Why This Training Matters
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping workplaces across Europe and the globe, influencing how decisions are made, how tasks are performed, and how value is created.
While AI offers productivity and innovation benefits, it also raises crucial questions about transparency, surveillance, job displacement, fairness, and workers’ rights.
As EWC members, your role is vital in ensuring that technological change is implemented in a socially responsible way. This workshop empowers you with the knowledge and tools to engage constructively in dialogue with management, safeguard workers’ interests, and influence how AI is deployed in your organization.
Who It’s For
This training is ideal for:
What the Training Covers
Each training is customized to the group’s background and needs, but key themes always include:
Demystifying Artificial Intelligence
- What is AI? What is Generative AI (GenAI)?
- How machine learning and large language models work (high-level overview)
- Myths and realities of AI: What it can and cannot do
Hands-On AI Exploration (Group Exercise)
- Group tasks using various AI tools
- Discovering AI capabilities
- Reflection about usefulness and risks
EU Policy & Workers’ Rights Framework
- Overview of the EU AI Act
- How the AI Act intersects with labor rights and privacy
- European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and IndustriALL AI recommendations
Case Studies from Other EWCs
- Examples of how EWCs across Europe are addressing AI
- Insights from EWC secretaries or reports
AI's Impact on Professions and Roles
- Which types of jobs are most vulnerable to automation?
- Which roles are being augmented (not replaced)?
- Emerging jobs due to AI
Anticipating Restructuring and Workforce Reductions
- Recognizing early signals of AI-driven layoffs
- Understanding your rights and tools under EWC agreements
Negotiating Responsibly as EWC Members
- How to open dialogue with management on AI plans?
- Using AI deployment to push for reskilling programs
Learning Objectives
By the end of the training, participants will:
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Trainers profiles
Frédéric Turlan
Director, Editor of IR Notes
Frédéric is an expert in industrial relations. He has an extensive experience of writing and editing industrial relations and labour law material for a practitioner and policymaker audience.
He has written numerous reports, comparative studies and analyses for Eurofound, as national correspondent for France, and for other research centres across Europe on industrial relations and working conditions issues. He also organised numerous in-house training for European Works’ Councils on EU labour law, industrial relations and other relevant issues for EWCs and transnational social dialogue.
Christophe Teissier
Project manager, Ultra Laborans
Christophe trained as a lawyer and worked for the French Ministry of Research. In 2007, he joined Astrées (which became Ultra Laborans in 2023) to work on developments in social dialogue. Since then, he has been working on reinventing deliberative processes in companies, with a view to better tackling today’s major societal challenges. He heads up Ultra Laborans’ social dialogue expertise and European projects. In this capacity, he has developed recognised expertise at European level on issues relating to social dialogue and its players. He has been involved on numerous occasions in training members of European Works Councils in various sectors, notably alongside IR SHARE. Recently, he trained the EWCs of Veolia (2023), Suez (2023), BNP Paribas (2022), Generali (2021) and SCOR (2021).
Nariman Aga-Tagiyev
Cybersecurity Architect, SecureHabits
Nariman Aga-Tagiyev is a cybersecurity architect with a focus on developing and securing AI driven products and ensuring secure software development lifecycles for AI systems. Alongside his technical career, he has served as a member and since 2016 as the secretary of the Dassault Systèmes European Works Council (EWC/SE). He supports international software companies in preparing for upcoming European cybersecurity regulations, including the EU AI Act, and coaches software development teams to build secure by design products.
