BARCOVID Final Conference - June 1, 2023

2.00pm - 2.25pm

Informal plenary session

Before the conference officially start, enjoy the room for informal talks and discussions about new projects.

2.25pm - 2.36PM

Welcome by Paulien Osse

Paulien Osse is the co-founder of WageIndicator Foundation and is the moderator for this conference.

2.40PM - 3.00PM

PRESENTATION Giedo Jansen

Giedo Jansen is the project lead of BARCOVID. He works as an Assistant Professor Regulation of Labour at the University of Amsterdam, at the AIAS-HSI institute. Giedo’s work often addresses the question how labour market inequalities translate to social, civic and political participation.

Collective Bargaining and Industrial Relations during the Pandemic: Evidence from the Barcovid Negotiator Survey

Did the pandemic have any effect on the collective bargaining landscape in Europe? In this presentation this question will be answered using the results from an international survey among negotiators of collective agreements in Austria, Italy and the Netherlands. The negotiators in in these countries generally believed that the Covid-19 pandemic had an impact on collective bargaining as well as relations between social partners more widely. Although, negotiators did not view the impact of the pandemic as overwhelming, they do acknowledge that it had complicated the negotiation process. The pandemic may have highlighted the importance of online negotiations and the ability to negotiate effectively under adverse economic conditions.

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3.00PM - 3.20PM

PRESENTATION Lucia Kováčová

Lucia Kováčová is a researcher at the Central European Labour Studies Institute (CELSI) and a PhD student.

How are social partners talking about the pandemic in their outings, like newsletters and websites? Has the coverage changed from the beginning of the pandemic compared to early 2023?

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3.20PM - 3.40PM

PRESENTATION Armanda Cetrulo

Armanda Cetrulo is a Post-Doc in Economics at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna. Her research interests focus on technology, work organisation and industrial relations.

What is the impact of the pandemic on Collective Agreements? Do they include other clauses than before the pandemic?

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3.40PM - 4.10PM

Mathijs Roodenburg

Ricardo Rodríguez Contreras

Torsten Müller

Panel Discussion

Giedo Jansen will moderate the panel.

Mathijs Roodenburg (AWVN)

Mathijs Roodenburg works as a policy advisor labour market relations at employers association AWVN. He analyzes trends in collective agreements and other issues at play in the labour market to better understand and advice employers regarding employment conditions and collective bargaining.

Ricardo Rodríguez Contreras (Eurofound)

Ricardo Rodríguez Contreras is a Research manager in Eurofound focussing on comparative Industrial Relations, social dialogue and collective bargaining as well as conducting research on the implications of technology change in employment relations. Prior to joining Eurofound, he worked as consultant for the European Commission and the European Parliament assessing the implementation of labour and social legislation. He has also worked for the various European Works Councils, the Inter-American Development Bank and the Central American Bank for Economic Integration.

Torsten Müller (ETUI)

Torsten Müller is a senior researcher in the field of collective bargaining, wages and trade unions in Europe. He holds a PhD in Industrial and Business Studies from the University of Warwick in the UK. He has, furthermore, been expert advisor to European and international organisations such as the OECD, the ILO, Eurofound, the ETUC and various European trade union federations. He is author and co-author of some 100 publications on collective bargaining, minimum wages and trade unions in Europe.

Closing of the conference by Fiona Dragstra, director WageIndicator Foundation