We are delighted to attach the Call for Abstracts for the 2015 RDW Conference.
 
The Conference is on the theme of Developing and Implementing Policies  for a Better Future at Work and will be held at the International Labour Office, Geneva, Switzerland from 8-10 July 2015.
 
The Conference is organized by the International Labour Office (ILO) in collaboration with the University of Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS), the University of Melbourne Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law (CELRL), the University of Manchester Fairness at Work Research Centre Research Centre (FaWRC) and the University of Duisburg-Essen Institut Arbeit und Qualifikation (IAQ).
 
The deadline for abstract submission is 31 January 2015 (31 December 2014 for RDW Fellowship applicants).
 
Abstracts should be submitted to the Conference website at http://www.rdw2015.org/submissions.
 
For further details see the attached Call for Abstracts*.
 
We hope you will join us in Geneva in 2015!

*please click the linked "Call for Abstracts" which contains the PDF with further information.

Dear ASA Labor and Labor Movements section:

A couple weeks ago I circulated a call for suggestions for 2016 thematic/special session planning, which is happening very soon.

> THEMATIC Sessions (deadline: Nov 13)
> OTHER Sessions, inc. special sessions, Author Meets Critics, etc (deadline: Feb 5)
 http://www.asanet.org/meetings/member_suggestions.cfm

To clarify, these are sessions that are organized by the ASA president (Ruth Milkman in 2016) and her program committee.  We as a section can make proposals, and we are in a good position to do so this year given Ruth's long history with the section's work.

I am repasting the call, and requesting that you all please weigh in here at this google doc:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Tb0U8OXntPhzn2Yg4yD_G5L3f5VXpcPRxP56XNLBuUQ/edit?usp=sharing
TAB 1: ASA_2016_Thematic-Special

Feel free to also add any notes you may have regarding other members' suggestions in the final column. We have received several good suggestions already, and would like to hear from more section members.

(You will also notice a 2nd tab focused on section session planning, which we won't revisit until Sept 2015.  However if you have thoughts  on a session theme that you would like to see incorporated into our section events, it's never too early to start the discussion.  So far, I've listed 2 section co-sponsorships that may be possibilities.)

Thanks and have a great rest of your week,

sg

~~
Shannon Gleeson, Associate Professor
Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations
Department of Labor Relations, Law, and History
379 Ives Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-3901
smg338@cornell.edu
c: 510.717.1386, o: 607.255.5223
https://www.ilr.cornell.edu/directory/smg338/