16:00 - 17:30
The Regulation of Labour in the Copper Mines of Zambia and DR Congo
Room: Aston Webb Theatre – G33
Stream: Unearthing New Scholarship on the Central African Copperbelt
Chair/s:
Jennifer Chibamba Chansa
16:00 - 16:15
Tu-A54 Copperbelt 3-P-001
On Sell-outs and Strikes: The repertoire of resistance of a Congolese union delegation in a Chinese mining company.
Kristien Geenen
University of Liège, Liege, Belgium
16:15 - 16:30
Tu-A54 Copperbelt 3-P-002
“A Reasonable Negotiation?”  Trade Unions’ conflicting responsibilities in Zambian Neoliberalism
Thomas McNamara
Université de Liége, Liege, Belgium
16:30 - 16:45
Tu-A54 Copperbelt 3-P-003
“Starting on Gécamines’ ashes”: The HR management practices of new mining companies in the Congolese copperbelt
Benjamin Rubbers
University of Liège, Liege, Belgium
16:45 - 17:00
Tu-A54 Copperbelt 3-P-004
“Little Lawyers”: HR Managers as interface between foreign capital and domestic labour markets
Emma Lochery
University of Liège, Liege, Belgium