The UNIEuropa Graphical Collective Bargaining Survey

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The UNI-Europa Graphical Collective Bargaining
Survey

• Presentation for the UNI-graphical Packaging
  Conference

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The Survey

• Monitors collective bargaining and gathers data
  about agreements
• Annual questionnaire sent to all unions
• Follow up phone calls and meetings
• Annual report produced
• Moving to an online system in the future
  Strathclyde University

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Collection of data on

• Wages weekly wages and annual pay rises
• Annual Working hours holidays, overtime, weekly
  hours, etc - annual limit of 1750
• Equality provisions issues and best practice
• Training provisions issues and best practice

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Collection of Data On..

• Health and safety issues and best practice
  (Buds presentation)
• Bargaining levels company or national?
• Other Issues e.g. the Euro, role of
  secretariat, etc,

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Aim of the Annual Survey

• To promote a better exchange of information
• To identify and exchange information on best
  practice
• To promote a better co-ordination of collective
  bargaining
• To promote an upward harmonisation of living
  standards
• To prevent a downward harmonisation of living
  standards

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Backround to the Survey

• Renewed European integration (1985)
• Beginning of the single currency
• Beginning of collective bargaining at the
  confederal level (ETUC, UNICE)
• Establishment of European works councils (1994
  onwards)

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Initial Moves to Coordinate Bargaining

• ETUC monitors bargaining developments in each
  country for many years
• Establishment of the Doorn group Germany,
  Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg
• ETUC resolution at the 1999 congress - encourages
  coordination of bargaining at the sectoral level

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Developments at the sectoral Level

• Manufacturing sectors most advanced
• EMF - metalworking
• ETUC-TCL textiles and footwear
• UNI-Europa graphical printing and packaging,
• EMCEF - chemical, mines and energy

• Public and services sectors following
• EPSU water, gas, electricity, local govt. And
  public administration.
• UNI-Europa service sectors - finance, insurance,
  security, cleaning, etc.

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Coordinating Bargaining in the European Graphical
Sector

• Collective bargaining committee
• Surveys since 1995
• Collective bargaining conferences since 1999
• Establishment of bargaining guidelines (see
  handbook)

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UEG Wage bargaining formula

• Wage increases in the graphical sector should be
• Inflation largest share of productivity
  possible
• Also other qualitative aspects e.g. equality
  provisions, etc,

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Extracts of the 2000 Survey
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Overview of Wage Increases According to UEG
Formula
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Overview of Working Hours (1)
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Overview of Working Hours (2)
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Findings of the Survey

• Provides a good overview of situation in Europe
• Need to develop information gathering techniques
  (on-line system)
• Difficult to calculate figures exactly
• Problems to quantify value of some aspects, e.g.
  Equality provisions,

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Findings (cont.)

• Need to define approach better on other issues
  Health and Safety, Equality, etc.
• Clear overtime rules need to be developed
• Need to examine harmonisation of bargaining dates
  
• Lack of information on some countries esp.
  Central and Eastern Europe.

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Is this Information relevant to the Conference?

• Yes -
• It keeps colleagues from outside Europe informed
  of what is going on inside Europe
• Gives information about developments in CB
  strategies in the EU
• Raises the question of collecting CB data in
  other parts of the world
• Raises the question of developing CB strategies
  in other parts of the world