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WELCOME TO THE EMF! Isabelle Barthès, EMF senior adviser

Workers’ rights in MNCs at European level in the EMF sectors Bad Hofgastein – 27-29 November 2009. WELCOME TO THE EMF! Isabelle Barthès, EMF senior adviser. EMF was established in 1971 75 member organisations in 34 countries 26 languages 5.5 million metalworkers

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WELCOME TO THE EMF! Isabelle Barthès, EMF senior adviser

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  1. Workers’ rights in MNCs at European level in the EMF sectors Bad Hofgastein – 27-29 November 2009 WELCOME TO THE EMF! Isabelle Barthès, EMF senior adviser

  2. EMF was established in 1971 • 75 member organisations in 34 countries • 26 languages • 5.5 million metalworkers • One of 12 European Industry Federations • ETUC member

  3. Secretariat - 22 Staff members General Secretary Deputy General Secretary Policy advisors staff in: Accountancy Human resources Translators Administration

  4. Main Goals: • Cooperation between affiliates – Developing • Common Positions and Common Policies • Interest Representation vis-à-vis • European Institutions • Counterweight vis-à-vis European employers’ organisations and multinational companies

  5. The EMF main field of activities • Collective Bargaining: Coordination of National Collective Bargaining Policies (Minimum Standards + Coordination rules + common demand) • Industrial Policy: (horizontal policy + sectors (automotive, steel, defense, shipbuilding, ICT, aerospace, lift + training & education) • Social Dialogue: Cross sectoral + ship building + steel + automotive ? • Company Policy

  6. Collective Bargaining: Towards more Coordination • Single Market • Europeanization of the Economy • Economic Situation • Signal to Employers

  7. Collective Bargaining: Towards more Coordination Coordination of National Collective Bargaining Policies (Minimum Standards And common demands) Regional Network of Observers Information Exchange Network (Eucob@n)

  8. Wage coordination rule prevent wage dumping and a downward spiral in undercutting working conditions maintain Purchasing Power + balanced share of productivity gains Productivity Increase can be used for Qualitative Aspects Coordination of national collective bargaining policies

  9. The Individual Right to Training guaranteed by collective agreements First common demand = extremely important First time ever pro-active approach to setting European collective bargaining strategy > ex ante in stead of ex post New political signal to employers: continue to coordinate our collective bargaining Result oriented: involvement of all EMF affiliates required (road maps) Campaign running during 4 year period Evaluation First EMF Common Demand: Evaluation

  10. Participation in the survey (51% of the member organisations) The first common demand has been raised in many bagaining rounds accross Europe (95%) In most cases (89%) concrete results have been reached Lack of visibility on the European dimension The First common demand will continue to be on the bargaining table in the future First EMF Common Demand: Evaluation

  11. Global action day on precarious employment 7th October 2008 IMF-EMF National action days: Manifestations, press conferences, leaflets, dialogue with social partners, meetings …. Regional initiatives: eg joint meetings, conferences in framework of regional network

  12. From European action day to second common demand Fight against precarious employment = campaign throughout 2008 Positive evaluation of the 1st common demand Collective bargaining conference: October 2009 Launch 2nd common demand: precarious employment

  13. EWC: a long term priority and the catalyst for new developments Directive 94/45: a challenge – 550 companies concerned 340 in the metal (55 obsolete) - 800 agreements in total Evaluation of the functionning: An important transnational body Access to strategic level of decision-making Information but limited consultation A new challenge for workers’ representatives (training) EWC: a key role to play in the event of transnational restructuring and anticipation of change Articulation for other level of workers’ representation: extension of the national model (cross-fertilisation) Catalyst Company Policy

  14. Industrial policy is no longer old fashioned Need a coherent industrial policy at European level to create the conditions of a sustainable development and maintain a strong industrial basis Faced with massive challenges (global warming, energy, demographic change...) = need framework programme to identify which technologies are the most effective Industrial Policy

  15. Crisis: join paper: analysis + common demands Climate package = EMF in line with the ETUC = ensure that the industry is cleaner and jobs not threatened Climate change and industrial jobs: looking towards and beyond Copenhagen Call for new industrial strategies based on low carbon technologies and products = challenges but also opportunities Sectoral dimension Industrial Policy

  16. CEEMET: towards a social dialogue Committee Shipbuilding: preliminary discussions about a code of conduct on the social statut of workers in the shipbuilding industry Steel: guidelines on H&S (link with company agreements) Social Dialogue

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