Venice, May 2016 PRESENTATION FOR THE EWC COORDINATORS CONFERENCE FROM THE WORK OF THE UEWC Hermann Soggeberg Chairman Unilever Euro Works Council UEWC Bild letztes Abendmahl einfügen
THE DELEGATES IN THE UEWC. 36 elected delegates from 19 countries
UEWC COMPOSITION SEATS/COUNTRY Austria 1 Czech Republic 1 Finland 1 Germany 4 Hungary 2 Italy 3 Poland 3 Romania 1 Sweden 1 United Kingdom 4 Belgium 1 Denmark 1 France 3 Greece 1 Lithuania 1 The Netherlands 3 Portugal 1 Spain 2 Switzerland 2
UEWC WORKING STRUCTURE UEWC ECC UEWC elects reps. Chairman, Deputy + 6 other members +3 substitute members Daily business between UEWC meetings Speak/act on behalf of the UEWC Chairman Deputy + max. 2 other Meetings and data analysis Projects Task force UEWC face ECC Feedback group UEWC office Chairman Coordinator Communication Coordination Part of the panel
WHAT HAVE WE BEEN OCCUPIED WITH? UNILEVER IS IN A CONTINUOUS PROCESS OF CHANGE Conglomerate One Unilever Today 2005 Pre-One Unilever 2007 One Unilever 2008 MCO s
WHAT HAVE WE BEEN OCCUPIED WITH? EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT UNTIL 2014
WHAT HAVE WE BEEN OCCUPIED WITH? UNILEVER SITES IN THE UEWC FOUNDATION YEAR 76
WHAT HAVE WE BEEN OCCUPIED WITH? UNILEVER S CURRENT SITES DRASTIC IMBALANCE TO THE DISADVANTAGE OF THE EMPLOYEES 59
WHAT HAVE WE BEEN OCCUPIED WITH? UNILEVER S INTERNAL STRUCTURE Personal Care 8 clusters Foods Home Care 4 categories Refreshment
HOW HAS THE UEWC DEVELOPED? OUR VISION Appreciation Added value Values
WHAT WAS THE UEWC S APPROACH? THE BARCELONA AGENDA
BARCELONA AGENDA OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES AND PROGRESS OF THE WORKGROUPS Diversity & Inclusion Global Policy against sexual harassment, signed Oct 2015 by int. unions and Unilever Training is currently being developed Implementation until the end of 2016 Pilot for the participation of UEWC members in local projects in France, UK, Italy and DACH until Dec. 2015 Joint presentation and evaluation of the results with HR representatives in the UEWC plenary assembly Pilot extended until the end of 2016 Equal Pay at Unilever review on EU level using the EG Check suggestions Pilot in Germany agreed Workshops with the Management planned Health & Wellbeing Ongoing projects in Spain and Germany Integration in the global Unilever Lamplighter strategy for optimisation Employee Assistant Programme Focus on prevention of mental stress and input for analyses Total data protection and completely voluntarily for employees Workshops with the Management planned Socially responsible restructuring Update the brochure, which exists since 2001 Signed in December 2013 Avoid redundancies Sale before closure Minimum guarantees before outsourcing Best practice for outplacement
BARCELONA AGENDA OVERVIEW OF EXPANSION OF THE ACTIVITIES AND WORKGROUPS WCM /HR 4 factories/ Signature Factory New Unilever production strategy WCM Signature Factory HR 4 factories First meeting and analyses have taken place WCM Workshop 14.4.15 in Gloucester, UK EU framework agreement strived for in order to determine minimum standards for employees No programme for job cuts Workshops with the Management planned Youth unemployment Raised to global level Project structure adapted to the one from D&I Different approaches in the individual countries due to large differences Offer different training models High level cooperation with EFFAT suggested and rejected by Jan Zijderveld discussions have been resumed Communication In the past, Unilever mostly communicated without the UEWC The UEWC is, however, an equal cooperation partner in Barcelona Agenda projects Joint communication in a Joint Statement agreed and signed
QUESTIONS? WE ARE THE UEWC OFFICE Site Unilever European Works Council Hermann Soggeberg, UEWC Chairman Schürmannstr. 16, 45136 Essen Telephone and e-mail: Hermann.Soggeberg@Unilever.com - Chairman Tel: +491736074737 Sabine.Piel@Unilever.com - Coordination Tel: +491736238736