the etuc Le Syndicat européen Founded in 1973 its headquarters are in Brussels it represents 85 trade union organisations in 36 European countries plus 10 industrybased federations ID: 432735
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Introducing the etuc
Le Syndicat européen
Founded in 1973, its headquarters are in Brussels; it represents 85 trade union organisations in 36 European countries, plus 10 industry-based federations;Its main objectives are:Influence European decision makingEuropean Social DialogueTrade Union actionDemocratic working methods
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The etuc youth committee
It represents young workers within the ETUC;
influences the work of the ETUC, ensuring that the different policies take account of young people; adopts positions on subjects concerning young people at work; those positions are then submitted to the ETUC Executive Committee;develop action programs by organising seminars, conferences, study sessions and campaigns for young workers in Europe. the ETUC Youth Committee meets twice a year and elects a Bureau with six members plus a President;the main work is done by the Bureau, incl. representation and lobbying within the European Institutions and Social Dialogue processes.3Slide4
Situation of trade unions
General unionisation in Europe
De-unionisation trend since 1970sMildly convergent development in union density since mid-1980sTrend became more pronounced in the 1990sToday: ‘net’ union density in EU27 = 27.8% in 2000 > 23.4% in 2008 (source: EC 2011)The crisis has worsen the situation dramaticallyObservations on youth unionisation‘Most problematic group of workers to unionise’ (Pedersini 2010:13)‘Lower unionisation among young workers than among older counterparts
(
Blanchflower
2007;
Huiskamp
&
Smulders
2010:202;
Machin 2003; Serrano Pascual & Waddington 2000:20-4; Visser 2002)But ‘generation gap’ is not completely new (cf. Payne 1989:111)Yet union membership has fallen more rapidly among the young and more workers have never experienced union membership, particularly among the young (Bryson & Gomez 2005; Schnabel & Wagner 2005)
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The etuc youth – what we’ve done so far
Research
and campaigning about trade union density and organizingConference on Youth participation within trade unions (Cyprus 2009)Attracting young people to stop decline of trade unions membershipYouth Manifesto for
the
ETUC
Congress
2010 (Athens)
Conference on organizing and young people with best practices (Krako
w
2011)
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Time to act –
etuc youth priorities
Main goal of the last two years, claiming for better working and living conditions for the youth in EuropeJoint actions on demonstrationsThematic work on youth employment on different levels and in different frameworksQuality Charter on Internships (with the European Youth Forum)Social Pact for Social Europe (ETUC program proposal)Social Dialogue on Youth EmploymentYouth Guarantee (discussions, research, conference)Apprenticeship schemes6Slide7
Stop talking – act
now!
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Stop talking – act
now!
Demands of young people have been proclaimedActive participation in the youth delegation for Merkel and HollandeAlternative youth summit organized by DGB in Berlin8Slide9
Stop talking – act now
!
Youth event on “Quality Jobs” back-to-back to the intergovernmental conference on youth employment, Paris, 11-13 Nov.Joint conference with OECD, various national youth platforms affiliated to YEF, French trade unions affiliated to ETUC and DGB.9Slide10
ETUC – Our demands
An immediate
action program for youth employment with sufficient fundings21 billion EUR instead of 6 billion EUR for the youth guaranteeFull participation of social partners in any programs related to youth
employment
(in
particular
for
apprenticeship
schemes etc.)European wide standards for quality educationAn immediate stop of the austerity measures, instead a
coordinated
and
sustainable
growth
and
investment
model
is
needed
for
Europe!
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Follow-UPS
The Youth Guarantee has officially been set in place, now it is our task to
supervise and foster its implementation by M.StatesThe approaches already done so far, are far too minimal to tackle youth unemploymentMore specific measures and more means are also neededMore important than unaccomplishable guarantees are proper and sustainable investments for the future in Europe and in its people!ETUC Youth will play a vital role in this field of action in the future!
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Etuc youth conference 2014
The ETUC Youth
Bureau is planning a Youth Conference for Spring 2014 in Rome on the Youth GuaranteeA study conducted by the ETUI will give the background and basis for this approach12Slide13
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