Graduate students!

The Labor and Labor Movements section of the American Sociological Association offers a faculty-student mentoring program to all interested graduate students. This is an opportunity for you to connect with a professor in your field of interest beyond your home institution. 

Past mentees have found this a really valuable experience: "I've received great advice, and I'm actually working on a paper with my mentor who has become an invaluable personal friend.  Needless to say, I'm a big fan of the program."

The relationship may take the form of research training, advice on how to handle peer review of and constructive criticism to your emerging work, and general professional development. It is also simply a chance for you to meet a professor with interests similar to yours, to connect and share ideas.

Please use this form to indicate your interests, and we will pair you with someone. It’s that simple! Also, if you’re not currently an ASA or LLM member, please change that here.

Luke Elliott-Negri
Section Council, Graduate Student Representative
CUNY Graduate Center

Sarah Swider
Chair, Labor and Labor Movements
University of Copenhagen 

The new issue of Global Labour Journal 8(3) is available online: 
http://www.rc44labour.org/the-new-issue-of-global-labour-journal-83-available-online/
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https://mulpress.mcmaster.ca/globallabour/issue/view/309
 

The 36th International Labour Process Conference “Class and the Labour Process” Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, 21-23 March 2018. Deadline: 31 October 2017. Call for submission of abstracts and symposium proposals Deadline: 31st October through the Conference website: www.ilpc.org.uk 

Conference streams
1- The changing time and space of productive and reproductive processes (Sachetto, Alberti and Lisdero)
2- The hidden places of Production (Briken, Garvey, Stewart, Portes Virginio, Mitidiero Junior, Mies Bombardi, Mac Ionnrachtaigh, Avila Romero and Concheiro Bórquez)
3- Breaking boundaries and opening new struggles (Hammer, Fishwick and Chambers)
4- Artificial Intelligence (Grigera and Woodcock)
5- Precarious Work in Comparative Perspective (Kalleberg and Vallas)- PLEASE SEE BELOW
6- Human Resource Practice in Labour Process and Workplace (Vincent, Bamber, Delbridge, Doellgast, Grady and Grugulis) 
Keynote speakers
Prof. David Harvey (CUNY)
Prof. Leo Panitch (York university) 
Prof. Sergio Leite Lopes (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)
Prof. Cinzia Arruzza (The New School)
For more information please check the Conference website (www.ilpc.org.uk) or email us at ilpc2018@gmail.com 

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Precarious Work in Comparative Perspective

Call for Papers for Stream at the 2018 International Labour Process Conference (ILPC)

Stream Organizers: Arne L. Kalleberg (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and
Steven P. Vallas (Northeastern University)

This stream focuses on theory, research and policy regarding precarious work in both advanced capitalist and developing countries. By precarious work, we mean work that is uncertain, insecure and in which risks are shifted from employers and governments to workers. For the majority of workers affected in advanced capitalist countries the expansion of precarious work represents a dramatic shift in the very logic that governs work under contemporary capitalism. For workers in developing countries, the growth of precarious work has created additional insecurity and uncertainty in the formal sector of their economies. Though these developments have been much studied, much remains unknown.

The topic of precarious work overlaps with many important issues related to work and the labor process, particularly the theme of the 2018 conference on “Class and the Labor Process.” Precarious work is a phenomenon that affects both the middle and working classes, and responses to the negative consequences of precarious work are shaped by cross-class coalitions that take various forms. The latter connections, moreover, have not yet been adequately theorized or subjected to empirical research.

We welcome submissions from sociologists, economists, political scientists, anthropologists, psychologists, historians, and industrial relations scholars. We especially encourage papers that can address issues in an interdisciplinary way and with contributions from both the Global North and the Global South.

Examples of the kinds of topics we anticipate including are:
• What are the chief causes of this dramatic shift in the structure and operation of the labor market? How have neo-liberal economic trends contributed to the rise of precarious employment? What organizational forms are involved in what has come to be called “flexible accumulation”? And how have social and political conditions affected the onset of precarious work across the global landscape?

• What are the different manifestations of precarious work, and which social groups—-including those defined by gender, race and ethnicity, and/or class boundaries—have been most grievously affected by labor market precarity? What is the relation between immigration and the sense of uncertainty that workers experience in their jobs?

• What are some of the most important consequences of precarious work, whether for worker health and safety, stress, family life, or communities and societies? What policies have been adopted in different settings to deal with the consequences of precarious work?

• How have workers and job seekers responded to these shifts in their work situations? What forms of resistance have emerged to challenge, modify, or contest the imposition of precarious work—and with what effects? Finally, what alternatives can be envisioned that might lead paid employment down more equitable and healthy paths?

We hope to establish dialogues between scholars in the Global North and South with regard to these issues. While the recent rise of precarious work follows a three-decade period of growth and stability after World War II in the Global North, precarious work in the form of the informal economy has long characterized the Global South. Yet many of the issues faced by developed and developing countries with regard to precarious work are similar, given trends in globalization and the connections fostered among countries in the global economy. Indeed, some have argued that the structure of work and employment relations in the Global South are gaining traction in the Global North, contrary to what has commonly been assumed by modernization and development theorists.

We will explore possibilities to publish papers in a book or special issue of a journal after the conference.

Please submit abstracts via the International Labour Process Conference website (ilpc.org.uk) by the deadline of October 31, 2017.

The School of Labor and Employment Relations at The University of Illinois invites applications for the position of Post-Doctoral Scholar with the Project for Middle Class Renewal. This is a 12 or 24-month position that begins on August 24, 2016. The Project for Middle Class Renewal was established in the fall of 2015 with the goal of promoting policy analysis, scholarly research and scholar-practitioner exchanges on employment related issues. The Project’s focus is broadly on employment policy, including the labor market, precarious work, industry studies, labor unions, training, education, and collective bargaining. For full job description and application procedure, see attachment.

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POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR
School of Labor and Employment Relations
Labor Education Program
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Illinois is a world leader in research, teaching, and public engagement. We serve the state, the
nation, and the world by creating knowledge, preparing students for lives of impact, and
addressing critical societal needs through the transfer and application of knowledge. Illinois is
the place where we embrace difference. We embrace it because we value it. Illinois is especially
interested in candidates who can contribute, through their research, teaching, and/or service, to
the diversity and excellence of the Illinois community.

SHORT DESCRIPTION SUMMARIZING POSITION FUNCTIONS
The School of Labor and Employment Relations at The University of Illinois invites applications
for the position of Post-Doctoral Scholar with the Project for Middle Class Renewal. This is a 12
or 24-month position that begins on August 24, 2016. The Project for Middle Class Renewal was
established in the fall of 2015 with the goal of promoting policy analysis, scholarly research and
scholar-practitioner exchanges on employment related issues. The Project’s focus is broadly on
employment policy, including the labor market, precarious work, industry studies, labor unions,
training, education, and collective bargaining.

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Conduct high quality research on targeted industries, specific program, and relevant public
policies. Prepare and present research findings at national, state and regional conferences.
• Contribute to the formation of policy reports and messages for the purposes of educating the
public
• Work with Labor Education Program staff to provide training and education on research study
topics

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Candidates should possess a Ph.D. in a relevant discipline
as well as evidence of conducting research aligned with the Project‘s interests. Applicants should
have the capacity to work with and analyze large observational datasets, such as the Current
Population Survey (CPS) and conduct impact analysis using IMPlan or other similar tools.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Knowledge of labor unions, collective bargaining, labor
market public policy and economic trends. Ability to analyze and project trends affecting
workers, employment relations, the labor market, labor unions, employment related policy, and
the collective bargaining process. Capacity to work with and analyze large observational
datasets, such as the Current Population Survey (CPS) and conduct impact analysis using IMPlan
or other similar tools. Ability to annually develop multiple employment policy reports and to
respond to emerging policy debates.

SALARY: Salary will be commensurate with experience

APPOINTMENT STATUS: 100% time for a period of 12 or 24 months.

PROPOSED STARTING DATE: Proposed starting date is February 12, 2018

Application Procedures: To apply for this position, please create your candidate profile at
http://jobs.illinois.edu and upload your cover letter and resume by the October 20, 2017 close
date. On-line application will require name and contact information for 3 references. For more
information, contact Professor Robert Bruno, bbruno@illinois.edu or 312-996-2491.
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Illinois is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration
for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation,
gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with a
disability. Illinois welcomes individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and ideas who
embrace and value diversity and inclusivity. (www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu).

​Rutgers University, School of Management and Labor Relations, has one of the world’s leading faculties in the field of Labor Studies and Employment Relations (LSER).  The LSER Department is soliciting applications for one tenure-track assistant or associate professor position.  Current assistant and associate professors, as well as new PhDs, are encouraged to apply.  We are interested in a wide range of employment relations issues, including -- but not limited to -- organizational diversity and inclusion; the labor market experiences of women, people of color, immigrants and people with disabilities; intersectionality at work; social justice; or technology and work including the impact of automation and new forms of internet and app-based work.  We are seeking a broadly trained scholar who is an excellent researcher, can teach both graduate and undergraduate courses and contribute to the continuing education program of the department.    The appointment, which is dependent on funding, is expected to begin September, 2018.
 
Candidates should possess a Ph.D. or other terminal degree (DBA, JD, LLD, EDD) in Employment Relations, Industrial Relations, Sociology, Economics, History, Political Science, American Studies, African-American Studies, Latino Studies, Gender Studies, Business, or a related discipline. They should send a letter of application detailing qualifications and interests; a vita; names of three scholars familiar with their work for potential letters of recommendation; and one of their research papers or thesis chapters. Applications should be submitted no later than October 15, 2017 to Rutgers   posting # 17FA1234.  The positions will remain open until filled. Salary and benefits are competitive and commensurate with qualifications. Rutgers University is an AA/EEO/ADA Employer.

    Brown University
The Brown University Department of Sociology invites applications for a tenure-track faculty appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor of Sociology, to begin July 1, 2018, whose scholarship is in the area of social inequality broadly defined. We are especially excited about scholars who complement other areas of strength in the Department, and whose work contributes toward the larger discipline of sociology. Candidate will also be evaluated in terms of how their work can contribute to the goals outlined in Brown University’s strategic plan, Building on Distinction (https://www.brown.edu/about/administration/strategic-planning/). A successful candidate must be engaged in a research program with the potential to influence his/her field, demonstrate the intention to obtain external funding, and demonstrate the potential for excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching and advising.
 
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
All candidates should submit: (1) a cover letter describing research completed and planned, (2) a curriculum vitae, (3) a short writing sample, and (4) a teaching statement. Candidates should have three letters of reference sent at the time of the application. To receive full consideration applications must be received by October 1, 2017. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the search is closed. Brown is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, and women and minorities are enthusiastically encouraged to apply.
This institution is using Interfolio's Faculty Search to conduct this search. Applicants to this position receive a free Dossier account and can send all application materials, including confidential letters of recommendation, free of charge. https://apply.interfolio.com/42980
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