INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, TÂRGOVIȘTE, 23 – 24 APRILIE 2026
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
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CONFERENCE PROGRAM / PROGRAMA DE LA CONFERENCIA
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ,,THE LIMITS OF DIGITIZATION IN LABOR RELATIONS“
https://www.academia.edu/104647093/CONFERENCE_PROCEEDINGS
International Conference 2022
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
Prof. Alexandru ŢICLEA, PhD – Director of Romanian Journal of Labor Law.
Prof. Daniel Mihail ȘANDRU PhD –„Acad. Andrei Rădulescu” Legal Research Institute, Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Lourdes MELLA MENDEZ, PhD – University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Prof. Miryam GONZÁLEZ RABANAL, PhD – National Distance Education University, Spain
Prof. Francisco TRUJILLO, PhD – University of Valencia, Spain
Prof. Belén del Mar LÓPEZ INSUA, PhD – Granada University, Spain
Prof. Juan Pablo MALDONADO MONTOYA – University San Pablo – CEU, Spain
Prof. Horváth ISTVÁN, PhD – Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
Prof. Julio Ismael CAMACHO SOLIS, PhD – Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas – Mèxico
Prof.Alberto Chartzman BIRENBAUM, PhD – Universidad Nacional Tres de Febrero, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Prof. Hans-Joachim REINHARD, PhD – Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Prof. Alberto LEVI, PhD -University of Modena and Reggio Emilia– Italy
Prof. Luis Serrano DIAZ, PhD – San Marcos University, Lima – Peru
Assoc. Prof. Septimiu PANAINTE, PhD – Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iaşi, Romania
Assoc. Prof. Carmen NENU, PhD – University of Pitești, Romania
Assoc. Prof. Marc RÎCHEVEAUX, PhD – University Littoral Côte d’Opale, France
Assoc. Prof. Laura GEORGESCU, PhD – Ecological University of Bucharest, Romania
Assoc. Prof. Radu Răzvan POPESCU, PhD – National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Assoc. Prof. Aurelian Gabriel ULUITU PhD-Nicolae Titulescu University, Bucharest,Romania
Lect. Edvana TIRI, PhD – University ,,Aleksander Moisiu” Durres, Albania
Lect. Ana Teresa RIBEIRO, PhD – Catholic University of Porto – Portugalia
Lect. Magdolna VALLASEK,– Sapientia University, Cluj Napoca, Romania
Professor Emeritus Pravin SINHA, PhD – Secretary General – Social Security Association of India
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE :
Prof. Dan ŢOP, PhD – President of the Association for the Study of Labor Relations in Romania
Lect. Nicoleta ENACHE, PhD – Valahia University of Târgoviște, Romania
Lect. Dorin IANCU, PhD – Valahia University of Târgoviște, Romania
Assist. Marius MIHĂLĂCHIOIU, PhD – Valahia University of Târgoviște, Romania
Ana Maria IANCU, PhD candidate – Valahia University of Târgoviște, Romania
۩ The Conference will take place at the Conference Room of Hotel Dâmbovița, B-dul Libertății nr.1, Târgovişte, in a hybrid system.
۩ Conference schedule: ● January 15, 2022 – call for papers ● March 1, 2022 – deadline for abstracts submission ● March 15, 2022 – acceptance by the Scientific Committee ● April 15, 2022 – deadline for submission of the full text of the study – in English ● April 30, 2022 – deadline for payment of the participation fee ● May 8, 2022 – dissemination of the conference program ● May 12 – 13, 2022 – conference sessions
۩ The proposed themes or panels are:
1. The role of collective and individual negotiations regarding flexible work;
2. Forms of flexible work in national law;
3. The use of flexible forms of work during the pandemic;
4. The future of flexible work after the pandemic.
These topics can be supplemented by other topics that can help with flexible work
۩ Information regarding conference registration and paper publication: Registration will be done by sending the registration form and the full text of the paper at the following e-mail address: asrpm.ro@gmail.com
The studies will be written in English and will have a length of 6-8 pages; Page setup: A4 page (Setup: Top – 2 cm, Bottom – 2 cm, Left – 3 cm, Right – 2 cm); The title of the paper will be written in Times New Roman font, size 14, all caps, bold, center alignment; After two empty lines (size 12) below the title, the full name and surname will be writen, in Times New Roman font, size 12, bold, right alignment; only the surname will be written with capital letters;
After the surname, a footnote will be inserted and the scientific title or, where appropriate, the profession, each followed by the affiliation, will be indicated in the footnote text;
After two empty lines (size 12) below the name, the abstract will be included (max.300 words), written in Times New Roman font, size 10, italic, single line spacing, justify alignment; On a new line below the abstract, the keywords (3-5) will be written, in Times New Roman font, size 10, italic, single line spacing, justify alignment;
After two empty lines (size 12) below the keywords, the content of the paper will be written, formatted in Times New Roman font, size 12, single line spacing, justify alignment;
To highlight fragments of text, use only italic font, do not use bold or underline font;
The footnotes will be formatted as numbers, with the footnote text written in Times New Roman font, size 10, single line spacing, justify alignment. Bibliographic references in footnotes will have the following form: Author (Name, surname), Title, publisher, place, year, page(s) indication (use “p.” when referring to one page or “pp.” when referring to multiple pages). Indications in Latin (idem, op. cit., ibid., sqq etc.) will be written in italics. For bibliographic references that refer to periodicals, the footnote entries will have the following form: Author, “Article quoted”, Publication name, number, location, year, p./pp. The references to book chapters or contributions in collective works will be written in similar manner: Author A, “Chapter quoted” in Author B (coord./ed.), Title, publisher, place, year, p./pp. Each footnote text ends with a point; After one empty line (size 12) below the text, the Bibliography will be written, in Times New Roman font, size 10, single line spacing, justify alignment. The papers submitted on time (no later than April 30, 2018) will be subject to a peer review process conducted by conference scientific reviewers in accordance with the relevant international scientific standards. Accepted papers will be published, in English, in the conference proceedings – a supplement to “Revue Europénne du Droit Social” Journal, a specialized publication BDI indexed: Index Copernicus, CEEOL, EBSCO Publishing, DESY Publication Database, Open Academic Journals Index (OAJI), SJIFactor.com and accredited by CNCSIS Romania
۩ Information regarding fee payment:
The participation fee is 10 euro online and 100 euro. for face-to-face participation. The participation fee is to be paid into the account RO69BTRLRONCRT0344905001, Banca Transilvania, Sucursala Târgovişte.
International Conference
Submission of the registration form 15 march 2021
Documents delivery address: asrpm.ro@gmail.com
,,70 YEARS FROM THE FIRST LABOR CODE IN ROMANIA”
۩ The Conference will take place at the Conference Room of Hotel Dâmbovița, B-dul Libertății nr.1, Târgovişte
۩ Conference schedule: ● December 15, 2019 – call for papers ● March 1, 2020 – deadline for abstracts submission ● March 15, 2020 – acceptance by the Scientific Committee ● April 15, 2020 – deadline for submission of the full text of the study – in English ● April 30, 2020 – deadline for payment of the participation fee ● May 8, 2020 – dissemination of the conference program ● May 15 – 16, 2020 – conference sessions
۩ The proposed themes or panels are:
- Labor Codes in Romania
- National Labor Codes in the European Union
- The future of labor law in the European Union
- International Labor Code
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
Prof. Andrei POPESCU, PhD – Court of Justice of the European Union
Prof. Nicolae VOICULESCU, PhD – Titu Maiorescu University, Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Alexandru ŢICLEA, PhD – Ecological University of Bucharest, Founding Director of Romanian Journal of Labor Law.
Prof. Daniel Mihail ȘANDRU PhD –„Acad. Andrei Rădulescu” Legal Research Institute, Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Lourdes MELLA MENDEZ, PhD – University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Prof. Belén del Mar LÓPEZ INSUA, PhD – Granada University, Spain
Prof. Ángel Guillermo Ruiz MORENO , PhD – University of Guadalajara, Mexico
Prof. Horváth ISTVÁN, PhD – Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
Prof. Miryam GONZÁLEZ RABANAL, PhD – National Distance Education University, Spain
Prof. Vlad BARBU, PhD – „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Police Academy of Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Andrea BORRONI, PhD – ,, Luigi Vanvitelli” University of Campania, Italy
Assoc. Prof. Maria Soledad CAMPOS DIEZ, PhD – University Castilla La Mancha, Spain
Assoc. Prof. Septimiu PANAINTE, PhD – Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iaşi, Romania
Assoc. Prof. Carmen NENU, PhD – University of Pitesti, Romania
Assoc. Prof. Sandra TAVARES, PhD – Portuguese Catholic University, Porto, Portugal
Assoc. Prof. Marcin WUJCZYK, PhD – Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
Assoc. Prof. Marc RÎCHEVEAUX, PhD –University Littoral Côte d’Opale, France
Assoc. Prof. Laura GEORGESCU, PhD – Ecological University of Bucharest
Assoc. Prof. Radu Răzvan POPESCU, PhD – National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Assoc. Prof. Aurelian Gabriel ULUITU, PhD – Nicolae Titulescu University, Bucharest, Romania
Lect. Edvana TIRI, PhD – Mediterranean University of Albania
Lect. Silvia Fernández MARTÍNEZ, PhD – University of Alcalá, Spain
Lect. Magdolna VALLASEK, PhD – Sapientia University, Cluj Napoca, Romania
Lect. Ştefan NAUBAUER PhD – Nicolae Titulescu University, Bucharest, Romania
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE :
Prof. Dan ŢOP, PhD – Valahia University of Târgoviște, Romania
Lect. Nicoleta ENACHE, PhD – Valahia University of Târgoviște, Romania
Assistant Dorin IANCU, PhD – Valahia University of Târgoviște, Romania
Irina ALEXE, PhD – „Acad. Andrei Rădulescu” Legal Research Institute, Bucharest, Romania
Dragoș POPOIAG, PhD candidate – Dâmbovița County Tribunal
Marius MIHĂLĂCHIOIU, PhD – Dâmbovița County Tribunal
Ana Maria IANCU, PhD candidate – Legal Adviser
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Thursday, May 14
17,00 – 18,00 Registration Desk
18, 00 Welcome Cocktail HD Hall
Friday, May 15
09,00 – 09,30 Registration Desk
09,30 – 10,00 Opening Ceremony
10,00 – 12,00 Plenary Session
12,00 – 12,30 Coffee Break
12,30 – 14,00 Section Session, Part I
14,00 – 15,00 Lunch – HD Restaurant
15,00 – 17,00 Section Session, Part II
17,00 – 17,30 Coffee Break
17,30 – 19,00 Section Session, Part III
20,00 Festive Dinner
Saturday, May 16
09,30 – 11,00 Section Session, Part IV
11,00 – 11,30 Coffee Break
11,30 – 12,00 Closing of the conference. Conclusions
12,30 – 14,00 Guided Tour – Târgovişte
14,00 Rustic Lunch – Dracula’s Brewery
The Indian Society of Labour Economics
61st Labour Economics Conference
7 – 9 December 2019, Patiala, Punjab, India
The Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE) is pleased to announce its 61st Annual Conference to be held in Patiala, Punjab during 7- 9 December 2019. This Conference is being organised by Centre for Development Economics and Innovation Studies (CDEIS), Punjabi University, Patiala. Dr. Gerry Rodgers, Visiting Professor, Institute for Human Development, Delhi and Former Director, International Institute of Labour Studies, Geneva is the Conference President. Dr. Lakhwinder Singh Gill, Professor of Economics, Associate Dean Research and Coordinator, CDEIS, Punjabi University,
Patiala is the Organising Secretary of the Conference.
| Conference Themes
• Technology, Globalization and Work • Labour Organisations and Labour Rights in the Changing World of Work • Changing Pattern of Rural Labour Markets |
Dates to Remember
• Last Date for Submission of Papers: 15 Sept. 2019 • Communication from ISLE about Acceptance of Papers: 30 Sept. 2019 • Last Date for Registration: 31 Oct. 2019 |
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:
- The Conference is open to scholars both from India and outside. The papers may relate to India as well as other regions and countries of the world.
- The papers should be submitted online on the Conference portal athttp://conference.isleijle.org/
- Length of the paper should not exceed 8000 words and should adhere to the current writing style of The Indian Journal of Labour Economics (IJLE). For further details, please visithttp://www.springer.com/economics/journal/41027
- All papers should include a summary of 500 -750 words. The summaries of all accepted papers will be compiled into a publication which will be distributed among the Conference participants, along with a CD containing the selected papers. These summaries will also be put up on the ISLE website.
- Those who would like their papers to be published in the Indian Journal of Labour Economics, should upload their revised papers after the Conference athttp://www.springer.com/economics/journal/41027
- Authors must ensure that their submissions are original. Please note that all papers will be screened for plagiarism and accordingly accepted or rejected. Further, authors are solely responsible for violation with respect to plagiarism.
- Best Paper Awards and Fellowship:Every year ISLE gives two best paper awards – Ruddar Datt Memorial Award and Sanjay Thakur Young Labour Economist Award – and one fellowship – Surjit Singh Fellowship – to young
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Thursday, April 4
17,45 – 18,00 Registration Desk
18, 00 Welcome Cocktail HD Hall
Friday, April 5
09,00 – 09,45 Registration Desk
09,45 – 10,00 Opening Ceremony
10,00 – 11,45 Plenary Session
Alexandru Ţiclea – Romania and the International Labor Organization
Miryam de la Concepción González Rabanal – Need and motivation of the staff at the service of the public administration. An approach from the economy
Corso Stefano Maria – Employee voice and retaliation at the workplace: the perspective of the European Court of Human Rights
Sandra Tavares – OIT – its present and its future in Portuguese labor law
Edvana Tiri; Erjola Aliaj – Conventions and recommendations of international labour organisation and the historical path of the Albanian labour legislation
11,45 – 12,00 Coffee Break
12,00 – 14,00 Section Session, Part I
Septimiu Panainte – A critical overview on the workers’ representation in Romania
Vlad Barbu; Lucian Gheorghe – Ensuring continuity of work during rest leave by the professional nursing assistant
Daniel Mihail Șandru – Daily rest – need for a preliminary reference
Graţiela Florentina Moraru – About the right of participation of the workers in the European Union
Carmen Nenu; Mădălina Iordache – The concept of decent work in Romania between normative regulation and social reality
14,00 – 15,30 Lunch – HD Restaurant
15,30 – 17,30 Section Session, Part II
Dan Ţop – ILO Conventions and Recommendations, sources of labor law and social security
Anca Aldescu – The apprenticeship contract in the comparative law
Loredana Pădure – Conventions of the International Labour Organization
Iancu Ana Maria – ILO Convention no. 183/2000 on the revision of the 1952 Convention on the protection of maternity
Lavinia Savu – A sustainable employment level promoted by economic competitiveness, social cohesion and development sustainable in Romania
17,30 – 17,45 Coffee Break
17,45 – 19,00 Section Session, Part III
Nicoleta Enache – Social protection of migrants workers
Monica Ortega Perez; Jesus Gregorio Cuevas Medina – The right to privacy in the digital era
Laura Manea – Social security of migrant workers. Coordination of social security regimes.
Lourdes Mella Mendez – The new judgment of the ECHR (affair Libert versus France) on the employer’s control and the private life of the employee: a critical approach
20,00 Festive Dinner
Saturday, April 6
09,30 – 11,00 Section Session, Part IV
Radu Răzvan Popescu – The contribution period versus the lenght of the employment relationship
Cristina Sâmboan – Trade union freedom – challenges and perspectives
Guillermo Ferriol Molina – The future of the labour law
Julio Ismael Camacho Solís – Social justice in the optics of the ILO
11,00 – 11,30 Coffee Break
11,30 – 12,00 Closing of the conference. Conclusions
12,30 – 14,00 Guided Tour – Târgovişte
14,00 Rustic Lunch – Dracula’s Brewery
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
Prof. Dumitra POPESCU, PhD -„Acad. Andrei Rădulescu” Legal Research Institute, Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Andrei POPESCU, PhD – Court of Justice of the European Union
Prof. Lourdes MELLA MENDEZ, PhD – University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Prof. Krassimira Sredkova, PhD – Université de Sofia, Bulgarie
Prof. Alexandru ŢICLEA, PhD – Doctoral Law School, ,,Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Police Academy of Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Antonio Pedro BAYLOS GRAU, PhD – Universty Castilla La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain
Prof. Ángel Guillermo Ruiz MORENO , PhD – University of Guadalajara, Mexic
Prof. Vlad BARBU, PhD – „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Police Academy of Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Carlos Luiz STRAPAZZON, PhD – Université del Oeste de Santa Catarina, Brésil
Prof. Miryam GONZÁLEZ RABANAL, PhD – National Distance Education University, Spain
Assoc. Prof. Septimiu PANAINTE, PhD – Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iaşi, Romania
Assoc. Prof. Carmen NENU, PhD – University of Pitești, Romania
Assoc. Prof. Marcin WUJCZYK, PhD – Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
Assoc. Prof. Marc RÎCHEVEAUX, PhD – Université Littoral Côte d’Opale, France
Lect. Edvana TIRI, Ph.D – Professional Business Academy, Tirana, Albania
Researcher Pascal CAILLAUD, PhD – National Center for Scientific Researc, Université de Nantes, France
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE :
Prof. Dan ŢOP, PhD – Valahia University of Târgoviște, Romania
Assoc. Prof. Radu Răzvan POPESCU – National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Lect. Nicoleta ENACHE, PhD – Valahia University of Târgoviște, Romania
Lect. Lavinia SAVU, PhD – Valahia University of Târgoviște, Romania
Lect. Loredana PĂDURE, PhD – Hyperion University of Bucharest, Romania
Lect. Cristina SÂMBOAN, PhD – Artifex University of Bucharest, Romania
Dragoș POPOIAG, Ph D candidate – Dâmbovița County Tribunal
Marius MIHĂLĂCHIOIU, Ph D – Dâmbovița County Tribunal
Ana Maria IANCU, Ph D candidate – Legal Adviser
۩ The Conference will take place at the Conference Room of Hotel Dâmbovița, B-dul Libertății nr.1, Târgovişte
۩ Conference schedule: ● December 1, 2018 – call for papers ● February 1, 2019 – deadline for abstracts submission ● February 15, 2019 – acceptance by the Scientific Committee ● March 15, 2019 – deadline for submission of the full text of the study – in English ● March 30, 2019 – deadline for payment of the participation fee ● April 1, 2019 – dissemination of the conference program ● April 5 – 6, 2019 – conference sessions
۩ The proposed themes or panels are:
- Romania and OIT
- The European Union and the OIT
- OIT and the future of labor law
- OIT and the future of social security law
۩ Information regarding conference registration and paper publication: Registration will be done by sending the registration form and the full text of the paper at the following e-mail address: top.dan@gmail.com
The studies will be written in English and will have a length of 6-8 pages; Page setup: A4 page (Setup: Top – 2 cm, Bottom – 2 cm, Left – 3 cm, Right – 2 cm); The title of the paper will be written in Times New Roman font, size 14, all caps, bold, center alignment; After two empty lines (size 12) below the title, the full name and surname will be writen, in Times New Roman font, size 12, bold, right alignment; only the surname will be written with capital letters;
After the surname, a footnote will be inserted and the scientific title or, where appropriate, the profession, each followed by the affiliation, will be indicated in the footnote text;
After two empty lines (size 12) below the name, the abstract will be included (max.300 words), written in Times New Roman font, size 10, italic, single line spacing, justify alignment; On a new line below the abstract, the keywords (3-5) will be written, in Times New Roman font, size 10, italic, single line spacing, justify alignment;
After two empty lines (size 12) below the keywords, the content of the paper will be written, formatted in Times New Roman font, size 12, single line spacing, justify alignment;
To highlight fragments of text, use only italic font, do not use bold or underline font;
The footnotes will be formatted as numbers, with the footnote text written in Times New Roman font, size 10, single line spacing, justify alignment. Bibliographic references in footnotes will have the following form: Author (Name, surname), Title, publisher, place, year, page(s) indication (use “p.” when referring to one page or “pp.” when referring to multiple pages). Indications in Latin (idem, op. cit., ibid., sqq etc.) will be written in italics. For bibliographic references that refer to periodicals, the footnote entries will have the following form: Author, “Article quoted”, Publication name, number, location, year, p./pp. The references to book chapters or contributions in collective works will be written in similar manner: Author A, “Chapter quoted” in Author B (coord./ed.), Title, publisher, place, year, p./pp. Each footnote text ends with a point; After one empty line (size 12) below the text, the Bibliography will be written, in Times New Roman font, size 10, single line spacing, justify alignment. The papers submitted on time (no later than March 30, 2018) will be subject to a peer review process conducted by conference scientific reviewers in accordance with the relevant international scientific standards. Accepted papers will be published, in English, in the conference proceedings – a supplement to “Revue Europénne du Droit Social” Journal, a specialized publication BDI indexed: Index Copernicus, CEEOL, EBSCO Publishing, DESY Publication Database, Open Academic Journals Index (OAJI) et SJIFactor.com and accredited by CNCSIS.
۩ Information regarding fee payment:
The participation fee is 100 Euros. The fee covers: access to the conference sessions, conference folder, a copy of the conference proceedings (supplement to “Revue Européenne du Droit Social” Journal), Certificate of Participation, coffee breaks, 2 nights accommodation and breakfast, lunch and other expenses incurred in organizing the event. The participation fee is to be paid into the account RO69BTRLRONCRT0344905001, Banca Transilvania, Sucursala Poarta Bucureștiului, Târgovişte.
Continuing the Struggle:
The International Labor Organization (ILO) Centenary
and the Future of Global Worker Rights
Washington, DC
Updated dates: November 21-22, 2019
Call for Participants
New Submission Deadline: February 1, 2019
October 29, 2019, will mark the one-hundredth anniversary of the first International Labor Conference (ILC), held in the Pan American Union Building in Washington, D.C., under the nascent International Labor Organization (ILO). During the following weeks, delegates from some forty nations adopted international conventions that addressed working hours, child labor, unemployment, maternity protection, and night work. These labor standards assumed Western male industrial workers as the norm, with different treatment offered on the basis of gender, age, and geography. European empires insisted on lesser standards for their colonies, while war-torn nations obtained leeway in implementation. Although the United States hosted the conference and the U.S. Secretary of Labor presided, the United States was ineligible to send delegates because it was not part of the League of Nations. Indeed, it would reject League membership in the midst of the ILC deliberations. After joining the ILO in 1934, the United States often played a defining role even though it actually ratified few conventions.
This conference will mark the centenary of that watershed event. It will be both retrospective and prospective. It will look back to analyze and evaluate a century of efforts to advance workers’ rights around the globe. It will look forward to ponder the ways in which global supply chains, financialization, and the growth of the “gig” economy and other forms of non-standard work challenge the ILO system and raise questions about the very definition of employers and employees and the basis of labor relations. As we look forward, we will also examine the conditions of the most vulnerable workers, including internal and external migrants, women, and youth who disproportionately make up the majority of domestic workers, care workers, and low-end manufacturing workers such as in the garment and electronic sectors. We will consider what approaches might be most effective in developing the cause of worker rights and empowerment in the century ahead. To explore these questions, the conference will gather both academics and practitioners, including policymakers, union leaders, and leaders of worker rights organizations.
The conference invites participants who can contribute to the exploration of a range of themes related to the ILO’s work through scholarship or organizational work. These themes include:
Global Workers, Global Supply Chains, Global Lives
What are the roots of the global supply chain process and how has this development driven economic change? What have been the mediating forces that shaped global supply chains? How are new forces like automation and digitization further shaping global supply chains? What has been the dynamic relationship between worker migration, citizenship, and labor rights? What are the legacies of empire, colonialism, and forced labor on today’s global economic infrastructure? How does the ongoing crisis of forced labor and migration reflect on international efforts to address post-colonial structural legacies?
Gender, Sexuality and Labor Rights
Is there a global #MeToo movement and what does it mean for women working in today’s shifting economy? What is the prevalence of gender-based violence and harassment on the job? What is the potential for the proposed ILO Convention on gender-based violence at work? What can we learn by studying the past and present of care work as a transnational, feminized category of labor? How has the work / family dilemma impacted working people, how has it looked different in the Global South and Global North, and how has this experience been mediated by both national government policy and global corporate policy? What is the connection between gender-based violence at work and precarious work? What is being done to win equal remuneration and combat discrimination based on perceived characteristics like gender, sexuality, ethnicity, age, and race?
Building Workplace Power and Global Workers’ Rights
How have workers and their organizations used ILO conventions in workplace organizing at the local, national or global level? Can ILO conventions be of particular use in transnational sectoral organizing? What is the future of worker organizing and working people’s freedom of association? What are the new or alternative forms of organizations that are emerging to strengthen workers’ voice? Do case studies of key sectors offer particular insights, such as in home work, domestic, maritime or migrant labor?
On Shifting Ground: Labor Standards, Policy and the Future of Work
What can we learn about workers’ present crisis by studying the past and future of tripartite structures like the ILO for governing workers’ rights? How and why are national and global labor standards shifting today and what does that mean for workers and their organizations? What is the role and impact of new Standard Development Organizations (SDOs)? What kind of global governance, regulations and labor policy could best support working people in today’s gig economy, including “creative labor”? How should we understand the shifting boundaries of formal / informal work and / or free/ unfree
labor? How can the ILO address the increase of precarious employment, including depressed wages and benefits and declining worker voice?
Please send paper, presentation, or panel proposals to kilwp@georgetown.edu. Deadline for submissions is February 1, 2019.
We hope to disseminate papers and presentations as appropriate, including a special section or issue of a journal, edited collection, online proceedings, activist blogs and other digital media, and other formats.
Planning Committee (in formation):
Mark Anner, Pennsylvania State University
Eileen Boris, University of California at Santa Barbara
Tula Connell, Solidarity Center
Leon Fink, editor, Labor: Studies in Working-Class History
Julie Greene, University of Maryland
Jill Jensen, University of Redlands
Joseph A. McCartin, Georgetown University
Guilherme Machado Dray, University of Lisbon
Jennifer Mansey, ILO-USA
Nancy Raquel Mirabal, University of Maryland
Uma Rani, ILO, Geneva
Jeff Wheeler, AFGE and Georgetown University
Lane Windham, Georgetown University