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Introducing the etuc

Le Syndicat européen. Introducing the etuc. Founded in 1973, its headquarters are in Brussels; it represents 85 trade union organisations in 36 European countries, plus 10 industry-based federations; Its main objectives are: Influence European decision making European Social Dialogue

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Introducing the etuc

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  1. Le Syndicat européen Introducingtheetuc Founded in 1973, its headquarters are in Brussels; it represents 85 trade union organisations in 36 European countries, plus 10 industry-based federations; Its main objectives are: InfluenceEuropeandecisionmaking European Social Dialogue Trade Union action Democraticworkingmethods

  2. The etucyouthcommittee It represents young workers within the ETUC; influences the work of the ETUC, ensuring that the different policies take account of young people; adopts positions on subjects concerning young people at work; those positions are then submitted to the ETUC Executive Committee; develop action programs by organising seminars, conferences, study sessions and campaigns for young workers in Europe. the ETUC Youth Committee meets twice a year and elects a Bureau with six members plus a President; the main work is done by the Bureau, incl. representation and lobbying within the European Institutions and Social Dialogue processes.

  3. Situation oftradeunions General unionisation in Europe De-unionisation trend since 1970s Mildly convergent development in union density since mid-1980s Trend became more pronounced in the 1990s Today: ‘net’ union density in EU27 = 27.8% in 2000 > 23.4% in 2008 (source: EC 2011) The crisis has worsen the situation dramatically Observations on youth unionisation ‘Most problematic group of workers to unionise’ (Pedersini 2010:13) ‘Lower unionisation among young workers than among older counterparts (Blanchflower 2007; Huiskamp & Smulders 2010:202; Machin 2003; Serrano Pascual & Waddington 2000:20-4; Visser 2002) But ‘generation gap’ is not completely new (cf. Payne 1989:111) Yet union membership has fallen more rapidly among the young and more workers have never experienced union membership, particularly among the young (Bryson & Gomez 2005; Schnabel & Wagner 2005)

  4. The etuc youth – what we’ve done so far Research andcampaigningabouttradeuniondensityandorganizing Conference on Youth participationwithintradeunions (Cyprus 2009) Attractingyoungpeopletostopdeclineoftradeunionsmembership Youth Manifestoforthe ETUC Congress 2010 (Athens) Conference on organizing and young people with best practices (Krakow 2011)

  5. Time toact – etucyouthpriorities Main goal of the last two years, claiming for better working and living conditions for the youth in Europe Joint actions on demonstrations Thematic work on youth employment on different levels and in different frameworks Quality Charter on Internships (with the European Youth Forum) Social Pact for Social Europe (ETUC program proposal) Social Dialogue on Youth Employment Youth Guarantee (discussions, research, conference) Apprenticeship schemes

  6. Stoptalking – actnow!

  7. Stoptalking – actnow! Demandsofyoungpeoplehavebeenproclaimed Activeparticipation in theyouthdelegationfor Merkel andHollande Alternative youth summit organized by DGB in Berlin

  8. Stoptalking – actnow! Youth event on “Quality Jobs”back-to-back to the intergovernmental conference on youth employment, Paris, 11-13 Nov. Joint conference with OECD, various national youth platforms affiliated to YEF, French trade unions affiliated to ETUC and DGB.

  9. ETUC – Ourdemands An immediate actionprogramforyouthemploymentwithsufficientfundings 21 billion EUR insteadof 6 billion EUR fortheyouthguarantee Fullparticipationofsocialpartners in anyprogramsrelatedtoyouthemployment (in particularforapprenticeshipschemes etc.) European widestandardsforqualityeducation An immediate stopoftheausteritymeasures, instead a coordinatedandsustainablegrowthandinvestmentmodelisneededfor Europe!

  10. Follow-UPS The Youth Guarantee has officially been set in place, now it is our task to supervise and foster its implementation by M.States The approaches already done so far, are far too minimal to tackle youth unemployment More specific measures and more means are also needed More importantthanunaccomplishableguaranteesare proper andsustainableinvestmentsforthefuture in Europe and in itspeople! ETUC Youth will play a vital role in this field of action in the future!

  11. Etucyouthconference 2014 The ETUC Youth Bureauisplanning a Youth Conference for Spring 2014 in Rome on the Youth Guarantee A study conducted by the ETUI will give the background and basis for this approach

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