A small working group of 14 representatives from 11 countries met in Brussels on 17 March to review the 2008 collective bargaining conference, discuss current priorities and plan for the 2009 conference. The group agreed that the 2009 conference should focus on the impact of the crisis collective bargaining and particular the effect on women workers. A key debate at the conference will look at decent work and particularly the potential contribution that lifelong learning can make to help workers through the restructuring arising from the recession. A more detailed report of the meeting will be available shortly along with a draft programme for the 2009 conference that will take place in Brussels on 3-4 December.
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