“Improving trade union coordination of European Works Councils” Training seminar for UNI Europa EWC coordinators Florence, February 2013
Commerce Post and Logistics Information and communications technology Finance and Insurance Temporary work Social security Property services (cleaning, private security services) Graphical and Packaging Media and Entertainment Tourism Hair & Beauty Gaming Sport
Commerce (ca. 35) Post and Logistics (ca. 8) Information and communications technology (ICTS) (ca. 50) Finance and Insurance (ca. 63) Temporary agency work (ca. 3) Property services (cleaning, private security services) (ca. 11) Graphical and Packaging (ca. 60) Media and Entertainment (ca. 8) Tourism (ca. 8)
Social security Hair & Beauty Gaming Sport
Integrated strategy on multinational companies, revised in 2011 Permanent EWC working group by UEF’s affiliated EWC experts, nominates (internal and external) Coordinators Political responsibility: UEF presidium
Integrated strategy on multinational companies Multinational committee by UEG’s affiliated EWC experts, nominates coordinators sub-sector networks
Secretariat coordinates most of the EWCs, coordinators nominated on a case- by-case basis Tourism: ETLC nominates coordinators and cooperates on strategy
Secretariat coordinates most of the EWCs EWC coordinators nominated on a case-by-case basis, mostly by sector’s steering committees Pro-active activities on key companies to build a trade union alliance and put a coordinator in place Sectoral training seminars focusing on EWC coordination
Aim to set a basic common standard Sectors will continue to work quite autonomously Stronger cross-sectoral work on multinational companies Important to connect all UNI EWC coordinators!
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