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News:
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P&MS
Committee Meeting, 25-26 September 2006, Luxembourg
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P&MS
Committee Meeting, 14-15 September 2005, Luxembourg 16.09
Meeting in Luxembourg, the UNI Europa P&MS Committee, chaired by
Jean-Paul Bouchet from France, reviewed the EU policy for lifelong
learning. "In terms of higher skills and lifelong learning, Europe
by large lags far behind other high performing economies.",
Jean-Paul said. The Committee was rather sceptical that the European
Qualification Framework, submitted for consultation by the EU
Commission, will bring any improvements. It is by far too vague and too
complex as to guide individuals in their endeavour to maintain
employability. The Committee also exchanged experience on organising
P&MS in different sectors. It was said that collective bargaining is
still the most important tool, followed by individual services to
attract and retain skilled professionals. With respect to demographic
changes the Committee decided to develop a strategy to increase the
participation rate in the active labour force of older professionals and
managers.
Presidium
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Steering Group
Area I (UK, Ireland): consultations underway
Area II (Nordic Countries): Lone Petersen, FSU, Denmark
Area III (Southern Europe): consultations underway
Area IV (Benelux, France, Monaco): Bernard Dupin, CGT, France
Area V (Austria, Germany, Switzerland): Andrea Kampelmühler, GPA, Austria
Area VI (CSE Europe and Baltic States):
Area VII (Eastern Europe):
Area VIII (Near and Middle East):
Women: Arlette Puraye, CNE, Belgium
Youth: consultation underway
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Secretariat
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Priorities
Priorities
for future work, document
1. Organising P&MS in the New Economy and the Knowledge Society
Background:
Reaching out to individual members has become more complex for trade unions.
Similarly, for members it has become more difficult to stay in touch with the
latter. While this is a general phenomenon, it is today most pronounced in the
jobs of what is called New Economy. At the same time, the ever-greater
emphasis put on knowledge and skills requires a more individually focused
approach by unions.
Aim: Building up a record of what unions are doing to
campaign in the New Economy as such and in those parts of the Old Economy that
are affected similarly.
Approach:
- Virtual working group composed of unions that are prepared to report
regularly on a specific campaign for organising P&MS in this area.
- Website on which participating organisations describe their
preparations, the resources involved, how the campaign has been conducted,
and an assessment of the success (even failing).
- Disseminating the results more widely and having a seminar on "look
how it’s done"
2.
Employability of P&MS in the New Economy and the Knowledge Society
Background: In the
New Economy especially, people’s skills often become rapidly overtaken by
technical change. The world of work moves ever more to a situation were many
people will be looking at major retraining or professional development several
times in their careers. Currently, information on future training needs as
well as to what extent these will be addressed by employers is scarce. The
problem is compounded by a tendency to atypical forms of work.
Aim: To gather information on the situation today and
how the related challenges for the individual, industrial relations and
society at large can be tackled. The key questions are:
- on what the impacts are on the employees concerned
- how best the resulting training needs can be met
Approach:
- Approaching the EU institutions, national governments and companies with
the objective to start a discussion and initiate studies.
- Seeking information on the experiences of employees, esp. atypical ones.
Organising a project that involves research and a seminar bringing together
the social partners, EU institutions and member states as well as persons with
experiences in other parts of the world (Silicon Valley, Singapore, Bangalore).
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Last
revised: 23-05-2008
Contact:
gerd.rohde@uniglobalunion.org
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