Invitation to the European Labour Law Conference – 17th of October 2015 – Madrid – SAVE THE DATE
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European Labour Law conference
UNDER PRESSURE OF THE TROIKA – THE IMPACT ON COLLECTIVE LABOUR RIGHTS IN SOUTHERN EUROPE AND IRELAND
17th October 2015, Madrid,
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
The draft programme:
09h30 registration
10h00 Start
1. Welcome
- 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
- 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
- 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
- France, Jean Luc Wabant,(avocat, président de la commission sociale du SAF), Lille
- England, John Hendy Q.C., barrister, London
- Belgium, Leila Lahssaini, lawyer, 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 by
- Professor Tonia Novitz (University of Bristol Law School) Bristol and
- 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. , barrister, 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-RADE)
The conference is supported by the
- 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
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