Implementation and follow-up of European Social Dialogue

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Implementation and follow-upof European Social
Dialogue

• A story of credibility

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Le secteur commerce en Europe

• 33 millions de salariés, nombreuses PME
• Un secteur en croissance, phénomène
  dinvestissement continu dans les PECO
• très concurrentiel
• Les multinationales Carrefour (500 M), Tesco
  (500 M), Metro (Makro, Mediamarkt 350 M), IKEA,
  HM, font la pluie et le beau temps
• Précarité extrème temps partiel subi et CDD,
  intérim
• très haut turnover main dœuvre (femmes
  immigrées)

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ENJEUX EUROPEENS

• Nouvelles technologies quelles conséquences sur
  lemploi ? Quelle formation / reconversion ?
• Crise économique quel impact sur le secteur ?
• Sous-traitance nettoyage, gardiennage,
  boulangerie, boucherie, logistique, intérim,
  franchises
• Ouvertures tardives, le week end, les jours
  fériés
• Les cadences infernales non remplacement des
  départs, les promotions, les soldes, les prix
  ronds
• La violence au travail, les agressions des
  clients,

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ESD Work programme 2010/ 2011

1. Vocational training anticipating new skill
   needs (new technologies, crisis, )
2. Working time, working hours (shop openings)
3. Health and safety third party violence (sectoral
   and multisectoral)
4. Employment and the crisis CSR, agency work,
   mobication (mobility education) or flexicurity
   ?
5. IMPLEMENTATION Of Previous joint texts

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What Assessment ?

• Difficult because nothing was forseen to assess
  the impact of ESD what criteria ? Is
  interpretation of a document an implemetation ?
  Or improvement of employement conditions ?
• Different tools and different levels manuals
  for workers, joint declaration for E.U.
  institutions, research studies, training guides
  for experts
• Are we schizofrenic ? no links between ESD and
  national / company collective bargaining, between
  ESD and EWCs

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 from Brussels to the workplace 

• And from the workpace to Brussels !
• List of all documents summary with goals,
  actions to be taken, language availability,
  organisations aimed by the document
• Select those texts that are still relevant and up
  to date set up a follow up and implementation
  policy

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Assessment of ESD (1)

• Positive
• many actions have been taken at national level
  but European secretariats did not know !
• Real added value for new member states
  declarations are pushing for better recognition
  of trade unions (Turkey), providing guidelines on
  vocational training, support to lobby legislator
• Real impact of E.U. legislator temporary agency
  work directive,

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Assessment (2)

• Negative
• Employers consider implementation of ESD as
  voluntary e.g. Germany
• Little added value for many  old  members
  states that have good legislative frames
• Lack of connection with national priorities of
  trade unions at national level (wages, hot issues
  in general)
• Members disconnect ESD and national collective
  bargainning

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Suggetions for Conclusions

• Each member should (jointly with employers)
  adopt a national action plan to follow up and
  implement ESD in connection with national
  priorities
• European SD yearly work program key moment for
  members. Not Secretariats to decide !
• Develop synergies invite clients, providers,
  other ETUFs, EWC chairs as observers
• Do not adopt documents without follow-up and
  implementation schemes !
• Adopt the internal decision making process to
  ensure support from members (vote on texts
  silence means you disagree)
• Raise the level of the agreements between Eu
  social partners, be brave !

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THANK YOU

• Fabrice.warneck_at_uniglobalunion.org

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