欧州労連はＥＷＣ交渉を拒否

４日のエントリーで、ＥＵの使用者側が欧州労使協議会（ＥＷＣ）指令の見直しの交渉をしてもいいよ、と応諾したと伝えましたが、

http://eulabourlaw.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2008/04/post_e214.html

労働側が、今更やんなくてもいいよ、と拒否。

http://www.etuc.org/a/4867

>The General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) today concluded, after intensive contacts with both BusinessEurope and the European Commission on the question of the revision of the European Works Council Directive, that it is not practical for negotiations to commence within the framework of the social dialogue.

This is because there would be insufficient time for both negotiations and for the issue to be dealt with in the lifetime of this Commission and Parliament. Furthermore, it has not been possible to identify a realistic basis for agreement on certain key issues on which there have been, and are, fundamental differences with BusinessEurope. For these reasons, social dialogue talks in the current circumstances are impracticable.

Said General Secretary John Monks: “The ETUC prefers to try to resolve problems through the social dialogue, but given the time constraints and the depth of differences with the employers over European Works Councils, it is not practical to expect talks to succeed in a short period. We are therefore calling on the Commission to follow up its consultation document and act decisively both to strengthen European Works Councils and worker and union participation. We are also calling on the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers to support our position.”

ったく、使用者側ときたら、さんざん嫌がっておいて、もうどうしようもなく時間がなくなって、政府(欧州委員会)がやるぞと脅しかけたら、自分たちでやるからと言い出すんだから、という感じですかね。

ただ、一つ問題は、ＥＵレベルの労使が協約で決めたことであれば、加盟国政府は事実上文句は言えず、そのまま認めるしかないですが、ＥＵレベルの労使では決められずに欧州委員会が法案を出した場合には、未だに採択に至らない派遣指令案がいい例ですが、理事会レベルで動かなくなってしまう危険性はあります。それを考えたら、労働側にとっても労使交渉で決めてしまうというメリットはあるはずだとは思うのですが、まああとは政治判断でしょう。