Social partners
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The social partners are the trade union
s and the employers (or their representative organisation
s) engaged in social dialogue
. The idea of social partnership is strongly founded in many Europe
an models of industrial relations and is now adopted across the European Union
. At the European interprofessional level, the social partners are the ETUC, BUSINESSEUROPE, CEEP and UEAPME
.
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
s and the employers (or their representative organisation
Employers' organization
An employers' organization, employers' association or employers' federation is an association of employers. A trade union, which organizes employees is the opposite of an employers' organization...
s) engaged in social dialogue
Social dialogue
A social dialogue can be any communication activity involving social partners intended to influence the arrangement and development of work related issues...
. The idea of social partnership is strongly founded in many Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an models of industrial relations and is now adopted across the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
. At the European interprofessional level, the social partners are the ETUC, BUSINESSEUROPE, CEEP and UEAPME
UEAPME
The European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises or UEAPME is an umbrella group for associations of SMEs based in Brussels, Belgium. UEAPME represents the interests of European crafts, trades and SMEs at EU level...
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