EMF Common Demand update on recent developments

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EMF Common Demandupdate on recent developments
EMF ETUI-REHS CB SC Portoroz, 15.-18. September
2007
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Austria (GMTN) result of latest CB round Nov.
2006

• Regarding the issue of paid training leave.
  Unfortunately no agreement
• The effort continues

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Belgium (CMB / CCMB / ACLVB) result of sectoral
agreement Apr. 2007

• Training efforts at company level to be
  increased
• From 2008 individual training curriculum (blue
  collar worker)
• Certain companies required to make training plans
  and discuss them with union representatives

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Denmark (CO-industri) result of latest CB round
Feb. 2007

• Right to two weeks additional vocational training
  of own choice per year
• Competency fund established to finance this
  training

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Germany (IG Metal) collective agreement on
training, spring 2006 (1)

• Right of each employee to an annual consultation
  about his individual need for training and about
  appropriate measures to meet that need.
• Definition of types of qualification
• Measures to maintain the qualification to keep
  abreast with the continuous progress of the
  knowledge in a special field (professional,
  methodological, social aspects of skills)
• Measures to adjust the existing qualification to
  a new and different requirement
• Measures to retrain for a new job within the
  company, due to the retrenchment of the old job

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Germany (IG Metal) collective agreement on
training, spring 2006 (2)
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Italy joint common demand for the 2007 CB round
(not yet concluded?)

• Joint common demand from the Italian
  metalworkers unions
• Individual right to vocational training at
  company level
• Training for migrant workers

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Norway (Tekna) result of latest CB negotiations
Dec. 2006

• Agreement affects white-collars only
• Training and competence to be discussed on
  company level

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Norway (NITO) result of latest CB negotiations
Oct. 2006

• Members of NITO entitled to meeting with leader
  concerning individual need for training
• Companies are requested to arrange system for
  documentation of the members experience

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Questions for discussion

• What is your evaluation of the results?
• Have we done enough?
• Could we have done more?
• What about the timing?
• Is a 4 year period enough?
• What about the countries, who have tried but with
  no result?
• Can we extend the period?

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Questions for discussion

• What about implementation monitoring?
• Agreement yes but what about follow up?
• Is the timing correct for launching the 2nd
  common demand?
• What is in favour and what is against?
• What about the ongoing demand?