Thursday, 3 May 2007 |
Opening Session
Chair: Verena Schmidt, ILO
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9.30 am |
Welcome by IG Metall, ILO and Free University Berlin
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9.45 am |
Wolf Jürgen Röder, IG Metall:
The response of German trade unions to the challenge of globalising companies
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10.15 am |
Marion Hellmann, BWI:
The strategy of BWI on MNCs: A coordinated approach to Framework Agreements, Company Codes of Conduct, Corporate Campaigns and European Works Councils |
10.45 am |
Discussion |
11.30 am |
Coffee break |
12 pm |
Thomas Greven, Free University Berlin:
Global Rules and recommendations to protect workers rights |
12.20 pm |
Discussion |
12.45 pm |
Lunch |
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Parallel Session A:
Public awareness strategies of trade unions towards MNEs |
Thursday, 3 May 2007 |
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2 - 3.30 pm |
Session 1: Case study on the London Olympics Campaign (2012) and South African World Cup (2010)
• Background to the Campaign (Athens Olympic Campaign in 2004)
• Campaign Strategies for the London Olympics and the South African World Cup
Chair: Frank Hoffer, ILO
• Doug Miller, ITGLWF
• Dale Forbes, South African Municipal Workers’ Unions |
4 - 5.30 pm |
Session 2: Consumer power (e.g. fair trade/ Forest Stewardship Council)
Chair: Mike Fichter, Free University Berlin
• Ingeborg Wick, Südwind
• Gisbert Schlemmer, FSC/ IG Metall |
Friday, 4 May 2007 morning |
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9 - 10.30 am |
Session 3: Public procurement
Chair: Verena Schmidt, ILO
• Marion Hellmann, BWI
• Gisela Habel, BMZ |
11 am - 12.30 pm |
Session 4: Living wage Campaigns/ Basic Income Floor
Chair: Christoph Scherrer, University of Kassel
• Gabriele Sterkel, ver.di minimum wage campaign
• Doug Miller, ITGLWF |
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Parallel Session B:
Organizing strategies of trade unions towards MNEs |
Thursday, 3 May 2007 |
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2 - 3.30 pm |
Session 1: Strategic organizing and mobilizing: Company networks and International Framework Agreements
Chair: Jochen Kletzin, IG Metall Bildungsstätte Berlin Pichelssee
• Kirill Buketov, IUF Moscow
• N.N., IMF
• Evgeniya Plotnikova, Institute for Comparative Labour Studies, Moscow (ISITO)
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4 - 5.30 pm |
Session 2: Strategic hubs and sectors in production networks
Chair: Susanne Kim, DGB National Training Centre
• Valery Alzaga, ver.di/ SEIU Organizing Security Services in Hamburg
• Dora Zinke, DGB Berlin/Brandenburg |
Friday, 4 May 2007 morning |
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9 - 10.30 am |
Session 3: Organizing along supply chains
Chair: Emilia Ghansah, Ghana TUC
• Felipe Saboya, Observatório Social/ CUT Brazil (presentation)
• Sarah Bormann, WEED
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11 am - 12.30 pm |
Session 4: Organizing in a company
Chair: Horst Mund, IG Metall
• Agnes Schreieder, ver.di: Lidl/ Schlecker campaign Germany/ Europe
• Martin Bartmann, GMEECO (Requirements and Perspectives of the General Motors Europe Employees Cooperation)
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Friday, 4 May 2007 afternoon |
Plenary Session |
2 pm |
The way forward: Concluding Roundtable
Chair: Mike Fichter, Free University Berlin
Brief reports by students from the workshops and open discussion |