1. PRECARIOUS WORK ERLEND HANSEN, POLICY ADVISOR
ILO TRAINING CENTER, 1ST JULY 2011
ERLEND HANSEN, POLICY ADVISOR

2. EMF 5 million workers in 36 countries
Merger planned with two other federations in 2012, will be 8.5 million workers in total
Close cooperation with ETUC, sister federations, IMF and others.

3. HOW WE ORGANISE CB WORK CB conference every four years
CB committee and select working parties
Surveys on CB and precarious work
Special web sites; Eucoban and prec work
Transnational agreements

4. EUCOBAN European Collective Bargaining Network Set up in the late 90s
More than 100 correspondents today
Plus copylist
Needs to be further developed

5. NEW JOBS ARE PRECARIOUS
There is an erosion of standard forms of employment. Most new jobs are temporary with low pay, limited social security benefits and limited protection against dismissals. Trade union densities are low among precarious workers.

6. MANY ARE WORKING POOR
Eurofound: 6% of employees and 18% of self-employed.
They make less than 60% of median income of full-time employed
They are difficult to indentify.

7. WHO ARE MOSTLY AFFECTED?
Migrant workers from new member states and outside EU. They provide services, are often rented out through agencies.
Many youth workers are vulnerable.
Women are often employed part-time.

8. SPECIFIC CHALLENGES Temporary agency work Fixed term contracts
Unwanted part-time work
Bogus self-employed
Others

9. EVALUATION METHOD
Roadmaps were sent out in Affiliates defined the way forward by answering six simple questions on campaigns, goals, levels, time, etc. 50% of countries and member organisations participated.
Also annual CB survey

10. CAMPAIGNS AND INITIATIVES
Collective bargaining
Political lobbying
Media
Manifestations
Others

11. CB RESULTS 2009-2010 Positive reports from 8-10 countries
Temp workers: percentage limits, maximum number of contracts, equal pay, implementation of new directive in CA
No results in Croatia, France and Spain

12. EU DIRECTIVE ON TAW
Hired workers should cost more, but equal pay is not so easy in practice
Hiring should continue to be restricted
Unions and employers’ organisations are entitled to dialogue with their governments

13. BOGUS SELF-EMPLOYED
Fake self-employed receive all their work and all their money from one employer. Some of them are previous workers who lost their jobs. They return to former working place as consultants.

14. FURTHER WORK
The second common demand will be subject to a mid-term review in 2011 and a final evaluation by EMCEF and ETUF-TCL adopted their common demands this year
No third common demands yet