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TURI Conference 13/14 May 2011 Athens
Just before the start of the ETUC Congress in Athens (16-19 May) this year's TURI conference took place in the Greek capital. It was hosted by the the Greek member of the TURI-network – the Labour Institute of the Greek General Confederation (INE/GSEE – ADEDY) and was widely attended by the members of the network, journalists and students.
Agenda (incl. PowerPoint presentations)
Friday, 13 May
17:00 Opening debate ‘The crisis and trade union strategies’
John Monks, General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
Yannis Panagopoulos, President of the Greek General Confederation of Labour (GSEE)
Peter Scherrer, General Secretary of the European Metalworkers’ Federation (EMF)
Saturday, 14 May 2011
09:00 Welcome
Philippe Pochet, ETUI General Director
09:15 1st plenary session: Wages and collective bargaining
- European coordination of wage policy - different concepts and developments, Thorsten Schulten, WSI researcher
- Impact of the recent crisis on collective bargaining in Greece, Yannis Kouzis, Associated Professor at the Panteion University of Social and Political Science in Athens and INE Senior researcher
11:00 2nd plenary session: Exploring new frontiers for European trade unions
- A twofold unsatisfied demand for organising? The opinion of youth representatives at the ETUC level and union confederations’ representing and recruitment efforts for youth, Kurt Vandaele, ETUI researcher
- Social partners and climate change: presentation of TURI report, Bruno Estrada, Studies Director Fundacion 1º de mayo
12:30 Discussion on instruments for the TURI network: publication series, website, working groups etc
15:00 3rd plenary session: From crisis to austerity
- Austerity packages assessment and labour market developments, Andrew Watt, ETUI Senior researcher
- Pensions after the financial and economic crisis, David Natali, Scientific Director of the Observatoire Social Européen (OSE)
16:30 Final remarks by Bernadette Ségol, newly elected ETUC General Secretary