THE EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION

2 the ETUC making workers’ voice heard at European policymaking level for more social Europe

3 the ETUC ● 82 national confederations ● 12 European industry federations ● 36 countries ● > 60 million workers ● 44 interregional trade union councils

4 the ETUC LANV observers CTUBiH SSM Nezavisnost CATUS SSSH/ KOZ SR CMTU, GWU SEK, TURK-SEN DISK, HAK-IS KESK, TURK-IS ADEDY, GSEE CGIL CISL, UIL CITUB PODKREPA CCOO STV-ELA UGT-E USO CGTP-IN UGT-P CFDT- UNSA CFTC, CGT CGT- FO ICTU TUC ASI, BSRB LO-N YS LO-S SACO TCO AKAVA SAK STTK AC, FTF LO-D BNS, CARTEL ALFA CNSLR-Fratia DGB CNV, FNV MHP EAKL TALO LBAS LDF LPSK-LTUC LPS-S LDS NSZZ Solidarnosc OPZZ Travail.Swiss SGB ABVV/ FGTB ACV/ CSC CGSLB CGT-L LCGB CDLS, CSdL ÖGB CMKOS ASzSz, LIGA, MOSz MSzOSz, SZEF, ESZT ZSSS 82 national confederations

5 the ETUC European Arts and Entertainment Alliance 12 European industry federations

6 the ETUC other organisations ● European federation of retired and older persons joins and coordinates its policy with that of the ETUC ● the council of European professional and managerial staff set up under the auspices of the ETUC ● European organisation of military associations co-operation agreement and specific groups of interest ● women’s committee ● youth committee

7 the ETUC the interregional trade union councils

8 the ETUC a bit of history ● 1919 : International Federation of Christian Trade Unions (IFCTU) ● 1945 : World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) ● 1949 : International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) ● 1968 : IFCTU  World Confederation of Labour (WCL) ● 1969 : European Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ECFTU) European Organisation of the WCL (EO/WCL) ● 1973 : ECFTU  European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) ● 1974 : integration of the EO/WCL ● : enlargement with postcommunist organisations (CGIL ’74 … CGT 2000) and Central and Eastern Europe ● 2006 : WCL + ICFTU = International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) ● 2007 : Pan-European Regional Council (PERC)

9 the ETUC Congress (once every 4 years) Executive Committee (4 times a year) Steering Committee (21 members, 8 times a year) General Secretariat

10 the ETUC Wanja Lundby-Wedin president John Monks general secretary Joël Decaillon Jozef Niemic Walter Cerfeda deputy general secretary confederal secretaries

11 the ETUC priorities : the Seville manifesto for more and better jobs for social dialogue, collective bargaining and workers’ participation for more effective European economic, social and environmental governance for stronger unions and a stronger ETUC for a stronger European Union

12 the ETUC priorities : Paris declaration Fight the crisis- put people first More and better jobs European solidarity as a protection against the excesses of financial capitalism: Stronger workers’ rights and an end to the dominance of the short-termist market principles. Better pay: stronger collective bargaining. Stronger welfare systems

13 the ETUC mission ● to promote the European social model and to work for the development of a united Europe of peace and stability where working people and their families can enjoy full human and civil rights and high living standards activities ● to be the social partner representing workers at European level ● to build a social Europe by influencing European lawmaking and policies ● to take trade union actions

14 the ETUC to be the recognised social partner ● European social dialogue launched in 1985 by Jacques Delors ● establishment of a Social Dialogue Committee in 1992 ● ETUC = the only representative for the workers ● Business Europe CEEP = European centre of companies with public participation and companies of public interest UEAPME = European union of artisans and SMEs ● autonomous agreements since 2001

15 the ETUC ● framework agreements ● parental leave 1995 (revised 2009) ● part-time work 1997 ● fixed-term work 1999 ● telework 2002 ● work-related stress 2004 ● harassment and violence at work 2007 ● frameworks of actions ● for the development of lifelong competences and qualifications 2002 ● on gender equality 2005

16 the ETUC to influence European lawmaking and policies ● the European Parliament ● individual contacts ● participation in several working groups ● the European Commission ● the ETUC must be consulted on all proposals on employment and social policy ● participation in several consultative bodies ● the European Council ● participation in the annual tripartite social summit ● participation in the macroeconomic dialogue twice a year

17 the ETUC Joint Social Dialogue committees (1 inter-professional, >30 sectorial) Committees ● Collective bargaining coordination ● Economic and employment ● Youth ● Women Working groups ● Worker Participation ● Trade, Globalization, Development and Decent Work ● Lifelong Learning ● Social policy and legislation ● Migration and Inclusion ● Sustainable Development: Energy and climate change ● Economic and Social Cohesion ● Social Protection

18 the ETUC to take trade union actions May 2009 : demonstrations in Madrid, Brussels, Berlin and Prague against the crisis and for employment

19 the ETUC two expert services the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) founded in 2005 by merger of ETUCO, ETUI and TUTB the Social Development Agency (SDA) founded in 2004

The ETUC: