National trade union confederations
National trade union confederations are constituent members of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC). According to Article 1 of the Constitution of ETUC, ‘The European Trade Union Confederation shall consist of national trade union confederations and European industry federations’.
The National Trade Union Confederations are represented in ETUC’s Congress, Executive Committee and Steering Committee. Article 28 of the Constitution stipulates that ETUC ‘shall be financed by fees from the affiliated trade union confederations’. There are 82 affiliated national trade union confederations representing 36 countries, as follows:
| Andorra | USDA |
| Austria | ÖGB |
| Belgium | ABVV/FGTB; CSC/ACV; CGSLB; |
| Bulgaria | CITUB; PODKREPA |
| Croatia | SSSH/UATUC |
| Cyprus | SEK; DEOK; TURK-SEN |
| Czech Republic | CMK OS |
| Denmark | AC; FTF; LO-DK |
| Estonia | EAKL; TALO |
| Finland | AKAVA; SAK; STTK |
| France | CFDT; CFTC; CGT; FO; UNSA |
| Germany | DGB |
| Greece | ADEDY; GSEE |
| Hungary | ASzSz; LIGA; MOSz; MSzOSz; SZEF;ÉSZT |
| Iceland | ASI; BSRB |
| Ireland | ICTU |
| Italy | CGIL; CISL; UIL |
| Latvia | LBAS |
| Liechtenstein | LANV |
| Lithuania | LDF; LPSK/LTUC; LPSS |
| Luxembourg | CGT-L; LCGB |
| Malta | CMTU; GWU |
| Monaco | USM |
| Netherlands | CNV; FNV; MHP |
| Norway | LO-N; YS; UNIO |
| Poland | NSZZ Solidarnosc; OPZZ |
| Portugal | CGTP-IN; UGT-P |
| Romania | BNS; CARTEL ALFA; CNSLR-Fratia; |
| San Marino | CDLS; CSdL |
| Slovakia | KOZ SR |
| Slovenia | ZSSS |
| Spain | CC.OO; STV-ELA; UGT-E; USO |
| Sweden | LO-S; SACO; TCO |
| Switzerland | TRAVAIL SUISSE; SGB |
| Turkey | DISK; HAK-IS; KESK; TURK-IS |
| United Kingdom | TUC |
See also: collective industrial relations; collective organisation of the social partners; employee representation; European social model; European social partners; freedom of association; right to constitute and freedom to join trade unions.