Social Dialogue - Thirty years of European social dialogue: more myth than reality?

Coordinating the Network of EU Agencies 2015

30 years of European social dialogue:

more myth than reality?

BEERG

3 February 2016 _ Brussels

Christian Welz

[email protected]


Outline


1. Background & context

cross-industry SD sectoral SDcompany SDEWC / SE / EFA

cross-industry sectoral company

national SD

ESD - level linkages


Definitions of SD

• articles 152, 154 and 155 TFEU

• developed in a number of EC communications

and decisions

• discussions, consultations, negotiations and

joint actions undertaken by the social partner

(SP) organisations

• representing the two sides of industry

(employers and trade unions)


2. actors


cross - industry

Employers

- BUSINESSEUROPE

- European Centre of Employers and Enterprises

providing Public Services (CEEP)

- European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-Sized

Enterprises (UEAPME)

Trade unions

- European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)

- CEC-European Managers

- EUROCADRES (Council of European Professional and

Managerial Staff)

43 Sectoral Social Dialogue

Committees

- Agriculture- Audiovisual- Banking -Catering- Central Admin- Chemicalindustry- Civil aviation- CleaningIndustry- Commerce-Construction- Education-Electricity- Extractive

Industries- Food and Drink-Football

- Footwear- Furniture- Gas- Graphical sector- Horeca- Hospitals- Inland Waterways- Insurance- Local and regional

Government- Live performance- Maritime Transport- Metal- Paper- Personal services- Ports

- Postal services- Private security- Railways- Road transport

- Sea fisheries- Sea Transport- Shipbuilding- Steel- Sports- Sugar- Tanning and leather- Telecommunications- Temporary agency work- Textile and clothing- Woodworking


sectoral: 15 industry federations EAEA European Arts and Entertainment Alliance

ECA European Cockpit Association

CESI European Confederation of Independent Trade

Unions

EFBWW European Federation of Building and Woodworkers

EFFAT European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Trade Unions

EFJ European Federation of Journalists

EPSU European Federation of Public Service Unions

ETF Federation of Transport Workers

ETUCE European Committee for Education

FIA Internatinal Federation of Actors

FIFPro International Federation of Professional Footballers' Associations – Division Europe

FIM International Federation of Musicians

IDC International Dockworkers Council

industriALL European TU (ETUF-TCL + EMCEF + EMF)

UNI-Europa Union Network International


sectoral: 65 employers organisations (e.g.)

CEEMET Council of European Employers of the

Metal, Engineering and Technology-

Based Industries

Coiffure EU European Association of Employers'

Organisations in Hairdressing

EBU European Broadcasting Union

Eurociett European Confederation of Private

Employment Agencies

FoodDrinkEurope Europe's Food and Drink Industry

FERCO Federation of Contract Catering

Organisations

HOSPEEM European Hospital and Healthcare

Employers Association

• ……


3. processes


Forms of ESD

bipartite dialogueemployers – trade unions

tripartite

concertationpublic authorities

(EC, Council)

+

trade unions + employers

European Social Dialogue

sectoral

covering workers + employers

of 43 specific sectors

=> 75% of the workforce /

+ 150 mio. workers

cross-industry

covering the economy

as a whole

workers +

employers

Community

method

EC

EPordinary / special legislative procedureCouncil

European

social dialogue

EMP

EC

TU“bargaining in the shadow of the law”

ESD under articles 154/155 TFEU

proposal in the

social policy field

where appropriate,

EC follow-up

where appropriate,

EC follow-up

EC art. 155art. 154

1. consultation on the

direction

opinion

2. consultation on the

content

opinion

failure

if EU action

is desirable

negotiation

nine months,

unless extended

agreement

social partners


Agreement implementation

autonomous route

according to procedures and

practices specific to management

and labour and the MS

legislative route

1. submitted to the EC

2. EC makes proposal

3. EP informed

4. Council decision

= extension erga omnes


4. outcomes


Outcomes by type of text (2015)

457

115

84

47

43

36

818 10 9

13 joint opinions

declarations

tools

procedural texts

follow-up reports

guidelines

autonomous agreements

policy orientation

codes of conduct

frameworks of action

agreements > Council decision


Outcomes by theme (2015)

176

90

86

8662

62

59

32

27

24

20

2016

1413

1210 9 7 7

4 3 economic & sectoral policiessocial dialoguehealth and safetytraining & life long learningemploymentsocial aspects of EU policiesworking conditionscorporate social responsibilitygender equalitysustainable developmentmobilityworking timeenlargementrestructuringpublic procurementharassmentageing workforceundeclared workteleworkyoung peopleracism


Outcomes by addressee (2015)

488162

153

36EU institutions / nationalauthorities

national organisations

EU social partners

companies


Agreements: Council decision

sectoral / cross sectorParental leave 1995

Part-time work 1997

WT seafarers 1998

Fixed-term work 1999

WT mobile staff aviation 2000

Working conditions of mobile railway workers 2004

Maritime Labour Convention 2008

Prevention from sharp injuries 2009

Parental leave (revised.) 2009

Agreement on fishing 2012

Health & safety in haidressing 2012

Working time (WT) inland waterway 2012

I&C rights for workers in central public administration 2015


Autonomous agreements

multi / sectoral / cross sector

Telework 2002

Combatting stress 2004

Driving license railways cross-border services 2004

Good conduct in handling crystalline silica 2006

Combatting violence & harassment 2007

Certificate for hairdressers 2009

Minimum contract requirements in footbal 2012

Inclusive labour markets 2012


Failures of the ESD

1. European Works Councils

2. Reversal of burden of proof

3. Information and consultation

4. Temporary agency work

5. Revision of the WT directive


5. Relaunch of social dialogue

- Mr Juncker: “President of social dialogue”

- 2 Commissioners: Mrs Thyssen, Mr Dombrovskis

- High-level conference 5 March 2015

- LV Presidency

- 2 thematic working groups

1: Social dialogue, economic governance and

capacity building

2: Social dialogue, policy-making and law-making

- Joint Declaration agreed between SP last week

- co-signed by EC and Council ?


6. Current challenges


Myth or reality?


thank you!


Further information

www.eurofound.europa.eu

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European industrial relations dictionary

www.eurofound.europa.eu/observatories/eurwork/

industrial-relations-dictionary

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/observatories/eurwork/

http://www.industrial-relations-dictionary/

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