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Invitation – Conference – Under the Pressure of the Troika – The Impact on collective Labour Rights
European Labour Law conference
UNDER PRESSURE OF THE TROIKA – THE IMPACT ON COLLECTIVE LABOUR RIGHTS IN SOUTHERN EUROPE AND IRELAND
17th October 2015, CentroCentro, Plaza de Cibeles No. 1, 28014 Madrid (new address !!!)
Simultaneous translation: Spanish, English, French, German
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The themes of the conference are to be:
Collective Rights of workers (trade union rights, collective bargaining, freedom of association, freedom of assembly …)
- Deconstruction of collective labour rights
- Criminalization of social movements
- What’s happening in the EU and in the ILO
- Impact of the EU – US and Canada Trade agreement (TTIP, CETA)
- The relationship between collective and individual rights in this context
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The draft programme:
09h30 registration
10h00 Start
1. Welcome speeches:
- Manuela Carmena, Mayor of Madrid (invited)
- Mauricio Valiente Ots 3th mayor of Madrid
- Javier COUSO PERMUY, GUE/NGL, member of the European Parliament
2. Introduction: Dr. Aristea Koukiadaki (Senior Lecturer in Employment Law, School of Law), Manchester
3.1 Countries under pressure, reports, each 15 min.,
- Spain, Professor Antonio Baylos Grau (Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha), La Mancha
- Italy, Professor Antonio Loffredo (Universita degli Studi di Siena), Siena
11h30 -11h50 Coffee break
3.2 Countries under pressure, reports, each 15 min.,
- Portugal, Professor Jose J. Abrantes (Universidade Nova de Lisboa), Lisbon
- Greece, Alexandros Nikolouzos, lawyer, Athens
- Ireland, Esther Lynch (ICTU, Legal & Social Affairs Officer), Dublin
13h00 lunch
14h00
3.3 Other country reports, each 5 – 10 min.
- France, Jean Luc Wabant, Paris
- England, John Hendy Q.C., London
- Belgium, Leila Lahssaini, Progress Lawyers Network, Antwerp/Brussels
- Germany, Dr. Detlef Hensche, Lawyer, President of IG Druck und Papier (printers union) for many years, Berlin
- Sweden, Anne Alfredson, Legal Counsel for unions members of LO and TCO in Sweden, Stockholm
15h30-15h50 tea break
16h00
4. Plenary session:
Introduction (each 15 min.) by
- Professor Tonia Novitz (University of Bristol Law School) Bristol
- Jeffrey Vogt (Director of the Legal Unit, ITUC) Brussels
followed by panel discussion together with
- Dr. Aristea Koukiadaki (Senior Lecturer in Employment Law, School of Law) Manchester,
- Raul Maillo, labour lawyer, Valencià,
- Alexandros Nikolouzos, lawyer, Athens
- Professor Antonio Loffredo (Universita degli Studi di Siena), Siena
chair John Hendy Q.C. , London
17h30 Conclusions
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Organizers of the Conference:
- European Lawyers for Workers (ELW-Network), www.elw-network.eu
- European Association of Lawyers for Democracy & World Human Rights (ELDH), www.eldh.eu
- Left-Wing Lawyers Forum – Democratic Lawyer Network of Spain (Foro de abogados/as de Izquierdas (FAI-RAD)
The conference is supported by
- European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL), http://www.guengl.eu
- European Democratic Lawyers (EDL), http://www.aeud.org/
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REGISTRATION
Registration (name, profession, address): Please register now office@elw-network.eu
or on the ELW-Network website
Registration fee
- 120 € for lawyers and other professions (lunch included) – 50 € reduced fee on demand
- 30 € for students (lunch included) – 20 € reduced fee on demand
- Others: free
Transfer of the registration fee to the ELW-Network bank account
bank account:ING (name of the bank), ELW (account holder)
Chaussée de Haecht 55, BE – 1210 – Brussels, Belgium (address of the bank)
IBAN BE14 3631 2954 7883, BIC/SWIFT BBRUBEBB
Payment at the conference only in cash