European Trade Union Confederation

EU Legislative Interests

EU social dialogue Employment and social inclusion European macroeconomic dialogue European economic governance EU labour law, workers rights and company law Sustainable development European standardisation process Industrial policy Migration Better Regulation Digitalisation Equal opportunities Occupational Health and safety Public services Any activities / areas relevant for workers and trade unions in Europe

Communication Activities

The ETUC promotes and organises events and campaigns connected with its objectives and areas of work, including with regard to ongoing policy and legislative discussions and dossiers. Also, every year, the ETUC carries-out a number of European projects, co-financed by the EU (notably by the "social dialogue - SOCPL" Budget Headings). These projects include communication and dissemination activities such as European seminars and conferences, as well as the production of dissemination material (study reports, policy recommendations, info sheets) on issues related to workers' rights and social dialogue, among others.

Interests Represented

Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

Member Of

EAN - European Apprenticeship Network; European Work-Time Network; the Experts’ Forum of the European Institute for Gender Equality; EaP CSF (Eastern partnership Civil society Forum) ; Equal Pay International Coalition (EPIC) ; European Movement International (EMI) ; European Women’s Lobby ; European Youth Forum (YFJ) ; Finance Watch ; Fiscalmatters ; Higher Ambition Coalition ; Justice is Everybody’s Business ; Re-Imagine Europe ; Right to Energy Coalition ; European Policy Center (EPC) ; European Committee for Standardization (CEN) ; European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) ; European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG)

Organisation Members

The ETUC is a membership organisation which now comprises 93 national trade union confederations (in 41 countries), plus 10 European trade union federations. Please find the list of ETUC members here: https://www.etuc.org/en/national-trade-union-confederations-list-member-organisations

Additional Information

The estimate of annual costs consists of the salary costs of the 6.75 FTE involved in the activities covered by the register; as well as some other costs such as office rental, IT equipment, dissemination and campaigns, and overhead costs.