Opportunities and challenges for workers’ participation in Europe
Workshop: Workers’ participation in corporate governance
Organized by the European Workers’ Participation Competence Centre of the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) and the Confederación de Comisiones Obreras (CCOO)
When: Monday, 23 April2018 (9:00 – 17:30)
Where: Escuela Muñiz Zapico, Calle Longares, 6, 28022 Madrid (España), Metro: Las Musas
AGENDA
9:00 Welcome
9:15 Opening and introduction
Aline Hoffmann, ETUI and Cristina Faciabén, CCOO
9:45 The modernization of Spanish industrial relations: standing by trade union participation
Unai Sordo, CCOO and Josu Bilbao, Confebask
Moderation: Cristina Faciabén
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 What role for workers in the democratization of corporate governance?Review and prospects
Mario del Rosal Crespo, Economist.
Isabelle Ferreras, Université de Louvain.
Moderation: Sara Lafuente Hernández, ETUI
12:30 The state of participation in corporate governance: a European perspective
Paul de Beer, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS), Universiteit van Amsterdam.
Sara Lafuente Hernández, ETUI
European Trade Union Confederation(tbc)
Moderation: Bruno Estrada, CCOO
14:00 Lunch and coffee
15:00 Trade Unions and participation in the company: practice and exchange of experience
Rafael Guerrero, representative in the EWC of Volkswagen.
Karin Åberg, representative in the board of directors and EWC of Ericsson
Óscar Romero, supervisory board of Fresenius.
French CGT representative in board of directors (tbc)
German IG Metall representative in supervisory board(tbc)
Moderation: Aline Hoffmann, ETUI
17:00 Conclusions y closure
Sara Lafuente Hernández, ETUI and Bruno Estrada, CCOO
Isabelle Ferreras 