4218 - Labor, Work and Social Justice

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Description

Social inequality is evident in the working conditions dominating the economy. Precarious work is increasing becoming the new normal as companies refuse to pay a living wage, offer benefits or employment security. Many workers with and without unions organize around justice by recognizing race, nationality, citizenship status, gender and age differences. Many seek social justice in the workplace by joining other related movements. This panel examines the workers’ efforts at collective bargaining, structural barriers contributing to low incomes and increasing income inequality.

Sub Unit

• Thematic Session

Session Organizer

• Mary Romero, Arizona State University

Presider

• Katherine Maich, The Pennsylvania State University

Individual Presentations

• The Impact of Amazon on Labor and Other Social Justice Movements - Benjamin Woods, Jobs with Justice

• Regulating and Rewarding Work in the New Economy - Arne L. Kalleberg, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

• The Politics of Labor Market Redistribution in the United States and Scandinavia - Leslie McCall, City University of New York-Graduate Center; Arvid Lindh, Stockholm University

• Expanding the Moral Circle: Challenging Relational Inequalities at Work - Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, University of Massachusetts