Transnational negotiation: discussion with Bart Samyn, deputy secretary-general of the European Metalworkers Federation

• Is a dialogue with the EMF useful for those companies wishing to negotiate a transnational agreement applicable to all their European entities?

For a group which is very strongly established in a country and which has a factory in another, one can easily say that the EMF is not essential. But since there is a real group with establishments in several European countries, dialogue must take place with all trade unions representatives of the company, in each country. The group’s management must