Introduction
Hilary Benn Chair Unions 96

Acknowledgements

Plenary:
Getting Britain to Work
KEYNOTE SPECH
Gordon Brown MP Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
RESPONSES FROM
Will Hutton Assistant Editor THE GUARDIAN
Jeannie Drake Deputy General Secretary CWU
Denis Cassidy Chair Ferguson International Holdings
Chair Nina Temple Convenor Unions 95
Reporters Celia Sankar and Chris Taylor

Commissions

Full employment
John Edmonds General Secretary GMB
Gerry Holtham Director IPPR
Lynne Jones MP
Chair Denis MacShane MP
Reporter Nicole Veash

Europe: what do we want from the IGC
Roger Lyons General Secretary MSF
Bernadette Tesch-Segol Director Euro-Fiet
Reiner Hoffmann Director ETUI
Chair Mario Dunn Head of Policy Coordination CWU
Reporter David Jones

Minimum wage
Helen McGrath President NUKFAT
Angela Eagle MP
John Hughes Ruskin College Oxford
Chair Marian Darke National Officer NUT
Reporter Maurice Mcleod

Social partnership
Alan Johnson Joint General Secretary CWU
Prof Peter Wickens Ex-Personnel Director Nissan UK
Chair Willy Coupar Involvement and Participation Association
Reporter Sujata Assomull

Public service provision
Prof Bob Fryer Principal Northern College
Roger Poole Assistant General Secretary UNISON
Joanna de Groot President AUT
Chair Kath Jones Assistant General Secretary NAPO
Reporter Fiona Callister

Trade unions and information technology
Tony Young Joint General Secretary CWU
Nigel Stanley Westminster Liaison Officer TUC
Jane Clark Personnel Officer (New Technology) NUT
Chair Sally Davidson Director Lawrence and Wishart Publishers
Reporter Hilde Nyman

Changing working patterns
Ian Brinkley Policy Officer TUC
Donna Covey National Officer GMB
Chair John Blevin TRIBUNE
Reporter Martin Anderson

Lifelong learning
David Triesman General Secretary AUT
Mike Woodhouse Chair Prince's Trust Volunteers
Sarah Perman Policy Officer TUC
Chair Jane Pillinger Northern College
Reporter Joanna Snicker

Representation at work
Brian Revell National Officer TGWU
Ian McCartney MP Labour Employment spokesperson
David Chidgey MP Liberal Democrat Employment spokesperson
Chair Carolyn Jones Director Institute of Employment Rights
Reporter Nicole Schroeder

Plenary:
Renewing trade unions
KEYNOTE SPEECH
John Monks General Secretary TUC
RESPONSES FROM
Bernadette Tesch-Segol Director Euro-Fiet
Robert Taylor Employment Editor THE FINANCIAL TIMES
Yvonne Bennion Director Industrial Society
Chair Hilary Benn Chair Unions 95
Reporters Neil Hartnell and Nick McQuade

Workshops

Bullying at work and how to deal with it
Chris Ball Voluntary Sector Secretary MSF
Tim Field Success Ltd
Chair Maureen Brian Unions 95
Reporter Emily Humphries

Sustainable jobs in a sustainable economy
Paul Hackett Political and Environment Consultant
Judith Hanna New Economics Foundation
Alan Dalton Health and Safety Officer TGWU
Chair Richard O'Brien Research Officer AEEU
Reporter Catherine Tillotson

European works councils and union representation
Richard Hyman Warwick University IRRU
Alan Scrimgour National Officer BIFU
Chair Liane Groves Multinationals Project Administrator TUC
Reporter Steven Jones

Corporate finance and pension funds: making members' money work
Bryan Freake Campaign for Pension Fund Democracy
Frances Richardson Deputy General Secretary CMA
Jonathan Charkham Cadbury Committee Member
Chair Alan McDougall Pensions and Investment Research Consultants
Reporter Ben Osborne

Supporting and servicing union members
David Pelly Head of Research IPMS
Sarah Howard Director of Education MSF
Chair Hugh Lanning Assistant General Secretary NUCPS
Reporter Rakshanda Masood

What's in it for me?
Young people question union leaders
John Monks General Secretary TUC
Paula Lanning National Officer NATFHE
Jim Murphy President NUS
Chair Julia Gallagher Editor NEW TIMES
Reporter Kristin H Sunde

The workforce is increasingly female: what about the unions?
Jo Morris Equal Rights Officer TUC
Sheila Cunnison University of Humberside
Jane Stageman Training Manager Leeds City Council
Chair Judith Black Unions 95
Reporter Cherry Norton

Combating racism and the role for unions
Brendon Batson Deputy Chief Executive Professional Footballers Association
Kamaljeet Jandu Policy Officer TUC
Samidha Garg Race Equality Officer NUT
Chair Manny Blake National Executive Officer CWU
Reporters Kathryn J Greene and Sri Jegarajah

Corporate campaigning: different approaches to tackling employers
John Healey Head of Campaigns and Communications TUC
Peter Roche Greenpeace
Chair Phil Woolas Head of Press/PR GMB
Reporter Jane Morris

Changing Britain's constitution: why it matters to unions
Peter Ruhemann Labour Initiative on Cooperation
Vicky Seddon Treasurer NATFHE
Ian Cattie Association of Liberal Democrat Trade Unionists
Chair Nina Fishman Westminster University
Reporter Christopher Bunting

Unions 96
Nina Temple Convenor Unions 95