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Pentland
Hall, Edinburgh International Conference Centre
Edinburgh, Scotland
Tuesday, 18 July 2000
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09.00-09.30 |
Opening
- Derek
Hodgson, General Secretary of Communication Workers’ Union
(CWU), UK, on behalf of the UK affiliates
- Kurt
van Haaren, UNI President
- The
Right Hon. John Reid MP, Secretary of State for Scotland
- Bill
Spiers, General Secretary of the Scottish Trade Union
Congress (STUC)
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09.30-10.00 |
Setting
the Scene: People in the Network Economy
- Professor
John Gennard, Strathclyde University
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10.00-12.30
Coffee
break:
11.15-11.30 |
E-Campaigns
UNI call
centres’ campaign
- Marisca
Steur, FNV Bondgenoten, Netherlands
From
Silicon Valley to Microsoft
- Morton
Bahr, Communication Workers of America (CWA), USA
Organising
new networks
- Con
Scanlon, Communications Workers Union, Ireland
E-membership
- Malte
Eriksson, Grafiska Fackförbundet Mediafacket (GF), Sweden
Organising
young people in the network economy
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Discussion
on e-campaigns |
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12.30–
12.45
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Presentation
on the UNI – Telefonica Agreement |
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12.45-14.30 |
Lunch
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| 14.30-15.45 |
Organising
using the Internet
Anne
Hock, Managing Director of election.com
Plugging
in the Worker
UNI
on-line rights for on-line workers’ campaign
- Michael
O’Sullivan, Australian Services Union (ASU), Australia
The UNI
passport and distance learning
- Terry
Lane, Engineers' & Managers' Association (EMA), UK
IT
access for all
- Tong
Kok Yeo, Union of Telecoms Employees of Singapore (UTES),
Singapore
Discussion |
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15.45-16.00 |
Women’s
Space in the Network Economy
Andrée
Thomas, Fédération Syndicaliste des Travailleurs des PTT -
Force Ouvrière (FO-PTT, France)
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16.00-16.10 |
Coffee
break
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16.15-16.45 |
Bridging
the Digital Divide
Gabou
Gueye, Syndicat National des Travailleurs des Postes et
Télécommunications (SNTPT), Senegal
Rubens
Romano, Secretariado Profissional do Setor Comércio e
Similares - Força Sindical (SEPROSCOS), Brazil
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16.45-17.00 |
New
Workers, New Rights and the New Organising Challenge
Zoe
Lanara, Syndicat de la Radio-télévision (POSPERT), Greece
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| 17.00-17.30 |
Follow-up
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| 19.30 |
Reception
hosted by UNI’s UK affiliate Communication Workers Union at
Our Dynamic Earth |
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