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Twinning Seminar

Monday, 14 February 2011, Athens

Forging Social Inclusion within the Social Dialogue The role of the Trade Unions

with the support of the European Commission

Speaches :

Jouliane Bir (ETUC)
Emil Manolache (UGIR)-metoda deschisa de cooranare
Emil Manolache (UGIR) - Flexibilizarea Negocierii contractului colectiv de Munca
Mircea Dumitriu (CARTEL ALFA)
Ildico Badescu (CARTEL ALFA) - Migratia
Ildico Badescu )CARTEL ALFA) - The migration problem in Romania- initiatives undertaken

DGB Berlin : Expression of solidarity to the workers in Greece

We support the unions within their general strike against job market reforms of the Greek Goverment.

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Rome 18 January 2010

A delegation form EKA participated in the seminar organized by the UIL of Pome and Lazio on the right to vote of immigrants.

1.000.000 French workers on the streets

The streets of cities throughout France inundated on 27 of May 2010 today by protesters react to government reforms to increase the limits of the age of retirement over sixty years now. One million French workers were on the streets of French cities, according to estimates by the French trade unions.

The trade union leaders said that the demonstrations are only the first step in a long battle with which to defend the age of retirement.

"Only an indication of the power in the streets can defend the limit of sixty years of retirement and social conditions in which Nicolas Sarkozy attacked methodically" said Bernard Tibbaut, General Secretary of CGT.

A delegation of EKA composed of the Vice president Stathis Trachanatzis and the Resp of International Relations Dpt. Christina Theochari, participated in the manifestation of the French trade unions on the 27th of May 2010. The delegation was invited by the CGT Ile-de-France. The massing and the demonstration against the intention of the French government to change the social security system and to confine public expenditure, was organized by the seven French trade unions organizations: CGT, CFDT, FO, UNSA, Solidaires, FSU, CFTC.

EKA delegation during its stay in Paris had also a meeting with Jean Michel Joubier, Deputy Secretary of International Relations of CGT. In this meeting participated also Benoit Quilici the Resp. of International Relations of CGT Ile-de-France.

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Participation in Congress

EKA participated in the 53th Congress of CFDT Ile-de-France, June 2009

Platform for Intercultural Europe

EKA participated in the practice exchange:
"Intercultural Dialogue in the workplace"
Rome, 28th-29th May 2010
organized by the CGIL of Rome and Lazio.