Forward through collective bargaining – September 2022

01.09.22

Forward through collective bargaining – September 2022

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Putting workers at the centre of the European care strategy



We’ve been pushing for the upcoming European Care Strategy to enhance trade union rights, collective bargaining, working conditions, staffing levels and quality care. To ensure that workers’ interests are embedded in the strategy, UNI has been working with key decision-makers in all three legislative EU institutions.

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Back to work: 3 key upcoming events



As well as our usual internal meetings, UNI Europa is coordinating three key events in September. Firstly, we still have some places left for our training for new European Works Council members. Secondly, we will be at the Labora Conference this year, where we are coordinating two panel discussions: Is AI becoming the second boss? A workers’ perspective on algorithm management at the workplace & Back to the Dark Ages? The rise of a new retail model.

 

In case you missed it

 

Face-to-face, hybrid, online? The format of SNB, EWC and SE-WC meetings post-covid-19

 

Germany: Verdi publishes action guide against racist discrimination at work

 

Poland: Castorama workers win reinstatement through the courts

 

DHL group adopts a new OECD Protocol & work plan with global unions

 

Opening: Policy Coordinator Graphical sector

 

Call for tender: Literature study on the logic and effects of multiemployer collective bargaining

 

Oslo graphical workers look to the future on 150th anniversary of their union

 

Workers, regulators and social media creators give Amazon its hottest August on record

 

EU pact for skills: UNI Europa joins partnership

 

ETNO and UNI Europa ICTS consolidate social dialogue project findings on Digital Upskilling for All

 

More than 170,000 CWU members to strike in the UK

 

UPCOMING MEETINGS

29 August
Ad hoc working group on the Pact for skills in the retail ecosystem
6-7 September
Cross sectoral EWC training for new EWC members in Brussels
7-10 September
ILERA Congress, Barcelona
12 September
Due diligence project steering group meeting
14 September
State of the Union Address
14-15 September
Gaming workshop on “eliminating violence and harassment in the world of work”
21 September
Back to the dark ages? The rise of a new retail model
21 September
Is AI becoming the second boss?
22 September
Petitions, surveys and newsletters for targetted messaging
26 September
Travel agencies and tour operators network meeting
27-28 September
Workers’ rights in audiovisal media multinationals
28 & 29 September:
Contact Centre Organising Forum, Antwerp (organised by ICTS Global)
30 September
Third-party violence webinar “eliminating violence and harassment in the world of work”


Meetings & Events

2024

15

Oct

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17

Oct

17

Oct

Sectoral SD Committee Temporary Agency Workers Plenary Meeting

Agency Workers

Timing: TBC

14

Nov

Protected: Final Conference – ARCO PROJECT – ADDRESSING REMOTE WORK THROUGH COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND ORGANISING – 14 November 2024 – ANTWERP, BELGIUM

Finance

ICT & Related Services

On 14th November the Conference will end with a cocktail/buffet reception.
Timings: TBC