Representativeness of the European social partner organisations: Steel industry

This report sets out to provide the necessary information for evaluating sectoral social dialogue in the steel industry. The report first outlines the industry’s economic background and then examines the social partner organisations in all of the EU Member States (with the exception of Ireland), exploring membership levels, collective bargaining and public policy, and national and European affiliations. Finally,the report analyses the relevant European organisations, focusing in particular on membership composition and their capacity to negotiate. The aim of the representativeness studies is to identify the relevant national and supranational social partner organisations in the field of industrial relations in selected sectors. The impetus for these studies arises from the goal of the European Commission to recognise the representative social partner organisations to be consulted under the EC Treaty provisions. Hence, this study is designed to provide the basic information required to establish and evaluate sectoral social dialogue.