Programme

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09.30 | Introduction by Lucie STUDNIČNÁ, EESC Workers' Group President

09.30 – 11.00 | Session I. How to improve collective bargaining in the European Union

  • Maria Luisa CABRAL, Director for Quality Jobs, Working Conditions and Social Dialogue, DG EMPL 
  • Tea JARC, Confederal Secretary, ETUC 
  • Guillaume AFELLAT, Head of Social Affairs, SGI Europe 
  • Patricia VELICU, Head of Collective Bargaining & Social Policy Coordination, industriAll Europe 

Q&A

11.00 – 13.00 | Session II. Facing the future of work — making the most of collective bargaining

How collective bargaining addresses the mega-trends transforming labour markets: digitalisation, climate change, globalisation and population ageing 

Setting the scene: 

  • Peter KERCKHOFS, Senior research manager at Eurofound 
  • Marouane LAABBAS-EL-GUENNOUNI, Researcher - Health, Safety & Working Conditions, ETUI 

Presentation of the FES-UNI Europa report on CB on AI and database of CB on AI 

  • Oliver PHILIPP, Policy officer, FES Competence Centre on the future of work 

Presentation of UIL projects CONTRIA (the Intelligent Collective Bargaining Knowledge Platform) and WILLYIA (intelligent access to the UIL ecosystem) 

  •  Angelo PAGLIARA, UIL projects team
  • Francesco Maria GENNARO, Coordinator of the UIL AI Team 

Presentation of the findings of the study "Collective bargaining as a tool addressing the issue of violence against women" 

  • Paola PANZERI, EPSU Deputy General Secretary 

Q&A

13.00 | Closing remarks by Lucie STUDNIČNÁ, EESC Workers' Group President

 

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