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Critical Labour Studies: Third Symposium

(Friday 24th November to Saturday 25th November)

Friday 24TH November
11:30 – 12:30	Arrival and Registration - Lipman Foyer
12:15 – 13:00	Buffet Lunch - Lipman 032
13:00 – 13:15	Introduction and Seminar Themes - Lipman 034
MARKETISATION AND PARTNERSHIPS: STILL SELLING OFF THE FAMILY SILVER – Lipman 034
13:15 – 15:30	The Long Term Implications of New Labour's Marketisation StrategiesKenny Bell (Unison) & Dexter Whitfield (Northumbria University)	Formal and Informal Resistance in a Public-Private Partnership: A Case Study of National Savings and InvestmentsKen Weaver (PCS) & Andrew Smith (Durham)		The Privatised Coal Industry and the Future of the NUMIan Lavery (President of the NUM) & Dave Wray (Northumbria University)		The drift to privatisation and how democratisation could improve efficiency and lower costsChristine Cooper (University of Strathclyde)
15:30 – 16:00	Tea and Coffee - Lipman 032
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNIONISM – Lipman 034
16:00 – 17:45	Trade Union Development in Indonesia: Challenges and IssuesRiani Rachmawati (University of Birmingham)		Emerging policy on international framework agreements in the ITGLWF - or -What does a global union do when faced with a sector ruled by codes of conduct and resistant companies?Doug Miller (ITGLWF & Northumbria University)		Do Global Unions Make Sense?Martin Smith (GMB), John Perry (UCU), Melanie Simms (Warwick) & Jane Holgate (London Met.)
19.00-to late	Conference Dinner and pub crawl – Al Coto (tapas restaurant) and the Toon (town)

Saturday 25TH November
UNIONS RESPONDING TO A CHANGING WORLD – Lipman 034
9:30 – 10:50	The Independent Workers Union: Union building in a corporatist environmentTommy McKearney (IWU)		Trade Union Responses to the Offshoring of Call Centre and Financial Services from the UK to IndiaCiarn Naidoo (Amicus) & Phil Taylor (Strathclyde)
10:50 – 11:10	Tea and Coffee - Lipman 032
THE IMPORTANCE OF ENGAGEMENT – Lipman 034
11:10 – 12:10	Left Agency and Class ActionSheila Cohen (Hertford)	The Importance of HE for the MovementPeter O’Brien (ex-TUC) & Ian Fitzgerald ( Northumbria University )
12:10 – 12:40	Seminar Closing and Future Plans - Lipman 034

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