Conference: Towards smart bargaining in Europe's services sectors - 2025

Name: Conference: Towards smart bargaining in Europe's services sectors - 2025
Start: 2025-12-04T08:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-12-04T15:30:00.000Z
Location: Brussels, Belgium

Date

December 4 2025

Location

Brussels, Belgium

Organiser

WageIndicator Foundation

Conference "Towards Smart Bargaining in Europe's Services Sectors, 4 December 2025, Brussels, Belgium

About the event

Towards Smart Bargaining in Europe’s Services Sectors brings together trade unions, employers, policymakers, and researchers to discuss how collective bargaining can adapt to Europe’s fast-changing services sector. Building on research done in Croatia, Türkiye, Serbia, Slovakia, Czechia, North Macedonia, Italy, Romania, and France, the one-day event explores how smart dialogue can improve bargaining outcomes in Europe’s Care, Finance, Publishing, and Commerce sector. Key speakers include representatives from the European Commission, the European Parliament, UNI Europa, and national social partners from across Europe. Together, they will discuss how to strengthen collective bargaining coverage and build more resilient social dialogue in Europe’s services sector.

Date, Time and Place

Thursday 4 December 2025 | 9:00 - 16:30 CET | Atelier29, Brussels, Belgium

Agenda

8:30 - 9:15	Walk-in & coffee
9:30 - 9:45	Introduction and video Fiona Dragstra - WageIndicator
9:45 - 10:00	UNI Europa and Europe's services sectors Stan de Spiegelaere - UNI Europa 2025_12_Barservice_FinalConf_Stan
10:00 - 10:45	Deep dive in the care sector • Jannette Armstrong (UNI Global Union) • Jakov Kolak (Regional Industrial Trade Union (RITU) – Croatia) • Sylvia Ščepková (UniJA – Slovakia) • Adem Sarıçoban (Türkiye Sağlık-İş – Türkiye) Moderation: Valeria Pulignano (KU Leuven)
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee break & poster sessions
11:15 - 12:15	Smart bargaining in Europe's services sector: what is needed? • Diana Crumpăna (European Commission) • Oliver Roethig (Regional Secretary UNI Europa and VP of ETUC) • Branislav Ondruš (MEP for Slovakia) Moderation: Stan De Spiegelaere (UNI Europa)
12:15 - 13:15	Lunch break & poster sessions
13:15 - 14:00	Deep dive in the finance sector • Jana Szászová (Odborový zväz bánk a poisťovní (OZBP) – Slovakia) • Adrian Soare (Federation of Insurance and Banking Unions (FSAB) – Romania) Moderation: Hrvoje Butković (IRMO – Croatia)
14:00 - 14:45	Deep dive in the publishing sector • İlyas Coşkun (Türkiye Gazeteciler Sendikası (TGS) – Türkiye) • Ilenia Ventroni (UNI Europa) • Darije Hanzalek (Sindikat Grafičara i Medja (SGIM) – Croatia) Moderation: Galjina Ognjanov (Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade – Serbia)
14:45 - 15:15	Coffee break & poster sessions
15:15 - 16:00	Deep dive in the commerce sector • Nikoletta Kiss (UNI Europa) • Peter Jančík (Odborový zväz pracovníkov obchodu a cestovného ruchu (OZPOCR) – Slovakia) • Vasile Gogescu (Federatia Sindicatelor din Comert (FSC) – Romania) Moderation: Jana Krstevska (Macedonia2025)
16:00 - 16:15	Closing Marta Kahancová - CELSI BARSERVICE final conference final session Marta 1