The Foundation’s Social Dialogue Observatory publishes its latest newsletter. All the topics that make the news in social dialogue and union work are discussed, as well as the Observatory’s proposals for changing the representation ballot and improving the representation of employees in small businesses.
Noting the low participation – which is also in constant decline – in professional elections in very small businesses (VSE) since their institution in 2012, the General Directorate of Labor (DGT) wanted the Social Dialogue Observatory of the Jean-Jaurès Foundation to submit its thoughts on this subject. In its mission letter, the DGT asks the Observatory “to identify mechanisms to contribute to greater participation in the TPE ballot and to make proposals, avenues for development and action both for the social partners and for the public authorities, including in terms of communication strategy”.
This request for reflection is shared by a large part of the employee union organizations,
but also by the main organization of the employers concerned, the Union of Local Enterprises (U2P), bringing together liberal professions and artisans, who have already produced reflections and proposals. It is in this context and after having heard all the trade union and employer organizations that we are proposing this study, which – we hope – will contribute to the reflection and decision-making making it possible to achieve a dual objective: to develop the representation ballot and improve the representation of employees in VSEs.
In accordance with its ambition, it is mainly from the angle of social dialogue in small
companies that this study will present, so that the improvement of the ballot makes it possible to strengthen
to social democracy.
