© CECOP d Cooperative Convention 18 – 19 June Prague Relations between federations of worker and social cooperatives and trade unions in Europe Bruno Roelants CECOP
© CECOP 2007 Within the framework of the Social Partner Programme (SPP) of Cooperatives Europe
© CECOP 2007 CECOP – CICOPA EUROPE Sectoral member of Cooperatives Europe for industrial, service and craft cooperatives
© CECOP 2007 Enterprise typologies: Worker cooperatives Social cooperatives Cooperatives of craftsmen and small businesses Employee-owned enterprises
© CECOP 2007 Cooperatives Europe CECOP Number of enterprises (32%) Number of workers 3.3 million1.3 million (39%)
© CECOP 2007 Aggregate turnover of 45 billion € (average: €)
© CECOP 2007 CECOP federates representative organisations in 18 EU member states (out of 27)
© CECOP 2007 Around 70% of workers are worker-members
© CECOP 2007 Worker-member: Distinctive type of labour relations
© CECOP 2007 Different national situations:
© CECOP Sectoral relations with trade unions are part of an institutionalized and formal social dialogue at the cooperative intersectoral level
© CECOP Sectoral cooperative organisations are members of the official national employer organisations
© CECOP Relations with the trade unions are frequent and focus on specific policy issues but no part in official social dialogue
© CECOP No involvement in social dialogue
© CECOP 2007 Mandate from cooperative enterprises
© CECOP 2007 Relation between rate of unionisation and national position in social dialogue
© CECOP 2007 Difference between involvement in - Collective agreements - Dialogue on policy issues
© CECOP 2007 CECOP – ETUC Working on specific policy issues
© CECOP Reach a better understanding of worker ownership
© CECOP Reach a better understanding of worker ownership - Analyse the different typologies of non members and their involvement in the cooperative
© CECOP Reach a better understanding of worker ownership - Analyse the different typologies of non members and their involvement in the cooperative - Analyse training and audit systems in worker involvement
© CECOP Reach a better understanding of worker ownership - Analyse the different typologies of non members and their involvement in the cooperative - Analyse training and audit systems in worker involvement - Reach common standards
© CECOP Reach a better understanding of worker ownership - Analyse the different typologies of non members and their involvement in the cooperative - Analyse training and audit systems in worker involvement - Reach common standards - Establish a common monitoring system
© CECOP 2007 Working on the issue of restructuring and our good practices in this field
© CECOP