Recruitment & organising

Trade union membership is dropping in many countries in Europe. Union density is sometimes very low. EPSU and ETUI-Education organised a seminar to consider the problems facing unions recruiting new members. The representatives also considered methods to focus on recruitment and organising (ensuring

{(30 January 2007)} Leaders from {{health care, local and central government, municipal services, water and energy (electricity and gas)}} trade unions met to share experience on recruitment and organizing. The challenge of organizing workers is common to all unions. {{Europe's trade union

{(27 January 2010)} Representatives of seven trade union organisations from Belgium, Norway, Sweden and the UK came together on 25-27 January to debate and exchange ideas on recruitment and organisation. They discussed how they were responding to the challenge of falling or static membership through

This report by the EIRO industrial relations observatory examines trends in trade union membership across Europe and provides an overview of some of the initiatives to try to increase recruitment and retention. Trade unions are not only focusing on particular sectors or occupations but also

{{(5-6 March 2014) Building strong and effective trade unions was at the centre of the debate at a meeting on organising and recruitment hosted by the Swedish affiliates in EPSU and PSI. Among the key messages from the debates was the importance and challenge of changing union attitudes towards

Joint EPSU - ETUI Course 27-29 January 2015, Zagreb - [see full details here->http://www.epsu.org/a/10942]

(12 February 2016) Twenty union activists and officers from five countries met this week in London, at the head offices of public services union Unison, to discuss organising and recruitment strategies and tactics. The seminar was organised by EPSU and the ETUI trade union training organisation and

(April 2016) With the agreement on information and consultation signed by the trade unions and the employers (ministers) for central government a major step has been made. Hundred thousands of public service workers will have improved rights concluded the Executive. It met to discuss progress and

Representatives from European national unions – Bulgaria, Malta, Poland, Sweden - and ETUFs – EPSU, ETF - discussed strategies to ensure good working conditions in global supply chains with their colleagues from Eastern Europe and Central Asia – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan

(24 June 2016) Representatives of EPSU affiliates from Hungary, Croatia and Serbia met in Budapest earlier this week to discuss how they could strengthen their organising and recruitment work. Colleagues from the municipal and waste union in Hungary were able to present the results of a specific

(3 November 2016) The European Union is confronted with several challenges and Member States do not find adequate answers. It leads to a sense of crisis of the European institutions. The ETUC Executive discussed the answers trade unions have and formulated a platform for the future of Europe. The

We have a new President in EPSU. Isolde Kunkel-Weber from the German union Ver.di was elected

Local successes in union recruitment were shared by health unions from Eastern Europe at a meeting in Prague on 16 December.

How to build union power was the overall topics of a course on organizing and modernization of unions of the Russian Health Workers Trade Union.

What does it take to make the union stronger ? Actively addressing workers’ issues, reputation and dedication of trade union shopstewards and union leadership and of course more members.