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Strike, Social Dialogue and Regulations

Strike, Social Dialogue and Regulations. Hanze University of applied sciences Groningen, the Netherlands . Anita de Ridder Sascha Richter Sophie Nagtegaal Margot Biesma. Index. Definition of strike action Reasons to strike Recent history of strikes Social Dialogue

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Strike, Social Dialogue and Regulations

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  1. Strike, SocialDialogueandRegulations Hanze University of applied sciences Groningen, the Netherlands. Anita de Ridder Sascha Richter Sophie Nagtegaal Margot Biesma

  2. Index • Definition of strike action • Reasonsto strike • Recent history of strikes • Social Dialogue • Regulations in the Netherlands • Thesis

  3. Definition of strike action • Work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work to reach improvement for social/economic interests. • 2 sorts of strikes: - Wild strike: no allowance of the judge to strike, the employer has the right to fire the employees straight away. - Organized strike: allowed by the judge and supported by the labour union, the employer has no right to fire the striking employees.

  4. Striking actions classified by sector Statistics Number of working days lost due to striking actions More than one workday Less than one workday Distribution and logistics Industry Sector unknown Healthcare Public administration & government

  5. Reasons to strike • Used to put pressure on the government or the management. • Change policies in the concern • Improvement of working conditions • Better collective agreements

  6. Recent history of strikes • Educators / Teachers • 5 March 2012 • Amsterdam Arena • Protest again cutbacks • Better education

  7. Police • 2007 – 2008 -2010-2011-2012 • Different places • Bettercollective agreement

  8. Cleaners • Longest strike since 1933, took place from 2nd of January untill the 17th of April • Goal: more respect, payment right after the day of sickness, pay rise • Cleaners achieved a 2% pay rise • Example of a successful striking action • Fragment strike cleaners

  9. Social Dialogue • Definition: consultation and negotiations about social-/economic subjects. • Bipartite: consultation between employers and labor unions. • Tripartite: consultation between employers, government representatives and labor unions.

  10. SocialDialogue • Social Dialogue in Europe: - European Social Charter: art. 6.4 (‘Striking can be allowed if the policy is about conditions of employment’) • Social dialogue in the Netherlands: - Poldermodel (supported by SER) - European Social Charter of the Council of Europe

  11. Regulations in the Netherlands • < 1960 - No right to strike • 1960 - Panhonlibco – arrest • 1969 - Bill to strike • 1980 - European Social Charter of the Council of Europe • 1980 > - Current situation (No specific law. The judge decides if it’s aloud to strike to achieve the aim or not.)

  12. Development in the Netherlands

  13. Statement 1 For modern employees there is no reason anymore for being a member of a trade union. • It doesn’t matter in what kind of generation the employee works. The employee must always have a say. As a group they are able to fight for their rights. • When an employee fears to lose his job the trade union could give him free advices. The trade union judges more in collective perspective than the personal circumstances. This could be a disadvantage. • There is always a small proportion of employees who fights for his rights of changes in the collective agreement. The other part who is not member of the trade union can benefit from this achievement because new changes would be implement in the entire company.

  14. Statement 2 During a strike in his/her organization or company a HR-manager should not take part in the strike because of both professionalism and impartiality. • An HR-manager is also a part of all employees and must also be voice heard. The HR-manager has as much right as the other employees. • The HR-manager is a role model for all other employees. When he or she participates with the strike it could have a negative effect to the employees. • The HR-manager causes a lot of rumors within the organization when he or she participates with the strike.

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