Dear all
We hope to see you at the weekend's CLS symposium - you can still attend
even if not presenting a paper - there will be lots of interesting
discussions and debates - look forward to seeing those of you that will
be there
best wishes
Jane
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*_Critical Labour Studies _*
*_10^th Annual Symposium_*
*_8^th -9^th March 2014_*
*_Ruskin College, Ruskin Hall, Oxford, _**_OX3 9BZ_*
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*_Saturday 8th March_*
*9.00 – 10.00Registration on Door, Tea & Coffee*
*10.00 - 10.15 Introduction from CLS and Ruskin *
*10.15 – 11.00The Legacy of the Miners Strike and the 1980s (A): Chair
Paul Stewart*
/An Alterfactual Methodological Approach to Labour History: The Miners’
Strike of 1984-5/– Ralph Darlington.
/An Unclear View:Looking at Thatcherism and Class Struggle from the
United States and Canada in the 1980s/– Jason Russell.**
/‘Class’ or a ‘Collective Biography’? An attempt to classify the
individuals responsible for the survival and growth of the Durham Miners
Gala - /Carol Stephenson and Dave Wray.//
*11.00-11.45 **The Legacy of the Miners Strike and the 1980s (B): Chair
Phoebe Moore ***
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/On the Brink: an assessment of the possible futures for the NUM /- Dave
Allsop and Dave Wray.
/Thatcher’s civilising offensive: The Ridley Plan to decivilise the
working class /- Matt Clement.
/What explains the differences between the UK Government’s
interpretations of urban disorder in Britain when comparing the
Tottenham Riots of 2011 with the Brixton Riots of 1981? /- Harriet
Chadwick.
*11.45 Break *
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*12.00 – 12.40 Gender and Work: Chair Sian Moore *
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/Women in the labour movement – still hidden from history in 2014/? -
Jane Holgate.
/‘Double Shift’: Women in the ‘Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire’/-
Daisy Payling.
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*12.40 – 1.30 Lunch *
*1.30 – 2.30 The Politics and Legacy of Ralph Miliband and the
Discussion on Socialism *
*Chair and Discussant Hazel Conley*
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/The Legacy and Role of Ralph Miliband – /Steve Jeffreys
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*2.30 – 3.15 Parallel sessions. New Research on Labour and Neo-liberalism *
*Session A: Chair – John Stirling *
/The Consulting Association blacklist: a case study in
counter-mobilisation /- David Smith.
/'Financial Consumerism': ‘Ordinary people’ and capital consumption in
the 1980s/-Amy Edwards.
/The history of co-determination in Germany and the UK: retelling the
story/- Rebecca Zhan.
*Session B: Chair – Carol Stephenson*
/The workers’ inquiry as a method: possibilities for resistance and
organisation in a UK call centre/– Jamie Woodcock.
/Labour rights and working conditions in the Bangladesh Garment Industry
/- Eleanor Tighe.
/Trade unions responses to contingent work: challenges and opportunities
posed by the growing casualization of the labour market/- Danat Valizade.
*3.15-3.45 Break for Coffee and Tea*
*3.45-4.30Membership growth at a time of union decline: Usdaw,
organizing and leadership - Chair and Discussant Jane Holgate *
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Carl Parker and James Rees.
*4.30-5.15 Marketisation, Commodification and the Implications for UK
Teachers’ Autonomy - Chair Miguel Martinez Lucio*
Martin Upchurch Phoebe Moore-Carter, Aylin Kunter, Anne Lemon (National
Union of Teachers)
*5.15-6.00 Knowledge is still power: organising out of educational
ghettos Chair Cilla Ross *
Education for Action
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*6.00 CLS AGM *
*_6.30 Evening Meal Buffet (Ruskin)_*
*_Sunday 9th March_*
*9.00 – 9.45Coffee/tea available*
*9.45 – 11.15International Labour & Trade Union Studies at Ruskin
College: Chairs Pete Dwyer and Tracy Walsh (There will be two sessions
running parallel) *
In collaboration with CLS 2013 students and staff of Ruskin College’s
International Labour and Trade Union Studies (ILTUS) programme area have
been offered this forum to generate discussion around current areas of
research and trade union activity.
*11.15- 12.00 The tradition of inclusion in labour education - Chair:
Jane Holgate *
/What is Critical Labour Studies?/- John Stirling
/Ruskin in an era of marketised education /Peter Dwyer.
*12.00- 12.30 History and change in Ireland: Chair Paul Stewart *
/The 100 Years War: the unresolved question of trade union recognition
in Ireland and the effect of the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act
2001 on Irish worker activism/- Tish Gibbons.
*12.30-1.30 Lunch*
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*1.30-2.15 Working in Business Schools: **Reflecting on the ironies of
progressive research and teaching in management and business education
in the UK Chair: Cilla Ross *
Miguel Martinez Lucio, Hazel Conley, Sian Moore, and Paul Stewart.
*2.15-3.15 **Workshop on zero-hour contracts in post-16 education:
research and campaigning Chair: John Stirling .***
Kirsten Forkert, Ana Lopes, Vicky Blake, Danat Valizade, Indra Dewan,
Phoebe Moore.
*3.15 End of Session *
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*Ruskin’s Location: *
http://www.ruskin.ac.uk/about/location/stoke_house
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*CLS Website:*
http://criticallabourstudies.org.uk/site/
*Registration: £80 (£40 Unwaged/Students) (includes lunches/refreshments) *
Delegates are welcome send a cheque written out to Critical Labour
Studies in advance, to shorten registration time on the day, to:
*Pete Dwyer *
*Ruskin College*
*Ruskin Hall*
*Dunstan Road*
*OxfordOX3 9BZ*
(please include a note indicating who you are, if it’s not obvious from
the cheque)
*_YOU HAVE TO REGISTER BEFORE COMING DUE TO SPACE RESTRICTIONS_*
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*Accommodation suggestions: *
Limited B&B accommodation is available at Ruskin for approximately £55
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*Students bing awa*
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Professor Jane Holgate
Professor of Work and Employment Relations
Work and Employment Relations Division
Leeds University Business School
31 Lyddon Terrace (room 2.05
University of Leeds LS2 9JT
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Mobile: 07960 798399
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