TUC Conference - Trade union rights and collective bargaining in Europe

The TUC will be holding an important conference on July 17th.
9:30am-3:30pm, Congress House London

The past year has seen trade union rights being challenged by a series of judgements by the European Court of Justice.

These cases are likely to have a serious impact on collective bargaining and the right to strike and on the ability of governments to use national legislation and procurement arrangements to promote improved social policy and worker protection.

This timely conference will provide an overview of the implications of these cases for UK trade unions and workers and will map out future campaigns in the EU and in the UK to protect workers' and trade unions' rights.

It is expected that the programme will include:

keynote addresses by Brendan Barber (TUC) and John Monks (ETUC),

a panel discussion on the ECJ cases with Professor Keith Ewing and Catelene Passchier (ETUC) amongst others,

interventions by European trade unionists on the impact of the cases on their industrial relation systems

a discussion on the protection of fundamental rights at European and international level

The event will also include workshops on the rights to strike; public procurement and social clauses; and the impact of the ECJ cases on collective bargaining.

A detailed programme will be circulated shortly, for further information please contact Julie Lawrence

jlawrence@tuc.org.uk.

To register please fill in the form available

https://www.unionprofessionals.org.uk/register/add-form1.cfm

Please circulate details of this event to your colleagues, networks and newsletters and confirm your attendance.