News about the project
24 July 2023
Turbulence: The e-Newsletter of the VIRAL ProjectOur VIRAL Project “took off” a little less than 2 years ago. At our kick-off meeting in Rome, we still wore masks, and the sector had yet to begin its recovery. The spectre of long-term unemployment for workers, and ongoing financial losses for airlines,
29 June 2023
Partner Spotlight: Izabela FlorczakInterview with Prof. Izabela Florczak, University of Łódź, Poland It is my pleasure to be interviewing for our final newsletter for the viral project, Izabela Florczak, who's an assistant professor of labour law at the University of Lodz in Poland.
In-flight Turbulence: The Role of Industrial Relations in the EU Aviation Sector During and After Covid-19
The EU-funded project “Varieties of Industrial Relations in Aviation Lockdown” came to a successful conclusion on June 8th, 2023, with a final conference, hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), in Brussels. In addition to the core VIRAL project partners, participants
07 June 2023
Turbulence: The e-Newsletter of the VIRAL ProjectFirst, I’d like to extend a heartfelt invitation to join us, online, on June 8th for the concluding event for the VIRAL project. The final conference is titled, “In-flight Turbulence: The Role of Industrial Relations in the EU Aviation Sector During and After Covid-19.”
Aviation News
31 July 2023
Global Workplace Law & PolicyOn 25 January 2023, the European Commission published its proposal for strengthening social dialogue. In this post, we argue that EU aviation is a pivotal sector in which social dialogue must not only be utilised, but also flourish. Our argument draws from the way in which this sector has lurched from crisis to crisis in the 21st century’s fledgling years. Consider that in the 21st century alone, aviation has
24 July 2023
Turbulence: The e-Newsletter of the VIRAL ProjectOur VIRAL Project “took off” a little less than 2 years ago. At our kick-off meeting in Rome, we still wore masks, and the sector had yet to begin its recovery. The spectre of long-term unemployment for workers, and ongoing financial losses for airlines, were on our minds. Little did we know that, by the following summer, the recovery would be in full swing and labour shortages would be
5 July 2023
Varieties of Industrial Relations in Aviation Lockdown (VIRAL)Your Content Goes HereRound table: PROJECT SHOWCASE: Varieties of Industrial Relations in Aviation Lockdown (VIRAL) Chair: Michael Doherty (Maynooth University, Ireland) Discussants: Steen Erik Navrbjerg (FAOS, University of Copenhagen, Denmark) Izabela Florczak (University of Łódź, Poland) Marco Rocca (CNRS – University of Strasbourg, France) Hanna Kinowska (Warsaw School of Economics, Poland) David Mangan (Maynooth University, Ireland) Download VIRAL LLRN Report
