Nationale Veranstaltung der Österreichischen Gewerkschaften zum Thema Normung - Freitag, 24. November 2023
On 24 November 2023, the ETUC co-organised a national workshop in Austria, in collaboration with ÖGB (ETUC’s Austrian Affiliate), AKWien and ASI (Austria’s standardisation body). Various speakers contributed to the workshop by providing background information on how standardisation processes work and how to (try to) influence the content of standards. ASI informed that, in its effort to ensure an inclusive standardisation process, Trade Unions can join ASI mirror committees, at no cost. During the morning session, practical experience cases on the elaboration of the standards for the air quality in civil airplanes, the mental workload and on use of standards in collective agreements were provided.
The workshop was concluded with a high-level debate, complemented with contributions from the audience, on various topics such as the interactions between legislation and standardisation, interaction between international and European/national standardisation work and legal aspect regarding the citation of standards in regulations.
A concise - german language - report of the event. it is available here