First Meeting of the Uni Commerce Global Steering Group

1. Opening, Gary Nebeker, President
2. Intervention by Philip Jennings, General Secretary
3. Report on activities and future priorities, Jan Furstenborg, Head of Department
4. Multinational companies

• Ahold, Willem Noordman, Gary Nebeker
• Carrefour, Gerard Fossé, Thierry DeDieu, Rubens Romano
• Ikea, Ninel Jansson, Joe de Bruyn
• Metro, Holger Grape
• Tesco, Jan Furstenborg
• Wal-Mart, Alan Spaulding, Jürgen Glaubitz
• Others, including regional multinationals

1. World-wide works councils in commerce, Joe de Bruyn, Thierry DeDieu
2. Organising and trade union work in the informal commerce sector, Zakari Koudougou, Mersiha Besirovic
3. Global social dialogue within the ILO, Jan Furstenborg
4. Organising and trade union development projects, Alex Rüdig, Zakari Koudougou
5. Other business
6. Closing

First meeting of the Uni-Europa Commercial Sales Representatives’ Committee

1. Opening, election of chair
2. Report on activities and future priorities
3. The European social dialogue for commercial sales representatives
4. The commercial sales representatives working group

• Structures and work
• Officers

1. Other business
2. Closing

First Meeting of the Uni Europa Commerce Sector Committee

The members of the Uni Commerce Steering Committee are invited to participate actively in the meeting

Opening, Hubert Gartz, President

Short interventions by:

• Gary Nebeker, President, Uni Commerce
• Philip Jennings, General Secretary, Uni
• Bernadette Tesch-Segol, Regional Secretary, Uni-Europa,
• Presidents or other representatives of the other Uni Commerce regions

Report on activities and priorities for Uni-Europa Commerce, ratification of social dialogue results

• Jan Furstenborg, Head of Department

• Discussion

European social dialogue, future priorities, Jörgen Hoppe, Vice President, Uni-Europa Commerce

Collective bargaining – Benchmarking, networking, and co-operation for increased results

• Gianni Baratta, General Secretary, FISASCAT, Italy
• Hubert Gartz, President, Uni-Europa Commerce

• Discussion

Multinational companies – European Works Councils and trade union rights, presentation of background report and update on the situation in commerce

• Jan Furstenborg, Head of Department, Uni Commerce and Uni-Europa Commerce

Structural and technological change in commerce – effects on employment, collective agreements and working conditions

• Jürgen Glaubitz, Head of Department, HBV, Germany

The impact on employment and working conditions of e-commerce and e-business, self-scanning, multimedia and other new technology applications

• Mr Rainer Marschaus, Director for Human Resource Management, Metro AG
• Antonia Francheschini, Vice President, Uni-Europa Commerce

• Discussion

Special solidarity session:

Fundamental principles and rights at work – the responsibilities of European commerce

• Kari Tapiola, Executive Director, ILO
• Ms Alice Marlin, President and CEO, Council on Economic Priorities
• Mr Rubens Romano, President, SEPROSCOS, Brazil
• Discussion

The organising challenge for commerce trade unions

• Alexander Leiner, President, OSPO, Czech Republic
• Discussion

Uni-Europa Commerce organising projects

• Hubert Gartz, President of Uni-Europa Commerce
• Alex Rüdig, Project Consultant, Uni-Europa Commerce
• Mersiha Besirovic, Deputy Project Director, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Discussion

Election of the Members of the Uni-Europa Commerce Steering Group

Any other business