The European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) is the independent research and training centre of the European Trade Union Confederation (
ETUC
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) is the major trade union organisation representing workers at the European level. In its role as a European social partner, the ETUC works both in a consulting role with the European Commission and n ...
). Its mission is to build bridges between the world of research and the world of labour, in order to support, strengthen and stimulate the European
trade union
A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...
movement.
The ETUI places its expertise – acquired in particular in the context of its links with universities and specific academic and expert networks – in the service of workers’ interests at European level and of the strengthening of the social dimension of the European Union.
In its present form, the ETUI is the result of the merger, in 2005, of the following three specialist bodies: the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI, founded in 1978), the European Trade Union College (ETUCO, founded in 1989) and the Trade Union Technical Bureau (TUTB – for occupational health and safety issues – also founded in 1989).
The Institute is currently composed of two departments:
* Research
* Education
In order to perform its mission, the ETUI employs a multinational team of some 60 staff members coming from all parts of Europe and receives financial support from the
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...
.
Research
The ETUI is recognised as a centre of excellence in several areas of research such as European
industrial relations
Industrial relations or employment relations is the multidisciplinary academic field that studies the employment relationship; that is, the complex interrelations between employers and employees, labor/trade
unions, employer organizations, ...
(including
European Works Council European Works Councils (EWC) are information and consultation bodies representing employees in European multinational companies.
Purpose
The rationale behind the establishment of European Works Councils is related to the economic and political ...
, worker participation, European
social dialogue Social dialogue (or social concertation) is the process whereby social partners (trade unions and employer organisations) negotiate, often in collaboration with the government, to influence the arrangement and development of work-related issues, la ...
, etc.) and working conditions (health and safety, exposure to dangerous substances – REACH, etc.).
The research department consists of three subject units:
* Europeanisation of industrial relations
* Economic, employment and social policies
* Working conditions, health and safety
Every year the ETUI, publishe
Benchmarking Working Europe the ETUI’s annual stock-take of macro-economic, social and bargaining conditions in Europe.
Periodicals
*
Transfer
Transfer may refer to:
Arts and media
* ''Transfer'' (2010 film), a German science-fiction movie directed by Damir Lukacevic and starring Zana Marjanović
* ''Transfer'' (1966 film), a short film
* ''Transfer'' (journal), in management studies
...
: European Review of Labour and Research is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of management studies. It is published by
SAGE Publications
SAGE Publishing, formerly SAGE Publications, is an American independent publishing company founded in 1965 in New York by Sara Miller McCune and now based in Newbury Park, California.
It publishes more than 1,000 journals, more than 800 books ...
on behalf of the European Trade Union Institute.
SEER Journal for Labour and Social Affairs in Eastern Europe SEER, the Journal for Labour and Social Affairs in Eastern Europe, is published for the European Trade Union Institute by Nomos, Germany.
HesaMag HesaMag is a bi-annual magazine all about health and safety at work, published in English and French since 2009.
Education
Previously European Trade Union College, the Education Department of the ETUI provides training and learning activities for trade union officials and leaders, shop stewards, young officers, and unionists.
The department delivers about 100 courses a year to more than 2000 participants. Trade unionists members of the ETUC, o
European Works' Councils SE works council and special negotiation bodies (such as company level employee representatives) can participate to the training. Some of the courses lead to a qualification, in collaboration with
TUC in the UK and
University of Lille
The University of Lille (french: Université de Lille, abbreviated as ULille, UDL or univ-lille) is a French public research university based in Lille, Hauts-de-France. It has its origins in the University of Douai (1559), and resulted from the m ...
in France.
Governance
The Institute is composed of a General Assembly, which meets at least once a year and it is composed of members of the ETUC. It elects the members of the Management Committee.
The Management Committee is composed of 28 members of the ETUC, elected by the General Assembly and it deals with the administration of the Institute.
The Director's Committee is composed of:
* Luca Visentini, General Secretary of the ETUC
* Per Hilmersson, Deputy General Secretary of the ETUC
* Liina Carr, Confederal Secretary in charge of the ETUI
* Philippe Pochet, General Director ETUI
* Nicola Countouris, Director of the Research Department
* Vera Dos Santos, Director of the Education Department
* Olga Barth, Administrative and Finance Manager
An Advisory Group, composed of 25 members contributes to the multi-annual strategy of the ETUI.
Networks
GoodCorp - the research network on Corporate GovernanceTrade Union related Research Institutes (TURI)SEEurope - the research network on the European Company (SE)The Transnational Trade Union Rights Experts Network (TTUR)*
Netlex - the ETUC network of trade union legal experts
*
Network on psychosocial risks
Network, networking and networked may refer to:
Science and technology
* Network theory, the study of graphs as a representation of relations between discrete objects
* Network science, an academic field that studies complex networks
Mathematics ...
*
Eurotrainers
*
European Trade Union centres and schools
European, or Europeans, or Europeneans, may refer to:
In general
* ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to Europe
** Ethnic groups in Europe
** Demographics of Europe
** European cuisine, the cuisines of Europe ...
Services
* Web sit
Worker Participation.euEuropean Works Councils Database (EWCDB)EWC Training.euEuropean Company (SE) DatabaseEuropean sectoral social dialogue databaseThe Documentation CentreRISCTOX database
References
External links
Official website of the European Trade Union InstituteThe Documentation CentreWorker Participation.euEuropean Works Councils Database (EWCDB)EWC Training.euTrade Union related Research Institutes (TURI)
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Labor relations
European Trade Union Confederation
Think tanks based in Belgium
Research institutes in Belgium