Supported by the European Commission:
DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
Information about the project and materials:
www.intergenerationalbargaining.eu
PROGRAM CONFERENCE
Intergenerational Bargaining in Europe:
towards integrated bargaining for younger ánd older workers
9 december 2014
Room B, International Trade Union House, Boulevard du Roi Albert II, 5, Brussels
There are two-way translators in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish.
8.30
Registration at conference desk
9.00
Key issues, concepts and main project results in comparative perspectives
Frank Tros (& Maarten Keune), University of Amsterdam, AIAS.
9.35
EU-law and EU-policies
Petra Schott, European Commission: ‘The EU legal framework on antidiscrimination
and the work of the European Commission to prevent age discrimination'.
Mia Rönnmar, Lund University:
'EU Age Discrimination Law and EU Policies:
Opportunities and Barriers for Regulation Targeted at Younger and Older Workers'.
(questions)
10.25
Coffee/tea break
10.50
Interlinked collective bargaining for both younger and older workers:
which lessons have been learned?
Roberto Pedersini (& Lisa Rustico), Universita degli Studi di Milano:
‘Intergenerational bargaining in Italy between policies and practice’.
Paolo Cuneo, Federchimica: ‘Bargaining on – and connecting between – the youngest
and oldest workers in the chemical sector’.
(in Italian)
Michèle Tallard, Université Dauphine Paris: ‘Intergenerational bargaining in France’
(in French)
Frédéric Souillot, FO Métaux: Contrat de Génération in the French metal industry.
(in French)
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Dominique Méda, Université Dauphine Paris:
‘Reflections on bargaining around age management’
(in French)
12.00
Questions and debate
moderator: Prof. dr. Roberto Pedersini, Universita degli Studi di Milano
12.20
Lunch
13.20
Demography agreements and life-course regulations:
an innovative and integral pathway in intergenerational bargaining?
Antonio Brettschneider, Universität Duisburg-Essen: Intro German case.
Viktoria Kalass, Lars Hünninghausen, Agv MoVe: ‘Facing demographical change at
Deutsche Bahn: Collective bargaining agreement designed to address demographic
change’
Michael Winkler, Industriegewerkschaft Bergbau, Chemie, Energie:
‘Weiterentwicklung des Demografie-Tarifvertrages’
(in German)
(questions)
14.20
Coffee break
14.40
How can social partners in Europe contribute to improving employment and
work for the youth and for older workers at the same time?
Maarten Keune, AIAS, University of Amsterdam: ‘Which lessons have been learned
from the iNGenBar-project and what are the key questions to be discussed?
Roundtable. Moderator: Maarten Keune, AIAS, University of Amsterdam
Michael Freytag, Eurociett
Sophie Jänicke, industriALL
Richard Pond, EPSU
Ilaria Savoini, EuroCommerce
Sophie Thörne, SALAR-CEEP
Debate
16.00
Closure
This event is part of the project ‘iNGenBar’- Intergenerational Bargaining - financed by the European
Commission; DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion; Social Dialogue, Industrial Relations
(VS/2013/0353). Reports, presentations and discussions in this conference reflect the views of the
persons involved and are not the Commission’s responsibility.
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