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'Challenges for (Organised) Labour in Central and Eastern Europe and Russia' University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield 28-29 March 2006 Programme Invited Presentations: Petar Djukic (University of Belgrade) Darko Marinkovic (Federal University of Belgrade) Wiesia Kozek (Warsaw School of Economics) Jan Czarzasty (Warsaw School of Economics) Presentation of Papers: Charles Woolfson (Universities of Glasgow and Latvia) 'Challenges to labour standards posed by the arrival of Central and East European labour in the enlarged Europe' Graham Hollinshead (University of West of England) 'Evaluating worker representation at enterprise level in Serbia and Montenegro' Gregory Schwartz (Cardiff University) 'Trade Unions and Industrial Relations in the Process of Health Sector Reforms in Russia' Guglielmo Meardi (University of Warwick) 'Multinationals in the new EU member states and the revitalisation of trade unions' Martin Upchurch (Middlesex University) 'State, Labour and Market in Post-Revolution Serbia' Andreja Zivkovic and John Hogan (University of Hertfordshire) 'Balkan Trade Unionism and the Implications of Information Communication Technology for the Time-Space Dynamics of Collective Mobilisation' Conference schedule: Tues 28 March 2006 Lunch/registration 12.30-2pm Session 1: 2.00pm-5.00pm: Poland (invited speakers and papers) Session 2: 5.30pm-8.00pm: Southern Eastern Europe (invited speakers and papers) Evening dinner Wednesday 29 March 2006 Session 3: 9.00am-10.30am: Industrial relations, labour standards and employment regulation (papers) Session 4: 11.00am-1.00pm: Union organising (papers) Lunch and close Conference venue: de Havilland campus, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield (by train 20 minutes out of London King Cross) Cost: £150 for registration, all meals (two lunches and one dinner) and overnight accommodation. For booking form and further details, please contact Professor Gregor Gall ([log in to unmask]) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin Upchurch (BUIRA Communications Secretary) Professor of International Employment Relations Middlesex University Business School The Burroughs London NW4 4BT [log in to unmask] +44 (0)208 411 5242