Work, Workers, and Workplaces in an Age of Authoritarian Austerity I

Type: Paper
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Sponsor Groups: Economic Geography Specialty Group
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Day: 4/11/2018
Start / End Time: 1:20 PM / 3:00 PM
Room: Endymion, Sheraton, 8th Floor
Organizers: Michelle Buckley, Suzanne Mills, Steven Tufts
Chairs: Suzanne Mills

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Description

Workers and their organizations are increasingly challenged by authoritarian populism and austerity measures in many regions. The power to shape economic policy and landscapes in favor of labour remains a daunting task as increasingly aggressive governments and employers heighten attacks on workers’ rights. At the same time, the rise of authoritarian populism (some argue fascism) from within and outside of workers’ movements have created new constellations of power facing working people and resistance. These sessions will explore these developments and the uneven responses of workers in contemporary and historical perspectives.

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Agenda

Type	Details	Minutes	Start Time
Presenter	Steven Tufts*, York University, Police Unions in Contemporary North America	20	1:20 PM
Presenter	Madhumita Dutta*, The Ohio State University, Embodying loss: Reflections on responses of workers to a factory closure in Tamil Nadu, India.	20	1:40 PM
Presenter	Andrew Warren*, University of Wollongong - Wollongong, NSW, Fractured intra-worker relations: a longitudinal labour geography of workplace restructuring	20	2:00 PM
Presenter	Tod Rutherford*, Syracuse University, Lorenzo Frangi, Département d'organisation et ressources humaines ESG UQAM Montreal QC, Losing Their Voice? UNIFOR and High Performance Work Systems in the Canadian automobile assembly sector	20	2:20 PM
Discussant	Michelle Buckley University of Toronto	20	2:40 PM