It is my pleasure to invite you to join us in Ithaca, NY, from 12-13 April 2024, for a conference on Transnational Labor Rights in a Globalized Economy. Speakers include activists, organizers, former trade negotiators, policymakers, and ILO delegates. The link to register is here: https://www.ilr.cornell.edu/events/conference-transnational-labor-rights....

Below is the agenda. We hope to see you there!

APRIL 12| DAY 1 AGENDA

8:45 AM
Coffee and Networking
9:15-10:30 AM
Opening Keynote: Transnational Labor Law as a Spiderweb: is there a spider? Is there a web?
Guy Mundlak (keynote) Desiree LeClercq (discussant)
10:30-10:45 AM
Coffee Break/Snacks
10:45 AM-12:15 PM
Strengthening Worker Agency Along Global Supply Chains
Hila Shamir, Chandan Kumar, Jeff Vogt, Sarosh Kuruvilla
12:15-1:15 PM
Lunch
1:15-2:45 PM
Challenges and Potentialities for Collective Worker Voices: Global Transport Workers
Ruwan Subasinghe, Nelson Dragsbaek, Jason Judd, Desiree LeClercq
2:45-3 PM
Coffee Break/Snacks
3-4:45 PM
Gender and Workers’ Rights in Supply Chains
Judy Fudge, Inga Thiemann, Yiran Zhang
6 PM
Reception

APRIL 13| DAY 2 AGENDA

8 AM
Coffee and Networking
8:30-10 AM
ILO Draft Instrument: Decent Work in Supply Chains - Workshop
Ingrid Landau, Shelley Marshall, Jim Brudney, Angela Cornell (discussant)
10- 10:15 AM
Coffee Break
10:15 AM-12 PM
Labor Rights in Trade and Migration
Kevin Kolben, Janice Bellace, Janie Chuang, Chantal Thomas
12:15-1:15 PM
Lunch
1:15-2:45 PM
Views from the Trenches: Roundtable with Global South Labor Activists