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Draft overview of Topics for the Collective Bargaining & Social Policy Work Programme 2011-14

Draft overview of Topics for the Collective Bargaining & Social Policy Work Programme 2011-14 To Include both collective bargaining as well as social policy elements To include input from ad hoc SWP white collars

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Draft overview of Topics for the Collective Bargaining & Social Policy Work Programme 2011-14

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  1. Draft overview of Topics for the Collective Bargaining & Social Policy Work Programme 2011-14 • To Include both collective bargaining as well as social policy elements • To include input from ad hoc SWP white collars • To take into consideration new to be created work group “temporary agency work” • No general introduction: elements to be put forward for general political resolution: WP = +/- 4 pages

  2. Economic background • Crisis – recovery ? • Restructuring Competition • Financial background • Speculation – markets • Social background • unemployment & insecurity • Demographic background • labour market • pensions

  3. CONTINUED NEED COORDINATION COLLECTIVE BARGAINING • Collective bargaining is the main tool in protecting and improving the wages and conditions of European Metalworkers • Continued threat for collective bargaining results and structures • European campaign on coverage rate for collective agreements (opt out clauses, exemptions, opening clauses)? • More than ever high levels of unemployment, precarious jobs and an on-going deregulation process.

  4. WAGES • Wage coordination rule • current difficulties • How to strengthen? How to improve? • Implications for national <> company • further decentralisation tendencies, negative wage drift • Wage development <> job protection • equal treatment precarious contracts • minimum wages • advantages <> dangers • different systems > clarity - honesty

  5. Working Time • Working Time directive – continued debate ? • how to introduce / improve the EMF action points? • end of opt out – including managerial staff – lower de max limit ??? • (re)new(ed) debate on working time (re)distribution (reduction?), working time organisation (individual / collective organisation, individual flexibility, ...). • Individual career development: sabbaticals, interruptions, career redistribution, ...

  6. Precarious work • 2nd common demand • state of the art? Missing road maps .... • Intermediate evaluation 2nd half next year • more visibility: press communications • creating new work group in CBPC TAW • debate with employers • objective soc. dialogue committee • work together with IMF other EIFS and ETUC ITUC • Attentive for flexicurity debate Commission • position paper EMF

  7. Social Policy Issues • Pensions – pension funds • green book commission • relevance information • comparison systems • pension funds collective & individual • ageing workforce and transfer of knowledge • how to organise this? Coll agreements? Role 1st common demand • work life balance: how not to remain slogan • practical elements and examples • Whistle blowing / Ethical charts: newer item • Ethical question • how to protect workers

  8. Future European IRS • Evaluation of our internal procedure MNC negotiations • how to organise in practice – means, staff • how to integrate with other EIFs in mixed companies • how to integrate consultation method (consulting trade unions, reaching majorities, ...) • Continued work with expert group Commission • How to ensure procedure and method are respected • Initiative Commission on restructuring ...

  9. STRUCTURAL • Regional networks • revitalising ? How • evaluating • extending ? Is there a need, a use, a possibility? • Closer cooperation other EIFs • how to proceed ? • Eucoban • Annual report > how to improve? • Day by day > how to improve

  10. STRUCTURAL • White Collars • Overview of structure, membership, organising methods, exchange of best practice • Equal Opportunities • All Collective agreements should include these elements? • how to ensure this? how to extend this? • What about debate for further common demands • procedure and principle is foreseen • what about the need? • what about future topics if any?

  11. OVERVIEW • Campaign Coverage rate collective agreements • wages • coordination rule – minimum wages • wages <> job protection • Working Time • working time organisation • WT directive • Social Policy Issues • pensions – work/life – whistle blowing • Future IRS • procedure – integration other EIFs • Structural • Eucoban – regional networks – cooperation – survey white collars – equal opportunities - common demands

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