IndustriALL Global Union’s World Conference for the Aerospace Industries
“A Global Aerospace Union to Meet the Challenges of a Global Industry”
1-2 July 2015, Berlin, Germany
PROGRAMME
01 July 2015, Wednesday
09:00 – 10:00 Opening of the Conference and Welcome:
Conference Opener – Video: “Aerospace Industry”
Tom Buffenbarger, President, IAMAW, North America; Vice-President and Chair of Aerospace Industries Section of IndustriALL Global Union
Jürgen Kerner, Treasurer, IG Metall, Germany
Kemal Özkan, Assistant General Secretary, IndustriALL Global Union
Brian Kohler, Director, Aerospace Industries, IndustriALL Global Union, ‘’Global Sector Overview’’
10:00 – 10:30 Keynote Speech:
Introduction: Tom Buffenbarger, President, IAMAW, North America, Vice-President and Chair of Aerospace Industries Section of IndustriALL Global Union
Speaker: Mr. Holger Schlienkamp, Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany
11:00 – 12:30 Building Union Power and Confronting Global Capital in the Aerospace Sector
Chair: Owen Herrnstadt, IAMAW, North America
Panellists:
Mischa Terzyk, IndustriAll European Trade Union, Belgium
Gianni Aliotti, FIM-CISL, Italy
Simon Hemmings, Unite, UK
Daniel Walton, AWU, Australia
Discussions
14:00 – 15:30 Defending Workers’ Rights and Countering Anti-Union Activities
Chair: Ian Waddell, Unite, UK
Panellists:
Phil Gruber, IAMAW, North America
Daniel Coleman, Unite, UK
Antonio Martin Jurado, Industria de CC.OO., Spain
Frank Bergmann, IG Metall, Germany
Discussions
16:00 – 17:30 Ensuring Decent and Secure Jobs: Fighting Against Precarious Work
Chair: Philippe Fraysse, FO-Metaux, France
Panellists:
Dave Ritchie, IAMAW, North America
Conny Holm, IF Metall, Sweden
Ramona Woop, IG Metall, Germany
Discussions
02 July 2015, Thursday
09:00 – 09:30 Keynote Speech:
Introduction: Tom Buffenbarger, President, IAMAW, North America; Vice-President and Chair of Aerospace Industries Section of IndustriALL Global Union
Speaker: Sam Marnick, Senior VP/Chief Administration Officer, Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
09:30 – 10:30 Innovative Policies and Partnerships: Sustainable Industrial Employment
Chair: Jerry Dias, Unifor, Canada
Panellists:
Thomas Mitchell, Unite, UK
Masaru Fusawa, JBU, Japan
Brian Kohler, Director, Aerospace Industries, IndustriALL Global Union
Discussions
11:00 – 12:30 Building Union Power in the Global Aerospace Industry through Networking
Chair: Marc Ambiaux, FO-Metaux, France
Panellists:
Thomas Busch, IG Metall, Germany
Anne-Catherine Cudennec, CFE-CGC, France
Erin Van Der Maas, ITF, UK
Discussions
14:00 – 15:00 Future Work of the IndustriALL Global Union for the Aerospace Industries: Conclusions and Action Plan
Brian Kohler, Director, Aerospace Section, IndustriALL Global Union
Kemal Özkan, Assistant General Secretary, IndustriALL Global Union
Discussions
15:00 – 15:30 Election of Co-Chairs
Closing Remarks by Co-Chairs
End of the Conference
| File | File size |
|---|---|
 List of participants | 13 kB |
| Van Der Maas - ITF | 811 kB |
| Brian Kohler Director – Health, Safety, Sustainability | 979 kB |
| Tom Buffenbarger - IAMAW, North America | 14 kB |
| Anne-Catherine Cudennec - CFE-CGC | 708 kB |
| Thomas Buffenbarger - IAM | 443 kB |
| Ensuring job security - Ramona Woop - IG Metall | 213 kB |
| Schlienkamp - UAL - IVD | 107 kB |
| Conny Holm, IF Metall | 176 kB |
| Aerospace and Defense industry in Italy | 2523 kB |
| AeroSpaceMeeting - Japan | 118 kB |
| Global Sector Overview | 795 kB |
| IndustriALL Global Union World Conference for the Aerospace Industries | 2829 kB |
| Résolution Spain - FR | 67 kB |
| Resolution spain - EN | 6 kB |
| Risoluzione spagna | 65 kB |
| Plan d’action - FR | 123 kB |
| Action Plan - EN | 246 kB |
| Piano di Azione | 112 kB |