Collective Bargaining and Social Policy Conference Vienna, 12-13 June 2014 “Negotiating our future!” Trade union strategies in times of economic crisis Programme Thursday, 12 June 8H30 Welcome coffee and registration of participants 9H30 Opening and Welcome Address Rainer Wimmer, President of ProGe, Austria 9H40 Introductory speech “Negotiating our future – trade union strategies in times of crisis” Michael Vassiliadis, President of industriAll Europe 10H00 “Tendencies in Collective Bargaining (including the Eucoban Report and Evaluation of the Common Demands)” and “Securing decent work: Increasing the coverage of collective agreements in Europe” Introduction: Manfred Anderle, Chairman of industriAll Europe Collective Bargaining and Social Policy Committee Discussion of the report 11H00-11H20 Coffee break Conference organised with financial support from the EU International Trade Union House (ITUH) - Boulevard du Roi Albert II 5 (bte 10) - B-1210 Brussels Tel: +32 (0)2/226 0050 [email protected] www.industriall-europe.eu 1 11H20 “Wages and collective bargaining during the European economic crisis – Developments in European manufacturing industry" Study by Thorsten Schulten (WSI) and Torsten Müller (ETUI) 11H50 Discussion of the report 12H30 Presentation and discussion of the draft Resolution “Securing the Future of Europe – Let’s organise solidarity now!” Introduction: Bart Samyn, Deputy General Secretary of industriAll Europe 13H00-14H30 Lunch break (Press Conference) 14H30 “EU economic governance - attacks against workers and trade unions” Key note speech by Ulrich Eckelmann, General Secretary of industriAll Europe 14H45 “Austerity policy towards the crisis – a timely strike against workers and trade unions?” Round table discussion with: Veli-Pekka Säikkälä, Vice-President of IF Metall, Sweden Dominique Gillier, General Secretary of FGMM-CFDT, France Prof. Maria Karamessini, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences (Athens) Markus Marterbauer, Arbeiterkammer Wien Moderator: Marie-Noëlle Lopez, Editor, Planet Labor 15H45 Coffee break 16H15 “Collective Bargaining Strategies in the ongoing Crisis” Conference organised with financial support from the EU International Trade Union House (ITUH) - Boulevard du Roi Albert II 5 (bte 10) - B-1210 Brussels Tel: +32 (0)2/226 0050 [email protected] www.industriall-europe.eu 2 Discussion of the report 17H00 Continuation of the discussion on the draft Resolution “Securing the Future of Europe – Let’s organise solidarity now!” 17H30 End of the day 19H00 Dinner hosted by ProGe Friday, 13 June 9H00 “The future face of work – poor, young, precarious?” Round table discussion with: Jörg Hoffmann, 2nd President of IG Metall, Germany Emil Machyna, President of OZ Kovo, Slovakia Diana Junquera Curiel, Chair of industriAll Europe Equal Opportunities Working Group, UGT-FITAG, Spain Lise Lyngsnes Randeberg, President of Tekna, Norway Moderator: Marie-Noëlle Lopez, Editor, Planet Labor 10H00 “Youth unemployment and demographic change” Discussion of the document 11H00-11H20 Coffee break 11H20 Continuation of the discussion 12H00 Vote on the draft Resolution “Securing the Future of Europe – Let’s organise solidarity now!” Conference organised with financial support from the EU International Trade Union House (ITUH) - Boulevard du Roi Albert II 5 (bte 10) - B-1210 Brussels Tel: +32 (0)2/226 0050 [email protected] www.industriall-europe.eu 3 12H30 Conference conclusions Bart Samyn, Deputy General Secretary of industriAll Europe 13H00 Close of Conference Departure of participants/Lunch ________________ 14H30 – 17H00 Special option: Guided tour through the city of Vienna “Red Vienna – History of the workers’ movement in Vienna” Conference organised with financial support from the EU International Trade Union House (ITUH) - Boulevard du Roi Albert II 5 (bte 10) - B-1210 Brussels Tel: +32 (0)2/226 0050 [email protected] www.industriall-europe.eu 4
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