Collective bargaining conference

On 5 March EPSU has organised a collective bargaining working group to follow up last month's collective bargaining conference. The aim of the working group will be to review the conference, plan for the 2007 conference (3-4 December) and consider the collective bargaining work for the current year. The working group will also have the opportunity to comment on the revised versions of the policy documents on young workers and migrant workers and the draft annual report. All members of the epsucob@ network and conference participants should have received a copy of the draft annual report. If

A conference organised by the ETUI research organisation provided an opportunity to debate the impact of the crisis and austerity including a session on collective bargaining which has been particularly hit with knock-on pressure on wages in some sectors. "The collective bargaining system has been all-but wrecked in Ireland and Romania," said Torsten Müller and Magdalena Bernaciak. The ETUI researchers have observed a decentralization of collective bargaining along with increased government intervention in it. This has mainly affected southern and eastern Europe, while northern countries have

In preparation for the its collective bargaining conference in Brussels on 13-14 December, EPSU has produced a briefing document summarising the main issues for debate in the various sessions and providing links to relevant documents. The briefing is available on the conference website where you can also register and find other practical details. There will be sessions on: - economic governance and wages - public sector restructuring and the impact on collective bargaining - evaluation of the social dialogue and - attacks on labour law and trade union rights. [Read more at > EPSU->http:/