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1. Establishing rights in the disposable jobs regime: Background paper by Peter Rossman, Director of international campaigns and communications International Union of Food Workers (IUF)
2. What makes a company socially responsible? By Ingeborg Wick,Researcher, Südwind Institute(Germany)
3. From crisis to austerity, deregulation and growing inequality – what are trade unions doing? by Takaaki Sakurada, Adviser on International Affairs, JTUC-RENGO
4. Austerity and Alternatives: Report by European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
5. Defending and Extending Public Services: by David Boys Deputy General Secretary, Public Services International (PSI)
6. Inequality and the Crisis: the Story from Europe-by Ronald Janssen,Economic advisor,European Trade Union Confederation(ETUC)
7. ACTRAV Symposium on the Challenge of Inequality:Time for Change-Introductory remarks by Maria Helena Andre, Director of ACTRAV
8. Reducing inequality by ensuring decent work for all: by Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry,Director of the International Labour Standards, ILO
9. The gender pay gap (GPG):some issues and how to reduce it-by Manuela Tomei, Director of the Conditions of Work and Equality Department of the ILO
10. ACTRAV Symposium on Income Inequality, Labour Market Institutions and Workers'Power: Statement by Luc Cortebeeck,President ILO Workers’ Group
11. Eliminating precarious forms of work: by Peter Rossman, Director of international campaigns and communications International Union of Food Workers (IUF)
12. Multinational Companies, Global Profit Maximization Strategies, & Trade Union Counter Strategies: by Professor Mark Anner,Director of Center for Global Workers’ Rights Penn State University
13. Labour market institutions to enable collective representation and reduce inequality
14. UNISOL Brazil: by Arildo Mota Lopes, President of Central de Cooperativas e Empreendimentos Solidarios (UNISOL)
15. Defending and extending public services and public enterprises: by Andreas Persson, Social Affairs Manager, Centre Européen des Entreprises à Participation Publique et des Entreprises d'intérêt économique général (CEEP)
16. The Challenge of Inequality: by Luc Demaret,Senior Migrant Specialist, ILO-ACTRAV (Headquarter)
17. A Recovery for All-Rethinking Socio-Economic Policies for Children and Poor Households: Background paper by Isabel Ortiz and Matthew Cummins
18. Change the World Policies to Reduce Income Inequality,with a focus on Social Protection: by Isabel Ortiz Director Social Protection Department,ILO
19. Defending and increasing the fiscal space Progressive Tax Reform in OECD Countries: Perspectives and Obstacles-by Achim Truger, Professor for Economics at the Berlin School of Economics and Law
20. Macroeconomic policies to increase the wage share and to reduce wage dispersion: by Hansjörg Herr, professor for Economics at the Berlin School of Economics and Law
21. Minimum wage and collective bargaining strategies in South Africa, and the fight against inequality:by Neil Coleman, Strategies coordinator at COSATU, South Africa
22. Wage Policy and the Trade Union Struggle in Indonesia: by Roni Febrianto,Vice-President KSPI, Indonesia
23. Income inequalities and the word economy: by Raymond Torres, Director of ILO Research Department
24. ACTRAV Symposium: Address by Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of ITUC
25. Trade Unions and Economic Inequality: Perspectives, Policies and Strategies-A trade union survey of the Global Labour University: by Edlira Xhafa,Research Fellow at the University of Kassel
26. Inequality: the enemy between us? by Richard Wilkinson Emeritus Professor of Social Epidemiology
27. Towards new collective bargaining, wage and social protection strategies in South Africa - Learning from the Brazilian experience: Background paper by Neil Coleman, Strategies coordinator at COSATU, South Africa