EMF
European Metalworkers’ Federation, EMF Fédération Européenne des Métallurgistes, FEM Europäischer Metallgewerkschaftsbund, EMB
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« SOUTH EAST EUROPEAN REGIONAL MEETING » 29 TH – 30 TH June 2009, Bucharest, Romania Received questionnaires:
Metalworkers’ Trade Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina Metalicy Bulgaria (updated) Metallurgy Bulgaria Metalworkers’ Trade Union of Croatia SIER Macedonia Metalworkers’ Trade Union of Montenegro SPMK Kosovo Metal Electro Bulgaria Autonomous Metalworkers’ Union of Serbia Industrial Union of Serbia FSLI – Metal Romania Solidaritatea Metal Romania x TUFOEMI Bulgaria x FSS Metarom Romania x NFTINI Bulgaria x Collective Bargaining 1
Country Organisation(s) PROGRESS CONFLICTS OR COLLECTIVE ACTIONS
2007 2008 2007 2008
o Collective agreement Same data o Volkswagen - non-respect o Protest in June in front of for the metal branch of collective agreement Federal Government (November 2006) Trade Union o Mittal Steel Zenica - strike o Conflicts in some firms Bosnia and Metalworkers of o Company level resulted in agreement on because of not respecting Herzegovina Bosnia and agreements in 80% of minimum wages (1,12 EUR); of collective agreements Herzegovina companies upcoming bargaining rounds on overtime, working conditions and minimum wages o Branch agreement o Some progress in o Protest actions in Stomana o Problems in Kremikovtzi concluded negotiating wages Industry (Viohalco), (lack of investments and Kremikovtzi AD (Global wages delay) o Company level o In negotiation process Steel), KCM agreements in all of new branch Bulgaria Metalicy companies represented agreement 2008-2010 (7) o New collective labour o New Branch agreements agreement concluded in January 2009 o Bargaining on wages o Some progress in o Protest action and o Protest action and negotiating wages meetings in Kremikovtzi AD, meetings in Kremikovtzi AD o Branch agreement KCM, Stomana Industry NF Metallurgy o In negotiation process Bulgaria o Collective labour of new branch "Podkrepa" CL agreements in all agreement 2008-2010 undertakings o New collective labour agreements Collective Bargaining 2
Country Organisation(s) PROGRESS CONFLICTS OR COLLECTIVE ACTIONS
2007 2008 2007 2008
o Collective bargaining National level o Continuous conflict at o Croatia Pumps Karlovac for metal and electrical Croatia pumps Karlovac - industry in 2007 - two o no collective non-respect of agreement, o Kordun Group Karlovac rounds of negotiations agreements withhold of wages. ILO to be were held with HUP in notified about the case o EuroReflex, part of the which nothing was Company level Italian group YAMA, no achieved regarding o Kordun Group Karlovac - respect of minimum wage wages and limitation of o 20 new collective management refusing fixed-term employment agreements (32.358 collective bargaining, contracts (weak workers) o 22 dismissals without coverage: only 12% of agreements amended implementing labour law on SMH members are collective redundancies covered by companies o 29 agreements under Metalworkers` associated in HUP). process of negotiation Croatia Trade Union of mainly on Wage Croatia (SMH) o 134 collective increase and other agreements at company financial rights level.
o In 2007 key negotiations were held about increase of wages: achieved increases up to 10 %.
o Higher wages were also agreed for the whole shipbuilding industry Collective Bargaining 3
Country Organisation(s) PROGRESS CONFLICTS OR COLLECTIVE ACTIONS 2007 2008 2007 2008
o National Collective o National collective o Beginning 2007 - action at o 7 strike actions at agreement for private agreement for private Silmak company (steel) to company level. In one case sector signed in 2006 sector extended 1 more urge main stakeholders to warning strike and protest o Stalemate in branch year find solutions for energy in front of the Government. collective bargaining o Collective agreement crisis and production In another case 2 hours due to low organization on sectoral level still stoppage warning strike. Trade Union of rate of employers blocked because o Several conflicts of limited Industry, Energy employers are not scope because of delay of Other cases resolved Macedonia o Priority to company and Mines of level - ongoing organized wages, not respecting the before the warning strike Macedonia (SIER) negotiations with o Model on collective working time and conditions, started. support of the SIER agreement at company etc. headquarter level prepared and All the cases resolved o Collective agreements distributed to local TU according with TU on company level o Several new collective demands. coverage - more than agreements at company 50% of the members level o Start of bargaining o Warning strike related to actions in November the preparation of the new Montenegrin 2008 on new Labor Law Labour Law. Montenegro Metalworkers Trade (expected results Union (MMTU) foreseen for February 2009) Kosovo SPMK no data no data Collective agreement at no data sector level on increase BNS FSLI of minimum wage and Romania introduction of hierarchy Metal in coefficient for skilled workers Collective Bargaining 4 - Updated
Country Organisation(s) PROGRESS CONFLICTS OR COLLECTIVE ACTIONS 2007 2008 2007 2008
o There weren’t any local conflicts in our Branch. o It was organized a national-wide inquiry /in No data o Branch Collective No data the frame of our Bulgaria Metal - Electro agreement for 2009 Confederation/ about signed in 2008 protest actions, based on the general economic and political situation in the country. The result was not affirmative.
o National Collective Agreement signed in Autonomous April 2008 No data o Negotiations for the No data / Serbia Metalworkers’ Branch Collective Union of Serbia Agreement for the metal industry - ongoing o National Collective Agreement signed in April 2008 ( all clauses about salaries and o No big protests wages are to be regarding signing of CA Serbia Industrial Trade No data suspended due to No data Union of Serbia global economic crisis ) o Few protests not o Branch level organized by unions negotiations started in 2006 and are not finished since Main social and economic developments in each country and in particular in the metal industry 1
Country Organisation(s) ISSUES
2007 2008
o Pressure on government reg. law amendments: o Same data Trade Union general labour law, strike law, pension law, privatization Bosnia and Metalworkers of Herzegovina Bosnia and o Adopted new law for protection on the work Herzegovina
o Restructuring-Kremikovtzi AD, KCM, Kumerio med; o Same data
o Ongoing/planned social reforms and new regulations in the labour law Bulgaria Metalicy o Developments in the social dialogue-transposition and enforcing of the Directive 14/2002/EC
o Ongoing/planned social reforms and new regulations, o Same data ideas and initiatives for changes in labour code NF Metallurgy Bulgaria o Restructuring in Kremikovtzi AD, KCM, Kumerio med "Podkrepa" CL o Developments in the social dialogue Main social and economic developments in each country and in particular in the metal industry 2
Country Organisation(s) ISSUES
2007 2008
o In 2008 continuation of restructuring process in o Restructuring process in Shipbuilding sector: 6 shipbuilding sector. No significant changes expected shipyards would be sold in other sectors. o SMH executive committee demands to the o Social reforms - adoption of Minimum Wage Act Government on shipbuilding sector privatization process o Social dialogue - very low progress o SMH conducted a survey among workers
o Foreseen sale and privatization of companies in Duro Dakivic Slavonki Brod Metalworkers` Croatia Trade Union of o UATUC demonstration on 12 April 2008 Croatia (SMH) o Creation of Tripartite committee for the monitoring of prices and inflation
o Minimum wages Act adopted and entered in force July 2008
o Amendment to Tax regulation reducing tax deduction from wages entered in force July 2008
o Negotiations on amending Labour Act started in July Main social and economic developments in each country and in particular in the metal industry 3 Country Organisation(s) ISSUES 2007 2008
o Aggressive policy of the Government to attract foreign o 3 companies with about 4000 workers members of investments resulting with tax reform, establishing of SIER not privatized yet free economic zones o Law on labour relations changed by August 2008, o Reduction of personal tax from 15 to 10%, but with faster procedure in parliament and without increase in other areas opinion of the Economic Social Council. TUs were not Trade Union of o pension reform informed about this new law Industry, Energy and o Only 3 companies (about 4000 workers) in the metal o Positive development regarding implementation of Macedonia Mines of Macedonia sector that are not privatized yet. High possibility that all law on H&S at workplace (SIER) 3 will end up in liquidation o Possible changes in the law regarding the o Liberalization of energy market calculation of gross wage. SIER is training trade unionist on this subject o SIER is investigating conditions for retirement of workers which are working in difficult situation (underground miners, etc.) o Privatized the 90% of metal sector companies Montenegrin o By the end of 2008 further privatizations in Montenegro Metalworkers Trade Shipyard, Electrode and Forestry machines plants o Union (MMTU) Social Council of Montenegro established o Memorandum with Montenegrin Parliament signed
o Strong privatization process o Decreasing of workforce o High number of dismissals Kosovo SPMK Same data o Wages not paid o No social dialogue o Very difficult economic situation Liquidation procedure: o S.C. Rulmentul Brasov ~3700 employees unemployed, compensatory payments 24 salaries Romania BNS FSLI Metal SOCIAL DIALOGUE with: o AVAS authority which gives a value of the State- owned assets o MEC Ministry of trade and economy Main social and economic developments in each country and in particular in the metal industry 4 - UPDATED
Country Organisation(s) ISSUES
2007 2008
o The production activity decreased due to the world crises.
Bulgaria Metal - Electro No data o Consequences: decreasing of work time, going on leave without pay, reducing workforce
o The privatization process is still going on. In metal complex in Serbia, the following number of enterprises has been soled so far: By auctions- 231 enterprises By tenders – 14 enterprises Autonomous No data Contracts on purchase cancelled: Serbia Metalworkers’ By auctions -45 Union of Serbia With 5186 employed By tenders -4 companies with 1781 employed Not soled by auctions -49 Not soled by tenders -14 o 14 companies are being destructured
o No significant privatizations in 2008 o Decrease in production, in the number of employees and salaries Industrial Trade No data o Arrival of Fiat not yet defined completely Serbia Union of Serbia o In US Steel both of blast furnaces shut down o Problems in companies producing parts for automobile industry and producing transport vehicles Organizing 1
Country Organisation(s) Members Members Members Organizing efforts 2006 2007 2008 new local organizations
2007 2008 11.920 12.300 12.300 0 increasing Trade Union Metalworkers of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
7.378 8.000 8.200 5 2 Bulgaria Metalicy
2.100 4.600 7.600 with the 10 2 aim to reach Bulgaria NF Metallurgy "Podkrepa" CL 8.000 by the end of 2008 21.735 22.025 22.032 0 6 Metalworkers` Trade Union of Croatia Croatia (SMH)
Trade Union of Industry, Energy 15.000 17.332 increase to 1 2 Macedonia and Mines of Macedonia (SIER) 17.352
Montenegrin Metalworkers Trade 10.500 6.000 6.500 6 Montenegro Union (MMTU)
9.270 6.270 no data no data No new Kosovo SPMK members no data no data no data no data Romania BNS FSLI Metal Organizing 2 - UPDATED
Country Organisation(s) Members Members Members Organizing efforts 2006 2007 2008 new local organizations
2007 2008
Bulgaria Metal - Electro No data No data No data No No data data
Autonomous Serbia Metalworkers’ Union of 80 000 50 000 25 000 No 8 Serbia data
Industrial Union of Serbia 25 000 20 000 17000 No 10 Serbia data Organizing 3 Activities and priorities
Country Organisation(s) Organizing efforts activities Organizing priorities
2007 2008 2007 2008
o Focus on o Respect of collective o New companies o Same priorities Trade Union implementation of agreements o Branch agreement Bosnia and Metalworkers of existing and o Social dialogue o Higher wages, better Herzegovina Bosnia and conclusion of new o Collective working condition, education Herzegovina collective agreements at of members at company level agreement company level o Seminars, o Seminars, trainings, o New companies o Same priorities trainings, brochures brochures and news o Consolidation among the and news bulletins, bulletins, meetings with federations in the metal sector meetings with employees o Collective bargaining employees (increase of wages, working Bulgaria Metalicy conditions) o Trainings of young trade union leaders o New target groups - women o Employees’ sport activities o Non-stop meetings o Establishment of new o Establishment of new with workers structures structures o Unionization o Seminars, training, o Training of young trade o Collective bargaining social dialogue union leaders o Wages increase o Improvement of work NF Metallurgy o Consolidation among conditions Bulgaria "Podkrepa" CL federations in metal sector o Training of young trade unionists o Development of the o Development of the committees for work with committees for work with women women o Activities against precarious work Organizing 4 Activities and priorities
Country Organisation(s) Organizing efforts activities Organizing priorities
2007 2008 2007 2008
Membership plans Membership plans is o Increased number of members o Education of shop monitored every 3 working very well: in existing and new companies stewards, members of months with slight increase in o Elections for works councils the EWCs and OHS incentives for the membership in last 6 and for OHS representatives representatives local officers months o Successful restructuring process in shipbuilding o Process of fusion Metalworkers` o Increase of wages and other between SMH and Croatia Trade Union of rights in concluded collective Autonomous Trade Croatia (SMH) agreements Union Workers in Power o New company collective Industry, Chemistry and agreements Non Metal Industry o Education of workers` (EKN) foreseen by 2009 representatives and members of works councils Re-organization of 2 new local o Establishing regional offices in 3 year project for Trade Union of the organizations in small at least 3 regions educating organizers in Industry, Energy Macedonia plants that were sold companies, 30 cooperation with Danish and Mines of after liquidations members. o Training for organizers Union 3F. Results Macedonia (SIER) expected in 2009 Montenegrin o Organized members o Increasing presence in key o Increasing presence in Montenegro Metalworkers Trade in SMEs plants key plants Union (MMTU) (Steel and Aluminum) (Steel and Aluminum) Kosovo SPMK no data Establishment of the no data "Automobile" Romania BNS FSLI Metal department. 1700 new members in 3 Draxlmaier plants Organizing 5 Activities and priorities - UPDATED
Country Organisation(s) Organizing efforts activities Organizing priorities
2007 2008 2007 2008
o Visited different companies where there is no trade- o Saving and Bulgaria Metal – Electro union structure and No data met the people with No data keeping number of purpose of trade- our members unionization
Autonomous Metalworkers’ Serbia Union of No data No data No data No data Serbia
Besides all problems that we had working as Branch Union of Metal Workers (GSM), we Industrial have worked on Serbia Union of No data organizing new No data No data Serbia members and organized the “Fight Against Insecure Work” action in several towns in Serbia Organizational changes 1 - UPDATED Organisation(s) Existing staff New staff Central – Regional – Company
Bosnia and Trade Union Metalworkers of Bosnia and 3 - 6 - 2 New staff Herzegovina Herzegovina
Bulgaria Metal - Electro 5 – 2 - 67 No changes
1 new responsible for regional and international relations 1 new TU officer responsible for Bulgaria Metalicy 6 - 0 - 30 negotiation of different services for members and for technical equipment 3 more people (1 for regional and international relations, 2 Bulgaria NF Metallurgy "Podkrepa" CL / - / - 33 for new projects on trade union education Bulgaria NFTINI 2 – 0 - 1 No data
Metalworkers` Trade Union of Croatia 5 - 8 - 15 3 new company reps Croatia (SMH) Trade Union of Industry, Energy and Mines 6 - 0 - 9 1 new regional reps expected Macedonia of Macedonia (SIER) in 2008 Montenegrin Metalworkers Trade Union Use of Confederation staff 0 Montenegro (MMTU) 0 due to scarce financial Kosovo SPMK 2 – 0 - 47 possibilities Serbia Industrial Union of Serbia 3 - / - around 200 Autonomous Metalworkers’ 6 - / - 50 No changes Serbia Union of Serbia Romania Solidaritatea Metal 2 – 0 – 134 No data Romania BNS FSLI Metal No data Organizational changes 2
Country Merger processes Membership Fee Membership Fee Company - Fed - Confed Changes 2007 2008
Intention to unite TU in the Intention to unit industry and 50%-30%-20% No plans before the Congress Bosnia and state BiH metalworkers trade union at 2009 Herzegovina national level
Bulgaria No No 65%-20%-15% No
In process negotiations for No No Bulgaria merger
2006: Confederation of KSMK assembly in May 40%-40%-20% No plans the Metal and Chemical 2008. slow process Trade Unions of Croatia created; Croatia 2007 joint regional and Executive Committee meetings were held; 2008 the Assembly will be held No (regrettably) No (regrettably) 64%-30%-6% No plans until next Congress Macedonia 2011 Planned for the next period Planned for the next period Montenegro with industrial unions (waiting for proposals from grassroots organizations) Kosovo no data no data No data no data No data No changes. approx 11.000 Romania members pay dues to the Federation Organizational changes 3 - UPDATED
Country Merger processes Membership Fee Membership Fee Company - Changes Federation – Confederation
2007 2008
Bulgaria No data No data 60%-25%-15% No planned changes
Not planned but Serbia No data permanently discussed 50%-20%-30% No planned changes
Several companies that joined IUS from the following industries: - food industry 35%-65%-/ No data - textile industry No planned changes Serbia - chemical industry. Planned to organize building and other industries Training, Projects Regional/EU Cooperation 1 Country Organisation(s) Training Projects and Regional / EU Cooperation
2007 2008
o Seminar on education, o EMF Taiex o Sweden Trade Union SIF social dialogue, collective o ILO EMF o Sweden IF Metal Trade Union bargaining, protection at o Sweden Trade Union SIF Bosnia and Metalworkers of the workplace o Sweden IF Metal Herzegovina Bosnia and o Workshop with Herzegovina employers on better work conditions Seminars in OHS, o FES national project on exchange of National Level: strategies for experiences (2007-2008) o Joint project with Birlesik Metal membership, national o EU cofinanced project on informing and (Turkey) with the support of FES labour legislation, consulting employees (2007 - 2008) o EU cofinanced project informing and administrative capacities, o IG Metall project on exchange of consulting employees (2007 - 2008) recruiting young people experiences (2007 - 2008) o KNSB project for strengthening and women, EU o SIMA Portugal project on informing and administrative capacity of TU officers citizenship, information consulting employees (2007) Bulgaria Metalicy and consultation, o ILO EMF project International Level: collective bargaining o EMF TAIEX project o IG Metall project – continue in 2009 Precarious work o EMF project on strengthening social o ILO EMF Project dialogue in SEE (2007) o EMF Taiex project and Flexicurity o o “Metalicy” project- “Labour and capital united in the formula of social dialogue” - with the support of European Commission /end of 2008- 2009/ Training seminars on o ILO EMF o ILO EMF termination of o EMF Taiex o EMF Taiex employment, collective o Project for trade union education and o Project on TU education NF Metallurgy Bulgaria bargaining, OHS, collective labour agreements o 57 lectures "Podkrepa" CL regulation of occupational accidents and diseases Training, Projects Regional/EU Cooperation 2
Country Organisation(s) Training Projects and Regional / EU Cooperation 2007 2008
o For workers o EMF Taiex o Same data representatives - Seminar o ILO EMF on communication and o Restructuring of shipbuilding media (conference with IGMetall) o For members of work o UATUC ETUC BusinessEurope councils - how to win Workshop in Croatia and Conference Metalworkers` Trade election in March 2008 and on Social Dialogue and Social partners' Croatia Union of Croatia how to work in a council needs in Brussels (SMH) after election of members o 3F (Denmark) Conference of 4 trade o Seminars for OHS unions from former Yugoslavia and representatives Albania o International training course in Inzell on different issues o Training on EU o Project for cooperation with Danish In addition: integration o Seminars 3F (3 year project, first year of on social dialogue o implementation) for strengthening SIER o Cooperation with ICEM/IUL on seminars in functioning and capacities in organizing new members Education organizational structure, o Regional Cooperation with Fondacio organizing new members PAU I Solidaritat - Catalunya for o Seminars for young strengthening the capacities of 4 Trade Union of people and women unions in the region (Bosnia, Serbia, Industry, Energy and Macedonia o 2008 seminars on OHS (8 Kosovo and Macedonia) - 3rd year Mines of Macedonia seminars) since SIER is included (SIER) o Seminar on information o EMF ILO project management o Cooperation with IMF on training and o Joint seminar with Agro education on health and safety - Union and Construction starting this year. workers Union on basic o TAIEX Seminars (EMF) skills in rhetoric and basic knowledge in economics Training, Projects Regional/EU Cooperation 3
Country Organisation(s) Training Projects and Regional / EU Cooperation
2007 2008
o Seminars related to o IMF (project on H&S) Montenegrin Risk assessing in H & S, o SID Denmark (exchange of Montenegro Metalworkers Trade social dialogue, collective experiences) Union (MMTU) bargaining and EU o 3F regional conference integration o Expecting more cooperation in 2009
o Seminar on Social o European Integration in Economy - - Seventeenth Statutory Dialogue and Collective Struga Macedonia Bargaining in France o Perspective for a good future in SEE - National Congress of the Budapest FIM-CISL-ITALY o Seminar on no o Mobilisation of Trade Union discrimination of women membership - Cetinje - 32 IMF World Congress- in the place of work o Practice changes and insecurity at the Sweden Kosovo SPMK work place - Sarajevo - Practice changes and insecurity in the work- Sarajevo - V. OS KOVO Congress- Rep. Czech
No training organized by o FNV Netherlands MATRA on striking the Federation deals
o ILO EMF Project Romania BNS FSLI Metal o Establishment of 2 centers for expertise and vocational training for the AERO and NAVAL (accessing final resources from ESF for project using the 2 centers) Training, Projects Regional/EU Cooperation 4 - UPDATED Country Organisation(s) Training Projects and Regional / EU Cooperation
2007 2008 o Regional Seminars: Collective bargaining, o Plan to take part in some negotiating salaries, Bulgaria Metal – Electro actual questions about international projects for trade-union activity, trade-unionisation legislation changes No data
o Project FITIM/ISCOD/MCA – UGT on safety and health at work o In 2008: o Seminar under the auspices of Autonomous labour the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Metalworkers’ Serbia legislation, No data o Projects, seminars with SLA on Union of health and safety at work collective Serbia o We plan to continue activities agreements and with the above mentioned safety and health organizations and to begin at work cooperation with the ILO in 2009 o Seminar on o Project Status and collective negotiations Perspective of Metal Works o Seminar on security and working health Industry in Serbia in Industrial o Seminar for youth No data cooperation with SLA and women (all in Serbia Union of Serbia cooperation with SLA o Project with Catalonia and FES) continued in 2008 including o Seminar on Industrial Politics of Conference in Pec (BIH, EU with CCMB- Macedonia and Kosovo) Belgium. Main challenges for the Future 1
Country Organisation(s Challenges ) 2007 2008
No data available o To complete labour related laws and insist on their application o Better control of privatization process o To create conditions for faster employment, Trade Union reduction of unemployment Bosnia and Metalworkers of o To design development employment Herzegovina Bosnia and programmes o To improve and enact social Herzegovina programs and OHS programmes o To enlarge membership o Cooperation with other industrial trade unions with the final goal of founding an association of industrial trade unions o Organizing of new members same data o Consolidation among the federations in metal sector o Increase of wages o Improvement of working conditions o Trainings of young trade union leaders o Development of the committees for work with Bulgaria Metalicy women o Development of the employees’ sport activities o Working out and carrying out different projects aimed at strengthening workers’ capacity and knowledge o Establishing information network among the trade unions from the region within SEEF Main challenges for the Future 2
Country Organisation(s Challenges )
2007 2008
o Organizing of new members o Making a meeting with all trade union o Consolidation among the federations in metal organizations from South Eastern Region sector o Improvement of the web page of the organization o Increase of wages o Improvement of working conditions o Trainings of young trade union leaders NF Metallurgy o Development of the committees for work with Bulgaria "Podkrepa" CL women o Working out and carrying out different projects aimed at strengthening workers’ capacity and knowledge o Establishing information network among the trade unions from the region within SEEF o Creation of webpage o Increased number of members in existing and In addition: new companies o Continuing in activities related to KSMK o Victory in elections for works councils and confederation elections for occupational safety and health representatives in March 2008 Metalworkers` o Successful restructuring process in shipbuilding Croatia Trade Union of o Increase of wages and other rights in concluded Croatia (SMH) collective agreements and conclusion of new collective agreements o Education of workers` representatives and members of works councils Main challenges for the Future 3
Country Organisation(s) Challenges
2007 2008
o Further development of the social dialogue and o Same priorities completing the collective bargaining process on company level. o Negotiations about increasing wages and Trade Union of establishing system of guaranteed by law minimum Industry, Energy and wages Macedonia Mines of Macedonia o Training the workers representatives the new Law of (SIER) safety and health at work. o More efforts on organizing new members, developing the regional structure and improving educational activities. o Dealing with expected closures and job losses
Montenegrin o Organizing of new members Montenegro Metalworkers Trade o Merging with industrial trade unions Union (MMTU) o Decreasing of informal economy in metal sector
Action in Social Dialogue, Collective Bargaining, Kosovo SPMK Security at the workplace and Trade Union Education Same data o Recruitment of new trade union organizations Romania BNS FSLI Metal o Organizational and financial counselling Main challenges for the Future 4 - UPDATE Country Organisation(s) Challenges
2007 2008
o To surmount the crises consequences and keep our members and organizations o By Collective bargaining we seek to attain Bulgaria Metal – Electro company agreements, which bring in use the No data flexible work time, to switch to four hours working day with extra pay by the National Employment service or short use of unpaid leave o Preservation of metal industry companies of Serbia Autonomous o Preservation of jobs Serbia Metalworkers’ o Preservation of the living standard level Union of Serbia o Pressure upon the Government of the Republic of Serbia to adopt measures to alleviate negative consequences of the world No data financial crisis
o Strengthening and stabilization of the organization o Achieving representativity o Entering negotiations about Collective No data Industrial Union Agreement for metal industry Serbia o Making organization larger, not only made of Serbia of metal workers, linking house unions into IUS o Entering small and medium companies o Informing our members and keeping our web site up to date. CONCLUSIONS Collective Bargaining
• Branch Collective Agreement and Negotiations: Existing in: BIH, BG, RO Difficult partly due to low coverage of employers associations: CRO, MAC, partly SRB
• Domination of company level agreements in the Region / Good coverage
• Negotiations and agreements mosltly focused on wages increase CONCLUSIONS Conflicts or collective actions
• Worning strikes, strikes, protest action organized mostly for company level problems: Disrespect of CA Disrespect of minimum wages
• Ongoing struggle – Kremikovtzi Bulgaria
• Other action in relation to crises? CONCLUSIONS Social and economic developments
Points in common:
• Ongoing negotiations on new Labour Law (in almost all SEE countries) • Restructuring processes and privatizations in different stages, ongoing • Social reforms and harmonization processes with EU legislation • Production decrease due to global economic crises decreasing of work time, going on leave without pay, reducing workforce, etc. CONCLUSIONS Social and economic developments
Good practices:
• Croatia: SMH conducted a survey among workers • Croatia: Privatization and restructuring of shipyards: good lobbying practice at EU • Bulgaria: Establishment of social dialogue at company level/ international cooperation and solidarity (NFTINI: case of EPIQ) CONCLUSIONS Organizing
• Increasing of membership figures positive trends with the exception of Serbia – developments in 2009? • Increased number of companies with TU presence including Serbia • Lack of human resources in TU due to scarce financial possibilities
Priorities: • New Agreements company and branch level • Training (prioritizing youth and women groups) CONCLUSIONS Organizing
Good practices:
• Bulgaria – Metallurgy: training for young trade unionists and committees for work with women
• Bulgaria – Metallurgy: establishment of new structures
• Macedonia – SIER: Educating organizers (cooperation with 3F) CONCLUSIONS Mergers •SMBiH (BiH): Intention to unite TU in BIH state (2007) Intention to unite industry and metalworkers trade union at national level • SMH (Croatia): Merger with Chemical, Energy and Non Metal branch into KSMK • MMTU (Montenegro): Merger with other industrial union planned for the next period • AMWUS (Serbia): Mergers not planned, but permanently discussed • IUS (Serbia): Covers several companies in food, textile and chemical industries/ plans for building and other industries CONCLUSIONS Training, Projects,Regional/EU cooperation
• Training seminars on: Social dialogue Collective bargaining Ocupational Health and Safety Information and consultation rights European integration
Organizing strategies Precarious work and flexicurity EU industrial policy CONCLUSIONS Training, Projects,Regional/EU cooperation
Good practices:
• Bulgaria - Metalicy: Recruiting of young people and women • Kosovo - SPMK: Seminar on discrimination of women at the workplace • Macedonia - SIER: Seminars for young trade unionists and women • Serbia – IUS: Seminars for young trade unionists and women • Croatia – SMH: Seminar on communications and media CONCLUSIONS Projects, Regional/EU cooperation • ILO EMF project (2008) • TAIEX seminars (2008) • IMF project on OHS • Arbeit und Leben project (2009) • 3F Project cooperation and involvment of all EMF affiliates • Fondatio PAU I Solidaritat Catalonia project – including BIH, MAC, SRB and KO
Bilateral/regional cooperation: • BiH – Sweden (SIF) • Bulgaria (Metalicy) – Germany (IGMetall) • Bulgaria (Metalicy) – Turkey (Birlesik Metall) • Croatia – Gemany (IGMetall) • Montenegro – Denmark (SID) • Romania (BNL FSLI) – Netherlands (NFV) • Serbia (AMWUS) – Spain (FITIM/ISCOD/MCA – UGT) CONCLUSIONS Main challenges for the future
• Concluding Collective Agreements • Creating conditions for increase of employment • Organizing new members • Mergers with other industrial unions • Training and education • Further developing of social dialogue • Decreasing the level of informal economy in the metal sector • Establishing information network within SEEF • Surmounting the crises effects • Saving jobs and membership Thank you
Mina Vukojičić mvukojicic@emf fem.org www.emf fem.org