Links

• European Commission
  • Directorate General for Employment and Social Affairs
  • 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)

• 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 Mine, Chemical and Energy Workers’ Federation ( EMCEF)
• European Metalworkers’ Federation ( EMF/FEM)
• European Federation of Public Service Unions ( EPSU)
• European Transport Workers’ Federation ( ETF)
• European Trade Union Committee for Education ( ETUCE/CSEE)
• European Trade Union Federation - Textiles Clothing and Leather ( ETUF-TCL/FSE-THC)
• European Confederation of Police ( EUROCOP)
• Union Network International ( UNI-EUROPA)

Other European trade union organisations

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

Employer organisations

• European Automobile Manufacturers Association ( ACEA)
• Association of European Airlines ( AEA)
• European Insurance and Reinsurance Association ( CEA)
• European Confederation of the Footwear Industry ( CEC)
• European Chemical Industry Council ( CEFIC)
• European sugar manufacturers' committee ( CEFS)
• European Cement Association ( CEMBUREAU)
• Council of European Municipalities and Regions ( CEMR)
• Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies ( CER)
• Confederation of the Food and Drink Industries of the EU ( CIAA)
• Confederation of European Security Services ( CoESS)
• Committee of Professional Agricultural Organisations / Cooperatives in the EU ( COPA-COGECA)
• European Association of Co-operative Banks ( EACB)
• European Banking Federation ( EBF)
• European Broadcasting Union ( EBU)
• European Newspaper Publishers' Association ( ENPA)
• European Regions Airline Association ( ERA)
• European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association ( ETNO)
• European Apparel and Textile Organisation ( EURATEX)
• Union of the Electricity industry ( EURELECTRIC)
• European Organisation for Civil Aviation Equipment ( EUROCAE)
• EuroCommerce
• European Petroleum Industry Association ( EUROPIA)
• Federation of European Direct Selling Associations ( FEDSA)
• European Construction Industry Federation ( FIEC)
• Confederation of Hotels, Restaurants and Cafés ( HOTREC)
• International Air Carrier Association ( IACA)
• International Road Transport Union ( IRU)
• European Engineering Industries Association ( ORGALIME)
• Council of European Employers of the Metal, Engineering and Technology-Based Industries ( WEM)

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 and work organisation website
• 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. The EIRO website also offers a substantial list of industrial relations links.
  
• 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.
    
  • ETUI's European Union Information Service (EUIS)
    EUIS is a one-stop shop combining online and offline facilities aimed at increasing the potential for transnational collaboration in trade union activities.
    
• 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. (Link to section on corporate governance)
  
• 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.