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Work Programme Collective Bargaining & Social Policy

Work Programme Collective Bargaining & Social Policy. Introduction Anna-Lena Börgö Etaat Bart Samyn. INTRODUCTION Collective Bargaining is Trade Union Core Business Defending trade union autonomy Fighting attacks on our strengths and solidarity

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Work Programme Collective Bargaining & Social Policy

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  1. Work Programme Collective Bargaining & Social Policy Introduction Anna-Lena BörgöEtaat Bart Samyn

  2. INTRODUCTION • Collective Bargaining is Trade Union Core Business • Defending trade union autonomy • Fighting attacks on our strengths and solidarity • Fighting attacks on our Collective Bargaining systems • Fighting the effects of the crisis and neo-liberal policies • NEED FOR: • Strong national trade unions • Strong industriAll Europe • Strong European-wide coordinated collective bargaining

  3. INTRODUCTION 2 • Aim is to improve working and living conditions • Centred on an active & coordinated wage policy • Using all possible tools • NEED FOR: • Increased coverage rate of collective agreements • NO social and wage competition • Job and employment security • Decent work & fair wages • Visibility of our policies

  4. WAGE POLICIES & TOOLS • 1. WAGE COORDINATION RULE • High priority for the new organisation • Unified position paper • Improved and stronger cooperation with ETUC • 2. WORKING TIME • Revision of Working Time Directive • Coverage rate of Working Time Directive • Revision of our own guidelines on working time • Special attention to increased flexibilisation

  5. WAGE POLICIES & TOOLS 2 • 3. WORK LIFE BALANCE • Increased demands on availability from employers • Need for good working time regulations • Need for protection • Need for career breaks and periods of leave • Effect of unpaid domestic work on labour market availability, income and even level of pensions, especially for women

  6. WAGE POLICIES & TOOLS 3 • 4. EUCOB@N • Hugely important tool for our CB strategy • Evaluated and improved • Increase participation rate • More emphasis on forecasts • Importance of day-to-day information on CB rounds (more than just results), strikes, labour market issues, labour/social legislation or changes ...

  7. WAGE POLICIES & TOOLS 4 • 5. EUCOB@N WEBSITE • Design has to reflect new organisation • Discussion on how to organise website • 6. REGIONAL COLLECTIVE BARGAINING NETWORKS • See how to extend and improve existing networks • See how to involve other sectors (for the moment limited to metal)

  8. COMMON DEMANDS • 1. PRECARIOUS EMPLOYMENT CD • Exists in all three founding organisations • Need to harmonise the position • Discuss how to organise the campaign and different timings • 2. TRAINING CD • Exists in 2 of the 3 founding organisations • Need for continued evaluation and follow-up

  9. DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES • Changes in the composition of the workforce • from young > to much older • Debate on pension age and working longer • Link to working conditions, incentives • Competences ( and transfer of competences) • Access to training for ALL categories of workers including training to access the labour market

  10. PRECARIOUS WORK • Huge increase in all forms of precarious work • Slowed during crisis, but re-emerging even stronger (abuse of crisis situation) • Erosion of normal working and living conditions, • especially for migrant, women and young workers • Need to reduce low wage sectors in Europe, • e.g. Minimum wages (following national practices)

  11. PRECARIOUS WORK 2 • Enormous amount of different forms of precarious work • Different contract forms (best known and most widespread: temporary agency work) = flexibility of contracts • Flexibility of working time • Non-solicitation agreements (difficulty for changing jobs) • Lack of representation (TU) or access to social security, training, ... • Bogus self employment • Job security

  12. EUROPEAN TRANSNATIONAL AGREEMENTS • European level negotiations for multinational companies are important • Importance of including the trade unions • Importance of the mandate procedure (as accepted by the Founding Congress) • Logical need for an optional legal framework for such agreements • Commission initiative without direct outlook for result • Commission initiative on restructuring • Need for a European right to strike

  13. SOCIAL POLICY ISSUES • IMPORTANT LINK (national as well as European) between collective bargaining rounds and social/labour legislation • Important to have quick and good overview of EU initiatives, which for the time being are: • working time • flexicurity • pensions • health & safety • posting directive • whistle blowing

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