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SURVEY OF EWC REPRESENTATIVES 2018
Stan De Spiegelaere
Romek Jagodziński
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Survey process
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Weights:
Country, sector, EWC SEWC
RepresentativesEWC and SEWCs
1115 EWCs and SEWCs18.000 employee
representatives
846 EWCs sampled
505 EWC with contacts5099 representatives
contacted
365 EWC with
respondents
1635 representatives
responded
The dominant profile of EWC representatives
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81,5% Male 51 years old 84% union member
have been in post for an average of 5 years
57% member34% office holder
8% substitute
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Number of meetings
● How many ordinary meetings of your EWC do you have each year?
Fewer than 1 per year
1 per year
2 per year
3 or more
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Information and Consultation – topics raised
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0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Quality of I&C on those topics raised
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0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Wave 2 Useful information and consultation Wave 2 useful information, but no consultation
Wave 2 Useless information Wave 1 Useful information and consultation
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Timing of information and consultation
● In general, when does the information exchange or consultation take place?
Before the decision on the issue is finalised
After the decision is finalised, but before the implementation
During the implementation process
After implementation
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Timing of information and consultation
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Before the decision
21%Before
implementation43%
During implementation
20%
After implementation
10%
Don't know06%
„proposed measures”
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Timing of information and consultation
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18% 41% 21% 12% 08%
21% 46% 19% 09% 05%
36% 43% 14% 04% 02%
One or fewer
annual
meetings
2 annual
meetings
Before the
final decision
Before
implementation
During
implementation
After
implementation
Don’t
know
In general, when does the information exchange or consultation take place?
3 or more
annual
meetings
Before the
final decision
Before
implementation
During
implementation
After
implementation
Don’t
know
EWC Plenary meeting effectiveness
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Very effective
Effective
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Source of information Consultation Influence management
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Restructuring
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Restructuring and the EWC
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Restructuring is far from exceptional
91% of the representatives say their company was involved in mergers, closures, sales,
transfers of production, mass reduncancies or large HR changes in the last three years
Information and consultation not up to level
48% had complete information about the most recent circumstances
27% had support of an expert
47% had an extra meeting to discuss the issue
12% had complete information and a timely extra meeting
27% said the meeting took place before the final decision was taken
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Management
● Does your EWC have a trade union coordinator
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Yes No
Trade Union coordinator
59,0%
No tarde union coordinator
20,8%
Don't know20,2%
Coordination by TU and its advantages
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Trade Union Coordinator
59%
No Trade Union Coordinator
21%
Don't know20%
Most EWC representatives are assisted by trade union coordinators
… and is important for the EWC
72.7%
57.1%
Coordinator No coordinator
Representatives always try to come to a common positionMore frequent internal communication
More alignment of positions
More prep. and debriefing meetings
More training
More expert support in restructuring
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The power of the management
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Management
● The managers present at the EWC meetings are the managers taking the real decisions on the topics we are discussing
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Agree Disagree
Strongly agree26,5%
Agree40,8% Neutral
15,3%Disagree
10,3% Strongly disagree3,1%
Don't know4,0%
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Management
● Management makes efforts to find agreed solutions with the EWC
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Agree Disagree
Strongly agree3,5%
Agree35,0%
Neutral38,0% Disagree
15,5% Strongly disagree3,8%
Don't know4,1%
Management and the EWC
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67.4%
74.2%
38.4%
39.4%
The managers present at the EWC meetings are themanagers taking the real decisions on the topics we
are discussing
The managers present at the EWC meetings generallyhave the necessary information on the topics we are
discussing
Management makes efforts to find agreed solutionswith the EWC employee representatives
Management often refuses to give information on thegrounds of confidentiality
Strongly agree Agree
… are those taking the decisions
… are well informed
… but don’t always share the information
… but don’t always try to find agreed solutions
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The power of management
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65%
47%
27%
Mgmt tries tofind agreedsolutions
Neutral Mgmt doesnot try to find
agreedsolutions
% EWC representatives
that the EWC meetings are
effective for consultation
If the mgmt wants to… the
EWC is really consulted
Effective consultation
More information
Better consultation
More influence
Documents on time
Full information in restructuring
Training
● In the previous three years how much training have you received to help you in your EWC duties?
None
Less than one day
One day
Two days
Three days or more
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Training
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Days of training in the last 3 years
Aligning positions
● In the EWC, employee representatives always try to come to a common position with the representatives from all countries
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Agree Disagree
Strongly agree12%
Agree55% Neutral
20% Disagree07%
Strongly disagree02%
Don't know04%
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When the times get tough
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When the times get tough
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16%
80.0%
69.2%
49.9%
18.6%
Reffered to the agreement for support
Reffered to legislation for support
We asked a trade union for help
Used an mediator to resolve the dispute
Taken to court
How was it handled?
Serious conflict15,7%
No serious conflict66,5%
Don't know17,8%
By referring to legal sources
AlwaysMost of the time
Yes
By asking the trade union for help
Not so much by mediation or legal recourse
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When the times get tough
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Serious conflicts
Serious conflict16%
Did they go to court?
16% of the EWC representatives had a serious dispute with the management over
the EWC functioning in the last three years.
Taken to court16%
Not taken to court79%
05%
27%
19%
14%
13%
12%
10%
09%
05%
28%
Issue was not important enough
No consensus in EWC
Didn't know how to
Sanctions not enough for the resources needed
Not enough resources
Not possible in national law
Afraid of the consequences
Trade union advised against
Other
Why not?
The future, how EWC representatives see it
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82.6%
78.7%
82.2%
75.6%
73.3%
70.5%
70.0%
63.3%
56.4%
41.4%
Prohibition to implement decisions before consultation
Sanctions for non-compliance
More topics and issues
Higher quality information
More resources (time, money, expertise)
More employee only meetings
More help to understand information
Better access to company sites
More EWC meetings
More select committee meetings
More sanctions
Strongly agree Agree
Information quality and scope
Resources and expertise
Meetings
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Tentative conclusions
1. EWCs are still mostly meetings for information, not somuch information and consultation
2. Some evolutions over time
3. Key factors of succes are:
• Number of meetings
• Trade union support (coordinator)
• Management approach
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What’s next?
● Autumn: Graphical report of the survey
● Winter 2020: larger book
● Now: presentations
● 2020 – 2021 smaller publications on specific aspects
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How is the EWC helpful?
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86.4%
83.4%
72.8%
… helps me in relating to other representatives
… helps me to better understand company matters
… helps me in better representing workers’ interests
Strongly agree Agree
Mostly for meeting each other and getting information
26.4%
8.7%
… helps me to organise union activities
… helps me in recruiting members for the trade union
54.1%
45.9%
41.4%
… better able to deal with my country management
… helps me to co-ordinate employee representation
… improves my relations with local management
Less often coordination and dealing with management
Rarely for union actions and recruiting
Thank you
Q&A
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