The role of trade Unions regarding the community strategy on health and safety at work
FINAL AGENDA
Monday 12 December
Chair: Judith Kirton-Darling, ETUC & Kazimierz Grajcarek, NSZZ Solidarność, Poland
09:00 - 09:20
ETUC introduction
European Trade Union Confederation
Bernadette Ségol, ETUC General Secretary
09:20 - 10:30
Welcome speeches
Polish Presidency (including expectations regarding a New strategy)
Radoslaw Mleczko, Ministry of Labour and Social Policy
Polish Labour Protection Council Danuta Koradecka, The Labour Protection Council NSZZ “Solidarność” Piotr Duda, President of the National Commission of NSZZ “Solidarność”
The All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions OPZZ
Jan GUZ, President of OPZZ
Discussion
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:45
EU Strategy on Health and Safety at Work: European Institutions and the Agency
The mid-term review of the European Strategy 2007-2012 on H&S at work
Karima Delli, Member of European Parliament
Developing a step by step approach towards a new OSH strategy - the need for a full evaluation of the 2007-2012 Strategy
Armindo Silva, European Commission
A presentation of the EU OSHA on the Agency input to the New Strategy
Eusebio Rial Gonzales, EU OSHA
Discussion
11:45 - 12:30
EU Strategy on Health and Safety at Work: European Social Partners
A role of the Strategy in overall OHS in the EU: the ETUC priorities
Laurent Vogel, ETUI, Belgium
BUSINESSEUROPE priorities for EU Health and Safety Strategy
Rebekah Smith, Senior Adviser, Social Affairs
Discussion
12:45 - 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 - 17:30 Work in two separate groups
GROUP A
14:00 – 15:30
Trade Unions as drivers in pushing better health and safety work on the EU level: REACH and Chemicals
Chair: Laurent Vogel & Józef Woźny, OPZZ
REACH – a strong feature of changes, a general stocktaking, 5 years of REACH, were we are, challenges and what role in next strategy
Tony Musu, European Trade Union Institute, Belgium
Connections between REACH and workers’ protection legislation. Workers possible involvement and actions.
Henning Wriedt, Beratungs- und Informationsstelle Arbeit & Gesundheit, Germany
Discussion
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:30
Trade Unions as drivers in pushing better health and safety work on the EU level: branch and multinational company level initiatives
Particle pollution in Copenhagen Airport – Union strategy for clean air (workplace)
Janne Hansen, 3F - United Federation of Danish Workers, Denmark
Construction as a pilot for a long-term H&S strategy (branch)
Jan Cremers, European Institute for Construction Labour Research (CLR), the Netherlands
ArcelorMittal Global Agreement on OHS (multinational company)
Andrea Husen, European Metalworkers Federation, Belgium
Discussion
Group B
14:00 - 17:30 (Break 15:30 – 16:00)
Discussion Forum on new EU OSHA Strategy 2013-2020
Chair: Viktor Kempa ETUI & Piotr Górny, NSZZ “Solidarność”
Workers’ demands regarding the EU OSHA strategy and products
Cooperation and involvement in the Agency projects
Next European Healthy Workplace Campaign
Tuesday 13 December
Chair: Lone Jacobsen & Dariusz Goc, OPZZ
09:00 - 10:30
National and enterprise level examples on workers involvement in health and safety at work and interactions with the EU Strategy
Analysis of the findings of the ESENER on the effectiveness and support for worker representation and consultation on H&S
David Walters, Cardiff University, the United Kingdom
Regional safety representatives in construction sector & SMEs in Sweden. A new study on the Swedish regional safety representatives’ activities by Dalarna University
Jörgen Eriksson and Christina Järnastedt, LO, Sweden
Workers H&S Representatives in Poland – a national concept and current challenges
Iwona Pawlaczyk, NSZZ Solidarność
Discussion
10:30 -11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00
National and enterprise level examples on workers involvement in health and safety at work and interactions with the EU Strategy
An experience from Polish railway sector
Eugeniusz Śliwiński, OPZZ, Poland
Trade Union support for Workers’ Representatives in Spain
Fernando Rodrigo Cencillo, CC.OO, Spain
How H&S Committees and Workers’ Reps could face to new and emerging risks at the workplace?
Workers involvement in H&S: summary & a comparison of different approaches
Kaj Frick, Malardalen University, Sweden
Discussion
12:00 - 12:30
Concluding remarks
Final words from the European Commission
Costas CONSTANTINOU, Head of Unit "Health, Safety and Hygiene at Work" of the European Commission
Discussion
12:30 - 13:00
Round Table
Moderated by Judith Kirton-Darling, ETUC
Trade union visions towards 2020 horizon
Laurent Vogel, ETUI
Iwona Pawlaczyk, NSZZ “Solidarność”
Renata Górna, OPZZ
End of the conference
Avec le soutien de la Commission européenne
With the support of the European Commission
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