Migrant workers: challenges and opportunities for trade unions
Migrant workers: challenges and opportunities for trade unions
Wednesday 7 January 2015, 3.00 – 6.30 p.m.
3.00 – 3.30 p.m.
Welcome and introductions
– Gabi Zimmer, MEP, GUE/NGL President
– Horst Schmitthenner, TUNE
3.30 – 6.30 p.m.
Trade union approach to organising migrant workers
– The state of play: who are they, how many, where do they go, developments?
– Svetlana Boincean, International Union of Foodworkers (IUF)
– Italian challenges and experiences
– Selly Kane, the Immigration Office of the CGIL, Italy
– Norwegian experiences from the construction industry in Oslo
– Peter Vellesen, Chair of the Construction Workers’ Union in Oslo
– Labour migration: how to build unity and solidarity
Thursday 8 January 2015, 9.00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.
9.00 – 10.15 p.m.
TISA – the irreversible commodification of public services through trade agreements
Penny Clarke, Deputy General Secretary, EPSU
10.30 – 11.30 p.m.
What can we expect from the EU political level?
Status of trade union related issues in the European Parliament
Thomas Händel, MEP, GUE/NGL
11.30 – 12.30 p.m.
Report on actual trade union disputes
Dock workers’ struggles in Europe
Terje Samuelsen, Vice President, Norwegian Transport Workers’ Union
Speaker from BTB (Belgische Transportarbeiderbond) (tbc)
Cleaning workers in Greece
Kostadinka Kuneva, MEP supporter of the cleaning workers, Greece
Georgia Oikonomou, Panhellenic Federation, Employees of Public Financial Services
The other side of Internet-Shopping : Strike of Amazon workers in Germany
Stefan Najda, Verdi – United Services Union, retail sector, Germany
Tim Schmidt, Workers representative Amazon, Germany
Any other business
Interpretation for both meetings: FR, DE, NL, IT, EN, DA, EL, ES, PT, SV, CS, FI
For more information contact:
Karola Boger
[email protected]
GUE/NGL press contact: Gianfranco Battistini + 32 475 646628