Heenan Blaikie University Conference on Labour Law Programme

Western Law and the national law firm of Heenan Blaikie LLP are proud to co-sponsor their seventh labour law conference, with this year’s theme of Faultlines and Borderlines in Labo(u)r Law: The Future of the Wagner Act in Canada and the United States. This event brings together prominent labour law and industrial relations academics, practicing lawyers, chairs of labour relations boards, activists, law students and representatives of employers, unions and governments.

8:45 –9:00 am	Introductions
9:00 – 9:30 am	Overview: Brian Burkett, Heenan Blaikie LLP
9:30 – 10:45 am	PANEL 1 – Comparative Human Rights in the Workplace Chair: Wilma Liebman, Former Chair, National Labor Relations Board Anna Lofaso – University of West Virginia Elizabeth Shilton – Queen’s University Lisa Wong – International Labour Organization
10:45 – 11:00 am	BREAK
11:00 – 12:15 pm	PANEL 2 – Trade, Investment and Labo(u)r Rights Chair: Elizabeth MacPherson – Chair, Canada Industrial Relations Board Kevin Banks – Queen’s University Andrew Jackson – Canadian Labour Congress Marley Weiss – University of Maryland
12:15 – 1:45 pm	LUNCH
1:45 – 3:00 pm	PANEL 3 – The Crisis in Public Sector Collective Bargaining Chair: Bernie Fishbein, Chair, Ontario Labour Relations Board Michael Lynk – University of Western Ontario Joseph Slater – University of Toledo Paul Gallina – University of British Columbia
3:00 – 3:15 pm	BREAK
3:15 – 4:30 pm	PANEL 4 – The Future of the Wagner Act Chair: Rhonda Shirreff, Heenan Blaikie LLP David Doorey – York University John Godard – University of Manitoba Paul Secunda – Marquette University
4:30 pm	Informal Reception
6:00 pm	Conference Banquet Keynote Speaker – Honourable Lisa Raitt, Federal Minister of Labour

 

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