Bruno Berghmans

European Metalworkers’ Federation Madrid, Spain – November 2011

EMF EU Policy Seminar for full-time union officers

EMF Areas of work

Introducing the EMF

• One of 12 European Trade Union Federations (ETUF)

• Founded 1971 (Benelux, D, F, I)

• 78 member organisations and 2 associated member organisations in 37 countries (EU, NO, CH, IS, TR, BA, HR, KS, ME, MK and RE)

• 30 languages

• Represents 5 million metalworkers

• Member of the ETUC

• Cooperation with the IMF

• Merging in May 2012 with EMCEF and ETUF:TCL

Members

    organisationsCongress period

2003- 2007Congress period

2007- 2011Congress period

2012 -2016

   

organisationsCongress period

2003- 2007Congress period

2007- 2011Congress period

2012 -2016

1 AT PRO-GE 180.000 175.000 165.000 22 EL POEM 15.128 12.451 11.511

2 BA Sindikat Metalaca Bosne i Hercegovine 10.000 10.000 10.000 23 ES MCA-UGT 100.000 100.000 80.000

3 BA MMU (RS) 0 0 10.000 24 ES FTM-ELA 27.709 27.000 28.000

4 BE MWB-FGTB 80.000 80.000 80.000 25 ES FI CC.OO. 100.000 100.000 80.000

5 BE ABVV-Metaal 80.000 80.000 80.000 26 ES USO 0 12.244 12.244

6 BE ACV-CSS METEA 160.000 160.000 160.000 27 FI Metalli 128.808 125.000 110.000

7 BE LBC/NVK 20.000 20.000 20.000 28 FI Ammattiliitto Pro 23.000 33.000 33.000

8 BE SETCa 10.870 10.870 10.870 29 FI UIL 11.000 11.500 13.000

9 BE CNE 10.000 10.000 10.000 30 FI TEK 10.000 10.000 12.000

10 BE ACLVB/CGSLB 20.350 20.350 20.350 31 FI Finnish Electrical Union'workers 10.000 10.000 10.000

11 BG NTUF Metal-Electro 10.000 10.000 10.000 32FR CFE - CGC

0 27.50028.000

12BG NF Metallurgy CL Podkrepa

10.00010.000 10.000

33 FR FOM 76.000 76.000 76.000

13 BG Metalicy 10.000 10.000 10.000 34 FR FO Déf. Nat 10.000 10.000 10.000

14 CH UNIA 68.252 57.293 55.315 35 FR FGMM-CFDT 80.000 80.000 80.000

15 CH SYNA 16.000 16.000 10.000 36 FR FEAE-CFDT 11.200 10.000 10.000

16 CY OVIEK-SEK 4.000 4.000 4.000 37 FR FM/CFTC 12.000 18.000 14.000

17 CZ OS KOVO 160.810 160.810 129.154 38 FR FTM/CGT 68.000 68.000 65.000

18 DE IG Metall 1.700.000 1.700.000 1.700.000 39 FR FNTE/CGT 12.000 12.000 12.000

19 DK CO industri 235.000 190.000 160.000 40 HR SMH-IS 26.942 21.735 18.000

20 DK IDA 16.000 16.000 16.000 41 HU VASAS 31.600 29.800 23.500

21 EE EMAF (associate member) 0 0 1.300 42 IE SIPTU 10.000 10.000 10.000

Members

    organisationsCongress period

2003- 2007Congress period

2007- 2011Congress period

2012 -2016

   

organisationsCongress period

2003- 2007Congress period

2007- 2011Congress period

2012 -2016

43 IS IIF 10.000 10.000 10.000 64 PT SIMA 50.500 30.000 27.000

44 IT FIOM-CGIL 220.000 200.000 200.000 65 PT FIEQUIMETAL 50.500 50.500 50.500

45 IT FIM-CISL 100.000 100.000 100.000 66 RE GSM/NEZAVISNOST 450.000 20.000 10.000

46 IT UILM 70.000 75.000 75.000 67 REAutonomous Metalworkers' Fed. of Serbia 0 25.000 15.000

47 KS SPMK 10.000 10.000 10.000 68 RE ISS 0 11.000 10.000

48 LT LMPSS (associate member) 0 0 1.474 69 RO FSS Metarom 15.000 10.000 10.000

49 LU OGB-L 10.000 10.000 10.000 70 RO FNS Solidaritatea Metal 10.000 10.000 10.000

50 LU LCGB 10.000 10.000 10.000 71 RO FSLI-Metal 11.000 11.000 11.000

51 ME Metalworkers Montenegro MTUM 10.000 10.000 10.000 72 SE IF Metall 289.737 272.636 217.539

52 MK SIER 10.000 10.000 10.000 73 SE Unionen 123.549 121.000 112.000

53 MT Gen, Workers'Union 10.000 10.000 10.000 74 SE Sveriges ingenjörer 22.500 23.000 31.000

54 NL FNV Bondgenoten 102.781 91.000 92.000 75 SI SKEI 41.911 35.935 30.000

55 NL CNV Vakmensen 25.500 22.500 23.444 76 SK OZ KOVO 62.117 43.215 43.215

56 NL De Unie 10.000 10.000 10.000 77 TR BIRLESIK-IS 10.000 10.000 11.000

57 NL VHP2 10.000 10.000 10.000 78 UK Unite 542.000 502.000 309.644

58NO Fellesforbundet

51.045 46.70041.000

79 UK GMB 35.000 20.000 11.500

59 NO Handel og Kontor 10.000 10.000 10.000 80 UK Community 33.730 25.000 15.000

60 NO TEKNA 15.000 15.000 20.000

61 NO NITO 15.000 16.000 16.500

62 PL Solidarnosc 60.000 50.000 40.000 Total 6.071.539 5.495.039 5.056.046

63 PL OPZZ TU Metalworkers' Federation of Poland 0 14.000 13.986

Role

Damage control or prevention

Features of Union Workat European Level : diversity

• Different trade union structures

• Differing Degrees of Organisation

• Different Industrial Relations Systems

• Different Collective Bargaining Systems

• Financial Resources and Size of Staff

• Different Languages

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73,2

53

42,7

41,5

39,633,8 25

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Unionisation of the workforce (%)

Main goals

• Serve affiliates where European interests are involved

• Cooperation between affiliates – Developing Common Positions and Common Policies at European level

• Interest Representation vis-à-vis European Institutions

• Counterweight vis-à-vis European employers’ organisations and multinational companies

• Represent the EMF at the ETUC

• Represent the European interests of affiliates at the international level

StaffStaff

• General Secretary: Ulrich Eckelmann• Deputy General Secretary: Bart Samyn• Policy Advisers• Staff in:

- Accountancy- Human Resources- Translations- Administration

• Occasional Guest Secretaries and trainees

Main areas of work

• Industrial Policy

• Collective Bargaining Policy

• Company Policy

• Social Dialogue

EMF StructureEMF Structure

CongressExecutive CommitteeSteering Committee

Secretariat

Collective BargainingPolicy Committee

Steel

White Goods

Automotive

Aerospace

Shipbuilding

ICT

Training and Education

Equal Opportunities

South Eastern European Forum & Baltic States

Policy Committees

Sector Committees

Lifts

Horizontal Committees

Social DialogueCompany

Policy CommitteeIndustrial

Policy Committee

Mechanical Engineering

Non-Ferrous Metals

Company Policy

• Company Policy focuses on all elements of workers’ interests in the multinational company: – Involvement of workers

(information/consultation/participation/negotiation)

– Transnational restructuring and reorganisation– Social issues and working conditions – Industrial and economic aspects

The Company Policy will be presented by Chantal Caron

Collective Bargaining Policy

Collective Bargaining Policy

Collective Bargaining: Towards more Coordination

Coordination of National Collective Bargaining Policies

(Minimum Standards)

Regional Network of Observers

Information Exchange Network (Eucob@n)

The Collective Bargaining Policy will be presented by Manfred Anderle

Industrial Policy

Social Dialogue

Social Dialogue

• EMF Social Dialogue Activities

– Shipbuilding (Social Dialogue Committee)– Steel (Social Dialogue Committe)– Dialogue with CEEMET (Social Dialogue

Committe)– The NEPSI agreement.

Outlook

• More binding results, European social standards

• Implementation at national level

Thank you for your attention!

Contact :

European Metalworkers’ Federation

bd du roi Albert II, 5 bt10BE - 1210 Bruxelles+32 2 227 10 10 emf@emf-fem.orgwww.emf-fem.org