Defending and strengthening trade union rights in public services - Final Conference, 22 September 2022

Defending and strengthening trade union rights in public services - Final Conference in the project, 22 September 2022

Invitation

• Letter of invitation
• Practical details
• Hotel booking form
• Registration link

This is a European Commission funded project and it is very important that we have an accurate list of registered participants. If register and then decide not to participate please let us now as soon as possible so that the participation list can be amended. This is also very helpful for the interpreters, those chairing the meeting and other participants.

Dinner on the 21st of September: Bar & Restaurant OLD CITY HOUSE, Boulevard Phillip the Second of Macedon 14, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia

• Menu - we opted for the second option. For the vegetarians, please note you will have the possibility to choose for grilled vegetables, vegetarian pot or what ever you prefer on site. You can also let me know if you have any request for main course.

Agenda

• Draft Agenda

Meeting Documents

• Project research findings – Persistent (and incoherent) limitations of trade union rights for public workers by Alexander De Becker and Lissa Nissen, University of Gent, Belgium

• Presentation: "Role of the Council of Europe and how it can help address restrictions on trade union rights in public services" by Henrik Kristensen, Deputy Executive Secretary of the European Committee of Social Rights of the Council of Europe

• Presentation: "The collective bargaining rights in the Adequate Minimum Wage Directive" by Lorenzo Repetti, ETUC Senior Advisor

• Working group questions - in EN, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Hungarian, Romanian, BCSM and Greek

• EPSU-EuroCOP-EUROMIL Trade Union Rights project - Next Steps  - in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Hungarian, Romanian, BCSM

For a short report of the final conference