Monday 21 April 2014

International Bargaining and Regulation Seminar: 29th April 2014

Colleagues,

On behalf of the good people (Joe Holly, Dave Spooner et al) behind the Global Labour Institute (GLI) can I encourage you to attend a half-day event in Manchester next week. All details are below including how to book a place. I can't think of a better time for such a gathering and so I commend the GLI and its partner organisations for putting together a thought-provoking programme with a dynamic cross-section of speakers.

A half-day seminar to explore current thinking and experience in international collective bargaining and regulation. The seminar is one of a sequence of events that follow GLI’s International Summer Schools, enabling trade unionists and academics to explore and discuss some of the key issues in greater depth. The seminars are organised as a partnership between the Global Labour Institute in Manchester, the European Work and Employment Research Centre at Manchester Business School and the Critical Labour Studies network.


Harold Hankins Building Room 10.05 (10th Floor) 
Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, M13 9PL

Programme

12:30 Welcome and informal lunch

13:00  New Developments in Trade unions, International Bargaining and Regulation
General discussion introduced by Prof Miguel Martinez Lucio and Dr Stephen Mustchin (MBS)

13:30  European Works Councils and the new dynamics of participation in the EU  Prof Jeremy Waddington (MBS)

14:00  Global Union Federation strategies for International Collective Bargaining
Dave Spooner/Dr Joe Holly, (Global Labour Institute, Manchester)

14:30 Break

15:00 Collective Bargaining in Transnationals – Theory and Reality?
John Storey (Exec Council Member, Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Process and Textiles,
Unite the Union)  Martin Mayer (Chair of the International Transportworkers Federation Road Transport  Section, and Exec Council Member, Passenger Transport, Unite the Union)
Followed by discussion

16:00  Legitimacy, Tripartism and Decent Work Deficits  Dr Phoebe Moore, Middlesex University

16:30 Prospects for effective international bargaining and regulation
Roundtable discussion

17:00 Close

To register, please contact Joe Holly at GLI – joe.holly@global-labour.net

In Solidarity

Ian

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