A New Federation

• The European Union stands at a crossroads…

• Severe crisis of European integration

• Failure of neoliberal policy agenda

• Dominance of austerity polices

• Growths in precarious working conditions

The European Industrial Workers Federation from

the metal, chemical and textile sectors unite in their

struggle to safeguard Social Europe and for

sustainable growths and jobs!

A New Federation

Main demands

• Give priority to worker’s social rights over economic

freedom

• Re-regulate the global financial markets

• Qualify and train workers instead of promoting

austerity

• Focus on sustainable and socially responsible

industrial policies

• Prioritise the needs of the real economy over those of

financial speculators

A New Federation

industriAll European Trade Union

• Over 230 affiliates, more than 7 million members

• Industrial production drives growths in Europe- 75% of EU exports are industrial goods

- 80% of European R&D expenditure

Industry is and will be the core of Europe’s economic

strength and sustainability strategy

industriAll will ensure that the voices of Europe’s

industrial workers are being heard

A New Federation

Founding Congress 16.05.2012 in Brussels

President: Michael VASSILIADES (IG BCE – DE)

Vice-Presidents: Valeria FEDELI (Filtea-CGIL – IT), Renzo

AMBROSETTI (Unia – CH) Anders FERBE (IF Metall – SE)

Secretary General: Ulrich ECKELMANN (IG Metall – DE)

Deputies: Bart SAMYN (ABVV-Metaal – B), Sylvain

LEFEBVRE (FCE-CFDT – FR), Luc TRIANGLE (ACV-CSC

METEA – B)

A New Federation

Areas of Work

1. Policy Fields / Committees (nominations by

organisations / open to all affiliates)

2. Sector Committees

3. Horizontal Committees

4. Regional Work

1. Policy Committees

Industrial Policy

• Defend a strong manufacturing and solid social base

• Growth oriented monetary, fiscal and budgetary

policies

• Transformation of production processes into

sustainable production chains / Green economy /

Resource efficiency

• Proposals for a coherent and comprehensive

Industrial Policy

1. Policy Committees

Industrial Policy

• Manage change in a social acceptable way

• Links to our (Sectoral) Social Dialogue Committee(s)

• Coordinate our policies / Discuss joined positions

1. Policy Committees

Company Policy

•Promote workers involvement at company level

(information, consultation, participation)

•Developing information and consultation rights at EWC

level Coordination of our 600 (!) EWC’s / Assist

coordinators / Network / Training / New negotiations

and renegotiations

•Coordination of cross border restructuring / European

Trade Union coordination groups

•Participation rights in European

Companies

1. Policy Committees

Company Policy

•Anticipation and management of change at company

level

•Negotiation of European Framework agreements

•Promote trade union rights

1. Policy Committees

Collective Bargaining and Social Policies

•Coordination of wage policies / wage coordination rule

•Working time coordination / Working Time Directive /

Working Time Charter

•Fight against precarious employment

•Common demands (training / precarious work)

•Social Policy Issues (flexicurity / pensions / posting of

workers)

•Eucoban network / regional

Collective Bargaining networks

1. Policy Committee

Social Dialogue

•About 11 existing Sectoral Social Dialogue Committees

•SSD : Tool and platform to promote industriAll policies

/ to promote joint actions with employers federations /

defend interests of our sectors

•Coordination where feasible / exchange of practices /

joint policies (e.g. Sectors Skills Councils)

1. Policy Committee

Social Dialogue

•Use Social Dialogue for Commission consultation

•Work on capacity building

•Tool and platform for joint action

2. Sector Committees

1. Textiles, Clothing, Leather and Footwear

2. Steel

3. Pharmaceuticals

4. ICT

5. Mechanical Engineering

6. Automotive

7. Aerospace

8. Shipbuilding

9. Basic Materials (Chemicals, Rubber, Glass, Paper, Cement)

10. Energy (Electricity, Oil, Gas, Coal

Mining, Wind and Solar Power)

2. Sector Committees

• Main political body for the development of sector

activities

• Close link to Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee

(where applicable)

• Open to all affiliates

• SWP

3. Horizontal Committees

• Equal opportunities (part of the Statutes)

• Training & Education

• Youth

• Staff networking

• Press & Communication

4. Regional Work

Nordic Region: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland,

Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania

Benelux Region: Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands

British Region: United Kingdom, Ireland

Central Region: Austria, Switzerland, Germany

South-West Region: Spain, France, Portugal, Monaco

South Region: Italy, Greece, Malta, Cyprus, Turkey

Eastern Region: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary,

Slovenia

South-East Region: Romania, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Macedonia,

Serbia, Kosovo, Albania, Croatia,

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Regional Work

• 8 regions

• Support to regions where necessary : especially

South Eastern Europe (ex-YU + RO/BG)

• Capacity building

• Increased importance of Turkey

IP Cooperation with CCMI

Industrial Policy today is the process of cooperation

between the public and private sector in fields of

strategic importance that require special attention, e.g:

• Environment and climate change

• Social Policy and demographics

• Energy and resource efficiency, RID

• Transport and mobility

CHALLANGE: Reconcile IP with the demands of the EU

Single Market and globalisation

Our view on IP

GOAL: Create favourable framework conditions for

Europe’s industry to create and maintain high quality,

sustainable jobs

• Life-cycle thinking

• Socially accepted products / production processes

•Eco-efficient technologies

•Foster markets for sustainable goods & services

•Promote sustainable industrialisation

• Increase energy efficiency

IP for the future

Key points for a sustainable IP strategy / Possible areas

for cooperation with CCMI:

• Knowledge society

•Promoting ICT

•Public support for breakthrough technologies

•Integration of social dimension

•Sectoral initiatives

• Efficient governance

Employment Dimension

Sustainable investment is employment-intensive:

• Public transportation

• Installation of energy efficiency systems

•Retrofitting buildings

•Installation of renewable energy generating systems

•Waste management and recycling

Instruments

Our strategies have to be developed as well as implemented

on multiple levels through the use of following instruments:

• industriAll Sector Committees

•Cooperation with the ETUC

•Social Dialogue on EU level

• Active engagement in EU initiatives, such as:

� Europe 2020 strategy (IP flagship)

� Sector specific policy frameworks (Cars 21,

LeaderSHIP)

� European Parliament

� EESC / CCMI

Thank you very much

for your attention !