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Representatividad

Representatividad es el término utilizado por la Comisión Europea para determinar los participantes legítimos en el diálogo social, previsto en los artículos 154/155 del Tratado de Funcionamiento de la Unión Europea (TFUE). Para poder optar a ellas, las organizaciones deben estar relacionadas con sectores o categorías específicas y estar organizadas a escala europea, contar con organizaciones miembros reconocidas y que formen parte integrante de la estructura de colaboración social de un Estado miembro con capacidad para negociar acuerdos, y contar con estructuras adecuadas para garantizar una participación efectiva en los procesos de consulta.

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28 October 2025

Representativeness of the European social partner organisations: Tanning and leather sector — 2025
Claudia Marà
This study provides information allowing for an assessment of the representativeness of the actors involved in the European sectoral social dialogue committee for the tanning and leather sector. Their relative representativeness legitimises their right to be consulted and their capacity to negotiate agreements.
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24 October 2025

Representativeness of the European social partner organisations: Temporary agency work sector — 2025
Mária Sedláková,
Romuald Jagodziński
This representativeness study focuses on the temporary agency work sector. It provides information allowing for an assessment of the representativeness of the actors involved in the European sectoral social dialogue committee for temporary agency work. Their relative representativeness legitimises their right to be consulted, their role and effective participation in the European sectoral social dialogue and their capacity to negotiate agreements.
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November 2025

Representativeness study: Ports
Tina Weber

This study provides information allowing for an assessment of the representativeness of the actors involved in the European sectoral social dialogue committee for the ports sector. Their relative representativeness legitimises their right to participate, be consulted and have the potential to negotiate agreements. The aim of Eurofound’s studies on representativeness is to identify the relevant national and European social partner organisations.

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13 December 2024

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Representativeness of the European social partner organisations: Extractive industries sector

This study provides information allowing for an assessment of the representativeness of the actors involved in the European sectoral social dialogue committee for the extractive industries sector. Their relative representativeness legitimises their right to be consulted, their role and effective participation in the European sectoral social dialogue, and their capacity to negotiate agreements. The aim of Eurofound’s studies on representativeness is to identify the relevant national and European social partner organisations in the EU Member States. This study assesses the representativeness of IndustriAll Europe, representing trade unions in the extractive industries sector, and Euracoal, Euromines, IMA-Europe, Aggregates Europe – UEPG, and APEP, representing the employers and companies, in the European sectoral social dialogue committee for extractive industries.

9 November 2023

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Representativeness of the social partners in European cross-industry social dialogue

This study provides information to allow for an assessment of the representativeness of the national and supranational social partners at cross-industry level in the EU. Their relative representativeness legitimises their right to be consulted, their role and effective participation in the European cross-industry social dialogue, and their capacity to negotiate agreements. The aim of Eurofound’s representativeness studies is to identify the relevant national and European social partner organisations in the field of industrial relations in selected sectors in the EU Member States. This study identified ETUC, BusinessEurope, SMEunited and SGI Europe as the most representative social partner organisations at cross-industry level in the EU.

23 November 2022

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Representativeness of the European social partner organisations: Food and drinks sector

This study provides information allowing for an assessment of the representativeness of the actors involved in the European sectoral social dialogue committee for the Food and drink sector. Their relative representativeness legitimises their right to be consulted, their role and effective participation in the European sectoral social dialogue and their capacity to negotiate agreements. The aim of Eurofound’s studies on representativeness is to identify the relevant national and European social partner organisations in the field of industrial relations in the EU Member States. This study identifies EFFAT – representing employees – and FoodDrinkEurope – representing employers – as the representative European-level social partner organisations in the food and drink sector.

27 October 2021

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Representativeness of the European social partner organisations: Live performance sector

This study provides information allowing for an assessment of the representativeness of the actors involved in the European sectoral social dialogue committee for the live performance sector. Their relative representativeness legitimises their right to be consulted, their role and effective participation in the European sectoral social dialogue and their capacity to negotiate agreements. The aim of Eurofound’s studies on representativeness is to identify the relevant national and European social partner organisations in the EU Member States. This study identified EURO-MEI, FIA and FIM – representing employees – and PEARLE* – representing employers – as the representative European-level social partner organisations in the live performance sector.

20 October 2021

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Representativeness of the European social partner organisations: Audiovisual sector

This study provides information allowing for an assessment of the representativeness of the actors involved in the European sectoral social dialogue committee for the audiovisual sector. Their relative representativeness legitimises their right to be consulted, their role and effective participation in the European sectoral social dialogue and their capacity to negotiate agreements. The aim of Eurofound’s studies on representativeness is to identify the relevant national and European social partner organisations in the field of industrial relations in the EU Member States. This study identifies EURO-MEI, EFJ, FIA and FIM – representing employees – and ACT, AER, CEPI, the EBU and the FIAPF – representing employers – as the representative European-level social partner organisations in the audiovisual sector.

9 December 2021

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Industrial relations landscape in Europe

This report analyses and compares the industrial relations landscape in several sectors and activities that form a public service cluster across the 27 EU Member States and the UK – altogether employing over 57 million workers and representing 25% of the total workforce in the economy. It is based on Eurofound’s representativeness studies on the central government administration (CGA), education, human health, local and regional government (LRG), and social services sectors. The landscape includes over 500 national trade unions and around 400 employer organisations across the public services sectors, with the highest numbers of trade unions and employer organisations found in the human health sector. The aim of the study is to contribute to a better understanding of the overall industrial relations landscape of employer and union organisations in a number of sectors, while helping social partners in these sectors to further strengthen their social dialogue and build capacity.

6 December 2019

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European sectoral social dialogue: Facts and figures

European sectoral social dialogue plays an important role in promoting dialogue between the social partners in industrial sectors at European level. There are currently 43 European sectoral social dialogue committees that bring together the social partners from the EU Member States – representatives of trade unions and employer organisations – to engage in dialogue on behalf of specific sectors. This research report provides facts and figures on sectoral diversity, social partner organisations, and representativeness at EU, Member State and sectoral levels.

Expertos en Representatividad

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Victoria Cojocariu

Research officer
Working life research

Victoria Cojocariu es investigadora de los estudios de representatividad en la unidad de Vida Laboral de Eurofound. Es responsable de la gestión de las aportaciones a la investigación de los corresponsales nacionales de Eurofound, el control de calidad, así como de contribuir a la redacción de informes generales para estudios de representatividad sectorial y la creación de datos para la base de datos europea de interlocutores sociales. Antes de unirse a Eurofound en 2019, Victoria trabajó como coordinadora de programas para la Open Society Foundation Romania y como investigadora para el Centro de Innovación Pública de Bucarest, contribuyendo a proyectos de investigación nacionales e internacionales en el ámbito de la migración, la educación, el acceso al mercado laboral de los nacionales de terceros países y los derechos humanos. Tiene una licenciatura y una maestría en Sociología.

Tina Weber

Senior research manager
Working life research

Tina Weber is a senior research manager in Eurofound’s Working Life unit. Her work has focused on labour shortages, the impact of hybrid work and an ‘always on’ culture and the right to disconnect, working conditions and social protection measures for self-employed workers and the impact of the twin transitions on employment, working conditions and industrial relations. She is responsible for studies assessing the representativeness of European social partner organisations. She has also carried out research on European Works Councils and the evolution of industrial relations and social dialogue in the European Union. Prior to joining Eurofound in 2019, she worked for a private research institute primarily carrying out impact assessments and evaluations of EU labour law and labour market policies. Tina holds a PhD in Political Sciences from the University of Edinburgh which focussed on the role of national trade unions and employers’ organisations in the European social dialogue.

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