SHRM Assistant Professor Kelly Pike will be participating in an international seminar, “Improving Working Conditions in Supply Chains”, on May 4, 2022 from 9 a.m. EST.  

The talk, facilitated by the International Labour Organization, Office For the United States & Canada and the Bush School of Government and Public Service in Washington D.C., will bring together policymakers, representatives of inter-government organizations, and academics to discuss the latest advances in our understanding of working condition challenges in supply chains. The seminar also creates the opportunity to discuss effective solutions and policy options.

If you are interested in attending this event, you can register for the seminar via zoom and browse the full agenda below.

Agenda

Session 1

Current Challenges and Responses

Moderator:  Ms. Gabriela Inchauste – Lead Economist, Poverty, and Equity Global Practice, World Bank

Professor Raymond Robertson – Director, Mosbacher Institute, The Bush School of Government & Public Service, Texas A&M University

Professor Kelly Pike – School of Human Resource Management, York University 

Ms. Gale Raj Reichardt - Research Fellow, WZB

Ms. Fabiola Mieres - Technical Officer, Labour Migration, ILO

Conversation with U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai

Advancing Equitable Economic Growth and Worker Voice

Moderator:  Professor Raymond Robertson – Director, Mosbacher Institute, The Bush School of Government & Public Service, Texas A&M University   

Ambassador Katherine Tai – United States Trade Representative (in-person)

Mr. Kevin Cassidy – Director and Representative to the Bretton Woods and Multilateral Organizations, ILO Office for the United States and Canada

Session 2

Looking Forward: New Approaches and Opportunities

Moderator:  Ms. Deborah Albers – Vice President of Operations, Responsible Business Alliance(invited);

Mr. Josh Kagan – Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Labor, Office of the United States Trade Representative

Mr. Peter Young – Deputy Head of the Trade and Agriculture Section, Delegation of the European Union to the United States

Mr. Scott Nova – Executive Director, Worker Rights Consortium

Professor Jodi Short – Associate Dean for Research & Professor of Law, UC Hastings Law

Ms. Arianna Rossi – Senior Research and Policy Specialist, Better Work, IL