T1.01. The state and prospects of Sectoral European Social Dialogue
Aula 4
Thursday 8 September 2016, 14.00-15.30
Chair: Udo Rehfeldt
- Barbara Bechter, Does high stakeholder engagement drive the outcomes of European Sectoral Social Dialogue?
- Sabrina Weber, European sectoral social dialogue through the lens of agency theory
- Peter Kerckhofs, Pablo Sanz, Comparing the representativeness of social partners in ten European sector social dialogue committees
T1.02. Employers between collective and individual action
Aula 4
Thursday 8 September 2016, 16.00-17.30
Chair: Vera Glassner
- Barry Foster, Erling Rasmussen, Deirdre Farr, Where have all the research on employers gone?
- Martin Behrens, Heiner Dribbusch, Contested participation: New evidence on employer resistance to works councils
- Jeremy Waddington, Valeria Pulignano, Jeff Turk, Thomas Swerts, The views of managers towards EWCs
T1.03. Employee representatives and employee voice
Aula 24
Friday 9 September 2016, 10.30-12.00
Chair: Valeria Pulignano
- Ingunn Elvekrok, Berit Bratholm, Employee union representatives: Trajectories of learning and collective knowledge building in challenging times
- Gabriele Ballarino, Nicole Casanova, Union’s people and the people. Values and attitudes of Italian unions’ officers compared to those of Italians
- Dong-One Kim, Joo-Young Park, Employee voice behavior across cultures: Cultural values and employee voice behaviors in Korea and the United States
T1.04. Innovation in trade union representation
Aula 4
Friday 9 September 2016, 14.00-15.30
Chair: Peter Ackers
- Manuel Nicklich, Markus Helfen, Trade union renewal and ‘organizing from below’: Strategic contradictions, organizational tensions and institutional constraints
- Marco Bodini, Federmanager: a very special organisation in evolution at national and European level
- Grant Michelson, John Burgess, New actors contesting new work practices: The case of fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) employment in Australia
- Giulia Borraccino, Trade Unions, social movements and political exchange: On the interaction between trade unions and self-organised groups of social workers in Italy
T1.05. Trade union renewal: organizing new types of workers
Aula 4
Saturday 10 September 2016, 10.30-12.00
Chair: Stefano Gasparri
- Haejin Kim, Is organizing irregular workers into the traditional form of trade unions sufficient to reduce wage polarization? The Korean Case
- Johanna Weststar, Marie-Josée Legault, Examining the collective action and representation gap among videogame developers in the North American context
- Maximiliane Wilkesmann, Caroline Ruiner, Birgit Apitzsch, Raise your voice! The rising representation of independent contractors’ interest
- Birgit Apitzsch, Between individualism and collectivism: Participatory practices and collective action of solo self-employed
T1.07. Trade union renewal: migrant workers and the challenge of feminisation
Aula 5
Thursday 8 September 2016, 14.00-15.30
Chair: Matteo Rinaldini
- Hanneke Bennaars, The position of trade unions with respect to migrant workers
- Olga Rymkevich, Trade union strategies towards migrant workers in Italy and Russia
- Ife Smith, A critical analysis of women’s involvement and representation in leadership positions within trade union movement in Trinidad and Tobago: The experience of the banking insurance and general workers’ union (BIGWU)
T1.08. Representativeness and the effectiveness of representation
Aula 5
Thursday 8 September 2016, 16.00-17.30
Chair: Torsten Müller
- Sylvie Contrepois, Steve Jefferys, Peter Kerckhofs, Comparison of the concept of representativeness in 29 European countries: Towards more legal recognition?
- Elsa Underhill, Michael Quinlan, Emma Wadsworth, David Walters, Worker representation in the Australian construction industry – the importance of retaining independent representation in health and safety
- Herman Knudsen, Jens Lind, The erosion of the Danish model of labour market regulation
- Attridge Mwelwa Mwape, Balakrishnan Parasuraman, Trade union movement in Zambian financial sector: issues and challenges
T1.09. Employment relations and the regulation of representation
Aula 5
Friday 9 September 2016, 10.30-12.00
Chair: Peter Kerckhofs
- Pete Burgess, Susan Corby, Employee lay judges in Great Britain: For decoration only?
- Rémi Bourguignon, Mathieu Floquet, The quasi-market to the rescue of French unions?
- Katarzyna Skorupińska, The future of works councils in Poland – prospect of extinction of a new form of employee representation
T1.10. Trade unions’ membership and the future of representation
Aula 5
Friday 9 September 2016, 14.00-15.30
Chair: Mikkel Mailand
- Isabella Biletta, Future of work: Is collective representation still in the picture?
- Marcus Kahmann, Promoting trade union engagement of young people: The case of French CGT
- Kristine Nergaard, What is hidden behind the (relatively) stable union density rate of Norway?
T1.11. Tripartite social dialogue in Europe
Aula 5
Saturday 10 September 2016, 10.30-12.00
Chair: Roberto Pedersini
- Oscar Molina, Igor Guardiancich, Christian Welz, Post-crisis social dialogue in the EU-28: Revitalization, innovation or enduring crisis
- Sonila Danaj, Erka Caro, Reconstructing industrial relations in post-socialist Albania: A tripartite model?
T1.12. Trade union renewal: social media and coalition building
Aula 3
Saturday 10 September 2016, 10.30-12.00
Chair: Lisa Dorigatti
- N. Balnave, A. Barnes, Louise Thornthwaite, Trade unions, social media and union revitalization
- Bengt Larsson, Kristina Lovén Seldén, Nordic trade unions’ approaches to cooperation in Europe: partners, issues and obstacles
- Martin Behrens, Andreas H. Pekarek, United we stand? A social movement perspective on union coalitions in Germany