The European Trade Union Confederation at the Crossroads of Change? Traversing the Variable Geometry of European Trade Unionism

Graham Keith Taylor · Andrew Mathers

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There are growing indications that the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) is undergoing a shift in strategic orientation from an exclusive focus on institutional ‘social partnership’ within the European Union towards a more campaigning ‘social movement’ model. This article explores two recent campaigns, on the European Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Convention on the Future of Europe, and considers how far these developments mark the emergence of a distinctive trade union identity at European level. The article concludes with examples of other areas where the ETUC could encourage ‘internal dialogue’ within European trade unionism and develop further a ‘hybrid’ transnational identity.

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