1. Sunday work & Co. Commerce sector in Europe Fabrice Warneck UNI Europa commerce

2. Commerce in Europe 33 million workers in E.U. Retail and wholesale Very high competition (SMEs) but low competion rules Multinational companies: Carrefour (500.000), Tesco (500.000), Metro (Makro, Mediamarkt 300 000), IKEA (130.000), H&M (100.000), …

3. Involuntary part-time Share of involuntary part-time employees in retail, % of total part-time employees (2007) Source: Eurostat/ LFS Note: Exception to reference year: LU and SK (2006)

4. Eurofound preliminary findings (1) companies with + 10 workers

5. All sectors Year 2007/( Eurofound « working time in the E.U. and other global economies ») up to 50% of employees work at least one Saturday a month some 25% work at least one Sunday a month about 25% of employees work on Saturdays but never on Sundays, 23% work at least one Saturday and one Sunday a month. four times a month : 15% of workers are usually at the workplace on Saturdays, some 5% report working regularly on Sundays, and 4% usually work on both Saturdays and Sundays.

6. Year 2007/ ( Eurofound « working time in the E.U. and other global economies ») In the US, the share of employees who do not work on weekends is higher than in the EU: almost two-thirds of all wage and salary workers only usually work on weekdays. In the EU, in hotels and restaurants, where employees who work on Saturdays represent 80% of the total workforce (65% on Sundays), wholesale and retail trade 60% Saturdays (20 % on Sundays), as well as transport and communication, Saturdays is 60% (35% on Sundays respectively).

7. Why opening longer hours ? Late evening opening and Sunday opening of shops = good for consumers ? For the economy ? Who takes care of children ? Impact on family life. What impact on health ? Stress, overload. What compensation ? Rest, money, none. What impact on environment ? (air conditioning, light, refrigiration). What kind of society do we want ? Leisure or consumerism ? What impact on other sectors (childcare, public transport, cleaning, security, logistics)

11. Sunday Shop opening in E.U. heterogeneous Situations Open Sunday without restrictions: Czeck Rep., Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden Weak restrictions: Hongrie, Icelande, Irelande, Luxembourg, Portugal, U.K. (6 hours) Strong restrictions: small businesses, tourist areas, food shops only, number of days restricted Open from Monday to Friday 24H / 24 H : Czeck Rep., Estonia, France, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norvay, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, U.K.

12. European campaign -Building a European Alliance for work free Sundays -Trade union movement, churches, SMEs, politicians, … -Conference 24th March: 400 people at E.P. -Influencing the working time directive ? -Sector (de) regulation ?