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EMF and collective bargaining

EMF and collective bargaining. ETUI/EPSU seminar, Erlend Hansen. Out-line. Committee. Has recently been expanded to cover also social policy issues which are related to collective bargaining, e.g. working time and pensions. Around 65 members and turnout of 35-40.

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EMF and collective bargaining

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  1. EMF and collective bargaining ETUI/EPSU seminar, Erlend Hansen

  2. Out-line

  3. Committee • Has recently been expanded to cover also social policy issues which are related to collective bargaining, e.g. working time and pensions. • Around 65 members and turnout of 35-40. • Two meetings per year, up till 2012 one of them in a new member state. • Each meeting lasts one and a half days. • Draft decisions circulated before meetings. • Minutes taken and written in EN, GE, FR.

  4. Select Working Party • Consists of about 18 committee members • High turnout • Important steering group • Prepares committee meetings and summer school • Chair and vice-chair from affiliates • Normally five meetings per year, not always in Brussels. Try to be practical.

  5. White collar group • Subordinate to regular select working party • Either pure engineer unions (Nordic) or representatives of more complex unions • Influences work programme, but it is not very visible in our federation. • Key political issues are long working hours, lack of regulations and unpaid overtime.

  6. Summer college • In cooperation with ETUI, financed by Commission • Annual event in September, held in Southern Europe, popular. • Cross between seminar and think tank • High level participation • Informal, but important, looks into the future • Focus on economic policy, Eucoban and common demands. Sometimes with external experts.

  7. CB conference • Normally held every four years. • Biggest event between congresses • EMF had 250 participants in Madrid 2009.

  8. Common demands - 1 • 2005: EMF common demand on training • ETUF:TCL common demand on training • 2009: EMF evaluation of CD on training and adoption of new CD on precarious work • 2011: EMCEF and ETUF:TCL common demands on precarious work. Slightly different. • 2012: Decisions to be merged. One campaign until next conference, possibly in 2014. • No plans of a next CD yet.

  9. Common demands - 2 • Broad democratic processes, decisions taken by CB conference. • Critical to get a good start, we use “road-maps”, questions are not academic • Continuous evaluation in special surveys and annual Eucoban report. Special web site. • Important to show European employers that we stand together • Our affiliates refer to European decisions in national CB and political lobbying

  10. Temp agency work • Special focus on this challenge • Most important issue within precarious work • Our sectors are highly affected • We see hiring as extraordinary solution, permanent employment should be normal • Wish to reduce hiring in different ways • Uncertain of new directive. Little knowledge of implementation so far.

  11. Eucoban • Stands for “European Collective Bargaining Network”. • Annual report on macroeconomic development and collective bargaining. Participation satisfactory, but could have been better. Questionnaire and report in EN, GE and FR. • Day-to-day reporting system. Majority of items on CB rounds, immediately circulated to more than 100 correspondents. Search by country in web site. • Direct communication/questions between member organisation.

  12. Regional networks • 8 networks existed in the EMF • Some were active, others not • Evaluated after last CB conference • Secretariat of European federation offers assistance to self-organisation

  13. Wage coordination • Wage coordination rule first adopted in 1998 • Unions should demand compensation for inflation and productivity • Reassessed and slightly reworded in 2011 • Didn’t work in crisis years due to falling productivity (and inflation in some cases) • Future Eucoban reports will be more forward-looking and analyse trends. • Decisions of three former federations will be merged.

  14. Coop with ETUC • ETUC follows and influences economic policy of EU • We are represented in their CB committee and in social policy working groups. • Steering group about to be set up • Also important for us to have dialogue with other federations like EPSU • New ETUC initiative called “European Social Contract”. • ETUC has applied to Commission for funding of CB coordination project.

  15. Thank you for your attention!

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