Single Market, Equal Rights?
UK perspectives on EU employment and social law
A Foreign Policy Centre, European Commission Representation in the UK and TUC project
Date: Friday 10 February 2012, 2pm-5.45pm (Registration and lunch from 1pm, event followed by networking drinks)
Venue: TUC Congress House, Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3LS
The FPC, ECUK and TUC's 'Single Market, Equal Rights?' conference will be a high profile half-day event that will bring together a range of different British perspectives on the EU's role in employment and social law. The conference will look at the current state of the debate in Brussels on employment and social rights, take the political temperature in the UK around the issue and set out the benefits and challenges for workers, businesses and the country.
The Conference will involve a range of high profile speakers including:
- Commissioner Lazlo Andor, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
- Emma Reynolds MP, Shadow Europe Minister
- Brendan Barber, General Secretary, TUC
- Professor Anne Davies, University of Oxford
- Lord Monks, former General Secretary, ETUC
- Billy Hayes, General Secretary, CWU and TUC Europe Spokesperson
- Karen Clements, British Chambers of Commerce
- Mats Persson, Director, Open Europe
The conference will also launch the 'Single Market, Equal Rights?' pamphlet with copies available for participants. The event is free and open to all, though places will be allocated on a first come-first served basis.
Please contact events@fpc.org.uk to RSVP for this event
Download Single Market, Equal Rights invite (180 kilobyte PDF)
