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European Trade Union Confederation - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Bund, Addition, Affiliation, Agglomeration, Aggregation, Agreement, Alignment, Alliance, Amalgamation, Anschluss, Assemblage, Assimilation, Association, Axis, Band, Blend, Blending, Bloc, Body, Cabal, Cahoots, Cartel, Centralization, Coalescence, Coalition |
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The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) was established in 1973 to provide a trade union counterbalance to the economic forces of European integration. Following the changes in Central and Eastern Europe, a large number of new trade unions have joined our ranks.
At present, the ETUC has in its membership 76 National Trade Union Confederations from a total of 34 European countries, as well as 11 European industry federations, making a total of 60 million members. Other trade Union structures such as Eurocadres (the Council of European Professional and Managerial Staff) and EFREP/FERPA (European Federation of Retired and Elderly Persons) operate under the auspices of the ETUC. In addition, the ETUC coordinates the activities of the 39 ITUCs (Interregional Trade Union Councils), which organise trade union cooperation at a cross-border level.
The ETUC is recognised by the European Union, by the Council of Europe and by EFTA as the only representative cross-sectoral trade union organisation at European level.
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