BARSERVICE Conference: Towards Smart Bargaining in Europe's Services Sectors | Full Event Recording

Описание: Full recording of the BARSERVICE Conference "Towards Smart Bargaining in Europe's Services Sectors", held on 4 December 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. This comprehensive event brings together trade unions, employers, policymakers, and researchers to discuss how collective bargaining can adapt to Europe's fast-changing services sector.

📋 CONFERENCE AGENDA & TIMESTAMPS:
⏱️ 0:00:00 - Opening & Introduction Video
⏱️ 0:01:44 - Keynote: Why Services Sectors Need an Adapted Approach (Stan de Spiegelaere, UNI Europa)
⏱️ 0:13:07 - PANEL 1: Deep Dive into the Care Sector
• Moderator: Prof. Valeria Pulignano (KU Leuven)
• Jannette Armstrong (UNI Global Union)
• Jakov Kolak (RITU, Croatia)
• Sylvia Ščepková (UniJA, Slovakia)
• Adem Sarıçoban (Türkiye Sağlık-İş, Türkiye)⏱️ 1:16:28 - Coffee Break⏱️ 1:22:57 - PANEL 2: Smart Bargaining in Europe's Services Sector - What Is Needed? (Political Panel)
• Moderator: Stan de Spiegelaere (UNI Europa)
• Diana Crumpăna (European Commission, DG Employment)
• Branislav Ondruš (Member of European Parliament, Slovakia)
• Oliver Roethig (Regional Secretary, UNI Europa & VP ETUC)⏱️ 2:32:50 - Lunch Break⏱️ 2:36:05 - PANEL 3: Deep Dive into the Finance Sector
• Moderator: Hrvoje Butković (IRMO, Croatia)
• Jana Szászová (OZBP, Slovakia)
• Adrian Soare (FSAB, Romania)⏱️ 3:22:01 - PANEL 4: Deep Dive into the Publishing Sector
• Moderator: Prof. Galjina Ognjanov (University of Belgrade, Serbia)
• İlyas Coşkun (TGS, Türkiye) - online
• Darije Hanzalek (SGIM, Croatia)
• Ilenia Ventroni (UNI Europa)⏱️ 4:17:11 - Coffee Break⏱️ 4:28:24 - PANEL 5: Deep Dive into the Commerce Sector
• Moderator: Jana Krstevska (Macedonia2025)
• Nikoletta Kiss (UNI Europa Commerce)
• Peter Jančík (OZPOCR, Slovakia)
• Vasile Gogescu (FSC, Romania)⏱️ 5:17:00 - Final Reflections Round
⏱️ 5:32:47 - Closing Remarks (Marta Kahancová, CELSI & Fiona Dragstra, WageIndicator)

🔑 KEY THEMES COVERED:
Why collective bargaining in services is like "fitting a square peg in a round hole"
Services sectors represent 3 in 4 jobs in Europe, but only 50% bargaining coverage
EU Minimum Wage Directive and the 80% coverage target
National action plans for promoting collective bargaining
Public procurement as a tool for strengthening workers' rights (€2 trillion annually)
Challenges of organizing in fragmented, feminized, precarious sectors
Role of multinational companies and Global Framework Agreements
Digitalization, AI, and the future of work in services
Trade union protection and anti-union busting measures

🌍 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED:
Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Czechia, Türkiye, Serbia, North Macedonia, Hungary, Italy, France, and more

📊 KEY STATISTICS SHARED:
Services sectors: 60% of EU added value, 75% of employment
Commerce & care: 13% and 11% of total EU employment
Union membership in services: only 13% (vs. 20% in non-services)
40% of services workers have fewer than 10 colleagues
60% of services workers have been in their job less than 5 years

🏛️ ORGANIZATIONS FEATURED:

UNI Europa & UNI Global Union
European Commission (DG Employment)
European Parliament
ETUC (European Trade Union Confederation)
CELSI (Central European Labour Studies Institute)
WageIndicator Foundation
National trade unions from 10+ countries

🔗 More information:
https://wageindicator.org/about/event...
🔗 BARSERVICE Project:
https://wageindicator.org/about/proje...
Organised by: WageIndicator Foundation
Co-funded by the European Union

BARSERVICE, collective bargaining, services sector, trade unions, UNI Europa, European Commission, European Parliament, care sector, finance sector, publishing sector, commerce sector, retail, healthcare workers, journalists, banking, social dialogue, EU Minimum Wage Directive, public procurement, workers rights, labor relations, industrial relations, ETUC, CELSI, WageIndicator, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Turkey, Serbia, North Macedonia, organizing, smart bargaining, precarious work, digitalization, multinational companies, European Works Council, sectoral bargaining