EU social dialogue
BusinessEurope believes that the European social dialogue has an important role to contribute to EU policy-making on social policy, and make labour markets more efficient and adapted to new and changing economic and social realities.
Social dialogue can be an effective tool for successful labour market adaptation to change. For that, social partners should prioritise actions aiming to foster Europe’s global competitiveness, and inclusive growth and employment in Europe.
We aim to work together with other social partners and stakeholders towards a partnership for reforms, including ways to organise mutual learning on social partner engagement to address specific labour market challenges based on national experiences.
Latest results of the cross-industry European social dialogue:
Who are the cross-industry European social partners?
SMEunited (formerly called UEAPME) - the association for Crafts and SMEs in Europe,
SGI Europe (formerly called CEEP) - representing employers and providers of services of general interest,
ETUC - the European Trade Union Confederation.
Facts and figures
European cross-industry social dialogue has developed gradually since its inception at the beginning of the 1990s. Over the last two decades, it has progressively become more autonomous and less driven by the consultations and inputs of the European Commission. European sectoral social dialogue has also developed rapidly over the last fifteen years, and in 2014 covers 43 committees and about 145 million workers.
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