EPSU European Energy Conference - contributions
European Works Councils - Internal market and European energy policy: Mergers, Restructuring and Outsourcing - Common perspectives and responses
1 March - 2 March 2007, International Trade Union House - Auditorium, Boulevard du Roi Albert II, no. 5, 1210 Brussels
Start: 9.00 - 1 March 2007 End - 16.00 - 2 March 2007
International Trade Union House Auditorium 5 Boulevard du Roi Albert II, 1210 Brussels
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1st DAY
09.00 Opening of conference
Sven Bergelin, President EPSU Standing Committee Public Utilities,
Claudio Stanzani, Director SDA
09.15 European Energy Policy
Key note speech by Fabrizio Barbaso European Commission, Deputy Director-General Energy, DG Energy and Transport,
09.45 Claude Turmes, European Parliament, energy spokesperson for the European Greens
Chair: Sven Bergelin, President EPSU Standing Committee Utilities
10.15 Overview of the internal market, state of play and consequences for workers
Professor Steve Thomas, Public Services International Research Unit, University of Greenwich (UK)
Anne-Marie Nevala, ECOTEC (ECOTEC is involved in a study project with European Commission DG Employment on the social consequences of the internal market electricity and gas)
Refreshment break 11.00
11.30 Testimony: How did the internal market effect the companies, what impact did this have on workers and workers representatives ?
Presentation and Panel discussion
Mario d’Arca, Member special negotiating body EWC ENEL, Flaei, Italy
Lubomir Klosik, chair special negotiating body EWC CEZ, Echo Czech Republic
Ronny Ekwall, Member EWC, Vattenfall, SEKO, Sweden
Claude Pommery, Secretary EWC EDF, CGT-FNME, France
12.30 Lunch
Chair: Jan Ruden, Vice-President EPSU Standing Committee Public Utilities
14.00 Industry and company perspective: Future trends and developments
Juho Lipponen, Head of Unit Energy Policy and Generation Eurelectric (European electricity industry organisation and an EPSU social partner
How to avoid oligopolies ? Passionate plea for local and public power
Gert de Block, General Secretary CEDEC - European local energy enterprises.
Industry and company perspective: Future trends and developments Human Resources and Industrial Relations in European energy sector
Presentations and Panel discussion
Alwin Fitting RWE AG,, member of the Board
Bernard Caron, EDF, HR Director, responsible for Industrial Relations
15.45 Refreshment Break
16.00 Industry and company perspective: Future trends and developments
Jean-Marie Devos, General Secretary Eurogas (European natural gas industry organisation and an EPSU social partner)
16.20 European Energy Policy
Herbert Reul, MEP for European Christen-democrats
Joelle Decaillon, ETUC Confederal Secretary responsible for Energy and Environmental Policy 17.30 End of first day
Chair: Reszo Gal, Vice-President of the EPSU Standing Committee on Public Utilities
09.00 Multinational companies in the European electricity and gas sector - an overview
Professor Steve Thomas Public Services International Research Unit, University of Greenwich (UK)
European merger/ acquisition control regulation and implications for the (European) works councils
Pascal Riandey, Director of Secafi-Alpha, Research and consultancy (France)
The role of the EWCs in restructuring, outsourcing, mergers and acquisitions
(Representatives of EWCs which have had to deal with mergers)
Uwe Tigges,President of the EWC RWE Energy
Martine Feuillerat, Secretary of the EWC Gas de France
Norwegian agreement on outsourcing
Vidar Hennum, national officer, El+It (Norway)
11.00 Refreshment break
11.30 Experiences of unions with new owners in new member states
Presentation and Panel discussion
Tsevetomir Nanko, Eon, National Federation of Energy Workers (NFE) Bulgaria
Eugen Capitaneanu ENEL, FEM III, Roumania
Robert Simonoski, EVN, Macedonian Electricity Workers Union
Ludwik Rybicki, EDF,Solidarnosc, Poland 12.30 Lunch
Chair: Claude Pommery, Vice-President EPSU Standing Committee Utilities
14.00 The perspective for improvement of the EWC Directive and strengthening of information and consultation rights
Marco Cilento, ETUC confederal senior advisor and responsible for collective bargaining and information and consultation
14.30 Discussion
15.00 The role of EWCs and how can we campaign around outsourcing and other issues? More rights for EWCs ? How to address outsourcing?
Representatives of EWCs, EPSU EWC Coordinators and EPSU representative
Eugeniusz Jaroszewski, national officer Solidarnosc Energy, Poland
Norbert Kupfer, EWC EON, Verdi, Germany
Steve Bloomfield, National officer, Unison, UK
Jan Willem Goudriaan, EPSU Deputy General Secretary
16.00 End of second day
Sven Bergelin, President EPSU Standing Committee Utilities
Background Papers for the EPSU Energy Conference available on the EPSU website in different languages
For a general overview of EPSU policy papers and other documents, please click here
1. Policy Statements and Resolutions 2006
EU Green Paper: A European Strategy for Sustainable, Competitive and Secure Energy COM(2006) 105 final 8 March 2006 , EPSU position (EN/FR/DE/IT/SV)
2005
Five reasons why action is needed now to promote quality public services in Europe
EPSU Contribution to the Progress Report on the Internal Market for Electricity and Gas
2002
Position Paper on the EU Commission proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a scheme for Greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (23.10.2001 - COM (2001) 581 final), 2002
Opinion of the Standing Committee on Public Utilities regarding the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and the Council on the promotion of combined heat and power (CPH) based upon the demand for useful heat in the internal energy market COM(2002) 415 final, 2002
2001
European Works Council Co-ordinators Network, 2001
The role of Trade Union Co-ordinators in existing European Works Councils and the role of the National Organisations, 2001
2000
Position on the European Commission Communication on “Recent Progress with building the Internal Electricity Market” - COM (2000) 297 final, 16/05/2000
2. Reports, Handbooks
TRACE final handbook: Decentralisation and public services: a case of public sector restructuring, November 2006
Gazprom: Profile, by Steve Thomas, PSIRU, May 2006
Evaluating network services in Europe, a critique of the EC Evaluation of the Performance of Network Industries, by David Hall, PSIRU, April 2006
Recent evidence on the impact of electricity liberalisation on consumer prices, by Steve Thomas, PSIRU, April 2006
Evaluating the impact of liberalisation on public services, a critique of the European Commission 2004 report “Horizontal Evaluation of The Performance of Network Industries Providing Services of General Economic Interest” EC SEC(2004) 866, by David Hall, Director, PSIRU, March 2005
EU Neighbourhood policy: implications for public services and trade unions, by David Hall, PSIRU, February 2006
Taking stock of the liberalization of public utilities: can structural reforms bring the Lisbon strategy back on track, Niklas Noaksson (ETUI-REHS), November 2005
The European Union Gas and Electricity Directives, by Steve Thomas, PSIRU, University of Greenwich, September 2005
Evaluating the impact of liberalisation on public services, a critique of the European Commission 2004 report “Horizontal Evaluation of The Performance of Network Industries Providing Services of General Economic Interest” EC SEC(2004) 866->art1049], by David Hall, Director, PSIRU, March 2005
European Works Council Merger & Acquisitions check list, 2005 (EN/FR/GE/BG/CZ/RO/HU/PL)
Public Services in Europe: Trends and Developments, 10 years of EPSU commissioned research from PSIRU: overview and selected works, 1994-2004, by J. Lethbridge & R. de la Motte
European Works Councils and the electricity sector, Steve Thomas, 2004
Water and DG Competition, David Hall, 2003
EC Internal Market Strategy - implication for water and other public services, David Hall, 2003
Critique of Council for European Energy Regulators Paper on regulation of energy infrastructure - analysis and comments prepared for the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU), 2003
Blackouts: Do liberalisation and privatisation increase the risk?, Steve Thomas and David Hall, 2003
European waste management: background to a discussion on European Works Councils, Steve Davies, 2003
European Water Industry: A background to a discussion on European Works Councils, Robin de la Motte, David Hall and Emanuele Lobina, 2003
Gas Industry liberalisation, restructuring and employment in the EU, Steve Thomas, David Hall and Vladimir Popov, 2002
Critique of the EC paper on horizontal evaluation of Services of General Interest, David Hall (PSIRU), University of Greenwich and Dexter Whitfield, Centre for Public Services, 2002
3. Documents related to the Social Dialogue, Collective Bargaining
General Information on the social dialogue in the energy sector:
Electricity Social Dialogue Statements: http://www.epsu.org/r/99/
Gas Social Dialogue: http://www.epsu.org/r/98/
Collective Bargaining Information is available at: http://www.epsu.org/r/87
Collective Bargaining and Social Dialogue in the Public Services, tackling low pay, EPSU Policy Document, June 2006 (EN/FR/DE/ES/IT/SV/BG/CZ/HU/RO/RU)
EPSU’s Collective Bargaining Policies, Co-ordinating Collective Bargaining: an outline of current EPSU collective bargaining policy and proposals for future developments, December 2005 (EN/FR/DE/ES/IT/SV/BG/CZ/HU/RO)
Transnational solidarity for an integrated industry, 2004
Achieving Equal Pay, 2002
Conclusions of the seminar for Social Dialogue by the Social Partners for the Gas Supply Sector, 2002
Policy Paper on Life-long learning, 2002
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