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About ETUI


 

The European Trade Union Institute is an international non profit-making Association established under Belgian law.

It has three main objectives:

  • conducting research, producing studies and monitoring European issues of strategic importance for the world of labour while building bridges between the academic and research community and the labour movement;
  • promoting education and training activities, programmes and exchanges that strengthen a European Trade Union identity;
  • providing technical support in the field of occupational health, safety and protection so as to promote a high level of health and safety protection for workers in Europe.

The ETUI employs approximately 60 staff from across Europe.

It is financially supported by the European Community.


ETUI Research department


 

The main role of the ETUI Research department is to conduct intellectually independent research on issues that are of strategic importance for the labour movement across Europe.

By carrying out this role ETUI ensures that:

  • major developments that influence European workers and their rights are thoroughly analysed, discussed and monitored;
  • bridges are built between academia and the trade union movement;
  • European level policies are monitored and assessed.

To conduct research, ETUI brings together networks of European researchers from across the European union.

Research areas cover labour law, worker representation, collective bargaining, industrial restructuring, relocation, social and wage dumping, the application of European Union directives (such as the European Works Council Directive), social dialogue, the drive for quality employment, the growing financialisation of the economy and its implications for employment, the issue of flexicurity (reconciling flexibility with security) and the social and economic impact of the privatisation and marketisation of service sector employment.

It also analyses how European trade unions recruit their members and what strategies they have to attract young people, migrant workers and women.