna Sanchez Vargas, “Technolegal Expulsions: Platform food delivery workers and Work Regulations in Colombia”

• Karol Morales and Alejandra Dinegro, “Self-organization among delivery platforms workers in neoliberal Latin American countries. The cases of Peru and Chile”

• Rodolfo Elbert and Sofia Negri, “Delivery platform workers during COVID-19 pandemic in the city of Buenos Aires (Argentina): deepened precarity and workers’ response in a context of epidemiological crisis”

• Paolo Marinaro, “COVID-19 and Food Delivery Worker Transnational Organizing in Latin America”

Chair: Nicolas Pons Vignon

Discussant: Shannon Lederer, AFL-CIO

Presenters:

• Marija Mitrevska, “The Eastern European periphery feeding the Western European centres: The horrifying conditions of the seasonal migrant agricultural workers in Germany revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic”

• Kathrin Birner and Stefan Dietl, “Pandemic effects on a toxic system: The situation of hyper-mobile migrant workers in Germany”

• Adam (Chuling) Huang, “Fractured Governance: A Study of How the Local Government Manage International Migration in China”

• Vitor Filgueiras, “Labour movements and migrant workers building solidarity beyond capital”

Chair: Verna Viajar, University of the Philippines

Presenters:

• Khaing Zar, the Workers Federation of Myanmar (IWFM)

• Ramon Certeza, National Coordinator at IndustriALL Global Union, Philippines

• Mung Siu Tat, former Chief Executive, Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU)

• Elaine Huiand Kaye Liang, Penn State University

• Veasna Nuon, APHEDA, Cambodia

Chair: Shane Choshane

Presenters:

• Shane Choshane, “Emerging patterns of representation in the platform economy: an African perspective”

• Fikile Masikane, “Food Couriers in South Africa”

• Agnes Mwongera, “Food Couriers in Kenya”

• Nqobile Tshezi, “Organizing across the platform: Innovative strategies for building worker power”

• Karim Saagbul, “Organising Platform Workers for Decent Work: The Case of Ride-Hailing and Food Delivery Workers in Ghana”

Chair: Frank Hoffer

Presenters:

• Jana Silverman and Laura Moisa, “The Political Economy of Labor Relations Regimes under 21st Century Neo-Authoritarian Governments – A Comparative Study of Brazil and Colombia”

• Lizaveta Merliak, Independent Trade Union of Miners and Chemical Workers, Belarus, "Trade Unions, a suppressed protest movement and a desperate dictator”

• Kiril Buketov, International Union of Foodworkers (IUF), Geneva, “Putin oppressor at home, aggressor abroad –  what options for trade unions?”

• Can Kaya, EPSU, Brussels, “Autocratic rule facing multiple crisis and growing opposition”

• Thomas Franco, Bank Workers Union, India, “Mass strikes and protest against market liberal Hindu athoritarianism.”

Chair: Steven Toff

Presenters:

• Steven Toff – European Organizing Center, former organizing coordinator

• Andrea Staples, Director, European Organizing Center

• Ben Norman – Unite the Union

• Cihan Ugura – FNV, Organizing Coordinator

• Aslak Haarahiltunen – Finnish Industrial Union, Organizing Director

• John Burant - European Organizing Center [tentative]

Chair: Jeremy Anderson

Presenters:

• Manuel Rosaldo, “A Muffed Transition? How São Paulo’s Street Waste Pickers Became Excluded from “Just Transition” Policies”

• Benjamin Velasco, “An Action Research on Just Transition for Jeepney Operators and Delivery Riders in the Philippines”

• Mark Hagen and Ahmed Kamel, “Just Transition: Organizing for Climate Justice”

• Sara Cufre and Alejandra Soifer, “Urban recyclers in the pathway towards ‘green jobs’: the case of Buenos Aires”

Chair:Cindy Berman, Labour Specialist

Panelists:

• Marina Durano, Advisor for the Care Economy, UNI Care Global Union, “Increased income and improved working conditions: The care economy and improving working conditions in the paid care sector”
   
• Josephine Parilla, a home-based worker in the Philippines and Regional Coordinator for HomeNet South East Asia
   
• Shirley Pryce, President of Jamaica Household Workers’ Union (JHWU) and Executive Committee Member of the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF), “An end to sexual harassment and violence at work: The recent Violence and Harassment Bill in Jamaica”
   
• Ruth Castle Branco, Researcher (IDWF affiliate), “Healthy and safe workplaces and access to healthcare: The COVID-19 Impact Survey in the Africa region”
   
• Lorraine Ndlovu, President of StreetNet International, “Social protection benefits and support for vulnerable workers: The response of StreetNet and its affiliates to COVID-19”

Chair: Baba Aye

Presenters:

• Alberto Riesco-Sanz, “Protecting workers’ rights in the boundaries of wage employment: bogus self-employment and worker cooperatives in the Spanish meat industry”

• Thorsten Schulten and Johannes Specht, “Labour Relations in the German Meat Industry - From Erosion to Re-Organisation?”

Chair: Mirko Herberg

Presenters:

• Markus Wissen, “Just = less + different Workers and social movements in the transition of (auto)mobility”

• Devan Pillay, “Decent Work or Decent Life? In search of an ecosocialist working class politics”

• Antonella Angelini, “Participatory Guarantee Systems as a Tool for Worker and Climate Justice: The Experience of Fuorimercato”

• Jeremy Anderson, “ITF Maritime Initiative”

Moderator:  Virginia Doellgast, Cornell University

Presentation:"Organizing German Corporations in the US South. The IG Metall experience"

Presenters:

• Horst Mund,International Department, IG Metall
• Carsten Hübner, Former Director, Transatlantic Labor Institute

Commentaries:

• Mitchell Smith, UAW, Director Region 8
• Tim Beaty, International Department, International Brotherhood of Teamsters     
• Georg Leutert, Global Director, Automotive and Aerospace Industries, IndustriALL

Chair: Praveen Jha, JNU University, New Delhi

Presenters:

• Christina Teipen and Fabian Mehl, Berlin School of Economics and Law, “Challenges for Employees and Interest Representation in Reaction to COVID-19 Responses in the German, Indian and Brazilian Automotive and IT Services Sector”

• Gifford Hartman, “Supply Chain Inquiries and Chokepoints Workshop”

• Mariana Garcia, “Brazil’s strategies to face the new wave of technological advances: potential impact on industry and the labour market”

• Daniel Oberko, PSI, “Towards workers perspective to the fight for Tax justice”

• Hansjoerg Herr and Petra Duenhaupt, Berlin School of Economics and Law, “Why Global Value Chains are not a Panacea for Development”

Chair:Karin Pape

Presenters:

• Chris Bonner, Jane Barrett, and Janhavi Dave, “Launching a global network of HBWs during the pandemic: challenges & opportunities”

• Clair Ruppert and Laura Morillo Santa Cruz, “Trade Union Challenges in Organizing and Representing Informal Workers”

• Ozge Berber Agtas and Saniye Dedeoglu, “Homeworkers in Turkey: Home Bounded, Global Outreach”

Chair: Alex Wood

Presenters:

• Vivek Kumar, “Unionization Strategies for Gig/platform workers' Unions: Case studies from India”

• Emily Paulin, “Transport and Delivery Workers’ Organizing Strategies: Case Studies in Ukraine, Nigeria, Thailand and Mexico”

• Cheng Li, “Employee recognition by Uber: independent contractor, employee, or worker in between?”

• James Lazou, “Harnessing the knowledge of multitudes - a data led approach to building Union power”

• Brian Dolber, “Building Solidarity: Start-Up Unionism and Platform Organizing”

• Robert Ovetz and Ali Kashani, “Workers’ Inquiry and Credible Strike Threats in the Universities”

Chair: Joel Odigie

Presenters:

• Vincent DeLaurentis and Penelope Kyritsis, “Structural Debt, Structuring Labor: Discipline & Despair in Global Supply Chains”

• Shaka Bob, “Does South Africa's looting and social unrest demonstrate the need for an inclusive social protection model: Covid-19 and its impact on household social and economic outcomes”

• Jafar Iqbal, “Encountering Pandeconomics and Workers Repression: Alternative Pathways to Labour Resistance and Supply Chain Governance”

• Muttaqa Abdulra’uf, “Decent Work, Inequality and the Treatment of Labour Market Institutions by the IMF & World Bank”

Chair: Magda Barros Biavaschi, Visiting Lecturer at the Wits Mining Institute

Presenters:

• Antonio Aravena, “The labor world, labor reforms, pandemic and measures to address it in Chile”

• Marcia de Paula Leite, “The ongoing reforms and its impacts in the labor world, women's lives, and collective bargaining amid the rise in inequality - Brasil”

• Andrea Del Bono, “The labor world, labor reforms, pandemic and measures to address it in Argentina”

• Carlos Salas, “Capitalism and social inequalities. The pandemic and its further development. Measures to address it and its impacts – Mexico”

• Barbara Vallejos Vasquez, tbd

• Jo Portilho, “Brazilian domestic workers under Bolsonaro´s time - back to the past”

Chair:Janet Munakamwe

Presenters:

• Laura Alfers, Rhodes University and WIEGO, “Worker power and the struggle for social protection”
   
• Salonie Hiriyur Muralidhara, Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), “Worker cooperatives harnessing digital platforms in India”
   
• Marty Chen, Harvard University and WIEGO, “The bad old contract, the even worse contract, and a better new social contract for informal workers in a Covid-19 world.”

Chair and Discussant: JJ Rosenbaum

Panelists:

• Dev Nathan, Institute for Human Development, “Extraction and control in garment supply chains”
   
• Sahiba Gill, GLJ-ILRF -  “Joint Employer Liability in Supply Chains - Legal Challenges and Opportunities”
   
• Wira Ginting, Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA) - “Union-Led Litigation for Joint Employer Liability in Fashion Supply Chains in Asia”

Chair:  Gbenga Komolafe

Presenters:

• Kavita Chohan, “Fair Trial: A Study On Issues And Challenges In Accessing Justice”

• Crispen Chinguno, “Work and Covid 19 pandemic regulatory responses in the global south”

• Tine Hanrieder, “Reimbursing community health workers: from “return on investment” to community investment”

• Mercy Nabwire, “The Power Resources Approach: Organizing Precarious Workers in the Kenyan Health Sector”

• Janet Munakamwe, “Unions’ inclusionary and exclusionary organising strategies in a post-covid epoch: Revisiting the social security debate in South Africa.”

Chairs: Nicolas Pons Vignon and Mostafa Henaway

Presenters:

• Adrian Durtschi, "Organizing Migrant Workers: Experiences, Challenges and Open Questions in the Long Term Care Sector"

• Jason Schneck, "Challenges and Opportunites for Organizing Migrant Care Workers in Switzerland"

• Sherif Olanrewaju, “Migrant Nurses Experiences Working in the U.S: Implications for Union Organizing and Patient Outcomes”

Chair  and Moderator: Jess Champagne, Worker Rights Consortium

Presenters:

• Kalpona Akter, Bangladesh Center for Workers Solidarity

• Penelope Kyritsis, The New School

• Mark Anner, Center for Global Workers’ Rights, Penn State University

• Scott Nova, Workers Rights Consortium

• Theresa Haas,  Workers United

Chair: Claire Ceruti

Panelists:

• Mark McQuinn, “Labour Organisations and the fight for Economic and Social Justice in Authoritarian Contexts: Contemporary Examples from Africa”

• Rwatirinda Mahembe, “The Rise of Authoritarianism in 21st Century Africa and its Imminent Self-Destruction”

• Moreblessing Nyambara, “Trade Unionism in an Authoritarian State: Are Trade Unions Relevant under Authoritarian Regimes? The Case of Zimbabwe”

• Fundizwi Sikhondze, TBD

Chair: Edlira Xhafa

Panelists:

• Luis Mendoza and Sara Cufre, “The environmental crisis: How is this a working-class issue?”
• Nicolas Fernandez Bravo and Aishah Namukasa,“Varieties of just transition: concepts and practices"
• Gifford Hartman and Mametlwe Sabei, “Just transition: disagreements and divisions”
• Safiya Gibson and Thuonghien Dong, “Main lessons and take-aways by the trainers"