Fifth Rutgers Labor Management Partnership Conference

The Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations is pleased to invite you to the Fifth Labor-Management Partnership Conference, sponsored by the Rutgers Labor-Management Partnership Committee and co-sponsored by the New Jersey Education Association and by the New Jersey Chapter of the Labor and Em-ployment Relations Association. This year’s theme – “Labor and Employment Relations: A Time for Change?” -- considers several issues important to labor relations and employment relations nationally and in New Jersey.
Panel I examines the use of interest arbitration to determine the content of collective bargaining agreements & the use of card checks as a method of union organiza-tion. Both approaches are contained in the proposed federal Employee Free Choice Act & are used in the public sector in NJ. Cornell University Prof. David Lipsky discusses recent research on the use of interest arbitration in the public sector nationally. Rutgers University Prof. Adrienne Eaton reports on card check recognition in the New Jersey public sector. Then NJ lawyers extraordinaire Richard Loccke & Gerald Dorf present their views – guaranteed to be provocative and conflicting.
Panel II examines labor market issues that have become increasingly important in recent years. New Jersey Commissioner of Labor & Workforce Development David Socolow discusses Who Are Employees? – which involves issues such as the misclassification of employees as independent contractors by some employers in order to avoid payroll taxes & the misclassification of nonsupervisory employees as exempt employees in order to avoid overtime and minimum wage provisions. Rutgers University Prof. Janice Fine examines Are Workers Receiving Adequate Protection in the Labor Market? – which includes concerns not just for workers for but for responsible employers and unions.
The keynote speech by Wilma Liebman, Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, is entitled “The NLRB: Poised for Change.” Ms. Liebman has served on the Board since 1997, after being appointed by President Clinton & reappointed by President Bush. The NLRB has operated with only two members for almost two years, but with new members nearing Senate confir-mation, changes in the legal rules governing union orga-nizing & collective bargaining appear imminent.
Labor Studies & Employment Relations Dept.
50 Labor Center Way
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Phone: 732-932-9503
Fax: 732-932-8677
E-mail: lawalkoviak@work.rutgers.edu
Contact: Laura Walkoviak
The conference will be held in the Auditorium of the Labor Education Center, 50 Labor Center Way, in New Brunswick.
Labor Education Center
$50.00 advance registration
$40.00 for co-sponsors
$60.00 at the door
Includes Continental Breakfast and Lunch Register Early—Limited Seating
Agenda
8:30 am—9:00 am Registration and
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am—10:45 am
Panel I: Brewing Controversies?
Interest Arbitration and Card Recognition in the Public and Private Sectors.
Professor Paula Voos, Rutgers University,
Panel Chair
Professor David Lipsky, Cornell University
Professor Adrienne Eaton, Rutgers University
Gerald L. Dorf, Esq. Representing Management
Richard D. Loccke, Esq. Representing Labor
10:45 am—11:15 am Networking Break
11:15 am—12:15 pm
Panel II: Who are Employees?
Misclassification of Employees as Independent Contractors. Misclassification of Nonsupervisory Employees as Exempt. And are Employment Laws Being Enforced to Protect Workers, Responsible Employers, and Unions?
Professor Tracy Chang, Rutgers University,
Panel Chair Commissioner David J. Socolow
NJ Dept. of Labor & Workforce Development Professor Janice R. Fine, Rutgers University
12:15 pm—1:15 pm Lunch
1:15pm—2:30 pm Keynote Speaker
“The NLRB: Poised for Change”
Wilma Liebman
Chairman, National Labor Relations Board
Planning Committee:
Les Aron, UMDNJ
Laurel Brennan, NJ AFL-CIO
William Dwyer, PSEG
Vince Giordano, NJEA
Larry Henderson, NJ PERC
Gary Kendellen, Arbitrator
Michael Lightner, NLRB, NJ Region 22
John Sweeney, FMCS
Jeffrey B. Tener, Arbitrator
Curt Wary, NJ School Boards Association
Steven Weissman, Attorney
Charles Wowkanech, NJ AFL-CIO
Rutgers University Members:
John F. Burton, Jr.
Adrienne Eaton
David Finegold, Dean
Susan Schurman
Fifth Rutgers
Labor-Management
Partnership Conference
Labor and Employment Relations:
A Time for Change?
Labor Education Center
Rutgers University
Labor Studies & Employment Relations Dept.
50 Labor Center Way
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
We would like to thank the NJEA for its generous support for this conference.
Thursday
December 10, 2009
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Registration Fee:
$50.00 advance registration
$40.00 for co-sponsors
$60.00 at the door
Checks payable to Rutgers University
Please make checks payable to Rutgers University and mail to
Laura Walkoviak
Rutgers University
Labor Education Center
50 Labor Center Way
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Email: lawalkoviak@work.rutgers.edu
Phone 732-932-9503, Fax 732-932-8677
Labor-Management Conference
Registration
Register Early—Limited Seating