At its October Executive Committee the ETUC agreed a new resolution on collective bargaining which addresses in particular the challenges posed by economic governance. A key element of the resolution is the rejection of intervention by the European institutions into national industrial relations. The resolution also sets out a new approach to coordination and the annex to the resolution explains in detail the toolkits that the ETUC's collective bargaining committee has discussed which establish a framework for coordination around the European Semester - the annual process that begins with the Annual Growth Survey and leads through the National Reform Programmes and Country Specific Recommendations.
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The FNV confederation has set out the key elements of its bargaining strategy for 2012. Along with a target pay increase of 2.5% it wants an additional €300 to help low-paid workers in particular deal with cuts to child benefit and to maintain their purchasing power. The confederation argues that maintaining purchasing power was vital for the economy. FNV unions will also be looking at ways of improving the pay of young workers and temporary workers and dealing with precarious employment conditions. Read more at > FNV Abvakabo (NL)
Decent work, negotiating in the crisis and implementing the collective bargaining resolution
This year’s collective bargaining conference will take place in Brussels on 3 and 4 December and will feature two key debates on the first day. ETUC expert Ronald Janssen will kick off a discussion on the economic crisis in the morning while in the afternoon there will be a debate about decent work with contributions from EPSU affiliates and other speakers. On the second day participants will have an opportunity to discuss the work plan for the next five years and how to implement the collective bargaining resolution passed at Congress in June. [Read more at > EPSU (10 languages)->http://www