2007 Seminars and Symposia
The Discipline of Work & Organisational Studies and the Business and Labour History Group present :
Symposium on Non-Union Forms of Employee Representation in the Asia Pacific Rim
7 December 2007
This symposium will focus on non-union forms of employee representation in the Asia-Pacific Rim. There is a resurgence of interest in these approaches with the decline of trade unionism in countries such as Australia and the US. Papers are historical and/or contemporary in focus and cover schemes such as employee representation plans, occupational health and safety committees and works councils. Papers also deal with community organising and non-union collective bargaining as alternative forms of worker voice. The papers come from Australia, Canada, Japan, South Korea and the United States.
Occupational Health and Safety History Symposium
13 July 2007
The Business and Labour History Group will be holding a symposium on the history of occupational health and safety on 13 July 2007. The symposium will feature Professor Michael Quinlan from UNSW.
Further information and the symposium programme are now available.
Federal Systems of Industrial Relations Symposium
27 July 2007
This symposium will highlight the issues that arise from having multiple levels of jurisdiction over employment regulation in national industrial relations systems. While many commentators tend to focus on national systems of industrial regulation, and commonly assume that state or provincial systems are simply subordinate to that operating at the national level, there is ample evidence that state and provincial industrial relations systems have been pacesetters at critical junctures in countries such as Canada, Australia and the US.
Further information and the symposium programme are available.
Seminar: Rockefeller's Cross: Employee Representation at the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
5 December 2007
12.30pm-2.00pm
Venue: Economics and Business Building Room 214/215
Jonathan Rees
History Department
Colorado State University - Pueblo
In light of debates over declining union membership in the United States and Australia, Jonathan re-examines J. D. Rockefeller Junior’s Employee Representation Plan (ERP) as a form of non-union voice for workers. The paper is a preview of the issues that will be raised at the joint BLHG/WOS symposium on 7th December.
As the seminar will have a light lunch, could you email blhg@econ.usyd.edu.au before close of business on Monday 3 December to indicate your attendance.
The Discipline of Work & Organisational Studies and the Business and Labour History Group present :
Symposium on Non-Union Forms of Employee Representation in the Asia Pacific Rim
7 December 2007
This symposium will focus on non-union forms of employee representation in the Asia-Pacific Rim. There is a resurgence of interest in these approaches with the decline of trade unionism in countries such as Australia and the US. Papers can be both historical and/or contemporary in focus and cover schemes such as employee representation plans, occupational health and safety committees and works councils.
Papers submitted to the symposium may then be considered for blind refereeing for a special issue of Economic and Industrial Democracy (no. 1, 2009).
The date for submission of the final paper for the consideration of the special issue of Economic and Industrial Democracy will be Friday 4 January 2008.