Lo stato dell'arte degli accordi già siglati per i comitati aziendali europei, 2008

1. Special Negotiating Body - Third Meeting
London, 25-26 February 2009
“ Do we have any
data to help us in
the choices? ”

2. Founded in May 2004 by ETUC
(European Trade Union
Confederation) and supported by
ITUC (International Trade Union
Confederation), EIF (European
Industry Federation) …
Sources
www.sda-asbl.org:
1) Infopoint database
"analysis of the EWC
agreements 2004-2008" -
October 2008
2) Analysis of the SDA
INFOPOINT database "EWC
AGREEMENTS", 2006

3. Sample
The EWC data-base of SDA contains more than
770 (ALL) agreements with over 60 search
criteria. The data concern:
102 agreements ruled by England-Wales law (GB)
30 (198) agreements of chemical/pharmaceutical industries (C5)
20 agreements of Japanese companies in Europe (J)
139 overall EWC agreements (T), 18% of 770.
46 agreements dated 2004-2006 (04-06)
102 agreements dated 2004-10/2008 (04-08)

4. Code Sector N° Agreements %
C1 Leather/textiles/clothing 30 3
C2 Banking/Insurance 41 5
C3 Mechanical and metallurgical industries 222 24
C3-1 Basic industry 9 1
C3-2 Manufacturing, machines and appliances 53 6
C3-3 Manufacturing, electric/electronic appliances 39 4
C4 Agri-foodstuffs 73 8
C5 Chemical industries 198 22
C6 Building, timber and public works 66 7
C7 Graphics and media industries 49 5
C8 Civil Service 1 0
C9 Transport 25 3
C10 Mining and quarrying industries 16 2
C11 Commerce and services 19 2
C11-1 Wholesale and retail traders 7 1
C11-2 Hotels and restaurants 13 1
C11-3 Other service activities (supplied to companies) 27 3
C13 Other (specify) 20 2
Sector

5. Companies
Abbott, Altana, Astra, Aventis, Bayer, Boheringer I., Glaxo Wellcome, ICI,
Lilly, Menarini, Merck, MSD, Novartis, Nycomed, Organon, Pfizer,
Pharmacia & Upjohn, Procter & Gamble, Rhone Poulenc, Roche, Sandoz,
Sanofi-Synthelabò, Shering, Shering-Plough, SmithKline-Beecham, Solvay,
Zeneca …
Canon, Daikin, Hitachi, Honda, ICL,
Japan Tobacco, Kao, Komatsu,
Mitsubishi Electr., Nissan, Panasonic,
Pioneer, Sanyo, Sharp, Sony,
Sumimoto, TDK Europe, Toray, Toshiba,
Toyota.
Barclays Group, Bombardier Aerospace, BP
Oil, British Telecom, Compass, Duracell,
Esselte, HSBC Midland Bank, Hughes, Kellogg
Europe, Kraft Food International, Linpac
Automotive, Rank Xerox, Royal & Sun
Alliance, Samsung, Textron, United Biscuits,
Vodafone Group…
GB
C5
J

6. 0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
n° ALL
1 January 1995:
3 more
countries in EU
22 September 1996:
art.13 or 6
1 May 2004: 10
more countries
in EU
1 January 2007:
2 more countries
in EU
Year of
signature
94/45 EU
38%

7. Year of signature
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
J C5 GB T
50%
40%
40%
41%
15 December 1999:
GB law

8. Article 13 or 6
0
50
100
%
T J C5 GB ALL06 04-06
Art.13
Art.6

9. Signatories
SNB / EWC = SNB and EWC
WC + WR = Works Council + Worker’s Representatives
TUO-H/CC = Trade Union’s Organizations of Headquarters or Country Concerned
EIF = European Industry Federation
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
T J C5 GB ALL 04-08
SNB / EWC
WC + WR
TUO-H/CC
EIF

10. Type of Body
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
J
C5
GB
T
EWC
FORUM
OTHERS

11. Durations
% T J C5 GB
1y
2y 2 3
3y 38 27 47 37
4y 53 55 47 55
5y or + 4 18 1 4
Mandate
Agreement
% T J C5 GB ALL 06 04-06
1y
2y
3y 8 7 17 5 15 13
4y 56 50 58 57 53 53
5y or + 34 43 25 38 22 27

12. 0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
%
T J C5 GB ALL
EU
ONLY EU
+ EFTA
+CH
+OTHERS
Regions

13. T J C5 GB
Workers
2128 / 109
20
219 / 13
17
524 / 23
23
1599 / 84
19
Employers
287 / 73
4
26 / 9
3
89 / 20
4
193 / 51
4
W / E ratio 5 : 1 5,5 : 1 6 : 1 5 : 1
National or
European
Branch
Federations
8% / / 9%
Trade Union
Expert 12% / / 14%
Other Expert 2% / / 4%
Composition

14. Competencies: economic
0 20 40 60 80 100
researches
environment
new technol.
closures
merger
delocalisation
field of actv.
production
market
%
04-08
ALL08
ALL 06
GB
C5
J
T

15. Competencies: financial
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
joint venture
investments
balance sheet
%
04-08
ALL 08
ALL 06
GB
C5
J
T

16. Competencies: social
0 20 40 60 80 100
trade union's rights
equality
training
work condition
health & safety
mass redundancies
employment
%
04-08
ALL 08
ALL 06
GB
C5
J
T

17. Competencies: others
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
excluded areas
confidentiality
other
%
04-06
04-08
ALL 08
ALL 06
GB
C5
J
T

18. 0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
%
W E W+E W E W+E W E W+E W E W+E W E W+E W E W+E
president 38% secretary 52% selected committee
53%
technical
secretariat 35%
w orking
commission 8%
budget
administered
by 39%
T
J
C5
GB
ALL 08
president secretary selected Technical working budget
committee Secretariat commission administered by
38% 52% 53% 35% 8% 39%
Ratio W:E = 4:1
Resources: charges

19. Resources: charges summary
president secretary
selected
committee
technical
secretariat
working
commission
or group
budget
administered
by
responsible
for the
agenda
W x x x x
E x x x
W+E
x x x

20. Resources: meetings
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
T J C5 GB ALL 06 ALL 08 04-06 04-08
%
preparatorymeeting
follow-up meeting
meeting on special topics
publishing of report

21. 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
T
J
C5
GB
ALL 06
04-06
1
2
>2
Resources: annual frequency
(ordinary + extraordinary meetings)
1 2 > 2

22. Resources: invitation notice
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
T
J
C5
GB
ALL 06
04-06
1-2 m
< 15 d
> 2 m
< 1 m
%

23. Resources: document
forwarded to members
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
%
T J C5 GB
minutes
prepar. docum.
staff inform.
other

24. 0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
%
T J C5 GB ALL 06 ALL 08 04-06 04-08
p + p
prep.
plen.
Resources: expert assistance

25. Resources: others
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
%
training
access to subs.
comm. syst.
exp. cost
exp. fees
time off of duty
simult. transl.
04-08
04-06
ALL 08
ALL 06
GB
C5
J
T

26. Resources:
themes of
the expert
assistance
& training
topics
0 10 20 30 40 50
%
economic
social
financial
themes of the expert assistance
ALL 06
GB
C5
J
T
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
%
economic
social
financial
language
training topics
04-08
04-06
ALL 08
ALL 06
GB
C5
J
T

27. “ Yes, we have ”
“ Do we have any
data to help us in
the choices? ”