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L20 Summit Programme 2014
07/11/2014
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L20 Summit
“Rebuilding Economies
Jobs and Wages”
Brisbane, Australia, November 13-14, 2014
PROGRAMME
Wednesday, November 12
Welcome reception
John Battams, President, Queensland Council of Unions (QCU)
Wayne Swan, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer, Australia
Thursday, November 13
08.45-09.10 Opening Session and Presentation of the Programme
With Ged Kearney, President,
Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and Chair of the
Australian L20 Steering Committee
Welcome remarks: Sharan Burrow, General Secretary, International Trade union Confederation (ITUC)
09.10-9.45
Address by Eric Abetz, MP, Minister for Employment,
Australia
Speech by Eric Abetz, MP, Minister for Employment, Australia
Thanking and reply by Philip Jennings,General Secretary, UNI Global Union
9.45-10.10
L20 Press
Conference
Ged Kearney, President, ACTU
Sharan Burrow, General Secretary, ITUC
John Evans, General Secretary, TUAC
10.10-10.12 Presentation of the programme: Georgios Altintzis, Policy Officer, ITUC
10.12-11.10 Session I.
The G20 Employment Work in 2014
Chair: Frances O’Grady, General Secretary, Trades Union Congress (TUC) – UK
1.
An agenda for the G20 to address job crisis and falling
income
Input: Brendan O’Connor, MP, Former Minister for Employment, Australia
2. Wage-led growth: Evidence of success
Input: Philip Jennings,General Secretary, UNI Global Union
3. Restoring job and income growth in Europe
Input: Bernadette Ségol, General Secretary, European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
11.30-12.45
Session II. From St Petersburg to Brisbane
Chair: Ged Kearney, President, ACTU
1. The Priorities of the Australian G20 Presidency
Input: Ged Kearney, President, ACTU
2. Achievements and impasses: stocktaking on the Australian Presidency of the G20
Input: John Evans, General Secretary, TUAC
3. Turkey 2015: Follow-up and priorities
Input: Sharan Burrow, General Secretary, ITUC
4. How much of what governments committed to in St Petersburg has materialised?
Input: Anna Byhovskaya, Policy and Communications Consultant, Trade Union Advisory Committee to OECD (TUAC)
14.00-15.45
Session III. Social Partner and Civil Society Dialogue – are
the Leaders listening to us?
Chair: Joe De Bruyn, Vice-President, ACTU
1. A Labour View
Input: Sharan Burrow, General Secretary, ITUC
2. A Business View
Input: Richard Goyder, Chair, B20
3. A Civil Society View
Input: Tim Costello, Chair, C20
Discussion
16.00-17.30 Session IV. Emerging Economies in the G20
Chair: Gerardo Alberto Martínez, Secretary for International Relations, Confederación General del Trabajo de la República Argentina (CGT-RA)
1. BRICS poll briefing
Introduction: Gemma Swart, L20 Head of Global Media, Campaigns and Communications, ITUC
Inputs: Wang Ruisheng, Member of Secretariat, All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU)
Mikhail Shmakov, President of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia (FNPR)
Jonas Mosia, Industrial Policy Officer, Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
Discussion
17.30-17.35 Report from QNU on local activities
Beth Mohle, Secretary, Queensland Nurses Union
Friday, November 14
09.00-10.00 Session V.
An Evaluation of the Discussion
A discussion facilitated by John Evans, General Secretary, TUAC and Grant Belchamber, International Officer, ACTU
10.00-11.30
Session VI. A G20 strategy for reducing unemployment and
income inequality
1. OECD input to the G20 on Jobs, growth and taxation
Input: Angel Gurría, Secretary General, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
2. Employment Priorities for the G20 Summit
Input: Sandra Polaski, Deputy Director General, International Labour Organization (ILO)
Discussants:
Thea Lee, Deputy Chief of Staff, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL–CIO)
Prihanani Boenadi,Director of International Department, Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI-CITU)
Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director, Oxfam
Discussion
11.45-13.15 Session VII. Safer and Healthier Workplaces
Chair: Nobuaki Koga, President, Japanese Trade Union Confederation (JTUC-RENGO)
1. The role of the G20 on safe workplaces
Input: Marie-Claire Carrère-Gée, Representative to the G20 Task Force on Employment, France
2. OSH and precarious work
Input: Sulistri, Deputy President, Confederation of Indonesian Prosperous Trade Unions (KSBSI)
3. Social dialogue for OSH: responsible business practices and effective supply-chain engagement
Input:Ergun Atalay, President, Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions (TÜRK-İŞ)
Discussion
14.30-16.00 Session VIII. The G20 record on Financial Regulation and Inclusive DevelopmentStable Economies
Chair: John Evans, General Secretary, TUAC
1. Relinking the financial sector and the real economy
Input: Mark Carney, Chair of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and Governor of the Bank of England
2. World Bank policies for inclusive development
Input: Jim Yong Kim,President, World Bank (WB)
3. Jobs, growth and inequality: Evidence from the IMF
Input: Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Discussants:
Jamie McPhee, CEO, Members Equity Bank
Ignacio Fernández Toxo, General Secretary, Comisiones Obreras (CCOO)
Yvan Ricordeau, National Secretary, Confédération française démocratique du travail (CFDT)
Discussion
16.00-16.30 Ambitions
for the Brisbane Summit: Presentation by Joe
Hockey, MP, Treasurer of
Australia
16.30-17.45 Session IX. Preparing Consultations with G20 Leaders
Discussion facilitated by John Evans, General Secretary, TUAC
With information from Tim Noonan, Director, Campaigns and Communications, ITUC& Georgios Altintzis, Policy Officer, ITUC
Saturday, November 15
15.00 Press Conference at the International Media Center
Bilateral Meetings with Leaders
Sunday, November 16
Bilateral Meetings with Leaders