Most recent trends in collective bargaining Leopoldo Tartaglia CGIL, Italy

Signs of recovery in bargaining *Steel sector in Germany: 3,6% wage increase over 1’ months and equal pay for agency workers (80% coverage rate) Postponed wage increases brought forward from April to February (2,7%) again in many German companies Germany: Paper workers: 2,5% Ver.di demand for regional governments: 3% FNV coordinated wage demand: 2% plus 1% to repair retirment issues and for training Austria, metal: 2,3% effective wage increase/2,5% minimum wage increase

Continued moderation Poland: Wage freeze proposed for 2011 (public sctor) Slovenia: public sector wage freeze until 2012 Intention to abolish minimum pay obligation in public tendering (UK) Intention not to implement planned minimum wage rise 2011 (PT) Ireland: Minimum wage cut by 11,6%, sector level minimum wages also under review (‘abolishment’?)

Company agreements Siemens Germany: job security until 2013 for 128.000 workers, in return for having accepted cuts in the crisis Ford Belgium: giving up on 2% wage increases in retunr for job security until 2020 Italian metal: Agreement to allow company agreements to deviate from sector agreement in case of ‘new investments’ or in case of ‘period of crisis’ (follows similar agreement in chemicals 2007)

Tackling wage competition because of posting of workers across the borders Denmark: In construction and transport, employers ‘refrain’ from using foreign contractors not respecting Danish agreements. No agreement however on ‘supply chain liability’ in outsourcing. Austria: Agreeement to monitor minimum pay rates in context of opening labour market in May 2011