FRIDAY, AUGUST 4
8:30-9am COFFEE and PASTRIES
INSIDE/OUTSIDE STRATEGIES - ANTI SWEATSHOP AND BARGAINING PARTNERSHIPS
9-10:10am KIMBERLY A. ELLIOTT, Institute for International Economics
RICHARD B. FREEMAN, Harvard University, LSE-CEP, and NBER)
White Hats or Don Quixotes? Human Rights Vigilantes in the Global Economy
Discussant: ARCHON FUNG, JFK School of Government, Harvard University
Discussant: MARK LEVINSON, Union of Needle Trades, Industrial and Textile Employees
Discussant: THOMAS KOHLER, Boston College Law School
10:10-11:10am CHIP HUNTER, The Wharton School, Univ of Pennsylvania
Union Participation in Strategic Decisions of Corporations
(Joint with EILEEN APPELBAUM, Economic Policy Institute)
Discussant: THOMAS KOCHAN, Sloan School of Management, MIT
Discussant: STEVE EARLY, Communication Workers of America 11:10-11:30am BREAK 11:30-12:30 MICHAEL KREMER, Harvard University and NBER An Epidemiological Model of Unions Discussant: ROBERT GIBBONS, Sloan School of Management, MIT and
NBER Discussant: LAWRENCE MISHEL, Economic Policy Institute 12:30-1:30 LUNCH UNIONIZATION FOR NEW GROUPS AND EFFECTS OF DECLINE 1:30- 2:30pm CAROL SIMON, Boston University School of Public Health Unionization Among Doctors Discussant: DAVID CUTLER, Harvard University and NBER Discussant: THOMAS KOHLER, Boston College Law School 2:30-3:30pm RICHARD HURD, Cornell University Discussant: DAVID BLANCHFLOWER, Dartmouth College and NBER Discussant: DONENE WILLIAMS, Harvard Union of Clerical and
Technical Workers 3:30-4pm BREAK 4-5:00pm JONI HERSCH, Harvard Law School Discussant: JAMES REBITZER, Weatherhead Sch of Mgmt, Case Western
Reserve & NBER Discussant: ELAINE BERNARD, Harvard University Trade Union Program 6:00 pm DINNER - Poppa & Goose, 69 First St, East Cambridge 497-6772 SATURDAY, AUGUST 5 8:30-9am COFFEE and PASTRIES ADVOCACY AND NON-ELECTED REPRESENTATION GROUPS 9-10:00am CHRISTINE JOLLS, Harvard Law School and NBER The Role and Functioning of Public-Interest Legal Organizations in the
Enforcement of Employment Laws Discussant: KIP VISCUSI, Harvard Law School and NBER Discussant: DAVID WEIL, Boston University 10-11:00am JOHN E. DINARDO, University of CA, Irvine and NBER A Submerging Labor Market Institution? Unions and the Non-Wage
Aspects of Work (Joint with THOMAS C. BUCHMUELLER, Graduate School of
Management, Univ of CA, Irvine and NBER, and ROBERT G. VALLETTA,
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco) Discussant: ELI BERMAN, Boston University and NBER Discussant: SHELDON FRIEDMAN, AFL-CIO Public Policy Dept 11am-11:15am BREAK COMMUNITY CAMPAIGNS 11:15-12:15 LISA LYNCH, Tufts University and NBER Labor Market Intermediaries for the Training of Low-Wage Workers Discussant: RICHARD MURNANE, Harvard University Grad School of
Education and NBER Discussant: TIM COSTELLO, Workers Center ADJOURN