A key reason for having a European-coordinated Collective Bargaining Policy is to avoid a European-wide race to the bottom. “The European metalworkers’ unions will not allow workers to twice pay the price of a crisis they did not cause” commented Manfred Anderle, chairman of the EMF Collective Bargaining Policy committee. Anderle went on to say that, “for unions, it is totally unacceptable that workers, in addition to radical job cuts, are also being punished through the loss of real wages.” 

In a position paper on future Collective Bargaining Policy, the European metalworkers’ unions demand an active wage policy that will contribute to the stabilisation of the single market demand.
Representatives from the 75 affiliated unions of the European Metalworkers’ Federation (EMF) have strongly affirmed their will to strengthen European-coordinated Collective Bargaining Policy during their Collective Bargaining Committee meeting in Luxemburg this week.