Transnational texts negotiated at company level

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1 Transnational texts negotiated at company level E.Pichot European Commission Study seminar on transnational agreements Brussels, 17 May 2006

2 Over 90 texts resulting from transnational negotiation recorded At company level, growing number of transnational texts concluded, more than 90 recorded More than 60 companies involved such as: GM, Ford, Danone, Diageo on restructuring Arcelor,ENI, Lafarge, Vivendi on H&S Total, Deutsche Bank, Air France, Dexia on employment, training, mobility Unilever, GEA, Philip Morris on data protection Volkswagen, Rhodia, Suez, Club Med, Philips, Rheinmetall on fundamental rights-csr

3 The texts recorded Have been collected through public sources and analysed Include the texts usually referred to as International Framework Agreements Have different titles: agreement, joint opinion, charter, principles, action programme, annex to the EWC agreement Usually don t have the legal character of a collective agreement Are in some cases rather discussed than negotiated Any remark, complement,.. to this record and analysis is welcome

4 Mostly European companies are involved in this transnational process Transnational negotiations by country of company's headquarters France USA Germany Sweden Italy Norway Netherlands Luxembourg Spain Belgium UK Austria Denmark Greece Switzerland Russia South Africa New Zealand companies involved texts recorded

5 Most transnational texts were concluded recently Year of transnational texts recorded and company's headquarters Others Other Europe Nordic USA Germany France

6 Global, European or mixed scope of the texts concluded Scope of the transnational texts recorded Global Mixed European

7 Metal and food & drink sectors particularly involved in the process Sectors involved in transnational texts recorded Global Mixed European 5 0 Food, drink Energy, chemicals Metal Textile Utilities, telecom Finance Other services

8 EWCs and International union organisations deeply involved Parties to the texts concluded National unions International/ European union organisations European w orks councils

9 Fundamental rights, procedures and substantive provisions addressed Provisions included in the recorded texts (number of analysed texts in which the issue is addressed) Fundamental rights Trade Union rights Social dialogue H&S Environment Data protection Equal opportunities Wages Working time Statutes Restructuring Subcontracting Employment Mobility Training skills

10 Effects, follow up and dispute settlement Most texts include follow-up provisions, usually through an annual review and/or a committee Half of the texts recorded are due to include subcontractors Legal effect is intended to be given to some texts through national implementation; in other cases the texts are declared binding on management and/or employees Most of the texts dealing with Fundamental rights refer to international norms (ILO conventions) Dispute resolution procedures are settled in some cases