Necessary changes ahead - Climate challenges and the trade union response
Opening: Gabi Zimmer and Horst Schmitthenner, TUNE
Wednesday 18 November 15:00 – 18.30
How do we influence the coming climate summit in Paris and set the scene for the challenges needed in confronting the climate crisis?
Sean Sweeny (Trade Unions for Energy Democracy, City University, New York)
Simona Fabiani (CGIL, Italy)
Lars Brogaard (3F Kastrup, Denmark)
Trade union responses to austerity
Dan Koivulaakso (Trade union for public and welfare sector): Mass protest brings Finnish government to negotiations
Mads Hvid (European Transport Workers Federation): Fair Transport Europe – social dumping on the roads
Thursday 19 November 9am – 12.30pm:
TTIP and the implications for the workers' movement in Europe
Claude Serfati, rapporteur on the ETUI report: TTIP – a controversial agreement and dangerous for workers (July 2015)
Ongoing workers struggle in Europe
What’s in the EU pipeline for trade unions in Europe?
Report from GUE/NGL MEP Thomas Händel (chair of the employment committee)
For more information please contact;
GUE/NGL press contact: Gianfranco Battistini
+ 32 475 646628