This year EPSU is experimenting with a series of regional meetings to discuss collective bargaining and social dialogue. The aim is to provide another forum, in addition to the annual conference, in which to discuss policy and information and possibly to identify issues that are of particular interest to specific groups of countries or in particular sectors. The first meeting took place in London on 3-4 March and provided some valuable input into the organisation of the main annual conference in Brussels on 9-10 December. Further meetings will take place in Berlin on 13-14 May (for affiliates from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland and Slovak Republic) and in Rome on 9-10 September (for affiliates from Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia and Spain),
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EPSU's regional collective bargaining meetings
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EPSU's collective bargaining meetings
The third of this year’s regional collective bargaining meetings will take place in Bratislava on 14-15 September. Information about the meeting and documents are available on the EPSU website in English, Czech, Romania, Bulgarian, Hungarian and Turkish. The main annual collective bargaining and social dialogue conference will take place in Brussels on 7 and 8 December and initial details are now on the EPSU website. Read more at > Regional CB meeting And on the annual conference at > EPSU CB conference
Book your place at EPSU's collective bargaining conference
Over 100 delegates from 24 countries have already booked their place at this year's collective bargaining conference in Brussels on 30 November and 1 December. There will be a chance to review the last 12 months' developments in social dialogue and collective bargaining in the public services along with specific debates on young workers, older workers, migrant workers and work-life balance. Read more at > EPSU (12 languages)
First regional collective bargaining meeting
Over 30 participants are due to meet in London on 3-4 March in a new initiative to discuss social dialogue and collective bargaining issues among smaller groups of EPSU affiliates. There will be three meetings in 2008 funded from the European Commission's social dialogue budget and the first will bring together affiliates from UK, Ireland, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Affiliates from Norway and Iceland have also been invited. The meeting will discuss current challenges to effective sectoral social dialogue and look at how to improve co-ordination over key collective