Special Negotiating Body - Third Meeting

London, 25-26 February 2009

“ Do we have any

data to help us in

the choices? ”

Founded in May 2004 by ETUC

(European Trade Union

Confederation) and supported by

ITUC (International Trade Union

Confederation), EIF (European

Industry Federation) …

Sources

www.sda-asbl.org:

1) Infopoint database

"analysis of the EWC

agreements 2004-2008" -

October 2008

2) Analysis of the SDA

INFOPOINT database "EWC

AGREEMENTS", 2006

Sample

The EWC data-base of SDA contains more than

770 (ALL) agreements with over 60 search

criteria. The data concern:

102 agreements ruled by England-Wales law (GB)

30 (198) agreements of chemical/pharmaceutical industries (C5)

20 agreements of Japanese companies in Europe (J)

139 overall EWC agreements (T), 18% of 770.

46 agreements dated 2004-2006 (04-06)

102 agreements dated 2004-10/2008 (04-08)

Code Sector N° Agreements %

C1 Leather/textiles/clothing 30 3

C2 Banking/Insurance 41 5

C3 Mechanical and metallurgical industries 222 24

C3-1 Basic industry 9 1

C3-2 Manufacturing, machines and appliances 53 6

C3-3 Manufacturing, electric/electronic appliances 39 4

C4 Agri-foodstuffs 73 8

C5 Chemical industries 198 22

C6 Building, timber and public works 66 7

C7 Graphics and media industries 49 5

C8 Civil Service 1 0

C9 Transport 25 3

C10 Mining and quarrying industries 16 2

C11 Commerce and services 19 2

C11-1 Wholesale and retail traders 7 1

C11-2 Hotels and restaurants 13 1

C11-3 Other service activities (supplied to companies) 27 3

C13 Other (specify) 20 2

Sector

Companies

Abbott, Altana, Astra, Aventis, Bayer, Boheringer I., Glaxo Wellcome, ICI,

Lilly, Menarini, Merck, MSD, Novartis, Nycomed, Organon, Pfizer,

Pharmacia & Upjohn, Procter & Gamble, Rhone Poulenc, Roche, Sandoz,

Sanofi-Synthelabò, Shering, Shering-Plough, SmithKline-Beecham, Solvay,

Zeneca …

Canon, Daikin, Hitachi, Honda, ICL,

Japan Tobacco, Kao, Komatsu,

Mitsubishi Electr., Nissan, Panasonic,

Pioneer, Sanyo, Sharp, Sony,

Sumimoto, TDK Europe, Toray, Toshiba,

Toyota. Barclays Group, Bombardier Aerospace, BP

Oil, British Telecom, Compass, Duracell,

Esselte, HSBC Midland Bank, Hughes, Kellogg

Europe, Kraft Food International, Linpac

Automotive, Rank Xerox, Royal & Sun

Alliance, Samsung, Textron, United Biscuits,

Vodafone Group…

GB

C5

J

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

19941995

19961997

19981999

20002001

20022003

20042005

20062007

2008

n° ALL1 January 1995:

3 more

countries in EU

22 September 1996:

art.13 or 6

1 May 2004: 10

more countries

in EU

1 January 2007:

2 more countries

in EU

Year of

signature

94/45 EU

38%

Year of signature

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

J C5 GB T

50% 40%

40%

41%

15 December 1999:

GB law

Article 13 or 6

0

50

100

%

T J C5 GB ALL 06 04-06

Art.13

Art.6

Signatories SNB / EWC = SNB and EWC

WC + WR = Works Council + Worker’s Representatives

TUO-H/CC = Trade Union’s Organizations of Headquarters or Country Concerned

EIF = European Industry Federation

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

T J C5 GB ALL 04-08

SNB / EWC

WC + WR

TUO-H/CC

EIF

Type of Body

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

J

C5

GB

T

EWC

FORUM

OTHERS

Durations

% T J C5 GB

1y

2y 2 3

3y 38 27 47 37

4y 53 55 47 55

5y or + 4 18 1 4

Mandate

Agreement

% T J C5 GB ALL 06 04-06

1y

2y

3y 8 7 17 5 15 13

4y 56 50 58 57 53 53

5y or + 34 43 25 38 22 27

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

%

T J C5 GB ALL

EU

ONLY EU

+ EFTA

+CH

+OTHERS

Regions

T J C5 GB

Workers 2128 / 109

20

219 / 13

17

524 / 23

23

1599 / 84

19

Employers 287 / 73

4

26 / 9

3

89 / 20

4

193 / 51

4

W / E ratio 5 : 1 5,5 : 1 6 : 1 5 : 1

National or

European

Branch

Federations

8% / / 9%

Trade Union

Expert 12% / / 14%

Other Expert 2% / / 4%

Composition

Competencies: economic

0 20 40 60 80 100

researches

environment

new technol.

closures

merger

delocalisation

field of actv.

production

market

%

04-08

ALL08

ALL 06

GB

C5

J

T

Competencies: financial

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

joint venture

investments

balance sheet

%

04-08

ALL 08

ALL 06

GB

C5

J

T

Competencies: social

0 20 40 60 80 100

trade union's rights

equality

training

work condition

health & safety

mass redundancies

employment

%

04-08

ALL 08

ALL 06

GB

C5

J

T

Competencies: others

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

excluded areas

confidentiality

other

%

04-06

04-08

ALL 08

ALL 06

GB

C5

J

T

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

%

W E W+E W E W+E W E W+E W E W+E W E W+E W E W+E

president 38% secretary 52% selected committee

53%

technical

secretariat 35%

w orking

commission 8%

budget

administered

by 39%

T

J

C5

GB

ALL 08

president secretary selected Technical working budget

committee Secretariat commission administered by

38% 52% 53% 35% 8% 39%

Ratio W:E = 4:1

Resources: charges

Resources: charges summary

president secretary selected

committee

technical

secretariat

working

commission

or group

budget

administered

by

responsible

for the

agenda

W x x x x

E x x x

W+E x x x

Resources: meetings

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

T J C5 GB ALL 06 ALL 08 04-06 04-08

%

preparatory meeting

follow-up meeting

meeting on special topics

publishing of report

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

T

J

C5

GB

ALL 06

04-06

1

2

>2

Resources: annual frequency (ordinary + extraordinary meetings)

1 2 > 2

Resources: invitation notice

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

T

J

C5

GB

ALL 06

04-06

1-2 m

< 15 d

> 2 m

< 1 m

%

Resources: document

forwarded to members

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

%

T J C5 GB

minutes

prepar. docum.

staff inform.

other

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

%

T J C5 GB ALL 06 ALL 08 04-06 04-08

p + p

prep.

plen.

Resources: expert assistance

Resources: others

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

%

training

access to subs.

comm. syst.

exp. cost

exp. fees

time off of duty

simult. transl.

04-08

04-06

ALL 08

ALL 06

GB

C5

J

T

Resources:

themes of

the expert

assistance

& training

topics

0 10 20 30 40 50

%

economic

social

financial

themes of the expert assistance

ALL 06

GB

C5

J

T

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50

%

economic

social

financial

language

training topics

04-08

04-06

ALL 08

ALL 06

GB

C5

J

T

“ Yes, we have ”

“ Do we have any

data to help us in

the choices? ”