Labor Relations and Employment Law and Socio-Economics Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Employment Discrimination Law

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Session Type: Section Programs

Session Capacity: N/A

Location: Hilton San Francisco Union Square

Room: Continental Ballroom 9

Floor: Ballroom Level

This panel will debate the question of whether the future protection of labor rights should be focused on organizing and securing benefits within individual workplaces or outside of them in light of the challenges posed by automation, AI, outsourcing, and the increasing precarity of employment. The discussion will include sectoral bargaining, benefit design (e.g., universal benefits such as universal basic income versus employment specific benefits such as stock options for all employees), and political economy (i.e., sources of labor solidarity and political influence).