ITINERARIUL DIALOG
Fund for Decent Work and Tripartite Dialogue
Closing Conference
Oslo, 25 November 2014
2004
• Prison workers changes from Military to Civil Servants. Prisons are still
General context
part of the National Defence Sector
• The National Trade Union of Prison Workers is formed
2008
• First Collective Agreement regarding prison services is signed
2009
• First Collective Labour Conflict.
• First strike in the National Defence Sector
• Major protests against lack of transparency
2009
• L 329/2009 – 26 hours without pay for the staff working in prisons
General context
2010
• 25% cuts of wages in public sector
• 31.05.2010 – prisons are on STRIKE
• November 2010 – Constitutional Court states that union reps should
not be pay by the employer for union work
2011
• Changes of the Labour Code and Social Dialogue Law:
• Strike becomes forbidden for prison staff
• The Parliament do not allow the Unions representatives to be present
in the room when the laws are voted.
What is to be done?
What should be the proper strategy?
Internal
resources:
people
Competencies
Impact/visibility
Process/relation
Partnership:
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SNLP- Romania
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KY - Norway
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NAP -Romania
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KDI- Norway
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EPSU- Belgium
Invited organisations:
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SNCGP – Portugal
UFAP - France
Project Overview
The project mission can be stated as follows:
Trans
Research &
Developme
nt
Policy
proposals
Best
practice
sharing
national
dimension
“Deliver an immersive social dialogue model targeting the
negotiation of a decent work agenda in public administration
putting public administration bodies and Unions working together
to set priorities and filled them acknowledging resources scarcity
and cultural specificities.”
Training
IT/
Endo
Computing
marketing
Organisation
development
So it can be easily
assumed as a project with
high complexity level.
Workers Engagement
Emphasize SNLP’s
Identity and action
plan
Obtain :
• Regular feedback
(implementation
monitoring)
• Participative
local/regional action
plans
• Diversify local branch
social/cultural events
Multi-channel
communication
and information
Adding to existent site,
phone, email, chats, events
and direct local contact the
following tools and channels:
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•
•
•
Social Dialogue exhibition
Facebook
Quarterly newsletter
Learning management
system
• Research tool
• LinkedIn
Introduce
Technology
resources and
Scientific
techniques
Increase the use of recently
adopted ICT tools and
research techniques:
• Feedback on agreements
implementation
• Branch leaders panel
• Standard guidelines for
annual focus groups
• Instant feedback survey
Complaints system
Working conditions
monitoring
Reinforce direct
contact actions
Branch SD
awareness and
training
Increase, embed and
diversify direct contact
actions, especially to local
branches and regions:
• Local / regional
meetings
• Social Dialogue training
• Focus groups
SNLP social
dialogue plan and
benefits awareness
Involving people - Regional
Norway
study visit
Focus groups
Research
State of the
art
Competencies
Training
manual
Online
platform
Training
provided
PROCESS/RELATION
S8 – May 2014 –
Statute, social
dialogue
S9 – May 2014 –
staff benefits,
training,
Portuguese case
Portuguese case
S2 January 2014 –
Subjects
identification and
priorites /
Norvegian case
S7 – May 2014 –
Extra staff,
clasification of units
S10 - June 2014 –
analise & review
policy proposals
S3- February 2014
– Budget & staff
S6 – May 2014 –
Decent work
conditions
S1 December 2013
– Initial meeting
EPSU case
Dutch case
S4 Februry 2014Vaccant positions,
extra staff
S5-March 2014Endowment of uits
Impact /visibility
SOCIAL DIALOGUE - OUTPUT
Measures decided on:
• Decent work condition
• Social Dialogue “traffic rules”
• Strategic plan of sistem recovery
New meetings in plan:
• December workshop
• General Assembly of SNLP January 2015
• General Assembly of KY September 2015
• New bilateral plan of KY/YS and SNLP/BNS
Added value:
People will continue to be involved into
Justice Area project of Norway Grants
Parallel lines may never intersect in infinity but
surely will meet on the horizon…