The Central Organization of Industrial Employees in Denmark INDUSTRI

Henrik Kjærgaard Deputy head of department

CO-industri Cartel for 9 trade unions Collective Bargaining with Dansk Industri (The Confederation of Danish Industries) –6000 companies / employees 13 per cent of all employees in Denmark 85 per cent member of a trade union

Cand Bachelor GUV EUD

EUD Educations KVU MVU GYU AUM LVU

AMU – (The Danish Vocational and Training System) Further training –Unskilled –Skilled –Technicians 2006 – 8956 trainees – 2008 – trainees Control = Government + the two sides of industry All employers are paying in average 530 DKK per year per employee

AMU - Unemployeed Right to 6 weeks education - AMU Right to Social benefit – 3335 DKK per week Paid transport Course charge paid according to agreement

AMU - Employeed No maximum in number of weeks Relevant to the company The company will receive 3335 DKK per week / 91 DKK/per hour – and paid transport Employee ”full payment” 150 DKK per hour

AMU - Employeed – own wishes Off according to agreement with the company The employee gets 3335 DKK per week Paid transport Has to pay a charge of 500 / 750 DKK per week

CO – DI agreement Self-elected education Right to 2 weeks off per year to education No demand of relevance to the company – but to the employees or one of the 6000 member companies of DI

Financial circumstances The companies are paying to a fund as following: –260 DKK per employee in 2008 –520 DKK per employee in 2009 In total about 125 million DKK in 2009 –5000 DKK per week = 25,000 weeks = 652 annual trainees

The Fund - employee Is paying to a self elected education Is paying 3335 DKK per week and up to 85 per cent / 91 DKK DKK per hour Is paying a possible course charge

The Fund - Money to carring out a drive – more training to employees Money to other kind of education than AMU – for instance private course offers, courses in other countries etc. Will become Denmark´s largest fund !!!

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Only the best companies – from an employee point of view – will not be missing working power in the future

”Every metal working employee must learn a foreign language and to play a music instrument” Former Union President, Danish Metalworkers´Union Georg Poulsen

The Central Organization of Industrial Employees in Denmark INDUSTRI

Tabel 2.1 Andele af beskæftigelsen, 6 uddannelsesgrupper, Kilde: Egne beregninger på IDA-databasen, Danmarks Statistik Pct. Grundskole47,142,837,932,628,727,1 Gymnasiel4,86,17,08,69,59,1 Faglært33,134,636,537,437,938,2 KVU3,03,33,64,24,34,6 MVU9,09,810,912,213,814,6 LVU3,03,54,15,05,86,3 Total100,0