GMB European Affiliations
The European industry federations are
organisations of trade unions within one or more public or private
economic sectors. They represent the interests of workers in their
sectors at the European level, principally in negotiation.
As a general union, GMB affiliates to 8 European
industry federations with which we work to protect our members
across all of our sectors and join in solidarity to
respond to increasingly ruthless globalisation.
Through our affiliation to the TUC, GMB is also affiliated to
the European Trade Union Confederation
(ETUC). The ETUC was set up in 1973 to promote the interests of
working people at European level and to represent them in the EU
institutions. The ETUC is one of the European social partners and
is recognised by the European Union, by the Council of Europe and
by EFTA as the only representative cross-sectoral trade union
organisation at European level. The European industry federations
are also affliliated to the ETUc.