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 ...

). Its mission is to support, strengthen, and stimulate the European

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movement by building bridges between research and labor. The ETUI was formed in 2005 through the merger of three specialist bodies: the European Trade Union Institute, the European Trade Union College, and the Trade Union Technical Bureau. It employs a multinational team of around 60 staff members and receives financial support from the

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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 union, labor/trade unions, employer organ ...

(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, l ...

, 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

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: 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 academic publishing company, founded in 1965 in New York City by Sara Miller McCune and now based in the Newbury Park neighborhood of Thousand Oaks, California. Sage ...

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 unionist's 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.

Notable people

Notable people associated with ETUI include Jane Parker, New Zealand professor of employment relations, and senior researcher at ETUI.

References

External links

Official website of the European Trade Union Institute

The Documentation Centre

Worker Participation.eu

European Works Councils Database (EWCDB)

EWC Training.eu

Trade Union related Research Institutes (TURI)
{{coord missing, Belgium Labor relations European Trade Union Confederation Think tanks based in Belgium Research institutes in Belgium