“With this agreement, production stays in Denmark (…). We would have liked more but the key for us and our members is that manufacturing jobs in the Danish industry have a future” declared Dansk Metal President Thorkid E. Jensen, leader of the Co-Industry union coalition (which gathers 8 unions, three of the most important being 3F, Dansk Metal and HK/Privat), at the press conference announcing the renewal of the manufacturing collective agreements in the afternoon of Sunday, February 12. For his part, DI’s director, Karsten Dybvad, pointed out that the agreement “lays down the conditions allowing businesses to keep on bringing competitiveness back (…), a key goal to bring back up to 80,000 jobs lost in the manufacturing industry since the crisis began.” In force between March 1, 2012 and March 1, 2014, it will last for three years (as in 2010, see our dispatch No. 100171) instead of three as usual, because of the crisis. While the last renewal was marked by the fight against social dumping, now “job security” is taking over. Here are the key elements.
stry since the crisis began.” In force between March 1, 2012 and March 1, 2014, it will last for three years (as in 2010, see our dispatch No. 100171) instead of three as usual, because of the crisis. While the last renewal was marked by the fight against social dumping, now “job security” is taking over. Here are the key elements.
Measures for seniors. At local level, individual agreements may provide for working time cuts for seniors based on the person’s demands and on the company’s...
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