Young Transport Workers - Conference26 – 27 September 2011

Riga

Report on Sectoral SD recommendations& feedback from ETF Political Secretary

Group A – Civil Aviation

Josef MaurerTransport Workers‘ Union (OSD)

Czech Republic

1. Key issues and demands for young workers in the sector

A. What are possible reasons why a young worker does not want to start working in the civil aviation sector?

Outcome group exercise

oprecarious work

o part time

o temporary contracts

owork life balance („work does not let you live your own life”)

osafety issues

Feedback ETF Political Secretary

•precarious work concerns both cabin crew & ground staff, not flight crew (pilots)

•work-life balance officially recognized by social partners as an important issue

•link with the Luxembourg declaration (2005): « WHP is the combined efforts of employers, employees and society to improve the health aand well-being of people at work »

This goal can be reached by improved social dialogue.

1. Key issues and demands for young workers in the sector

B. What are possible reasons why a young transport worker stops working in the civil aviation sector?

Outcome group exerciseowork-life balanceooccupational health issuesono carreer prospectiveostress / burn-outodegradation of the aviation sector

Feedback ETF Political Secretary

•work-life balance concerns cabin crew as well as stress and burn-out. These issues have been discussed in the Air Crew Social Dialogue Working Group, a joint statement has been adopted

•the European social partners committed to jointly identify and promote best practices

Discussed as a topic in EU sectoral social dialogue, but better implementation on national level needed.

DEGRADATION = “low-cost model”

2. Key issues and demands for young workers in the sector

C. What changes need to be made in order to attract more young workers to the civil aviation sector and increase the likelihood of a long career in thissector?

Outcome group exercise

olife-long learning

ostability of employment (permanent contracts)

osocial benefits

ooccupational health and safety

o health protection

o accident prevention

opromote work-life balance

Feedback ETF Political Secretary

•agrees with the proposals

•would add «career prospectives»

•re social benefits – ground handling directive revision (possible transfer of staff incl. benefits)

Ongoing work, goals partly achieved.

3. Recommendations for the European Sectoral Social Dialogue

Which topics would you recommend to discuss in the European Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee for Civil Aviation?

Outcome group exercise

oworking time

owork-life balance

oburn-out as labour-related illness

oviolence at work

orecognition of qualifications

All of these topics also relate to young workers

Feedback ETF Political Secretary

•working time already discussed, employers do not want to re-visit

•commitment of employers to discuss work-life balance and burn-out/stress

•joint statement adopted on the recognition of qualifications in the ground handling sector

If we want to discuss working time, additional arguments and/or more pressure needed …

Resume•better use of existing resources (no revolution or „re-inventing the wheel“)

•better implementation and links EU – national level

•try to build a balance of power by ACTIONS

•try to reach „absenteers“ (organizing!)

•youth problems should become an integral part of the agenda