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		Welcome to the Interuniversity Research Centre on Globalization and Work Website! (CRIMT, from its French equivalent Le Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la mondialisation et le travail). CRIMT is an interdisciplinary and interuniversity research centre which focuses on the theoretical and practical challenges of institutional and organizational renewal in the areas of work and employment in the global era. Drawing on more than seventy five researchers from sixteen Canadian universities and more than twenty five research institutes and universities in a dozen other countries, its three founding institutions are Université de Montréal, Université Laval and HEC Montréal. CRIMT receives major grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (through its Major collaborative Research Initiatives Program) and the Fonds québécois de recherche sur la société et la culture (through its Regroupements stratégiques Program).

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		19-20 April 2012 • International Seminar International Comparisons of Working Time In the Summer of 2011, the Industrial and Labor Relations Review, in collaboration with CRIMT, launched a call for papers for a seminar and subsequent special issue devoted to international comparisons of working time. Selected authors will be invited to a closed seminar, which will be held at the University of Montreal on April 19th and 20th 2012. Peter Berg, Gerhard Bosch and Jean Charest, who are all involved in Project 5.2 of CRIMT's SSHRC-MCRI Project, coordinate this initiative. SSHRC-MCRI subproject(s): 5.2 By invitation only Deliverables Thematic Issue of Journal (forthcoming)

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		2011 • Monography Unions and Globalisation. Governments, Management, and the State at Work Fairbrother, Peter, J. O'Brien, A. Junor, M. O'Donnell, G. Williams Routledge, 256 pages (ISBN: 978-0-415-41664-1) Publisher's Website


		2011 • Collection The Idea of Labour Law Brian Langille & Guy Davidov (Eds.) Oxford University Press, 456 pages (ISBN: 978-0-19-969361-0) Guy Davidov, Brian Langille • Understanding Labour Law: A Timeless Idea, a Timed-Out Idea, or an Idea Whose Time has Now Come? Harry Arthurs • Labour Law After Labour Bob Hepple • Factors Influencing the Making and Transformation of Labour Law in Europe Manfred Weiss • Re-Inventing Labour Law? Ruth Dukes • Hugo Sinzheimer and the Constitutional Function of Labour Law Adrián Goldin • Global Conceptualizations and Local Constructions on the Idea of Labour Law Alan Hyde • The Idea of the Idea of Labour Law: A Parable Brian Langille • Labour Law's Theory of Justice Judy Fudge • Labour as a 'Fictive Commodity': Radically Reconceptualizing Labour Law Hugh Collins • Theories of Rights as Justifications for Labour Law Simon Deakin • The Contribution of Labour Law to Economic and Human Development Guy Davidov • Re-Matching Labour Laws with Their Purpose Mark Freedland, Nicola Kountouris • The Legal Characterization of Personal Work Relations and the Idea of Labour Law Paul Benjamin • Ideas of Labour Law - Views From the South Kamala Sankaran • Informal Employment and the Challenges for Labour Law Noah Zatz • The Impossibility of Work Law Catherine Barnard • Procurement Law to Enforce Labour Standards Katherine V.W. Stone, Scott L. Cummings • Labor Activism in Local Politics: From CBAs to 'CBAs' and Beyond John Howe • The Broad Idea of Labour Law: Industrial Policy, Labour Market Regulation, and Decent Work Guy Mundlak • The Third Function of Labor Law: Distributing Labor Market Opportunities Among Workers Gillian Lester • Beyond Collective Bargaining: Modern Unions as Agents of Social Solidarity Julia López, Consuelo Chacartegui, César G Cantón • From Conflict to Regulation: The Transformative Function of Labour Law Leah Vosko • Out of the Shadows? The Non-Binding Multilateral Framework on Migration (2006) and Prospects for Using International Labour Regulation to Forge Global Labour Market Membership Michael Piore • Flexible Bureaucracies in Labor Market Regulation Silvana Sciarra • Collective Exit Strategies: New Ideas in Transnational Labour Law Adelle Blackett • Emancipation in the Idea of Labour Law: Commoditization, Resistance and Distributive Justice Beyond Borders Publisher's Website


		2011 • Monography Droit fédéral du travail Michel Coutu, Julie Bourgault, Annick Desjardins, avec la collaboration de Guy Dufort et Annie Pelletier Éditions Yvon Blais, 792 pages (ISBN: 978-2-89635-312-5) Publisher's Website


		2010 • Collection Social Regionalism in the Global Economy Adelle Blackett & Christian Lévesque (Eds.) Routledge, 352 pages (ISBN: 978-0-415-48052-9) Adelle Blackett, Christian Lévesque • Introduction: Social Regionalism in the Global Economy Christian Lévesque, Gregor Murray • 1. Asymmetric Integration and the Restructuring of Social Relations in Global Firms: Actors, Institutions and Norms Clemente Ruis Duran, Jorge Carrillo • 2. MNC Strategies and their Linkages with SMEs Christian Lévesque, Hu Hao • 3. The Role of MNCs in Reshaping Employment Relations in China Brian Bercusson • 5. Trade Unions and EU Labour Law Valéria Pulignano • 5. European Works Councils and Trade Union Networking: A New Space for Regulation and Workers’ Solidarity in Europe? Pierre Verge • 6. Solidarity beyond Borders? Canadian Law and Trans-American Union Solidarity Action Brice Adanhounme • 7. Does Social Embeddedness Still Matter? A Case Study in the Ghanaian Mining Sector Arturo Bronstein • 8. The Reformulation of Labour Law in Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe Rose-Marie Belle Antoine 9. Mapping the Social in Caribbean Regional Integration Graciela Bensusan • 10. Labour Reform from a Regional Perspective: Experiences in the Americas Marie-Ange Moreau • 11. The Evolution of European Social Integration under Globalization: Some Reflections on Recent Developments Adelle Blackett • The Paradox of OHADA’s Transnational, Hard Law, Labour Harmonization Initiative Chantal Thomas • 13. Trade, Labor, Migration: The ‘NAFTA Corn’ Example Brian Langille • 14. Putting International Labour Law on the (Right) Map Judy Fudge • 15. The Cartography of Transnational Labour Law: Projection, Scale, and Symbolism Publisher's Website


		2010 • Collection Droit international du travail. Perspectives canadiennes Pierre Verge (Ed.) Yvon Blais, 640 pages (ISBN: 978-2-89635-441-2) Gregor Murray • La transnationalisation des modes de production et ses conséquences Pierre Verge • Droit national du travail et transnationalité des rapports de travail Isabelle Duplessis • Un abrégé de l'histoire des normes de l'OIT et de leur application Dominic Roux • Le « droit à un travail décent » affirmé dans les normes internationales de l'ONU et l'OÉA Ou la longue marche d'un vieux couple : le droit du travail et les droits de la personne Adelle Blackett • Commerce international et travail : définir le rôle réglementaire de l'État dans la nouvelle économie Pierre Verge • Les accords de coopération dans le domaine du travail liant le Canada Renée-Claude Drouin • Responsabiliser l'entreprise transnationale : portrait d'une normativité du travail en évolution Charles-Emmanuel Côté • La réception du droit international en droit canadien Pierre Verge, Dominic Roux • L'affirmation des principes de la liberté syndicale, de la négociation collective et du droit de grève selon le droit international et le droit du travail canadien : deux solitudes ? Publisher's Website


		2010 • Collection Vocational Training. International Perspectives Gerhard Bosch & Jean Charest (Eds.) Routledge, 308 pages (ISBN: 978-0-415-46721-6) Gerhard Bosch, Jean Charest • 1. Vocational Training: International Perspectives Richard Cooney, Michael Long • 2. Vocational Education and Training in Australia: The Evolution of a Segmented Training System Jean Charest, Ursule Critoph • 3. Vocational Training in Canada: The Poor Second Cousin in a Well-Educated Family Susanne Wiborg, Pia Cort • 4. The Vocational Education and Training System in Denmark: Continuity and Change Philippe Méhaut • 5. Vocational Training in France: Towards a New ‘Vocationalism’? Gerhard Bosch • 6. The Revitalization of the Dual System of Vocational Training in Germany Jin Ho Yoon, Byung-Hee Lee • 7. The Transformation of the Government-led Vocational Training System in Korea Arnulfo Arteaga García, Sergio Sierra Romero, Roberto Flores Lima • 8. The Vocational Training System in Mexico: Characteristics and Actors, Strengths and Weaknesses Brahim Boudarbat, Mehdi Lahlou • 9. Vocational Training in Morocco: Social and Economic Issues for the Labour Market Helen Rainbird • 10. Vocational Education and Training in the United Kingdom Thomas Bailey, Peter Berg • 11. The Vocational Education and Training System in the United States Publisher's Website


		2010 • Collection Justice et mondialisation en droit du travail. Du rôle du juge aux conflits alternatifs Marie-Ange Moreau, Horatia Muir Watt & Pierre Rodière (Eds.) Dalloz, 310 pages (ISBN: 978-2-247-08549-1) Marie-Ange Moreau • Mondialisation et justice : les enjeux théoriques des conflits sociaux transnationaux Pierre Rodière • Le juge, les droits fondamentaux et l'enchevêtrement normatif : extension des droits fondamentaux/déconstruction du droit social ? Ulrich Mückenberger •  Les régulateurs dissimulés : les juges dans l'élaboration normative mondialisée Gilles Trudeau •  Du législateur au juge : chronique d'une passation limitée des pouvoirs sur fond de mondialisation économique Sophie Robin-Olivier, Patrick Rémy • Les migrations jurisprudentielles, facteurs de développement du droit international du travail ? Horatia Muir Watt • L'esclavage moderne et la compétence universelle : réflexions sur l'Alien Tort Statute Olivier De Schutter • Le contrôle du respect des droits de l'homme par les sociétés transnationales : le rôle de l'État d'origine Marie-Laure Morin •  Le juge français et quelques contentieux significatifs Renée-Claude Drouin •  Procédures de règlement interne des différends de droit du travail dans l'entreprise multinationale Claire Marzo •  Les risques juridiques créés par les accords-cadres internationaux : opportunités, dangers, stratégies Éric Loquin •  L'arbitrage comme instrument d'application des droits sociaux fondamentaux Isabelle Daugareilh •  Les modes de règlement para-juridictionnels des différends relatifs aux droits sociaux dans les organisations internationales Alexandre Charbonneau • L'originalité du secteur maritime : interventions judiciaires, règlements alternatifs des conflits et action syndicale Patrick Chaumette •  Du statut du navire. En mer, comme nulle part ailleurs ? Publisher's Website


		2010 • Collection Travail et citoyenneté. Quel avenir ? Michel Coutu & Gregor Murray (Eds.) Presses de l'Université Laval, 488 pages (ISBN: 978-2-7637-8771-8) Michel Coutu, Gregor Murray • Travail et citoyenneté : rétrospective et perspectives Harry W. Arthurs • 1. La nouvelle économie et le déclin de la citoyenneté au travail Ron McCallum • 2. La citoyenneté au travail Martine Le Friant, Antoine Jeammaud • 3. Le droit du travail, vecteur de citoyenneté : entre métaphore (française) et droit positif Matthieu de Nanteuil-Miribel • 4. Travail et citoyenneté démocratique: les enjeux d'une politique de la reconnaissance Michel Coutu • 5. Crise de l’État social, droits fondamentaux et citoyenneté au travail Christian Thuderoz • 6. « Citoyens au travail », « entreprises citoyennes » : les motifs d’une convergence inédite Sylvie Morel • 7. Les éclairages de la théorie économique et de l’analyse de genre Christian Brunelle • 8. Le droit à la dignité : une vecteur de la citoyenneté au travail Alain Vinet • 9. Le respect de la santé comme condition de la citoyenneté au travail Arnulfo Arteaga García • 10. Travail et citoyenneté au Mexique à l’ère de la mondialisation Harry W. Arthurs • 11. Un second regard sur la citoyenneté au travail Stéphanie Bernstein • 12. Travail et citoyenneté : redéfinir les communautés, éliminer les frontières Françoise Carré • 13. Quelles politiques publiques pour la citoyenneté au travail ? Judy Fudge • 14. Au-delà de la citoyenneté industrielle : la citoyenneté marchande ou du travail? Michel Coutu, Gregor Murray • 15. Vers une nouvelle citoyenneté au travail ? Publisher's Website


		2010 • Monograph Les alliances syndicales internationales. Des contre-pouvoirs aux entreprises multinationales ? Marc-Antonin Hennebert, in collaboration with Marcel Faulkner L'Harmattan, 204 pages (ISBN: 978-2-296-11672-6) Publisher's Website


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		THEMATIC ISSUES OF SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS

		2011 • Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations Employee Representation in the New World of Work: The Dynamics of Rigths, Voice, Performance and Power Volume 66, Numéro 4 Christian Brunelle, Annette Hayden, Gregor Murray (Eds.) Table of Contents: Christian Brunelle, Annette Hayden, Gregor Murray • Les systèmes de représentation au travail : à la mesure des réalités contemporaines ? Christian Brunelle, Annette Hayden, Gregor Murray • Employee Representation in the New World of Work: The Dynamics of Rights, Voice, Performance and Power Nelson Lichtenstein • Labour, Liberalism, and the Democratic Party: A Vexed Alliance Christian Dufour, Adelheid Hege • L’évolution de la négociation collective et de ses acteurs dans six pays européens Barbara Pocock • Rethinking Unionism in a Changing World of Work, Family and Community Life Charlotte A.B.Yates • Organizing Women in the Spaces between Home, Work and Community Janice R. Fine • New Forms to Settle Old Scores: Updating the Worker Centre Story in the United States Urwana Coiquaud • La représentation collective des travailleurs précaires : évolution et défis contemporains Marie-Josée Legault, Martine D’Amours • Représentation collective et citoyenneté au travail en contexte de projet Linked activity: Employee Representation in the New World of Work Download the introduction SSHRC-MCRI Theme(s): 3, 4


		2011 • La Revue de l'IRES Les délégués et le renouveau syndical Volume 68, Number 1 Adelheid Hege, Christian Lévesque, Gregor Murray, Christian Dufour (Eds.) Table of Contents: Adelheid Hege, Christian Lévesque, Gregor Murray, Christian Dufour • Les délégués, acteurs stratégiques du renouveau syndical ? Christian Dufour, Adelheid Hege • Diversité des équipes de délégués et fondements communs de la représentation collective Andy Charlwood, John Forth • Les mutations de la représentation des salariés en Grande-Bretagne Melanie Simms • Les militants de terrain dans les campagnes d'implantation syndicale dans le secteur des services en Grande-Bretagne Ingrid Artus • Les salariés précaires et la codétermination en Allemagne - la représentation colective au-delà des normes Catherine Le Capitaine, Christian Lévesque, Gregor Murray • Contre vents et marées : le délégué au coeur du renouveau syndical David Peetz, Michael Alexander • Sept thèses sur la formation syndicale. Propositions à partir d'enquêtes sur les lieux de travail en Australie Michael Whittall, Herman Kotthoff • Les comités d'entreprise européens, des zones libres de syndicats ? Linked activity: Les pratiques des délégués Download the articles (Free access) SSHRC-MCRI Subprojet(s): 4.4.1 1


		2011 • American Behavioral Scientist Globalization and the Service Workplace Volume 57, Number 7 Daniyal Zuberi, Danielle van Jaarsveld (Eds.) Table of Contents: Danielle van Jaarsveld, Daniyal Zuberi • Introduction Anna Haley-Lock • Place-Bound Jobs at the Intersection of Policy and Management: Comparing Employer Practices in U.S. and Canadian Chain Restaurants Patrice Jalette • Relocation Threats and Actual Relocations in Canadian Manufacturing: The Role of Firm Capacity and Union Concessions Winifred R. Poster • Emotion Detectors, Answering Machines, and e-Unions: Multi-Surveillances in the Global Interactive Service Industry Kendra Strauss • Globalization and the Service Workplace: Citizenship, Entitlement, and the Future of UK Occupational Pensions Daniyal Zuberi • Contracting Out Hospital Support Jobs: The Effects of Poverty Wages, Excessive Workload and Job Insecurity on Work and Family Life Rafiq Dossani, Ashish Kumar • Network Associations and Professional Growth among Engineers from India and China in Silicon Valley Download the articles (Institutional access required) Linked activity: Globalization and the Service Workplace SSHRC-MCRI Subprojet(s): 5.1


		2011 • Canadian Journal of Women and the Law Regulating Decent Work for Domestic Worker Volume 23, Number 1 Adelle Blackett (Ed.) Adelle Blackett • Introduction: Regulating Decent Work for Domestic Workers Adelle Blackett • Introduction : regular le travail decent pour les travailleuses domestiques Neetha N. Palriwala, Rajni Palriwala • The Absence of State Law: Domestic Workers in India Catharina Calleman • Domestic Services in a “Land of Equality”: The Case of Sweden Sarah van Walsum • Regulating Migrant Domestic Work in the Netherlands: Opportunities and Pitfalls Martha Alter Chen • Recognizing Domestic Workers, Regulating Domestic Work: Conceptual, Measurement, and Regulatory Challenges Manuela Tomei • Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Reflections on Recent Approaches to Tackle Informality Dzodzi Tsikata Employment Agencies and the Regulation of Domestic Workers in Ghana: Institutionalizing Informality? Judy Fudge • Global Care Chains, Employment Agencies, and the Conundrum of Jurisdiction: Decent Work for Domestic Workers in Canada Nisha Varia • “Sweeping Changes?” A Review of Recent Reforms on Protections for Migrant Domestic Workers in Asia and the Middle East Guy Mundlak, Hila Shamir • Bringing Together or Drifting Apart? Targeting Care Work as “Work Like No Other” Peggie R. Smith • The Pitfalls of Home: Protecting the Health and Safety of Paid Domestic Workers Maria Luz Vega Ruiz • L’administration et l’inspection du travail dans le domaine du travail domestique: les experiences de l’Amérique latine Download the articles (Institutional access required) Linked activity: Decent Work for Domestic Workers SSHRC-MCRI Subprojet(s): 2.4.2


		2011 • Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal Labor Law and Development: Perspectives on Labor Regulation in Africa and the African Diaspora Volume 32, Number 2 Adelle Blackett (Ed.) Table of Contents: Adelle Blackett • Introduction: Labor Law and Development: Perspectives on Labor Regulation in Africa and the African Diaspora Dzodzi Tsikata • Toward a Decent Work Regime for Informal Employment in Ghana: Some Preliminary Considerations Rose-Marie Belle Antoine• Rethinking Labor Law in the New Commonwealth Caribbean Economy: A Framework for Change Diamond Ashiagbor • Embedding Trade Liberalization in Social Policy: Lessons from the European Union? Chantal Thomas • Convergences and Divergences in International Legal Norms on Migrant Labor Adelle Blackett • Beyond Standard Setting: A Study of ILO Technical Cooperation on Regional Labor Law Reform in West and Central Africa Download the articles (Institutional access required)


		2010 • La Revue de l'IRES Repenser la représentation collective Volume 65, Number 2 Christian Dufour, Gregor Murray, David Peetz, Charlotte Yates (Eds.) Table of Contents: Christian Dufour, Gregor Murray, David Peetz, Charlotte Yates • Repenser la représentation collective : introduction Richard Hyman, Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick • Syndicats, politique et partis : une nouvelle configuration est-elle possible ? Christian Levesque, Gregor Murray • Comprendre le pouvoir syndical : ressources et aptitudes stratégiques pour renouveler l'action syndicale  Christian Dufour, Adelheid Hege • Légitimité des acteurs collectifs et renouveau syndical Kim Voss • Dilemmes démocratiques : démocratie syndicale et renouveau syndical David Peetz • L'individualisme tue-t-il le collectivisme ?  Charlotte Yate • Comprendre le travail de soins, syndiquer les femmes : comment le cadrage d'un problème modèle une stratégie syndicale Darryn Snell, Peter Fairbrother •  Les syndicats, acteurs de l'environnement Download the articles (Free access)


		2010 • Transfer. European Review of Labour and Research Rethinking Collective Representation Volume 16, Number 3 Christian Dufour, Gregor Murray, David Peetz, Charlotte Yates (Eds.) Table of Contents: Christian Dufour, Gregor Murray, David Peetz, Charlotte Yates • Rethinking Collective Representation: Introduction Richard Hyman, Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick • Trade unions, politics and parties: is a new configuration possible? Christian Lévesque, Gregor Murray • Understanding union power: resources and capabilities for renewing union capacity  Christian Dufour, Adelheid Hege • The legitimacy of collective actors and trade union renewal  Kim Voss • Democratic dilemmas: union democracy and union renewal  David Peetz • Are individualistic attitudes killing collectivism?  Charlotte AB Yates • Understanding caring, organizing women: how framing a problem shapes union Darryn Snell, Peter Fairbrother • Unions as environmental actors Download the articles (Institutional access required)


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		Media Library - New Clips

		24 November 2011 • Research Seminar Jumping Scale, Crossing Space: The JfJ and Organizing Cleaners for Global Strength Luis LM Aguiar Sociology, University of British Columbia, Okanagan, British Columbia Arguably neoliberalism has done the most damage to the already vulnerable workforces in the economy. Building cleaners, as part of this workforce, have suffered from privatization, contracting out, as well as post-industrial labour legislation and the fiscal crisis of the welfare state. The result is a sweatshop citizenship (Aguiar 2006) bordering on ‘advanced marginality’ (Wacquant 2008) threatening to permanently expulse cleaners (and other low wage workers) to the desertion fields of (neo)neoliberalism (Crouch 2011; Boltanski and Chiapello 2004; Bauman 2007; Agamben 2005). To counter this assault on cleaners, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has globalized its justice for janitors organizing model for the purpose of building global strength to deal with the neoliberalism of global cleaning companies, and in the process, secure protection and achieve gains for cleaners everywhere. Is the justice for janitors (JfJ) model the model for organizing in the 21st century? How is this model transitioning into transnational organizing and places, and by what mechanisms and structures is this being done, is the focus of this seminar. Luis Aguiar will examine (1) the JfJ model, (2) mechanisms and structures of transnational organizing and (3) the meaning of partnerships between the SEIU and partner unions (e.g. FNV Bondgenoten in the Netherlands; LHMU in Australia [and perhaps the SIPTU in Ireland]) set-up to arrest the erosion of cleaners’ rights and stymie the proliferation of the sweatshop citizenship status. Through interviews at the SEIU HQ in Washington, as well as fieldwork in Australian, and Amsterdam, the author seeks to understand the flexibility of the JfJ model and the meaning of partnership in the context of a union with global ambitions. This presentation will end by discussing the idea of “solidarity transformed” (Anner 2011), and the extent to which the SEIU’s globalizing of the JfJ is an example of this concept. This seminar was held at University of Montreal. Click on image (on the right) to watch the conference.


		14 October 2011 • Regular Seminar La notion de 'politiques publiques' vue par la sociologie du droit Jacques Commaille Professor Emeritus, Institut des Sciences sociales du Politique, ENS-Cachan Held at the University of Montreal, this seminar explored the relationship between law and public policy. By highlighting the complexity of this relationship and detailing the debates it has given rise to, Jacques Commaille addressed the prospects for linking law and public policy, especially in the current context. Click on image (on the right) to watch the conference.


		14 April 2011 • Research Seminar Unions and the Transition to Low Carbon Economies Peter Fairbrother RMIT University, Australia / CRIMT Held at HEC Montréal, this seminar reviewed the questions facing unions in relation to a low carbon economy. The focus was on the politics of transition and the drivers that underpin such shifts in union pupose and capacity. It consider the recent history in the Latrobe Valley in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia, where four major electricity generators and their open cast mines produce over 80 per cent of the electricity requirements for Victoria. Click on image (on the right) to watch the conference.


		30 March 2011 • Research Seminar The ILO. ...Whys and Wherefores Patrick Carrière Distinguished consultant on labour law and former Senior Legal Officer of the Freedom of Association branch at the International Labour Office in Geneva. Held at McGill University, this seminar was organized in collaboration with the Labour Law and Development Research Laboratory and the Law Faculty at McGill University. Laval University joined live via videoconferencing. Click on image (on the right) to watch the conference.


		11 March 2011 • Research Seminar La place de la négociation collective dans six pays européens : de la cohérence des systèmes à la construction des acteurs Christian Dufour Associate Researcher, CRIMT Adelheid Hege Institut de recherches économiques et sociales (IRES), France / CRIMT Summary (French only): Au cours des vingt-cinq dernières années, des transformations profondes ont affecté les organisations syndicales et leur place dans les sociétés au sein lesquelles elles sont nées. Les environnements économiques ont été bouleversés et les anciennes cohérences identitaires se sont étiolées. La négociation collective, activité centrale des syndicalismes quelle que soit la diversité des approches et des agencements à l’œuvre, ne pouvait pas ne pas en être affectée. À la demande de la CFDT et de la CGT en France, et pour l'Institut de Recherches Économiques et Sociales (IRES), Christian Dufour et Adelheid Hege viennent de compléter une étude sur l’évolution des stratégies de négociation collective mises en œuvre par des organisations syndicales de six pays européens (Allemagne, Espagne, France, Grande-Bretagne, Italie et Suède). Ce séminaiire visait la présentation de résultats d'enquêtes combinant un travail de synthèse des grands changements intervenus en Europe au cours des 25 dernières années, avec une approche de terrain fondée sur des enquêtes auprès d'acteurs collectifs oeuvrant au sein des pays concernés. Click on image (on the right) to watch the conference.


		8 November 2010 • Research Seminar Chairing the United Nations Treaty Body on Disability: Problems, Pitfalls and Reform of the Treaty Body System Ron McCallum University of Sydney, Australia / CRIMT Held at the University of Montreal (retransmitted in Université Laval via videoconference) and organized in collaboration with the Office des personnes handicapées du Québec, the seminar focused on the new UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006 ) to which Canada is a signatory since March 2010. Ron McCallum, who chairs the UN committee responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Convention at the international level, discussed the work of the committee, including the challenges encountered in performing their duties. Click on image (on the right) to watch the conference.


		23-24 September 2010 • International Conference On September 23rd and 24th 2010, an international conference entitled Union Action Without Borders was held in Montreal, Canada. Organized in collaboration with the CISO, the CSQ, the CSN and the FTQ, this activity aimed to take stock of the various solidarity initiatives implemented by trade unions at the local, national and international levels. Over fifty scholars and trade unionists, both from Canada and abroad, have shared their research and testified of their experiences of international solidarity. This conference was part of CRIMT’s series of outrearch activities designed to foster exchanges between scholars and labour market partners. Visit the post-conference Website to watch the full video content of the conference (over 35 presentations).

		Click on image (on the right) to watch the opening plenary session of the Conference. Entitled International trade union actions: challenges and issues, it featured presentations by Peter Bakvis (Director, Washington Office of the International Trade Union Confederation), Napoleon Gomez (Executive committee member of IMF, and National President, SNTMMS), Michèle Asselin (Coordinator, CISO) et Richard Hyman (London School of Economics and Political Science). Présentations PowerPoint : Peter Bakvis, Richard Hyman

		Click on image (on the right) to watch the closing plenary session of the Conference. Entitled Summary and New Avenues for Action, it featured presentations by Denise Gagnon (Director, International Solidarity Service, FTQ), Richard Langlois (International Relation Officer, CSQ), Jacques Létourneau (Deputy to the Executive Committee, CSN) et Lucien Royer (Director, International Department, CLC).


		16-18 June 2010 • International Conference On June 16th, 17th and 18th 2010, an international conference entitledEmployee Representation in the New World of Work: The Dynamics of Rights, Voice, Performance and Power was held in Quebec city. Organized in collaboration with the Canadian Industrial Relations Association (CIRA), the conference focused on a number of key issues relating to employee representation in the new world of work, including: the relevance in today's workplace of the founding principles of different representative systems; how different types of employee representation regimes deal with issues facing the contemporary worker; the emerging models and actors for employee rights and representation; the kinds of public policy, actors, strategies, capabilities and research that are necessary to rethink employee representation in the contemporary workplace. Visit the post-conference Website to watch the full audio-video content of the conference (over 285 presentations).

		Click on image (on the right) to watch the H.D. Woods Memorial Lecture pronounced by Guylaine Vallée (University of Montreal / CRIMT) in the context of the Conference.

		Click on image (on the right) to watch the Inaugural Pierre Verge Lectureprononced by the Honourable Mr. Justice Louis LeBel, Supreme Court of Canada, in the context of the Conference.

		Click on image (on the right) to watch the plenary presentation of Nelson Lichtenstein (University of California at Santa Barbara) on the brith and evolution of the Wagner model.

		Click on image (on the right) to watch the plenary presentation of Richard Hyman (London School of Economics and Political Science) entitled The Ambiguities of Employee Rights and Representation: A European Perspective. PowerPoint Presentation: Richard Hyman

		Click on image (on the right) to watch the plenary presentation of Urwana Coiquaud (HEC Montréal / CRIMT) entitled La représentation collective des travailleurs précaires : évolution et défis contemporains. PowerPoint Presentation: Urwana Coiquaud

		Click on image (on the right) to watch the plenary presentation of Charles Heckscher (Rutgers University / CRIMT) on the contemporary challenges faced by employee representation in the US.

		Click on image (on the right) to watch the plenary presentation of Mark Hall (University of Warwick) entitled The Ambiguities of Employee Rights and Representation: A European Perspective PowerPoint Presentation: Mark Hall

		Click on image (on the right) to watch the plenary presentation of Barbara Pocock (University of South Australia / CRIMT) on the future of employee representation. Présentation PowerPoint : Barbara Pocock

		Click on image (on the right) to watch the plenary presentation of Harry Arthurs (York University / CRIMT) on the future of employee representation.


		16 April 2010 • Outreach Seminar For over 75 years, Quebec's collective agreement decrees regime has evolved to adapt to different realities. Periodically, there are voices saying that this "anomaly" of the industrial relations system should be abolished. Others, however, highlight the need to keep the regime, and seek to improve it because of its ability to better the conditions of vulnerable workers and increase their say in the determination of their own working conditions. On April 16, 2010, a seminar entitled Perspectives on the Quebec collective agreement decrees regime (QCADR) was held in Montreal. Organized in collaboration with Quebec’s Joint Committees Association (Association des comités paritaires du Québec, or ACPQ), this seminar aimed to present different perspectives on the QCADR, as well as to stimulate exchanges between scholars and labour market partners about its future.

		Click on image (on the right) to watch Patrick Martel (University of Montreal / CRIMT) and Jean Charest (University of Montreal / CRIMT) talk about the impact the abolition of the collective agreement decree had on workers in the Quebec garment industry.

		Click on image (on the right) to watch Christiane Bigras (Director general, Joint committee, Public bulding maintenance), Mélanie Laroche (University of Montreal / CRIMT) and Jacques Rouillard (University of Montreal) share their historical, contemporary and future perspectives on Quebec's collective agreement decrees regime.


		14 April 2010 • Research Seminar Au-delà de la crise économique en Europe: analyse de l'agenda Europe 2020 Philippe Pochet Director, European Trade Union Institute, Belgium / CRIMT Philippe Pochet cast a critical eye on the exit strategies social partners deployed in the face of the global financial crisis, and in particular on the debates surrounding the Europe 2020 agenda and the future of the European employment policy. This seminar was organized in collaboration with the European Union Center of Excellence (EUCE) and the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI). Click on image (on the right) to watch the conference. ETUI Policy Brief-AN ETUI Policy Brief-FR Europe 2020 - Consultation document - European Commission


		29 March 2010 • International Semimar (Outreach Activity) More than forty years after having recognized the urgency of a study on the working conditions of domestic workers, the International Labour Organization (ILO) is on track to adopt an international labour standard on decent work for domestic workers before the end of 2011. The ILO’s 2009 report, which seeks to provide an account of the situation and working conditions of domestic workers across the world, can be consulted Online. Supported financially by Human Resources and Skills Development, and organized in collaboration with the Labour Law and Development Research Laboratory, this international seminar aimed to bring together social partners, including domestic workers' associations, and international and interdisciplinary researchers specialized in the field in order to encourage an intensive consultation between the various participants concerned by the issue of decent work for domestic workers. This seminar also presented an opportunity for exchange between researchers and social partners to identify the policy issues involved and to compare different regulatory approaches adopted in various countries. It also seeked to provide an opportunity for social partners to share their reflections on the presentations and their expertise in the area before the two upcoming sessions of the International Labour Conference in Geneva in June 2010 and 2011. Finally, this activity offered a chance for Canada to celebrate the 90 years since the ILO was established in 1919. To that end, a special exhibit commemorating the time during which Montreal was host to the ILO during the Second World War was presented in the Atrium of McGill University's Faculty of Law. Visit the post-seminar Website to listen to the full audio content of the seminar (over 15 presentations).


		11 March 2010 • Research Seminar Organiser la résistance contre un plan social en France. Le travail d’entrepreneurs militants Rachel Beaujolin-Bellet Reims Management School, France Summary (French only): En France, l’annonce de « plans sociaux » suscite dans bien des cas l’organisation d’actions collectives par les salariés et leurs représentants. Des actions visibles de résistance collective sont menées dans un contexte de survie (Amossé et al., 2008), donnant lieu à des conflits « défensifs » (Groux et Pernot, 2008) qui sont souvent intenses. In this seminar held at HEC Montréal, Rachel Beaujolin-Bellet addressed how resistance to restructuring is organized and, more specifically, touched on the creative role the ‘entrepreneurs militants’ play in shaping the conflict. This seminar was organized in collaboration with the Strategy as Practice Study Group of HEC Montréal. Click on image (on the right) to watch the conference. Accompanying Document


		18 February 2010 • Research Seminar Le syndicalisme européen : quelles crises ? Marco Ancelovici McGill University, Canada Christian Dufour Institut de Recherches Économiques et Sociales (IRES), France / CRIMT Adelheid Hege Institut de Recherches Économiques et Sociales (IRES), France / CRIMT Dominique Labbé Institut d'Études Politiques de Grenoble, France George Ross Brandeis University, USA / University of Montreal, Canada Participants in this seminar held at the University of Montreal have taken an uncompromising look at the state of European trade unions (German and French, especially), the forms of unionism they practice and the opportunities posed by the many challenges they face. Accompanying Document - C. Dufour et A. Hege TOUJOURS MOINS ! Déclin du syndicalisme à la française - D. Labbé

		Click on image (on the right) to watch the presentations of Dominique Labbé (Institut d'Études Politiques de Grenoble) and Adelheid Hege (Institut de Recherches Économiques et Sociales - IRES / CRIMT).

		Click on image (on the right) to watch the presentations of Marco Ancelovici (McGill University), George Ross (Brandeis University / Université of Montreal) and Christian Dufour (Institut de Recherches Économiques et Sociales - IRES / CRIMT).


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