Negotiating committees

NEGOTIATING COMMITTEES REPRESENT EFLING IN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Efling’s negotiating committees are made up of union members and play a key role in the union’s collective bargaining. Members are invited to join the committees when collective agreements are approaching expiry, and the committees remain active until new agreements have been reached. The Chair of Efling also chairs the negotiating committees. Efling places strong emphasis on broad participation in its negotiating committees and on ensuring that their work is open and transparent to members.

The negotiating committees represent the union in collective bargaining and are given a broad mandate to do so. They attend negotiation meetings with employers and also hold their own meetings, which are convened and chaired by the Chair of Efling.

Serving on a negotiating committee can involve a significant workload, but committee members may be entitled to attend meetings without loss of pay.

The role of negotiating committees is set out in Efling’s statutes and in the Act on Trade Unions and Industrial Disputes.