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Council of European Employers of the Metal,
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CEEMET is the European employers' organisation representing the interests of the metal, engineering and technology-based industries. Its members are national employers' organisations and federations, representing 200 000 member companies across Europe. The vast majority of them are SMEs, directly providing some 13 million jobs.

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European Sectoral Social Dialogue

European sectoral social dialogue refers to discussions, consultations and joint actions involving European level social partners is a given sector. CEEMET and the European Metalworkers Federation began their dialogue informally in 2001. In January 2010 this sectoral social dialogue was formalised, with the European Commission recognizing CEEMET and the EMF as formal sectoral Social Partners. CEEMET believes that European-level sectoral social dialogue can contribute to improving the economic and business environment that supports the development of competitive and profitable companies, thus also helping to promote sustainable employment and conditions in the MET industries in Europe.

European Commission Social Dialogue website

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CEEMET and the EMF

CEEMET and the European Metalworkers Federation (EMF) want to contribute, particularly in the area of social policy, to improving the environment that supports the development of competitive and profitable companies. Without such companies, it will not be possible to have sustainable jobs and improve the technology-based industries in Europe. By creating social conditions in the metal, electrical and an improved economic environment, CEEMET and the EMF are convinced that the industries in our sector and their employees have a future in Europe.

Short Background

On 1 October 2009 CEEMET and EMF received a letter by Commissioner Špidla confirming that they meet the criteria set out in the Commission decision of 20 May 1998 in terms of their capacity to participate effectively in the European social dialogue.

On 14 January 2010 the European Commission invited CEEMET-EMF Social Dialogue for the inaugural meeting of the Metal (Metal, Engineering and Technology-based industries) Social Dialogue Committee, recognizing CEEMET-EMF as formal Sectoral Social Partners.

On 2 December 2010 the first Plenary of the SSD Committee took place in Brussels. During the Plenary the Social Partners for the MET industry adopted two joint statements and presented the corresponding compilations of national examples from the ad hoc Working Groups on ‘Competitiveness & Employment in a Globalised Economy’ and ‘Education and Training’.

Structure

The Plenary of the Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee is scheduled once a year. The meeting is co-chaired by a representative from CEEMET and the EMF respectively. Within the SSD Committee two Working Groups have been established: one on “Competitiveness and Employment in a globalized economy” and the other on “Education and Training”, meeting respectively once and twice per year.

Social Dialogue Agreement on SILICA Dust

In 2006, CEEMET, the European Foundry Association (CAEF) and other affected European industry associations together with the European Metalworkers’ Federation (EMF) and the European Chemical Workers’ Union (EMCEF) reached a Social Dialogue Agreement on “Workers Health Protection through the Good Handling and Use of Crystalline Silica and Products containing it” within the Negotiation Platform on Silica (NePSi). The SDA on Silica is a unique, non-legally binding “one-shot” Social Dialogue Agreement based on examples of “good practice” as an alternative to regulation through an EU-Directive.

For more information, please see the NEPSI website:

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Relevant SSD documents (further information is also available in the Members' Area)


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