METHOD OF COORDINATION

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METHOD OF CO-ORDINATION

• UNI-Europa
• Collective Bargaining Network
• Finance Sector

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Macro and Sectoral level

• December 2000 resolution by ETUC.
• Guideline based on the Doorn agreement.
• Long term objective inflation plus productivity
• General information (EIRO, CEDEFOP, ETUI,
  Eurostat, ect)
• discussion about forecast inflation rates, rather
  than the previous years rates should be taken
  into account.

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MACRO AND SECTOR

• Productivity, the figure used is overall average
  national productivity.
• Solidarity between sectors
• Other guidelines
• equal pay
• low pay
• training and life long learing
• reduction in working time.

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SECTOR LEVEL BASED ON COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT

• EMF (European Metalworkers Federation)
• 1998 Doorn group guideling
• anual working time 1780 hrs.
• Max. hours of overtime 100 per year
• long life learning
• social security

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SECTOR LEVEL BASED ON COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT

• Results EMF -co-ordination
• 1999 10 yes 5 not
• 2000 3 yes 13 not
• 2001 5 yes 7 not
• focus on information exchange during
  negotiations wages demands, real expectations,
  reaction, strikes
• EWCs are not involved

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EMF co-ordination

• Network of correspondents
• EMF co-ordinator
• E-mail network, in English, with additional
  Website information (password protected) Euco0ba
  system
• Real time reporting
• minimum standards

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SECTOR LEVEL BASED ON COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT

• EPSU, electricity, gas, government, ect.
• 2000 resolution about co-ordination
• start and end in 2003 project Building an
  Information Network
• 7 steps keypoint is correspondents
• guidelines the same as EMF
• EWC not involved

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UNI-Europa collective bargaining network

• Network between unions and EWC
• Open co-ordination based on benchmark
• Guidelines based on best practice
• mergers and acquisitions
• annual working time
• wages
• Website (password protected)
• Annual conference for negotiators and experts

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Company level

• Benchmark panel
• company arrangements bonus, options, end of the
  year bonus, ect
• overtime
• Collective agreement a la carte
• individual arrangements

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