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 |