Links

• European Commission
  • Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
  • Directorate General for Internal Market and Services
• European Parliament
  • Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
  • Committee on Legal affairs
  • Committtee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection
• Council of the EU
• European Court of Justice
• Economic and Social Committee
• Office for Official Publications
• European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (EuroFound)

Trade unions

• ETUC - European Trade Union Confederation

Employer organisations

• Business Europe (formerly UNICE) - The confederation of European Business
• CEEP - European Centre of Enterprises with Public Participation and of Enterprises of General Economic Interest
• UEAPME - European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

Trade unions

European industry federations – member organisations of ETUC

• European Arts and Entertainment Alliance (EAEA)
• European Federation of Building and Woodworkers (EFBWW/FETBB)
• European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT)
• European Federation of Journalists (EFJ/FEJ)
• European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU)
• European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF)
• European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE/CSEE)
• European Confederation of Police (EUROCOP)
• industriAll - European Trade Union (merger of European Metalworkers’ Federation and European Mine, Chemical and Energy Workers’ Federation (EMCEF) and European Trade Union Federation - Textiles Clothing and Leather (ETUF-TCL/FSE-THC)
• Union Network International (UNI-EUROPA)

Other European trade union organisations (associated to the ETUC)

• Council of European Professional and Managerial Staff (Eurocadres)
• European Federation of Retired and Older People (FERPA)

Other European trade union organisations (not associated to the ETUC but also consulted under article 154 TFEU)

• European Cockpit Association (ECA)
• European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (CESI)
• International Federation of Actors (FIA)
• International Federation of Musicians (IFM)
• International Federation of Professional Footballers’ Associations – Division Europe (FIFPro)
• Union Network International – Media and Entertainment – Europe (EUROMEI)
• European Confederation of Executives and Managerial Staff (CEC)

Employer organisations (consulted under article 154 TFEU)

• Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT)
• Airports Council International — Europe (ACI-Europe)
• Association of European Airlines (AEA)
• Association of European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL)
• Association of European Public Postal Operators (PostEurop)
• Association of European Radios (AER)
• Association of Mutual Insurers and Insurance Cooperatives in Europe (AMICE)
• Association of National Organisations of Fishing Enterprises in the EU (EUROPECHE)
• Banking Committee for European Social Affairs (EBF-BCESA)
• Civil Air Navigation Services Association (CANSO)
• Coiffure EU
• Committee of Agricultural Organisations in the European Union (COPA)
• Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER)
• Community of European Shipyards’ Associations (CESA)
• Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI)
• Confederation of National Associations of Tanners and Dressers of the European Community (COTANCE)
• Council of European Employers of the Metal, Engineering and Technology-Based Industries (CEEMET)
• Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR)
• Employers’ Group of the Committee of Agricultural Organisations in the European Union (GEOPA)
• Euracoal
• Euromines
• European Aggregates Association (UEPG)
• European Apparel and Textile Organisation (EURATEX)
• European Association of Cooperative Banks (EACB)
• European Association of Potash Producers (APEP)
• European Barge Union (EBU)
• European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
• European Chemical Employers Group (ECEG)
• European Club Association (ECA)
• European Community Shipowners Association (ECSA)
• European Committee of Sugar Manufacturers (CEFS)
• European Confederation of the Footwear Industry (CEC)
• European Confederation of Iron and Steel Industries (Eurofer)
• European Confederation of Private Employment Agencies (Eurociett)
• European Confederation of Woodworking Industries (CEI-Bois)
• European Construction Industry Federation (FIEC)
• European Coordination of Independent Producers (CEPI)
• European Federation of Cleaning Industries (EFCI)
• European Federation of Contract Catering Organisations (FERCO)
• European Federation of Education Employers (EFEE)
• Insurance Europe
• Confederation of European Security Services (CoESS)
• European Furniture Manufacturers’ Federation (UEA)
• European Furniture Industries’ Confederation (EFIC)
• European Hospital and Healthcare Employers’ Association (HOSPEEM)
• European Industrial Minerals Association (IMA)
• European Rail Infrastructure Managers (EIM)
• European Regions Airline Association (ERA)
• European Savings Banks Group (ESBG)
• European Skippers’ Organisation (ESO)
• European Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association (ETNO)
• European Union of the Natural Gas Industry (EUROGAS)
• General Committee for Agricultural Cooperation in the European Union (COGECA)
• Hotels, Restaurants and Cafés in Europe (HOTREC)
• International Air Carrier Association (IACA)
• International Aviation Handlers’ Association (IAHA)
• International Federation of Film Producers’ Associations (FIAPF)
• International Federation of Insurance Intermediaries (BIPAR)
• International Road Transport Union (IRU)
• Performing Arts Employers’ Associations League Europe (PEARLE)
• Retail, Wholesale and International Trade Representation to the EU (EuroCommerce)
• Union of the Electricity Industry (EURELECTRIC)

• Social Dialogue section on the ETUI's website
• ETUC website section “social dialogue”
• ETUC Resource Centre
• Employers’ Resource Centre
• European Commission social dialogue website (including the social dialogue textbase)

EUROPA.EU - Gateway to the European Union

• Homepage
• Activities of the EU - Employment and social affairs
• Information on EU institutions and other bodies
• EU Bookshop (ordering of EU publications)
• The EU in your country
• Easy reading corner (booklets, maps, posters and postcards about the EU in several languages)

European Commisson websites

• Health and Safety at work website
• Labour law website
• Company Law & Corporate Governance
• Social Dialogue website
• Social Dialogue Texts Database
• Inter-Active Terminology for Europe (IATE) - EU inter-institutional terminology database

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

Eurofound is an EU body. It provides information on living and working conditions, industrial relations and managing change in Europe.

• European Industrial Relations Dictionary
  A collection of the most commonly used terms in employment and industrial relations at EU level
  
• European Employment and Industrial Relations Glossaries
  A database of national industrial relations terms in 15 EU Member States
  
• European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
  EIRO collects, analyses and disseminates information on important developments in industrial relations in Europe.
  
• European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)
  Set up in 2003, the European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO) provides regular information on quality of work and employment issues in the EU Member States and at EU level.
  
• European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
  The ERM is a tool designed to provide a quick overview of restructuring activities in Europe and their employment consequences based on the analysis of daily newspapers and the business press in the EU27 and Norway.
  

Access to legal documents

• Case law database of the European Court of Justice
• Summaries of EU legislation Website
• EUR-LEX - The access to European Union law

• European Trade Union Institute (ETUI, Brussels)
  The ETUI has been set up to conduct research and provide scientific, educational and technical support to the ETUC and its affiliates and to contribute to the development of Social Europe and social dialogue.
  
  • Labourline
    Labourline is the on-line catalogue of the ETUI Documentation Centre. Labourline contains bibliographical references to a broad range of subjects related to industrial relations and health and safety issues.
• Social Development Agency (SDA asbl)
  The SDA is a non-profit organisation working under the umbrella of, and being supported by the ETUC. The EU-Commission funded project INFOPOINT (offering information and assistance on EU budget lines) is now managed by the SDA and is at the centre of its activities.
  
• Social-law net (droit social communautaire)
  A portal to European social law. It is run by the Robert Schuman University of Strasbourg in collaboration with researchers from other universities. (language: French)
  
• Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) to the OECD
  TUAC is an interface for labour unions with the OECD. It is an international trade union organisation which has consultative status with the OECD and its various committees.
  
• Global Union Research Network (GURN)
  The aim of the research network is to give union organisations better access to research carried out within trade unions and allied institutions.
  
• Committee on Workers' Capital (www.workerscapital.org)
  CWC brings together representatives of the international labour movement to share information and develop strategies for joint action in the field of workers' capital, including such areas as pension trustee education, corporate and financial market governance, shareholder activism and economically targeted investment.