WORKER ETUI the European Worker Participation Fund the European Worker Participation Competence Centre

workers ETUI ● the European Worker Participation Fund ● created by ETUC resolution October 2008 ● arrangement for 2 years, renewable ● managed by Board of Trustees 7+ members ○ general secretary ETUC John Monks ○ general secretaries ETUF Peter Scherrer (EMF) Bernadette Ségol (UNI europa) Sam Hägglund (EFBWW) ○ national ETUC member organisations Klaus Beck (DGB) Dario Ilossi (CISL/CGIL/UIL) Thorkild E. Jensen (LO Denmark) Katarina Björk (Unionen)

workers ETUI ● the European Worker Participation Fund ● partial transfer of board members remuneration gross remuneration - tax trade union (institution) EWPF ≤ 3500 EUR 10%+ > 3500 EUR 90%+ 50 %+ non TU members

workers ETUI ● the European Worker Participation Fund ● to support the SE board level reps to promote the concept of workers participation ● located inside the ETUI ● budget local trade unions and institutions must serve same objective in collaboration with ETUI ● budget can be used for projects organised by ETUF, local TU, SE WC... ● work programme to be carried out by cluster called the European Worker Participation Competence Centre EWPF Board of Trustees € EWPCC seminars books experts workshops contacts

workers ETUI ● the European Worker Participation Competence Centre ● to support European workers representatives ○ board level reps & SE WC & EWC ○ seminars and training ○ advisory services ○ research on development of workers participation ○ documentation, brochures, handbooks admin & finance & communication researchhealth & safetyeducation EWPCC

workers ETUI ● ETUI achievements SEEurope SE fact sheets Survey on BLEReps worker- participation.eu WP 2030 scenarios GoodCorp Sust. Company EWC database +analysis Info. & Consult. In EU EPSARE H&S reps ETUF + EWC + SE WC trainings EDU + H&S Training sessions on H&S With H&S officers H&S + RES Research projects incl. H&S issues (EWCs, IFAs) RES + EDU Trainings on EWCS, BLER With RES officers Res. projects supported by EDU officers (EWCdb, website)

workers ETUI ● specific EWPCC achievements ● February 2009 workshop in Runö, Sweden on need for training ● September 2009 conference in Vienna, Austria on crisis ● December 2009 seminar in Copenhagen, Denmark on climate change ● March 2010 workshop in Helsingör, Denmark on need for training ● June 2010 workshop in Brussels, Belgium on corporate governance ● November 2010 conference in Amsterdam, Netherlands on EU internal market ● 2011 ? training for SE board members liability reserve projects from IG Metall & UNI europa/EMF/EMCEF

workers ETUI ● situation SE creation November BL 67 I&C 166 NORMAL 344 UFO 83 EMPTY 65 SHELF 658 EUROPEAN COMPANIES

workers ETUI ● situation BL contribution to Fund March 2010 ● 33 board members have agreed 6 companies : MAN Diesel, BASF, Allianz, Fresenius, Porsche Holding, Surteco covered by EMF, UNI europa, EMCEF 25 DE 2 DK 1 FR, BE, IT, UK, AT, PL ● potential of 65 others 18 companies : 6 mentioned before + SGL Carbon, MAN, Knauf, RKW, ASIC, DVB Bank, Q-Cells, WILO, Wacker Neuson, GfK, E.ON Energy Trading, Tesa covered by EMF, UNI europa, EMCEF & EPSU 25 DE 2 UK, PL, NL 1 NO, AT, FR... ● personal + local trade union contacts ● ??? € (inflow from Germany, Italy, Belgium, UK, Austria)