Democracy and the Workplace
February 23 - 25, 2012
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
William S. Boyd School of Law
Saltman Center for Dispute Resolution Thursday, February 23, 2012 6:30 pm – 8:15 pm (Thomas and Mack Moot Court) Opening Panel: Voice in the Workplace: Focus on Nevada Moderator: Ann McGinley, Boyd School of Law, UNLV Pamela Egan, Public Education Foundation Gregg Kamer Esq., Kamer, Zucker & Abbott Jamie Naughton, Zappos D. Taylor, Culinary Workers Local 226
8:15 pm – 9:00pm: Reception
Friday, February 24, 2012 All sessions at Tam Alumni Center, UNLV 8:00am – 8:35am: Continental Breakfast 8:35am – 8:45: Welcoming remarks from Deans, Organizers 8:45 – 9:35: Open Plenary: Joel Rogers-Professor of Law, Political Science and Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison: Director, Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS) - Are Democratic Workplaces Possible, or Only Necessary to Our Survival? 9:35-9:50: break
9:50 am – 11:55pm:
Panel 1: Democracy and Work: Moderator: Christopher David Ruiz Cameron, Southwestern Law School Christopher David Ruiz Cameron-Southwestern Law School-Democracy at Large and Democracy at Work: Four Models of Workplace Governance Ellen Dannin-Pennsylvania State University “The Dickinson School of Law”-Work in a Democratic Society: Not Just Jobs, but Good Jobs Bob Hebdon-McGill University-Freedom of Association as a Fundamental Human Right Ariana Levinson- Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville-Movements of Consensus and Conflict: Founding Worker –Cooperatives Michael Wasser and Ryan Lamare-American Rights at Work-Unions as Conduits of Democratic Voice for Non-elites: Work Politicization from the Shop Floor to the Halls of Congress 11:55pm – 1:25pm: Lunch: Buffet provided at the TAM Alumni Center Featured speaker: Cynthia Estlund-Catherine A. Rein Professor of Law, New York University School of Law – Democracy In and About the Workplace. 1:25pm – 3:00pm: Panel 2: The NLRB, Unions, Courts, and Democracy Moderator: Elizabeth McDowell, Boyd School of Law, UNLV Matt Dimick- University at Buffalo Law School, SUNY - Unions, Employers and Social Policy Preferences Charlotte Garden- Seattle University School of Law - Union Made: Labor’s Litigation for Broad Social Change Ryan McGinley Stempel- Stanford Law School (student), and Ann McGinley-Boyd School of Law, UNLV-Facebook and Concerted Activity: A Renewal of Democracy at Work? Brishen Rogers-Temple University, Beasley School of Law-Passion and Reason in Labor Law 3:00pm – 3:15pm: Break 3:15pm –5:15pm:
Panel 3: Individuals, the Collective, and Democracy: Race, Class, Gender, Disability, and Individual Employee Rights
Moderator: Addie Rolnick, Boyd School of Law, UNLV Michael Z. Green- Texas Wesleyan University School of Law – Black Worker Voice in Times of Joblessness and Anti-Racism Backlash Francine J. Lipman – Chapman University School of Law – What’s Tax Got to Do With It? Nicole B. Porter-University of Toledo College of Law-Women, Unions, and Negotiation Gowri Ramachandran- Southwestern Law School – Pay Transparency Terry Smith-Fordham Law School-Law’s Austerity: Capital, Labor, and Race in the Globalized Economy 5:15- 5:45pm: Transportation to dinner 5:45-8:30pm: Cocktails & Dinner at Bucca di Beppo
Saturday, February 25, 2012
All sessions in Room 102, Boyd School of Law 8:15am – 8: 45 am: Continental Breakfast 8:45am – _10:35 am: Panel 4: The Public Sector Workplace and State and Local Democracy Moderator: Ruben Garcia, Boyd School of Law, UNLV Kenneth Dau-Schmidt-Maurer School of Law, Indiana University (Bloomington)- Undermining or Promoting Democratic Government? An Economic and Empirical Analysis of Public Sector Collective Bargaining Under American Law Erik M. Fink- Elon University School of Law-From Sewer Socialism to Sewer Syndicalism: Public Services, Privatization, and Worker Self-Management Ruben Garcia-Boyd School of Law, UNLV-Citizenship at Work: How the Courts Marginalize Public Employees Martin Malin-Chicago Kent College of Law-Collective Representation, Employee Voice & Democracy in the Public Sector Workplace Comments: Amber Lopez (SEIU)
10:35 am – 10:45 am: break
10:45 am –11:55 am: Panel 5: Voice and Democracy in Education Moderator: Robert Correales, Boyd School of Law, UNLV Clifford B. Donn-Le Moyne College-Teacher Working Conditions with and without Collective Bargaining (with co-authors Rachel E. Donn, Lloyd J. Goldberg and Brenda J. Kirby. ) Comments: Africa Sanchez, Clark County Education Association Greg Brown, President, Nevada Faculty Alliance- Shared Governance and Retrenchment in Higher Education: The Nevada Experience 11:55am – 12:45pm: boxed lunches
12:45pm –_2:50pm: Panel 6: Designs for Voice at the Workplace Moderator: Lisa Blomgren Bingham, Boyd School of Law, UNLV & Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs Ariel Avgar-University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, School of Labor and Employment Relations, and College of Medicine & David Lipsky-ILR School, Cornell University and -The Emergence of Electronic Voice in the Workplace: The Effect of Electronic Medical Records on Communication & Conflict in Nursing Homes Kristen Blankley-University of Nebraska College of Law-Adding by Subtracting? How Limited Scope Agreements for Dispute Resolution Representation Can Increase Access to Attorney Services Elayne Greenberg-St. John’s University School of Law-Overcoming Our Workforce Disability: Giving Voice in Mediation Mariana Hernandez Crespo-University of St. Thomas School of Law-Beyond Assimilation: Dispute system Design as a Framework for Cultural Integration & Global Innovation Abhi Gupta – ILR School, Cornell University (graduate student), David Lipsky- ILR School, Cornell University and J. Ryan Lamare-American Rights at Work-The Repeat Player Effect in Employment Arbitration: The Experience in the Securities Industry, 1988-2008 2:50pm – 3:00pm: break 3:00 – 4:00: Closing Discussion (moderated by Lisa Blomgren Bingham, Boyd School of Law, UNLV & Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs) |
