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Session Overview
Location: Room C (R1 temporary building)
Date: Wednesday, 02/July/2025
11:30am
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1:00pm
Parallel Session 1.2: Transitions to Sustainable Digital Futures: Worker Voices
Location: Room C (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Jeong-Hee Lee
 

Green Clauses in Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs): A Cross-Continental Analysis

Rupa Korde, Tara Awasthi



A “Just” Transition or Just Another Transition ? Unions Facing the Decarbonisation and Digitalisation of the Automotive Industry in France and Italy

Armanda Cetrulo, Juan Sebastian Carbonell, Claudia Collodoro, Giovanni Dosi, Angelo Moro, Linnea Nelli, Maria Enrica Virgillito



Worker Voice in Transitions to Digitalisation at Work: Employers’ Perspectives

Greg J Bamber, Brian Cooper

2:30pm
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4:00pm
Parallel Session 2.2: Worker Participation in Climate Action: Building Resilience and Promoting Just Transitions
Location: Room C (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Armanda Cetrulo
 

Are Trade Unions Green Deal Makers in India?

Sree Harica Devagudi



Resilience Action Plans for Safe Workplaces in Disaster-prone Communities: A Case Study in the Blue Mountains, Australia

Lucia Wuersch, Valerie Ingham



Oppressive Heat? Worker Voice as Tool in Adapting to Climate Change

Laurie Parsons, Pratik Mishra, Jennifer Cole, Long Ly

4:30pm
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6:00pm
Parallel Session 3.2: Governing the Algorithmic Workplace: Protecting Workers in the Age of AI
Location: Room C (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Agnieszka Piasna
 

Regulating the Future of Work: Addressing the Challenges and Opportunities of AI and Emerging Technologies on Labour Rights and Access to Justice

Najib kalungi Kibirige



The Last Mile of AI Value Chains: Labor Standards for Data Work

Ritvik Gupta, Priyam Vadaliya



The Effectiveness of Algorithmic Information Obligations in the Labor Relationship: Lessons Learnt from the Spanish Experience

Raquel Serrano Olivares, Anna Ginès i Fabrellas



AI in Human Resource Management: A fraught empiricism

Janine Berg, Hannah Johnston

Date: Thursday, 03/July/2025
9:00am
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10:30am
Parallel Session 4.2: Innovative Approaches to Organising Precarious Workers: Building Power in the Informal Economy
Location: Room C (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Olivia de Quintana Figueiredo Pasqualeto
 

Challenges and Strategies for the Organization and Collective Bargaining of Non-salaried Workers. The Case of the Popular Economy Workers´ Union in Argentina

Johanna Maldovan Bonelli



Empowering the Invisible Workforce: The Role of Labour Institutions in Advancing Decent Work for ASHA Workers in India

Vandana Sharma, Sharan Jit, Shivika Goyal



"‪You Will Still Work When You Are Dying": Exploring Work and the Prospects for Collective Action in Accra’s Informal Food Service Sector through Photovoice‬‬‬‬‬‬

Patrick Illien, Edward Asiedu, Anna Fabry, Caleb Owusu Kwaku Acheampong, Louisa Ntiri-Ateseh, Rita Abraham-Mumuni, Eva-Marie Meemken



Precarious Work, Precarious Futures: Trade Unions, Refugee Labour, and the Politics of Return

Gizem Karsli-Varol, Selin Sivis

11:00am
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12:30pm
Parallel Session 5.2: Empowering Workers in a Changing World: Agency, Participation, and Social Dialogue
Location: Room C (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Greg J Bamber
 

Zone of Contestation, Quality of Working Life (QWL) and Technological Change in the Automotive Industry

Valeria Pulignano, Lorenzo Frangi, Yennef Vereycken, Lynford Dor, Tod Rutherford, Lander Vermeerbergen



Participating in Digital Transition Processes of One's Work Activity: The First Step towards Strengthening the Voice of Workers

Cláudia Pereira, Marta Santos, Paula Lopes, Daniel Silva, Mariana Magalhães



Between Protection and Production: Disability, Labor Value, and Worker Agency in South Korean Employment

Euiyoung Kang

2:00pm
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3:30pm
Parallel Session 6.2: Social Dialogue and the Informal Economy: Building Bridges for Inclusive Labour Relations
Location: Room C (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Elizabeth Frantz
 

Social and Solidarity Economic Organizations in Promoting Social Dialogue for Informal Workers: Replicable Best Practices around the World

Pradip Bhabak, Sumit Kumar Maji



Return the Sender: Postal and National Radio Workers Fight Back to Keep Argentina Connected

Dina Feller, Natalia Gonzalez



Pursuing Good Jobs through Urban Social Dialogue as Democratic Experimentalism in South Korea

Myung Joon Park

4:00pm
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5:30pm
Parallel Session 7.2: Gender Equality in the Workplace: New Approaches to Worker Representation
Location: Room C (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Suneha Seetahul
 

Trade Unions’ Pursuit Of Gender Equality in the Workplace in Europe

Jane Parker, Paula Mejia Gonzalez, Wouter Zwysen, Bart Vanhercke



Silences and Closures in Workplace Equality: A Comparative Perspective on France, the UK, Spain, and the Netherlands

Heather Connolly, Stefania Marino, Miguel Martinez Lucio, Holly Smith



Household Workers Speak Out: Organizing for Health and Safety During and After Covid

Eileen Boris, Heidi Gottfried, Sabah Boufkhed

Date: Friday, 04/July/2025
9:00am
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10:30am
Parallel Session 8.2: Presentation and Discussion on Social Dialogue Report 2024
Location: Room C (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Lieve Verboven
 

Harnessing the Power of Peak Level Social Dialogue (PLSD) for Economic Development and Social Progress: Overcoming Challenges and Seizing Opportunities

Discussant(s): Kamala Sankaran, Silvia Rainone, Olívia de Quintana Figueiredo Pasqualeto

 

Presentations of the Special Session

 

Social Dialogue Report 2024: Peak-Level Social Dialogue for Economic Development and Social Progress

Youcef Ghellab, Damian Grimshaw, Andrea Marinucci, Konstantinos Papadakis, Tvisha Shroff

 

Discussant 1

Kamala Sankaran

 

Discussant 2

Silvia Rainone

 

Discussant 3

Olivia de Quintana Figueiredo Pasqualeto

11:00am
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12:30pm
Parallel Session 9.2: Productive Employment Opportunities, Power Resources and Labour Relations
Location: Room C (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Jeong-Hee Lee
 

Lack of Productive Employment: Colonial Legacy and Post-imperialist Practices

Christoph Scherrer



A Comparison of Power Resources of Dockers and Seafarers and the Spatial Aspect of the Resources

Ismail Doga Karatepe



Promoting Fishing Profession and General Well-being: A Call for Labour Policy

Mohammed Mamun Or Rashid



Commitment in an Interorganizational Employment System: An Empirical Investigation of the Commitment of Professional Theatre Actors in West Bengal, India

Anamitra Khan, Amit Dhiman



Financial Inclusion: A Policy Framework for Sustainable Livelihood among Mithila artisans

Madhvi Kumari, Sruti Kanungo

2:00pm
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3:30pm
Parallel Session 10.2: Special Session on Challenging Automation and Gender Justice
Location: Room C (R1 temporary building)
Chair: Geeta Thatra
Chair: Shardha Rajam
 

Challenging the Automation Premise and Gender Injustice: Stories from Women Workers in the Construction, Ready-Made Garment and Shoe Industries in India and Bangladesh

 

Presentations of the Special Session

 

Impact of Automation on Women Ready-Made-Garment Workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Tamanna Hannan, Sumaiya Binte Selim Sudha

 

Building Futures: Automation and Gender Disparities in Ahmedabad’s Construction Industry, India

Geeta Thatra, Saloni Mundra

 

Organising Women Workers: Advancing Women's Labour Rights in the Automation Era in the Shoe Industry in Brebes, Indonesia

Bagus Santoso


 
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