EU: Ceemet and IndustriAll Europe joint position affirms the need for strong and autonomous social partners in managing digital transformation

In their 09 November joint position on "The impact of digitalisation on the world of work in the MET industries", the European social partners in the metal, engineering, and technology-based sector (Ceemet {European Tech & Industry Employers} IndustriAll Europe {trade unions}) identify four areas in which social dialogue is necessary to ensure that technological change benefits both employers and workers. The areas are, work organisation, skills, health and safety at work, and data protection. Furthermore, given the diversity of situations and the pick up in the pace of digital transformation answers to these questions must be increasingly ‘tailor-made’, and require strong actors to whom governments allow adequate autonomy.