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T}TE I'NIONS AI{D EI'ROPEICFTU and IFSTU Unions
of
the
Sir
Countries decidc toincrcase co-operation
at
Europeanlevel ,..
..
The 4th Conference
of
the
IFTTU European Onga.nizationto
take placeat
Amsterd.arn from 5to
B Octobcr, 1966The ICEIU-ECSC Intcr-Tradc-Ilnion Group considers thc
situation
in
Etrope a,nd curuent problemein
the coala,nd
steel
industriesin
the countricsof
the Commrnity.
..
TRADE I]NION CONGRESSES
OrdinarSr Congress
of
the FCTB (Bclgium)STATEMM{TS BT INDUSTRIAL AI{D TN.ADE COMMITTSES
The ICflIU "Mctal Committeeft and the EEC proposals on
shipbuiltling
in
the countriesof
the Comnunity...
... ..
Harmonizationof
TransportPolicy;
a neil statement bythe
ITF-ICFfU transport sorkerst unions...
Motion adopted. by the frFisheries" Section
of
theEuro-pcan Transport Committee (ffCfU)
, ..
17Meetlng between
the
Italial
and. French MetalworkerslUnions
(Flu-ersl
andFuM-CIUI)
...
...
...
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Sunrma4r
of
main eubjectsitealt uith
l{ewst' (formerly tf lnformation Memo")
in
rrTrade UnionI.
[|EE I'NIOI{S AtrD EUROPEICFTU AI{D IFTTU I'NIONS OF TEE SIX COI]NIRIES DECIDE [O IilCAXASE CO-OIERATTOS AT EUROPE.AN IEUET
Bnrssels,
2l
lawtary 1966I{lth U.
BmnoStortl
(fCmU) and.M,
Jaoques Ald.ers (ffCfU)acttng
as Co-Oralrmen,tro
delegatlons fromthe
Executivesof
theICFIU E\ropean Trad.e Union
Secretarlat
ancl fromthe
IFCTU Europ,ean Organi.zatlonnet ln
Bmssels on 27 January 1966 onthe
eveof
thesecond. neetlng
of
the
Sir ln
Luxembourg.Folloring joint talks
on questlonsarislng fron
the
presentcrisls in
the
ComnunJ.ty, thedelegations unanlnously adopted.
the
folLorlng
resolutionr
rrThe trad.e-unions feeL
that
negotiations
to
resol.vethe
presentcrisis
should. be based. on gainsregistered
overthe
perlod. si.nce 1952anil shoulcl pronote
real
progresstln
the
proceseof
E\ropeanlntegration
ln
accordanceylth
the
ConnunLty Treatles.rrSuch ptogtess d.erives
in
the malnfron
the
pernanentconfronta-tlon of
the
connunlty aoncept asput
forrarcl by
the Errropean Executivesand nationaL
interests
upheldby
the
Governments.trOnly thLs oonfrontatl.on, fosterecl and sustained
by the
L\rop,eanExeoutives,
trtLl
enabLethe
Conrunityto
funqtion
effectively
and d.eveLopharnoniouslyl
for rbtch
the
nrLerritten lnto
the Treaties
rherebydeci-slons
are to
be takenby
anaJority vote
repr€Eents oneof
the baslc, lnd.ispeneableconclltlons.
Accord.ingly,the
tratle-unionsfeel
thatestabllahlng
a
tine-tabLe
rlthout
the
ConmLsslon being present oonstltutesan
attack
on thenicely
balanoed Connunity nachlnery,rfn
pronotlngthe
oauseof
Eurolnanunlty
ancl p]edlglng thenselvesto foster this
prooesarthe
trad.e-unicnerdsh
to
be moreclosely
agsociatedrith
the
rork
a^nd. d.ecigl.onsof
the Conmrnity. llhus, they
reject
anyattenpt to lnfrlnge
the
rlgbt of ths
ConnLEelonto
keep pubJ.lc oplnion inforned.of
propoeale ublohlt
haslnitLatecl
or of rork it
has und.ertaken anclto
nalntaln
relatLonertth
the professlonal
organizations.rrThc fCEIU and
the
IFCIII bane cleciclad.to
strengthen co-operatlonbetreen thenselveE
in
ord.erto brlng
about anlncreaslngly
dtrmanLoBHE 4tJr CONIERnICE OF,,qFE IF.CTU EUROPEAN ORGAtrTZATICril TO
3nresels,
28 Jarruary 1955The Erecutlve
Offlce of
the IF'CTU European Organizationnet
1n Brtrssels on 28 Jarruary1955. ll. A.
Coolras
Chair-man. The ExecutiveOfflce
consideredthe
outconeof
the
recent neetlngin
Lu:embourgof
the
Coqncll-of
Minlsters
asrel1
as the
general tlevelolmentof
the Egropeancrisis. In this
corurerion,there
rere
a numberof ltens
ontbe
agenda concernedrlth
trad.e-unionpolicy,
morepartlculzmlys
relations
rith
the
ICEIU Suropean Tracle UnionSecretariat.
lhe
ExecutiveOffice
expressedsatisfaction at
the
outconeof
theJolnt
IFCTU-ICEIU Meeting,held
on 27 January 1966; anclrent
onto register
its firn belief in
the
increasing urgencyof
strengthenl,ng oo-oPel&tion betweenthe
tro
Confederationsat
Europeanlevel.
(... )
llhe ErecutiveOffice
then clrew upa
clraft
agend.afor
the4th
Conferenceof
the
IIPTU E\ropean Organizati.on,rhich ts to
take plaoeln
Ansterdanfron
5
to
8
October 1-966, andriI1
be considertrnga
report drarn up byA.
Coo1.Tbis report
Hi1L d.ealsttb
the
aclaptationof
theorganizational
stnrcture
andactlvities of the
trade-union movenentfor
operations on a Errope-wide basis.
The Executive
Offtoe
also
d.rer up measuresfor
tnplenenttng theactlon
progrenmerecently
adoptedby
the E\rropean OrgenJ.zationfor
firthering social policy rithin
theEEC.
In this
context,
it
era,nlned.closely the
questionof
rel.atLons betreen employersr and. trad.e-unionorganizatlons
at
EEC Level.Lurenbourg, 15 Decenber 1965 a^nd
7 Ja^nuary 1966
The ICflIU-ECSC Inter-llrade-Union Group (Ulners and
ltetalrorkers)
met on
1)
Deoernber 1955 ancl 7 January 1966in
Luxernbourg,rLth ![. A. Oallly
acting
as Chatruan,to
considera
series
of
reports
onthe
scononl,c andsocial situatlon
Lnthe coal
a^nd.steel lndustrles ln tbe
coturtrlesof
theConmunity. llhe Inter-Trade-Union Oroup
aleo
oonsldered.the
EuropeanAt
the
endof
these meetlngslthe
folLoring
resolutions
wereadopteclr
a)
f,\ropeansituation
rrThe ICFTU-ECSC Inter-Trade-Unlon Group
of
niners
ancL netalrorkers,having considered
the
Europeansituation
and assessedthe
serioussocial,
econonic and
political
consequences whichrould result fron
anycalllng
in
questionof
the
processof
European construction,Reaffirms
its
previous statements ailvocatingthe
constrtrctionof
asupranational, democratic Comnunity
of
Europe;fii1l
d.o everythingln its
powerto
pronotethis
processof
rrnification
on
a
comnunitybasis
whichis
an ind-ispensable elenentin
economicexpansion and,
a
d.eterntningfaator in
bring'ing abouta
progressive harmonizationof
the
stand.ardof living of
European rorkers;Urges
all
Governmentsof
the Six
Countriesto
resr.rme and continue theLrefforts
towarcLs prod.uoinga
settlenent
of
the
presentcrleis rhiLst
respeoting
the
letter
andthe
spirit of
the Europeanfreatles;
Emphaslzes
that
anyfallure
onthe
part of
the
Governmentsnust
inevlt-ably
strengthen thehold
rrhlchthe
tnrsts
andcartels
have on theeconomy
of
the
Conmunity anilrhich is
alread.yfar
too
great;As
far
as the mergerof
the
Executivesis
concerned,the
ICFIU-ECSCfnter-frade-Union
Groupof
rniners and metalworkersril1 flght ln
concertr.itb their
represeltatlves
onthe
Coneultative Conrnltteeto
safeguard.the
ad.vantages geinad.within
the
framerorkof
the
Treatyof
Paris; The fnter-Trad,e-Union GrouprrlLl",
aboveall,
defenct againstall
attacksthe
systemof
financing
providedlby the
Treatyof
Paris
ntrich assureathe flnansj.al
autonomyof
the
Conmunlty Executive which,in its
turn,has enabled consid.erable sooiaL
objectives
to
be achlevedfor
the workers ITbe Inter-lrad.e-Union Group urges once agaln
that the
trade-unlons should bed.irectly
representecl on the nerged ConmunLty Exeoutive andthat
the trade-ruions
sbould.particlpate in
d.raringup'the flrture
sLngleTreaty. rf
b)
Ains
of social
and. econonic poLlcyn
fhe
Inter-Trad.e-Unlon GroupAttaches
central
lmportanceln
aLl-lts actlvities to
assurefitll
enploJment
ln
the
iron
andsteel induotryg
this
dopends on haringa
long
tern
harmonj.ous empLoymentsituatton
soas
to
guarantee rorkersin
the industry a regular
and continuing lmprovementin their
rorklngTakes the vlew
that, at
present,
thesebasic
concl.itions al:enot
afforcleclby the
prevail-lngsituation in certaln
basinsrithin
the
a,reaof
theCoronunity
rhere,
onthe contrary,
a
sitr.rationis
beginnlngto
arlsewhlch
is
causlng some concernto the
trad-e-unlons;BeLieves
that
ttre tlme has come nhereit is
necessaryto
rr,ppLy concretemeasures cLeslgnetl
to
obviate anyftnther
negative repercu$sions on the oonnonnarket
for
steeLgProposese aocord.lngLyt
1. a
g€neral actaptatlonof future
investments w.itb an enpbasls onbringing
aboutgreater
rationalization of
productionrtaking
careto
avoid.inwstnents
which,bltherto,
have senred.essontlaLly
to increase procluctlve capacitY;2. linking
investment planswith sooial
oonsid.erations.
In thls
corulexion,
the
efforts of
the
traile-unionsain at
the
establishmentof social
plans safeguartl-ingsecurlty of
emplolment and earningsin
tha
forn of
enpLo;rurent and wage guaranteesl3,
accentuatingthe
develolxrentof
neillun-
and. long-term programmesin
the
lron
andsteel
lnclustry,
onthe
lines of
those whjlch alreadyexist
Ln sone measure,rdthtn
the
generaLfranerork oll
the generalobJectlves
of
tbe EigbAuthority;
4. givlng
greaterattention to
tbe
prevatllng gituation
onthe
world steeL market rhenallocating
assistanoefor
developnerrtto
theextent
that
narginalp
complementaryinterventlons are
capableof
promoting the absorption
of steel
productionrrlthln
these countriest thus reduclngthe
ad.d"itional- pressureby
these oountrJ.es on theworld-
steel
narketl5.
eLiminatlngforthrith distortlons of
conpetition
rlthj.n
the
conmon steeL marketl6.
applying morestriotLy
'tleeprovisions
of
the ECSC Treelty enablingthe Eigh
Authority
to
ensurethat
tbe
conmonsteel
nar:ket functionspro1nr1y.
The fnter-Trade-Union Group
is
opposed.to
any producti.on quota systenrhich, in lts
opinLon, d.oesnot
represent an appropriate sol.utionto
thepresent problens
of
the
iron
and.steel
industry,
0n
the
other hand.,the
Inter-llracle-Unlon Group favoursrthe
establish-nent
ofunits of
procluctlonof
optiuunsize
necessaryfor
enhancing the conp,etitLveposition
of
Conunr:nlty und.ertaklngsin
the world
steel
market. Nevertbeless,lt is
absoLutely opposedto
any mergersof firns rhicb
areeffected
rithout
taking
proper accorrntof
the
denand.for
propercontrol
c)
Coal and enerrry questionsfrTbe Inter-llracle-Union Oroup
noting
that
the
dlfficul-tles
encountereclat
presentin
marketing coal procluctionhavel
ln
addltlon
to their
eoononio oonsequences, serious repercussionsln
the
soolal
sphere,Recal-ls
that
the
neasures takenhltherto rlthin
the
ECSC have been inaclequate and. have brought aboutvlrtually
no reductj.onln
the
dlfficul-ties
confrontlng the
coal.-nininglndustry;
[otss
tJratpartial
unenplo;ment brought aboutby the
constantd,eteriora-tlon in
the ooal-ninlng
sector, ie
increasingin
the various
coal-ninl-ngbaslns
of
the
Connwrity;Reafflrrns
that
the only
remed.yfor
the
presentdifficulties is
tJrat provld.ed.by transforning the
entire
energysector
into a
pubLic service,this
beingalso
an ind.tspensable cond.ltionfor
the
economic develolmentof
EuropelFeels
that
the EighAuthortty
sbouldlose
notlne
1n carr;rlngout
its
obl-igation
to
d.eflne asqutckly
as possible a E\ropeancoal pollcy,
this
beingits naln
task
in
the
coning months,perallet rith
thelnplenentatlon
of
the
European enerrypolicy;
Requests
the
natlonal
governmentsnot to
take anyisolated
action
or measuresthat
mlgbt inpetlea solution
on a E\ropean basisgBecopmend.s
inrresting
tJre ElghAuthority of
the ECSCrith
nonopoly porers Ln respeatof
the
foreign
trad.e l-ncoal
of
the
Slx
Countries and., tothis
end-r provicling the ElghAuthorlty
rith a
speeia}stock-piling
andeqtraLization fund. and.
establishing
machlneryfor
the
reguLatlonof
i.nportsS
Requests
the establishnent,
underthe
auepicesof
the
conrrunltyrnstlfirtions, of
a
European rnvestnent tr\rnd.for
flnancing
thenodernization
of
tbe
coaL-mininglndustryl
Insists
nost
striotly that
any declsionto
close d.owna
partioular
und.ertaking shouldln
frrtrrre be nade cond.ltionaL onthe creation
in
d)
Soclal
uroblensln
the coal
and.lron nlnlne
lnduetrlee tThe Inter-Tracte-Union Groupocnsld.ering
the
social
oonsequenceEarislng
fromthe
generaltrend
in
the
coaL anclhon
mlnlnglndustriee, fron
structura]-
problens and the cLoslng-dounof
certaln
m1nes,Juclges
that
the
sooial
trendin
the coal
andlron nlning
s.ectors hasbeen and contlnues
to
bein
a
d.Lrectl.onoontrary
to that
envisaged.ln
Artloles
3 and4 of
tbe
Treatyof
Parie
nhich provld.efor
the
constant lnprovenent Ln enployment a,ndin
the
stand-a.ralof llvlng
of'rorkers
ln
nember countrles
of the
Conrunlty;Notes
that
unenplotrment ancl clienissaleaffecting
miners baveresultetl
in a
stead.y weakenlngof
the
purohaelng powerof
workersrhlch
rnust be nacle up againat all
costs;Emphastzes
the
need.to
fol1owtith
theutnost
vigllance aLI
trend.s onthe
narket
for
coaLp patringspeclal
attentlon to
the
need.to
afford nlnerga
seoure 11veL1hood.gUrges
that f\rl-I
enplo;ment ancl tJrerlgbt to rork
bave preced.ence overall
otber econo4lo,national
or
Comnunity obJectives;States
tbatr
anxious aeit
Lsto
pronotethe
generaLlntereets of
theConnunJ.ty,
lt
cannot accepta
sltuation
rhere the
rorkers,
practloalLy
aLone,
foot
the
bilL for
the
presentdifflcuttles;
Demand.s the establisb.nent
of a
speclal
f\rntlfor
sooLal purposeeto
be flnanoedfron a
Conmunity 1eW.tr\rthernore, tbe rnter-[rade-union
Group, deeply ooneernedby
therecent d.lsasters e
Demancls
that alL
safety
measures ehoul-d be takento
avoid. anyrepetltion
of
sucb cllsastersin the
future;
Expects the Elgh
Authorlty to
renerrits
actlon
ln
the
field. of
safetyancl requests
to
be Eore cl.osely assoclated.ln
aLLtbe
workof
the PERI{ANEIT BODT andtpartlcrrlarly, ln that of
the
INtrER COUUITT$ wbere1t
conslclersthe
partlaipatlon of rorkergr
representatlnes absoLutely")@
ItThe fnter-Trade-Union Group
Notes
that in
recent
yearsthe financing
ancL, consequentlyl theconstrtrction
of
houslng have hadto
contendrith steadily
increasingdifficulties.
Buildlng
costs have increased, government assistance has decreased and there has beena cieterioration
in
the
sltuation
onthe
capital market.
This
trend has brought about an appreciabLelncrease
in rents
and charges ontenants.
Thatpart of
earnings whlchhas
to
be d.evoted.to
neetlngthe
cost of
housingls, ln
nany casesrin
excess
of a
tolerabLellmit;
fs
convinced.that
ind.ustryin
the
Connunity canonly
engagpthe
l-abourtt
need.sby
providingat
the
sane tirnethe
necessary housingfor
theserorkers.
Thus, houslng beconesa factor of production.
Eowenerrrlthln
ttre framerork
of rationalizatlon,
nodernlzatlon and- red.evelopaentmeasures, card.inal importance attaches
to
the
provl-sionof
housingin
areasrhera
prociuctionis
concentrateilgI{elcomes
the
financlal
aseistance glvenat
acLnantageousrates by
theEigh
Authority
rhich
has hada
reguLatlnginfluence
on the housing narket IDenand.s,
accorilingly,
that
the
actlvities of
the EfghAuthorlty
ln
theconstqrction
of
rorkersI
housing shoulcl be contlrnred and malntaineclat
the
samerate, in vien of
the
fact that
the housing neetlsof
industrla].workers
in
the
Community renalnvery great
so'that the
housing probl.encannot by any means be consLd.ered. as sol-ved.rr
M. CAVAZZTITI EI,ECTED ?RESIDENT OF gEE ECSC CONSIII,,IATI\TE COIIMITTEE
At its
ordinary meetlng heLd. on 14 Ja,nuary 1966,the
Consultative Cornnittee eLected. M. OlanSattieta
Cavazzuti as Presidentfor
the
tern 1966/671 M. Cavazuttlis
Natlonal
Secretaryof
theItalian
Qrdneeringllorkersi
Union (Fed,erazloneftaLiana
Metalneocanicir F[I,I-CISL).Bor.n
in
1930,t,
Cava.zsttli stud.iedat
theUnivereity
of
Modena and workedafterrards at
the
Research Centreof
the ltal-{an
nationalcentre, CIS[.
Between 1950 and 1955 he rorked.at
the Trade UnionEducative Csntre.
U.
Cavazzutl has been a memberof
the
ConsuLtative ConrnitteeTRADE ITNION CONGBSSSES
oRDTNART C0NGR5SS 0F TfiE 3EIJCIAN TEpERATION O{}A3OI]R i(rgl3)
Bnrssels,
16to
L9 Droenber 1965More than
a
thousand. d.elegatesfron
d.lfferent
regi.onsof
Selgiurnttogether
rrith
nany guests incLucting representatlvesof
E\uolnan trad.eunlon orgenlzations,
ni.nisters,
cLlpLomats and.personallties
:fron thesoolal
and. econonlo sphere, attencled.the 0rdlnary
Congress o:f theBelglan trbd.eratlon
of
Labor:r(IgtB) rhlcb
ras held
1nthe
SaLleAlbert
of
the
PalaLs cLes Congrbs,ln
Bnresels from 16to
L9 Deoenber L965.Arlclresses by
[i. J.
Fohrnann and M.t.
Irevl
Sand.ril,I. Jean F'ohrnannl lienber
of
the ElShAuthorlty,
brought greetingsfron
the
ECSC antllnld a stirrlng tribute to
the
nemoryof
hLs pred.ecessortll.
PaulFinet.
Eealso
pointeclout
that
the nergerof
the
Executives mustnot
prevent tbe ESCS from aontinulngits efforts in
the
soclal
gphere. rPergontX.lyrrril.
Fohrnann acLd.eil,ItI
sb,aLl nakelt
ny hrsLnessto
seethat
the
voice
of
the rorkere
is
heard.ln
tbe
prooeeclingsof
thelligh Autborlt/.
M. Lionel-Lo
Levi
Sand.ri, Vlee-Preslclentof
the
Comnlsslonr greeted. Congress on behaLfof
tbe SBC ancl nad.ea
strong pl.ealn
b.Ls rrlneebfor
the
clenelolnentof
tbe
Coununity onthe poLitloaL
plane aswell
as Ln thesooial
a,nd eoononio spheresoIn tJrls,
f,t.Levi
Sand.risalcl
e
was stue heoouLd oount on
the
supportof
tha
E\ropeanrorking clagg.
Eo end.ed. byafflrnlng
the needfor
bringing
about a United Statesof
E\rro1nrithin
afer
years,
rithout rhich
the
d.iviileclstates
of
E\uoperould
no longer haveany
role to
play
ln
wor1d.affairg.
f,eports rmesentecl by Mr
Ir.
Ma.ior.![. lf.
Schngens and M.A.
DelourneM.
touis ilajor,
Genera Seeretaryof
the
F{fIB, presented.the
Reporton
Aotiwities.
In
the lnternationaL
seotionof the
F(nB Report onActLrrlties,
M.
L.
IltaJor nad.ea
strong pleafor
E\rropeanlntegratlon
ancl underllned.the inportant
role
pLayed.by the
ICnfU X\:rolnan Trad.e-Unlon Searetariatln tbls spbere.
The Report nas aclopted unantnously.il.
[111y Schugens and M. Alfred. Delournedeelt rlth
tho
eoclal
and.Resolutions on European matters
The Congress adoptecL
the
tro folloring
resolutiona
on Europeanquestionsr
I cglg $rgogegn_R9.4logaf
'rThis Congress endorses the
regolution
adoptedby the
]th
EuropeanRegional Conference held.
ln
Turin
ln
Septenber t964iReaffirns
its
deternination
to
continueall efforts
neoassaryfor
theoonstruction
of
a
unltecl E\rope;Rejects any oo-operation
yith or lnrtioipation of
lbanco Spainin
therork of
the
lnternational or
regional
organLzations;Underllnes the need
for
adaptlngthe
organJ.zationalstxucture
of
thetracle-union movenent
at
E\xo1rean Level so aBto
irnprove and strengthen oo-op€ration betueenthe
organizatlonsafflliatecl to
the
E\rropeanRegional 0rganlzation;
trbels
that
tbe
reguestof
the
CGT(ltance)
anclthe
CCIL(ftafy) to
be represented onthe
social
and economicconsultative
bod.iesof
theCornmon Market cannot be reJeoted-;
l{ishes
the ICIIU
Suropean Regtonal Organizationto
take
tb.einitiative
in
propostngto
organizations conlng nnderthe
IFCIU and tbe WEIU theestablishnent
of a
comnon progrannefor
the
six
co'rxrtriesof "Little
Europett . tf
lhg
lugogegn_Cg4gqgijl g e_tfThis Congress endorses the resol,utions adopted by the {th General Aesenbly of ICtrTU unions in tb.e EEC corrntries held in Paris in March
t964i
Notes
that in
an increasing numberof
spheres,there
is a shift in
d.eclsion-naking
fron
t,Lenational
to
the
Connunlty plane;Denands
that
the
loss of control
bynational
parlla^nents entatled bythie
prooess sbouLcl be compensated- bya
strengtheningof
the
d.enooraticstructure
of
the
EECrto
be acbieved. by adaptlng tJre reaL ponoraof
the EuropeanParlia^nent; by
lnoreaslngtte rtghts to
strpervlse deolsionsacloptecl
by the
Connission andthe
Counol,lof lllnlstere;
by ertend.ingtotal
butlgetaryBouerst
and by havlng eLeotlons baeed on unlversalsuffrage
rlthout
nod.ifLcationln
orclerto
strengthenitg
authorlty;
SupBorts the
nelger
of tho
tlrreef\rrolran
EreoutLvesln
ordler toconsolidate
the strength
of a
slngle
EreotrtlvegNotes
that the
trade-unlone arenot
represented. onthle
slngle
Ereoutlvahphaslzes
that
the
EEC should. be opento all
clenooratLo oountrlesln
Durope
rhlch
acceptthe
princlples
a,nd constnrotlonof
the
EEC;Cond.enns the
authoritarlan
nethods enployed. by Erance;$rpporte
the
propoeale nad.e bythe
Connissionin its
t'1964Initiativert
to
acceLerate the achievenentof
econonia andpolltical
rutlon;l{otes
that, in
the
present prosessof
Europeanintegratlonr
the
tracle-unlons :rwr therisk of loslng
the
rlghts of
consultation
rhich
they hadobtalnetl
at
natlonal
1eveL gllotes
that
the
estabLishnentof
a ne.cll.un-term Econonic Comntttee conposedof
Goverrulent representatives, anclof
a
Study Group on nediu.n-tenneconomlc foreaastlng conposed.
of
lnclepenclent expertsconstitute
thefLrst
etep towarclstbe
lntrocluotlonof
econonic progrannlngat
Conrtrnity level 3Denanclsrtherefore,
that
the
trade-unlons should. beregularly
coneulteilcl.uring
the frantng
of
eoononic and socl,aLpollcy, 1t
betng neoeEsary
to oonplenentthe
present systemof
consuLtatlon through the Econonio anclSoaial Connittee
by
organizingcllreot consultation
at
Conmunity ieveLwhen
drafting
the broarl lLnesof
econonio a^nileocial
po11cy9Denancls
that
the Sub-Connittee on necllun-tern eoononlo plannLngset
upby
the Econonlc and. Socia1 Connlttee shoulal beregularly
ooneulted. onall
preparatory workin
conJuncti.onrlth
euohnedlun-tem
econoulcpo1loy;
Recognizes
the
conslderable work acconpllshecl torrardsthe
progressiveinplenentation
of the
conmonagrioultural
polloy;
Stressesr honeverr
the
effeots rftlah
the
inrplernentationof thle pollcy
has hacl on
the
level of agricultural
priaes
and denand.sthat prlority
shoulal be given
to
action
Lnthis
sghere torerd.sbringlng
about areductlon
of
prloes
pald by oonsumersgRegrets
that
negotlations
onthe flnanolng
of
tho
agrlcultural
pollcy
on
the
Connunltyts onn resouro€s a"nd.the
coasolid.atlonof
the
ponersof
the Eurolnan Pa,rlianent should have been brokenoff
onthe nlght
of
30 Jr:ne ]-965rithout
anyreal
attenpt
being naileto
exa^nlne theseproposals
in detallt
Denands
a
compLate obser\ranoeof
the
provlstons and.baslc
aimsof
theTreaty
of
Rone and conpl-ete respeotof
the
Institutions
set
upby
theTreaty;
Ad.dresses an appeal
to
aLL governments and. pr*r1ia^oenteto
r,esolve thepresent
crigie
aequtckly
ae possiblegNotes
tlth regret
various
onissionsin
the
fra^rningof
the
comnontransport,
energy andconpetltion
policies;
Notes
that
the
red.uctionof
custons dues anclthe
elinination of
quotasare
not
enoughto bring
abouta
recluctionin
consuner priceslDemands,
therefore,
the
establishment a"ncl irnplenentationof
a
policy
onconpetltlon
to
removeall
abusesof
economic por.eriEmphasizes
the tlelay
ln
lnpLementingthe
sooial
provisi.onsof
the Treatyof
Rome generally and.,in partlcular,
thoserelatlng to
the harmonizationof living
anclrorking
conclltions onthe principle of
frbarmonizingin
an uprarcl directionrr.Atlvocates
the
drafting of
a
d.etailed. harmonlzation progranmelinked
ffith
a tine-table for
lnpLementlngthe sanei
onthe
basieof thls
harmoniza-tlon
progtanmetlt ls
proposed.that
negotiatLons shoulcl be openedrith
the
employersf orga"nizatlons a^nd.the
Conrnission;Requests
that
the
FETB ehouldfolLor
olosely the inplenentation
of
thecomnon
action
prog?arune ad.optedby the
ICFIU trad.e-unlon organizationsin
the EEC countriesrelating to
the reductlon
of
the
working reek, increased annual Leave, i.ncreased.hollday
pay and an income guaranteeln
the
eventof
dlsabLement;Enphasizes
that
the
progresslve lmpLenentationof
Coununltypollcy
hasincreasingly greater
repercusslons on econonlc and. sooiaL trendsat
natlonal
IevelgStresses the need
for
regular consultation
of
the
governing bocLiesof
the
FGTS;Feele
that
there
ls
a
needfor rider
consultation
on trade-union actionrithln
the EECin oriler to
faoeup
to
thewtity of
aatlon
nanifested by empl-oyersat
Comnunity Leve1gStrpports,
therefore,
a1l efforts
by the
governing bodlesof
the
Fg[B and.the
ICIryU trhropean Tracle-UnlonSecretariat
to brlng
aboutthts
confrontation betreen
tbe
partles
lnvolvedln social
derrel-opnent andto Lnstitute ricler
consultatlon
relatlng to
trade-unionactlon
atConmwrity J-eve1;
Ebphasizes the need
for
having availabLethe
neoessarynaterlal
reaourcesto
nake trade-uni.on consultatlon moreeffective
andto follor
morec1osel-y econornlc a^ncl
social
deveLolmentat
national
ancl ConnwrLtyleve1' r'
Governins Bodies
At
the end.of
the
proceed.ings, Congress eLectedthe
Gr:verningSodies
of
the
trUTB.0eneral Secretary
I
Lrouis MajorilatlonaL Secreitaries
r
Nath.
De BockAlfred
DelonrneIfilly
SohugensErecuttve Committee (rtBureau'r'l
Repreeentatlves
of central
0rgantzafi.ons (rtcentralesn) rR.
3al-esee,E.
Gueppene,F.
Gtllrlstiaensaens,G.
Gr;4nrs,0.
Debunne,R.
Dekeyzer,J.
Cleldof,F,
OoetJralsrE.
Ja.nas6ns, O. Ireolercq,l{.
Lefbrme,L.
Hlunier,
A.
Reslnont,F.
Schoeters,D.
Snets,L.
Thonas,R.
Van d.e Peme, G. fla1laertRepresentatlves
of
ReglonaL sectionerf,.
AndrLee,E.
Caetel,E.
Famont,R.
Ic,nbion,L.
Stevens,E.
Aslnela€brV. Thijs,
D. Va^n Daele,R.
Verdonclc.STATEUnITS BY INDUSTRIAT AND TRADE COMUITTEES THE rCFrU "I{ETAL ComtrTTEE" EXPRESSEL SATISFACTIoN
I{TTH ['EE EEC PROPOSALS
ON
SHT}tsUTTDI
THE CO}IMUNITTSrtrssels,
Decenber L96,The rrltletal Connitteerr
of
ICEIU untonsin
the countries
of
theConmrnity published 1n Deoenber
a
statenent
summlngup tbe situation
in
shipbuilding
in
the
EEC countries.It rril1
berecalled tbat
the
Committee basdealt with
this
question on several ocsasions (see
"Infornation
Memon Nos.5/q,
7/54,I/6,
ana4/65). fn
order
to
bring
readers upto
date,
we arereproduc-ing
belor this latest
statenent bythe
ICFIU wrionsin its entiretyr
rrThe ldetal- Cornnittee
rishes to
expressj-ts satisfaction rith
theproposal mad.e
by
the EEC ConnLssionfor
Corrnnrnityaction to rectify
d.istortions
of
cornlntltion
onthe shipbuilding
market.
Since coruroncriteria
haveto
be acloptedfor
regulatlng
financlal
asslstance,this
initiative
representsa first
step tonard-ea
Commtrnitypolicy
onshipbuilding.
In
the
longnrn,
gubsldles and financLngof
contracts
on an agreed connonbasis
ancl-
rrhat Ls morelnportant - rlth
fired.
tinrelinite,
cannot,
of
course,provlile
a
sol-utionto
the
thorny problensof
sh.ip-building in
the EEC.lfe are
not
alonein this poirit of view. In his letter of
10 JuneI95,
addressedto
tJre lt[eta]. Comnittee,the
Presid-entof
the
Comrnissl-on, M,Eallstein,
notesthat rln
aclditionto
the
questionof
conpetltionfrom
countries outside the
EEC, thereare other
ftrnd.anental questionsrelating to
the stnrcture
a.nd.internal
organlzationof
und.ertaklngsrihich have
to
besettled.
rIn
the
statements adoptect byits
Cornmitteee (Rapporteursr M, Dlehgans and M. Arningaud),the
European Parlia,rnent goesf\rther
in its conclusionsl
indeed.,tt
enpbasizesln
these staterrents thatthe
ad.vance registered.by
the Japanese shipyardsin
th,efleld
of
rationaLizatlon
maleit
necessaryto
bavea
strtrctural
polLcy ancla regional
policy just
as rnuch asa
systenatic
nod.ernizatlon poliay.Iflth
regarctto the firlng of
torurageof
vesee]s,the
tro
reportsquoted- above cone
to
the
concluslonthat
vesselEof less
than 31000 GRIshould.
also
be lncludedin
the
syst€n p€guletingflnanclal
asslet&DoErIhe
Metal Conntttee feelstrat,
before adoptingtbls
addltlonal
regulatlon,
the
EIEC ConmleeLon should. eraninethe extent
to
nhlchshipyarcLs bulldlng'vess61s
of less
tb.an 31000 GRIare
effeotecl byconpetl.tl.on 1n Europe.
The syeten
of
regul,atlngfinancial
asslstance teoontrendetlby
the EEC Conmiseionis
based. on tJr.e asornptlontbatr
on tb.erorld sblp-
.ttrildtng
narket and.,particularlyr ln
JaPanr thenaln
ehipbulldtngcountry,
shlpsare
subetdtzed by an anount on an avsragp ,equal to10 per oent
of
tJretotal.
contracts lnvolved.Sone nonlihs ago,
the
Internatlonal
Uetalnorkergt Ferleratlonsent
to
Jalnn a. groupof
exp,ertsto
stnrcLy shlpbullcttngln that
country.trbon
tbetr
on-the-epot exaninatlonof
the
slftratlon ln
Japan they caneto
conoLusiong whiohiLlffer ln
essentLalpolnts
fron
thoso madeby
the EEC Connlssion anilthe
Connltteesof
tb.e E\rropean Parlia,nentin their
Lnvestigation anrl find.ings
(at least
thoseparts
d.evotedto
JapaneseshlBbulld.ing)
t in
ourvier,
thesefindlngs
shouLd be revjleed. andcorected..
It is not tnre tbat
Japanrs oonp,etitLve advantage d,errlvas fromdirEct
subsictLee.It tg
no lbnger appropriateto
speakof
Lor fiages 1rl connacttonrith
Japanese Ehlphrl1d.ing.ff
one aclclsto
the
Hagps paldln
Japanese shlpyardsthe
variousbonuses and
soclal
benefits
provld.edby
the und.ertaking, o'nearrines
at
average earnlngs sonerLere betreen
the
r&g€s (andtotal
earnings)of
rorkers
ln Italian
and Erenoh ehLptrrards.Tbe adnantage enjoyed up
to
nor
aBa
result of
Japanese finanolng arangenentsis
d.ieappearing, E\uopeanflnancing
anangpments harrlngbecome
slnllar or
being aboutto
becone BorThe prosress
of
th.e Japanese shlpbulLd.inc lnduatrvIs
nore correctl-yto
be agaribed.to
the
factors
Ltgted belowr1.
Thelarge-scale
firms
ancl grorpeof
ffuus;
2,
Ahigh
level of rationalizatlon nbich,
oompared.rith that
existlng
1n E\rolnan shipgrarde,lrilI
stead.tly increasein
the
f,trftrre;3.
Technlcalinstallations glving
a
htghrettrn
onlnvestnents,
large dockunlts
andfaoillties for
extendlng theserhich
are Lnline
rrtth
f\rhrre
productlon;4.
Stand.ardlzatLonof
vessel
tylps
(nasg procluctlon) g5.
llodern proctuctlon technlques and constnrctlonby sections
(..g.
the use
of electronic
brains
ln
production andadninlstration
and.
of electro-static
procecluree Ln largg-sca1e, nasE procl.uction) I6.
A htgh Levelof
researchinto
shipbutld.ing and- centraLized. use of data on trendsS7. Strict
dirrision
of
york
rrithin
Lncllvldua1 shipyards anil betneen shlpyartl.sS'8.
Intensin€
and contlnuingtraining of
quaLlfled^norkers, builtlerst
technloians andl nanagprs
(In
targe
firns
about 6per
centof
the
staff
are
graduatesof
ad'ranced coJ.leges
of
tecbnologyor
uninersitles)1
9.
Acqulsltlon
of rar
materials
at lor
prlces
bybulk
buytngby
thethe
large-Ecale conbinatlonsof flrms in
the Japanese shipbulLctlng eeotor;10.
Japanese shlpbqlLilingflrurs
engaggtn
the
productionof
1lnes notnornally
assooiatedrlth
shipbulldlngr
th,usstabilizLng returns
on Lnvestnent andthe
enplotrmentslhratlon.
All
thesefactors
cggtntbuteto
brinfring,pbout!
an extremelyrapid
ffiand
turnoyer,
aEreLl
as Loucost
of
production.Conclusiong
Confronted
rith
thesefactE
one oan und.erstantlthat
a recessionin
the shtpbuilding lndustry
in
thE EEC muEt Lnevltably aone about sooneror l-ater,
unlessthe
presentstnroture
of
the
lnclustryis
changecl. The onJ.y poesl.ble remed.yfor thie situatlon is to
develop,in
ftrl-l
arraren€ss
of
the
ains
one rrlshesto
achieve,a
progr€ssivestnrctural
anclregional
pollcy. for thls
reason,the ffiC
Connisslon ebould. embarkfortb.-with
onthe
follorrlng
preparatory vorkr(")
estabLishing a:oinwntory of
the technical
and organizattonalstnrcture of
the shipbuildtng
tnclustryin
tihe EEC;(U)
carrlrlng out
a
sturlyof
the
agp and enBlolmentstrttcfirre ln
theEEC
shiptnrilding
inclustrY.The EEC Conrnission shouLd
draft
proposal-efor all
shlphrilcling
colntrles ln
the EEC, suoh proposals naklng provisl,onfor
forne
andpossibilities of
co-operatlonin
shipbutlding
ancl reeearchlnto
shlp-tutfAttrgl thie
procedrrre would nakeit
possLbleto
aohievetbe
und.eniableadvantages
of
nass produotion anclspeoiallzatlon
(asin
Ja'pan)ln
thearea
of
the EEC.lfhere
regional
oircurnstancesfor
uhich,
althougfu produclngllnes
enploy
the
sa$e ttrpeof
nanporer.so
require, factories
shoulcl be provLclecloutside
tbe
sbtpb/ulldl:ng sectortAtternpte nhlch have been maile on
a
pnrely
voLuntary lcasls byshlpbuil.ding
fi.rns in
the
EEC w.lth a viewto
achieving oo-r:rd,inatlon betneendlfferent
yarcls shoulil be supportedby
financlal
asslstancefor
the
gurposeof
ratLonalization.
AlL
these uteasures shouJ.d.,in
ad.d.itionto
helptngto
achieve themain obJective,
viz.
the
improvementof
the
conp,etltiveposltlon ln
rel-ation
to
Japan, nakait
possibleto attain a
proper baL:rnceof
condLtions
of
conpetition!g@
the
oonntriesof
the EEC,,The tracle-unions grouped.
in
the Metal Connittee und.e::take toco-operate
rrlth
the EEC Connisslon and erpresa tJre hopethelt
they w'111be abLe
to
partlotfiate
ln
aL1 stagesof
ftetr:r€ preparatoryrork, thls
lnplying
con$,rltation ona
reguLap basls.ttHARIIOIIIZABI0N OF TRANSF0RI POLfCYI
A
}f$f
SIATEI*IENT BY lHE ITF-ICEIU fRANSP0RT '![OAKERS| ITNIONStfThe ICFIU Traneport llorkersr Unions
ln
the
CoinnunityriL1
continue,together
rrith
conpetent bodieeof
the
EEC,their rork
torard.s achlevlngthe haroonl,zatlon
of
transport
policy in the
Connon Market.fflbus,
the
Cornnitteeof
IfF-fCEIU llransportllorkersr
TJrdonsi.n
th.e EEC reafflrmed,lts
posttlon
at
a rneetlngrhlah
hasjust
oonoludedln
Brussels, during
rhlch
M. T,. Schaus, Menberof
the
Conmisslonr andseveral high-rantdng
offlolals of
the
E1EC d.elivered- ad-dresgeg.Ag
a
resuLtof thls
rneetlng,at
whLch M.Ih. Seibert,
Presid.entof
the
Gernan Railnaysrnen Unlon(Cam)'
tookthe
cbair,
tb"e Gonnltteeof
ITF-ICFIU Transport lforkersln
the EEC nas ablEto
aclopt guidtngllnes for lts
ftrture
aotivlties
antlto affirn
onoe agalntbat it
consldersthat
the
aBBliaationof
measures latend.ed.to
a.nelioratethe d.ifferent
means
of
transport
ie
ansssentlal
conclitionfor a
soundr balanoed.t d.eveLopnentof
the
processof
E\rop,ean Lntegration.In
a resolutLon ad.ctresseclto
the EEC Counoilof Mlnisters,
tbefTI-ICEITU Connittee
of
lPransport f,orkersr Unions 1nthe
EEC enlhaslzeclthat, in vier of
the
fact that
the
amendmentsrecently
proposetl.by
theConrnLssion,
folLoring
the
d.eeision takenby
the
Councilof
Ministers
on 22Jule
1g6j,
d-e1nrt consid-erabl-y fromthe
proposals madein
1953relating
to the
systemof
bracketrates, it is
necessaryto
havea
nerr consultationwithin
the
Econonic and.Social
Connitteettrlt
nould. beabsolutely contrary
to
the
spirit of
the
Treaty ofRomertt
it ls
stated
in a
press connrrniqu6 Lssuedby the
Connitteer rrtoreftrie to
havethis
consultatlon
and such areftrsal
could. scarcely bejustified., parttcrrlarly,
when one considerstbe great
lnportanae nbichrilL
attach
to
the measuresof application to
be publlshedby the
Councllboth
in
regardto the
conpetitive
position of
tra"nsport unclertakings andto living
standards and.the
Levelof
enployrnentof
workers engaged-in
this
sectorff .Tbe connuniqud issuecl
by
the
Connittee goes onto state that
flthe conpetent bod.iesof the
Cornnunity havealso
been informedof
a resolution
clealing 11ith
social
poLicyin
the
cLifferent neansof
transport
anclr noreparticularlyr-B-fb woFEich
the
Corunissionis currently
engagedrel-ating
to
soeial- harnonizationin
road,transport.
The Transportllorkersi
Trade-Unions expeotthat
the Burop€an standardsrhlch
arein
the
courseof
being establtsheilat
Comnrurity 1evelrrill
be more progresslvetban
the
present prorrisionsregulating
rorking
conditionsin
road' transportin
the
ComrqonMarket.
The Transportllorkersr
Unlons are ready, asin
thepast, to assist
the
competentauthorities of
the
EECin ilraftlng
regula-tions
onthis subject.
Thebi-partite
cornmitteesfor the
three meansof
transport, rhlch
haveto
be establishedby the
Counission, reprssent anapproprlate framerork
for this
co-op'erationtt.At its
neetlng on 14 Deoenber 196, LnDrnkirk,
the
rtF'igheries"Section
of
the E\gopeas Transport CorunLttee(ffUfU)
undertooka
broaclexanlnation
of
questlonsinvolvlng
the
EECfisheries
policy.
In
a motton adopted.at
the
endof
the
proceedingsrthe
Sectlonnregrets
tbat,
upto
nov,
fishermenrs trad.e-unions havenot
been consultedwhen
a
connon poLicy on cleep-sea-fishing vas being drarnup'
Tbe section therefore u:rgesthat
botb
therorkersr
and. enployersl organlzationsrhlt
particularJ-y the workers, shorrld be
closely
associated. Ln drarring up the necessary sooiaL and eoonomic meaelrres.As
far
asthis
conmonfisberieg policy ls
concerned.,the
Sectlonfeels that
the
folloring
threE main objecttves nuet be pursuadrn-
llheelimlnation
of social
and. economicgltuatlong rhich
bind.erthe
properrorklng of
the
connonfisherl.es po1lcy1
tn this
oonnectlonlIt ls stlll
of
prlne
lnporta^noeto
harnonlzeolnratlng
oondltionsl.n
tb,e corurtrlea;-
the
abolltlon of
unaoceptableaoolal
sltuatlonsg-
the achLevenentof
soolal
prtty rith
other
seotorsrr.Itl[ore
partioularlfrr
t,hEnotlon
oontlnueslrfLt
1s neaessaryln
thesocl.al sphere
to
brlng
about an lnprovement a^nd. harnonlzationof
fleher-menrs
rorktng condltlons,
partlorlarly
trith
resp,eotto rorklng
horrrs,eecurlty
of
1ivEl1hood, oreu aooonoclatlon, nannJ.ng anil problensrclatlng
to
safety
of
rork.
Bhere arealso
na^rrysoclal
problensgivlng
rl.eeto
speoial- aspeots Lnthe flshernanrs
profession such aa enployrmentlvooa-tlonal
trainJ.ng eto.fhe
rrElsherleg?t SectLon fee].st]rat rorkerst
organlzations shouldtake an
aotlve
part
ln
cl.raftlngcllfferent
neasur€s anal@
the
eetabllghnentof a
rrflsherleett bl.-pa,rtl,teoonnlttee.
fn thls
oonnec-tlon
thE seegl.onrlshes
to
polnt out that
elnllar
oonnltteeg have already beenset
upfor
agrlouLture and road,transport.
l[he ttElshellesrr Seatlon requests the &uopean Transport Connlttee and.
the
GeneralSeoretarlat
to
takeall
nocessary stepefor
affordlng
pronpt
satlsfactlon
of
these requeots.rrIMEIING BEIrEUY
rrs
rnl'r'raNmor
(rru-crsr,)AND
rEE FRUSCE ttETAJ,TOffimSf IIIrO$ (FC'U-CIDT)
In lts
rnonthLypubllcation, rVoir
deg ![€taux.t(l[o.
134of
January1966), thP trbench lfieta]rorkersr
ilnlon
(f6a6ratlon
G6n6ra1e cteIa
M6taLlur-81er CEDI)
refere to
a
meetLng bEtreen d.eLegatlonsof
the NattonaLSesretarlat
of
theftallan
lfetaLuorkerst UnLon (trbderaztoneltaliana
MetaLmecoanlol)(m[-fiSt)_and
the
Fhenohlieta].rorkerst
Unlon (F6d.6ratlonG6n6ra1e cle
la
UBtaHurgre)(rW-CfUl),
and goes onto etate, inter
a1.rtf0onfronted by
a
trencl tonardslnduetrlal
oonoentratlonrhloh
nakeeIt
abeoluteLy necessaryto
have oloselnternational
co-opera.tion betreen trad.e-unlone andI
oo-ordLnatlonof
oLaims,the tro
organizatLonereafflrned.
the need.for
ologer reLatlonE betreen tJee IIM-CISI and. theIEU-CEEII! Ln ord.er
to
beln
a
better
posltton
to
meetthe
importa.nt problensrhloh are lncreaslngly
tendlngto
ertend beyondnatlonal
boundariea,particuLarly
the Erropsan problens. tf'tThe lbench lfietal.rorkerst Unlon (fUU-CfUl) assured.
the
III!-CISLof
its
uarnestsolLdarlty
for
theftaLlan
netaLworkerg Lntheir
stnrggl.es l-nconnectlon
nlth
negotLatLonsfor
a ner
natLonaL ooLLeotlne agreenentfor
the
ltallan
metalrorkersrhlob
have brought forrard. an lnpor.tant gtatenentof
ol'alnerhlob
carutot be Lsolated.fron
a
E\rropeen trad.e-unlrrn poltcytr.WFTU UNIONS AND THE COMMON MARKET
rHE
ccrl (rrAlr)
AsKs roR ApMLEST9I TO THE COMMUNITY BODII]StflrUnitArrr
the publication of the Italian
Communist Partyt published on 19 January 1956the text of a letter
whichthe
CGILI theItalian
trade-union
national
centre
whichis affiliated to the
ltlFTUThad
sent
to the Italian
Governnentrequesting
that its
representatives should be allowedto participate in the
workof
the
Community bodi.es.The
text of the letter is
as
fo11ows3
,rrThe
time
is
drawing near whencertain
representatj.ve bodiesattached
to the
EECInstitutions are to
be
reappointed andthe
CGILis
taking this
opportunity
of
reminding youof the clain it
hasput
forward ona
numberof
occasionsfor full recognition of its legitimate right
to be represented onthe social
and economic bodiesof
the
EuropeanCommuni.ty r
rrThe
present
compositionof
these Cornmunity bodies d.eniesrepresentation
to the
morethan three
million
workers groupedin
theCGIL' and
is
thus manifestly
incapableof affording a just
and completeexpression
of the
wlshes andinterests of the ftalian
workers.ItlVhilst reserving
the right to
haveits
own views on thedifferent
questionsrelating to
the
European Common Market( a right
that
nust
be recognizedfor all organizations),
the
CGIL nevertheless wishesto reaffirm its
demandfor recognition of its right to
be repreaented onthe social
and economic bodiesof
the
Communit,yso
aEto
bein a
position
to
defendthe interests of
workerswithin the l-imits of the
powersbestowed. on trade-unions
by the
Treaties of
Rome.This
is perfectly
legitimate
andis,
furthermore, indispensablet
if it is
agreedthat
thesocial force
whichthe
working claesesof our
countryrepresentt
shouLdbe
fully
represented.trFurthermore
r the
dominantirend in
tnternationaL
affal-rs
aewell
as
the current
d.evelopmentof relatlons
betweenthe
pubi-ic authoriti.es andalL
trade-unions
in our
country
constitute, in
our
opinionr
goodreasons
for revising
decisions
takenin the
past
andeliminating
thediscrimination
practised.at that tine.
ItThe
Italian
Governmentwill
eoon beputting forrard
norninatione(including
workersrrepresentatives)
for
eeatsfalling
vacant on thethree Consultative
Conmittees andthe
CGIL expectsto
betreatett justly
this
time.ttThe bodies which have
to
be
reappoLntedduring
the
forthconing reeks are31.
TheConsultative
Comnitteefor the free
novernentof
rorkers
(tern of office
expires
on5
February)taia
d.osnby
SEC RegulationNo.
38/64.Z.
TheConsultativi
Committeefor vocational
tralnin6gof
labour(tern of offtce
expiree
oa 20April
1966).3.
The Economic andSoclal
Comnitteeof the
European Communitiesii""r of
off,Lceexpiree
on 24 AprtJ.f96O laid
clownby Art;icte
19J ofthe Treaty
estabLishingthe
EEC andArticLe
155of the
Treratyeetablieh-ing
EuratonorrThe CGIL
is
confident
that
the
GovernnentriIl sish to
nakeuse
of this
opportunity
to
recognizethe legitirnate right of this
trade-union
orlanization
and,
conaequently,to
inclurle
CGILrepresenta-tives
onthe list of
nominations onexactly the
aame basietas
therepresentatives
of other
organizatiottsrr.ARTICL9S PUBLISHED
IN
"RASSEGNA SINDACALE" (CGIL-IT&I,IEmisration
in
Europefhe
problensof enigration in
Europeare the subject of a
seriesof articles
publishectby
M.
Enrico Vercell-ino
in
rrRassegn.a Sindacalerr;the
publication of the ltalian
CGIL (Nos.?4, ?5
and' 77of'1955).
fhe
authorts
argunentsare
based onthe
eubnissionthatr in
spite of the poeitive
aspectsof the
neuregulations
on rrthe freemovement
of
workersin
Europerr anddespite
the action of the
trad'e-unions,
all
questlonsinvolvine!
the
employment and treatmentof
nigrant
workers continued
to
betackled
sole1y fromthe viewpoint
of
monopolisticreorganization
and concentration.The author maintains
that, in
pursuingthis policyl the
largeindustrial
groupsrestrict the inflow of forelgn
workersor
encouragethem
to
take up employmentin certain
sectors
andcountries
rather
thaqothers,
applying
to
migrant workers wagescales
andconditions
ofenployment
that
are
often not in
keepingrith the
prevai-J-ing standardsand, whenever possibJ.e
or practicable, eubstituting for
workersof
a
givennationality
other
nationaLsrho are
thought
to
beless
denandingifhe point of
departurefor
any vLabl.e approachto the
settlementof
the sociaL,
econonic andstructural
problensof nigrant
sorkersnust, M. Vercellino
enphasizes, bethe
eetablishnent
of effective
co-operation between
the
vari.ousnational
trade-union
centres,
lnnedLatcobjectives
beingthe
participation of all
trade-unions
in
contracts
and agreenentsreLating
to nigrant rorkere
andin the
CommunityInetltutionst
together
rlth
an extenslonof the application of the
EECregulatlon
onthig
subject
to nlgrant rorkers fron
countries outside
the
EEC.
Po1icyon migrant workers should
not,
noreoverr be designedto
aervethe
needsof
monopolistic
groupsbut rather
be organizedin
sucha
way asto
takeinto
accountthe interests of the real
needsof
thoseaffected
aswell
as
the
economicpossibilities of the different
regions.The
author
concludesthis series of articles
by
proposingthat
the
traderrnions
shouldinitiate a
trunited actionrrfor
a detailed
investigation of the
problensrelating to nigrant
workers, which wouldbe
the first step
towards what might becomearrmigrant
workerrs cardrr,in
other
words;the first essential of
a
better
organizedseries
ofactivities at
a1l-Ievels to
defendthe
Lnterests
of nigrant
workers.rlThe Consress
of
the
FGTEIn its
issue
No, ?8of 15. 1.
66,rtRassegna Sindacalerr dealswith the
Congressof
the
FGTB(gelgiun)
(seep. 7 of this
issue of
ItTrade Union Newstr).
The CGIL
publication
emphasizesthat this
Congress hatl advocatedunited action by the
trade-unionsin their
co-operatlonwith
the EuropeanInstitutions.
trRassegna Sindacalerr, which describes
the
I'GTBstatenent
asItsignif icantrr
l writes that it
hasto
be addeclto the
approaches shichthe
CGIL has been nakingfor a
considerabletime
andits
proposalsfor
costnon