How are current efforts towards digitalization, automatization and decarbonization reshaping the metal industry? What does the experience of Germany show us and how can the V4 countries benefit from it? Can these technological advances strengthen collective bargaining?

We invite you to an online Mutual Learning Event, which offers two panel discussions of representatives of employers and employees of the metal industry from Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany, including Martin Čech from KIA Motors Slovakia.

They will share with us, and each other, their experiences, plans or concerns in relation to digitalisation, automatization and decarbonisation, describe the state of collective bargaining and discuss policy recommendations for the future of social dialogue.

An introduction to the issue will be given by CELSI researcher Monika Martiskova, CELSI founder and executive director Marta Kahancova and Barbara Surdykowska from Instytut Spraw Publicznych.

Professor Gerhard Bosch will present the perspectives, challenges and opportunities of digitization, automatization and decarbonisation from a German perspective.

Mutual Learning Event will take place on June 17, from 10.00 to 12.30 (CET).

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AGENDA:

10.00 – 10.05 - Opening and introduction (Monika Martišková, Charles University)

10.05 – 10.15 - General challenges related to DAD in Europe and in the perspective of Germany and the V4 countries (Gerhard Bosch, University of Duisburg-Essen)

10.15 – 10.25 - Responses of collective bargaining to the DAD challenges - introduction of the BARMETAL project (Marta Kahancová, Central European Labour Studies Institute - CELSI)

10.25 – 11.15 - Panel discussion by stakeholders - state of collective bargaining on DAD in the 4 countries (Monika Martišková, Charles University)

Panelists:

• Martin Čech (Trade union OZ KOVO Slovakia and KIA Motors, SK)
• Stefan Solle (Gesamtmetall, Office Brussels, DE)
• Grzegorz Pietrzykowski (NSZZ Solidarnosc, PL)
• Michal Hrubý (Škoda Auto University, CZ)

11.15 – 12.05 - Panel discussion by stakeholders – policy recommendations for the future of social dialogue (Barbara Surdykowska, Institute for Public Affairs/Instytut Spraw Publicznych)

Panelists:

• Ivo Navalaný (OS KOVO Czechia)
• Uwe Fink (IG Metall, Dept. of Collective Bargaining, DE)
• Marcin Witaszek (Polish Automotive Industry Association)
• Paulína Pokorná (labor market and employment specialist, Association of Industrial Unions and Transport, SK)

12.05 – 12.25 - Discussion

12.25 – 12.30 - Summary and closing (Marta Kahancová, Central European Labour Studies Institute - CELSI)