European Trade Union Institute
The European Trade Union Institute is the independent research and training centre of the European Trade Union Confederation. Its mission is to support, strengthen, and stimulate the European trade union 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.
Research
The ETUI is recognised as a centre of excellence in several areas of research such as European industrial relations and working conditions.The research department consists of three subject units:
- Europeanisation of industrial relations
- Economic, employment and social policies
- Working conditions, health and safety
Periodicals
- 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 on behalf of the European Trade Union Institute.
- : SEER, the Journal for Labour and Social Affairs in Eastern Europe, is published for the European Trade Union Institute by Nomos, Germany.
- : HesaMag is a bi-annual magazine all about health and safety at work, published in English and French since 2009.
Education
The department delivers about 100 courses a year to more than 2000 participants. Trade unionist's members of the ETUC, or , SE works council and special negotiation bodies can participate to the training.