International PROMO Conference
Padua, 14-15 June, 2018
(Aula Mocenigo – Palazzo del Bo, Via VIII Febbraio, 2)
Enhancing economic democracy for posted workers
14th June, 2018
2:00pm – 4:00pm – Opening Session
Welcome: Devi Sacchetto (University of Padova)
Opening Speech: Nathan Lillie (University of Jyväskylä)
Presentation of Background Paper: Bettina Haidinger (Forba, Vienna)
Discussant of the Background Paper: Line Eldring (Fellesforbundet -Norway)
Key Note Speaker: Gabriella Alberti (University of Leeds)
4:00pm – 4:30 pm – coffee break
4:30pm – 6:30pm – National cooperation of trade unions and other stakeholders to support and represent posted workers – practical experiences
Chair: Marek Canek (Central European Organising Center)
Anu Ikonen (Regional State Administrative Agency Southwestern Finland):
The cooperation of Finnish labour inspectors and trade unions
Goran Lukic (Delavska svetovalnica, Slovenia):
Tracking the (exploitation of) labour rights of posted workers; the importance of net-working
Adrian Tamasi (Filca Cisl, Milan):
Bilateral Agencies and best practices in the construction industry. The Expo 2015 case
Emanuele Verrocchi (Fillea -CGIL L’aquila)
A case of exploitation of posted workers in l’ Aquila, the biggest construction site in Italy
15th June, 2018
9:00am – 10:30am – Third country nationals as PW and unions
Chair: Sonila Danaj (European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research)
Katerina Vankova (Kovo-Foxconn, Cech Republic)
Temporary agency workers and unions
Ivana Radović (ASTRA-Anti Trafficking Action, Belgrade, Serbia)
Labour exploitation – recruitment of workers: case study from the country of origin
Sanja Cukut Krilić, Mojca Vah Jevšnik (ZRC SAZU, Slovenia)
Posting of third-country nationals from Slovenia
Fausto Durante (Italian General Confederation of Labour- CGIL)
The transnational posting of workers as a metaphor of social dumping
10:30am – 11:00am – coffee break
11:00am- 12:30am – Representing and Organising international transport workers
Chair: Bettina Haidinger (Forba, Vienna)
Paolo Siligato (ITF, Italy)
Welcome On Board
John Reynaert (BTB Belgium)
How Belgian transport companies organize social dumping in Slovakia
Sergio Zulian (Adl Cobas- Italy)
Migrant workers, temp agency and unions
Michael Wahl (Faire Mobilität BWW BVF, Germany)
Fair Mobility in Europe – Experiences from supporting mobile workers in the Transport Sector
12:30pm-2:00pm – Lunch
2:00pm – 3:30pm – Working and living conditions of posted workers
Chair: Francesco Iannuzzi (University of Padua)
Rossana Cillo (University of Venice),
Working conditions and occupational safety and health of posted workers in Belgium. Main findings of the Poosh project
Sonila Danaj (European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research)
The Occupational Safety and Health of Posted Workers in the EU
Birgit Kraemer (Institute of Social and Economic Research)
Enforcement of posted workers’ rights: labour inspection under inspection
3:30pm – 4:00pm – coffee break
4:00pm – 5:30pm – Transnational solutions for representing posted workers
Chair: Devi Sacchetto (University of Padua)
Inga-Lena Heinisch (European Transport Workers’ Federation)
Organising transport workers in a transnational context: ETF’s experiences
Justyna Oblacewicz (Faire Mobilität BWW BVF, Germany)
Fair Mobility – Benefits of Transnational Support for Mobile Workers
Marek Canek (Central European Organising Center)
Migrant workers and organising in Central Europe