The European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) is the independent research and training centre of the European Trade Union Confederation (
ETUC). Its mission is to support, strengthen, and stimulate the European
trade union
A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...
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
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The u ...
.
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, worker participation, European
social dialogue, 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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Transfer: 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 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