Over 100 participants from 20 countries took part in the sixth annual EPSU collective bargaining conference. ETUC deputy general secretary Maria Helena Andre kicked of the conference with a briefing on the inter-sectoral social dialogue and the challenges facing the ETUC in securing any action from the employers. Collective bargaining expert Maarten Keune from the ETUI-REHS outlined the results of the latest ETUC collective bargaining survey and then delegates had a chance to exchange information about pay developments in the public services. Specific debates took place on age management and sustainable development and the conference agreed to develop a policy on age management to take forward to the EPSU executive committee in 2008. The debate on the second day of the conference focused on the future of European industrial relations in the public services with contributions from industrial relations academics Paul Marginson and Franz Trazler along with Bart Samyn, deputy general secretary of the European Metalworkers' Federation. A more detailed report will be available on the EPSU website.
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