A FAIR FUTURE FOR WORKERS’
MOBILITY IN EUROPE!
INVITATION
On 09 May 2021 the »Conference on the Future of Europe« was launched – a wide-reaching discussion process through which citizens, social partners and civil society can contribute and discuss their ideas on the state of the European Union and its further development. In this context, the conference »A Fair Future for Workers’ Mobility in Europe« is intended to shed a light on the dark sides of the European labour market.
Labour mobility within the European Union is consistently on the rise.
Whilst the free movement of people and services works smoothly in many sectors, in practice, »problem sectors« have emerged in Germany. In meat industry,
»24-hour domestic care«, in transport and logistics and also seasonal agricultural work, workers from Eastern and Southern Europe are often subject to particularly precarious working and living conditions, covered by few or no collective agreements and, through various different practices, paid below the legal minimum wage.
The conference »A Fair Future for Workers’ Mobility in Europe« will provide a space to discuss examples of reg- ulatory deficiencies in these sectors. The discussion will include experiences from the advice services offered to workers from other EU countries amongst others by
»Fair Mobility«. In the final discussion, political actors from Germany and the EU will draw on these experiences to discuss the necessary political and regulatory responses.
Note: This is a hybrid conference. You can register for the event in the FES conference hall in presence or for the digital transmission, then a zoom link will be sent to you shortly before the event after registration.
The event will be translated simultaneously into German and English.
PROGRAMME
Moderator: Pitt von Bebenburg, Frankfurter Rundschau 10:00 WELCOME
Marc Meinardus, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
10:10 KEY NOTES
• Workers’ mobility towards Germany – status quo and
challenges: Dr Rolf Schmachtenberg, State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs
• Regulatory deficits and areas for action from the trade union perspective: Anja Piel, Member of the Executive Board of the German Trade Union Confederation
10:50 COFFEE BREAK
11:10 LABOUR MARKET MOBILITY ON THE GROUND: HOW ARE CONDITIONS FOR WORKERS IN SELECTED SECTORS?
– Parallel Forums –
• FORUM 1: Meat industry– the
»Arbeitsschutzkontrollgesetz« (Occupational Health and Safety
Control Act) – how successful is state regulation? Inputs: Szabolcs Sepsi (Fair Mobility); Thomas Bernhard (NGG);
• FORUM 2: Domestic care – problematic practices –
regulatory deficiencies – domestic care workers defending themselves.
Inputs: Justyna Oblacewicz (Fair Mobility), Dietmar Erdmeier (ver.di)
• FORUM 3: Seasonal agricultural work – short-term employment – how long will Germany keep this up?
Inputs: Benjamin Luig (European Migrant Workers’ Union), Christian Rehmer (BUND e. V.)
• FORUM 4: International road transport and parcel delivery: The case of Amazon. Inputs: Tina Morgenroth (Fair Mobility Thuringia), Michael Wahl (Fair Mobility), Ronny Keller (ver.di)
13:00 LUNCH
14:00 REPORTS FROM PRACTICE
Discussion with the moderators of the forums
14:45 SETTING RULES – ENFORCING RULES – HOW CAN EUROPEAN MOBILITY BECOME FAIRER?
– Panel discussion –
• Marius Cosmin Boiangiu, Executive Director of ELA
• Joost Korte, Director General of the Directorate-General
for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission
• Anja Piel, Member of the Executive Board of the German Trade Union Confederation
• Dr Rolf Schmachtenberg, State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs
Discussion
16:00 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
Anja Piel, Member of the Executive Board of the German Trade Union Confederation
16:10 END OF CONFERENCE
HYBRID CONFERENCE
08 September 2021
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Hildebrandstraße
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EVENT LOCATION
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, House 2, Conference hall Hiroshimastraße 28, 10785 Berlin-Tiergarten
RESPONSIBLE
Marc Meinardus, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Dominique John, DGB – Faire Mobilität Alexandra Kramer, DGB
ORGANISATION
Raya Maana, Friedrich- Ebert-Stiftung
Raya.Maana@fes.de
REGISTRATION
Please register at Raya.Maana@fes.de by 25 August 2021
