European Trade Union Confederation Archives
Period (1939-) 1950-2000 (-2011)
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History
ETUC: the eldest of its forerunners, the European Regional Organisation of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ERO-ICFTU) was founded in 1950; the Belgian trade union leader Walter Schevenels was its general secretary until his death in 1966; in 1952, following the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), the Trade Union Committee of Twenty-One was formed, composed of the national confederations affiliated with the ICFTU and the federations of trade unions in the coal and steel sectors in the ECSC member countries; a year after the signature of the Treaty of Rome establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1957, the ICFTU's European affiliates set up a European Trade Union Secretariat (ETUS), members of which were the trade union confederations of the EEC member states; the ETUS absorbed the Trade Union Committee of Twenty-One; in 1969 the ETUS adopted a new name, the European Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ECFTU) in the European Community, while the ERO-ICFTU was dissolved; in 1973 the ECFTU merged with the Trade Union Committee for the European Free Trade Area (EFTA-TUC) into the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC); the seventeen founding members of the ETUC had all been affiliated with the ICFTU, but soon some Christian organizations affiliated with the World Confederation of Labour (WCL) and some unions without international affiliation also joined the ETUC; at the end of 1994 the ETUC comprised 47 national trade union confederations from 22 European countries; the 15 European Industry Committees, representing separate industrial sectors, were also members; at the end of 1994 nine national trade union confederations from six Central and Eastern European countries had the observer status; the ETUC aspires to represent all European working people and promotes the extension and consolidation of political liberties and democracy, respect for human and trade union rights and the elimination of all forms of discrimination. Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) of the European Recovery Programme (ERP): founded in 1948; changed its name in 1955 to Joint Trade Union Advisory Committee (JTUAC) to the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC) and in 1961 to Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Walter Schevenels was its secretary-general 1949-1966. Trade Union Committee for the European Free Trade Area (EFTA-TUC): a secretariat, founded in 1968 by the ICFTU affiliated trade unions of non-ECC countries in the EFTA, some of which eventually entered the ECC; dissolved when the ETUC was founded in 1973.
Content
ERO-ICFTU (with some earlier documents): documents relating to the European Regional Conferences of the ERO and the meetings of the Executive Committee: minutes, agenda, reports and correspondence 1950-1969; correspondence, circular letters and press releases 1959-1970; reports 1951-1964; files regarding the ICFTU, the International Federation of Christian Trade Unions (IFCTU), the ETUS and affiliated trade union confederations 1944-1969; files on the beginnings of European integration, the Trade Union Committees of Fifteen and Twenty-One, the ECSC, bodies of the EEC, the Council of Europe, the EFTA and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) 1942-1969; files relating to the Economic Committee, the Standing Housing Committee, the European Advisory Committee on Education and the European Trade Union Youth Committee of the ERO 1949-1969; files concerning the reorganization and liquidation of the ERO-ICFTU 1965-1969. ETUS, ECFTU and ETUC: documents relating to the General and Annual Assemblies, the Congresses, the meetings of the Executive Committee and the Finance and General Purposes Committee: minutes, agenda, constitution, reports and correspondence 1957-1991; correspondence of the general secretary and other secretaries; circular letters and press releases 1965-1994; files regarding the ICFTU, the WCL and the International Confederation of Christian Trade Unions (ICTU), the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), the TUAC to the OECD; the Industry Committees, affiliated and non-affiliated national trade union organizations, the bodies of the European Community (EC), the European Parliament, the Council of Europe, the EFTA, the ILO and other international organizations 1958-1992; files on the political situation, in particular trade union rights, in Poland 1980-1991 and Turkey 1980-1994; files on the Forum for Cooperation and Integration (Eastern Europe) 1991-1994; files on employment including Tripartite Conferences and the Bruno Kreisky Commission for Employment Issues in Europe; on collective bargaining, economics and social affairs, including the `Social Dialogue'; on youth activities and development, including the Lomé Convention; on human rights, peace and disarmament, environment, health and safety, energy and technology 1958-1995; files on the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP), the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions 1974-1993; files on the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), the European Trade Union Technical Bureau for Health and Safety (TUTB) and the European Trade Union (Social) Academy 1976-1992. TUAC of the ERP, JTUAC to the OEEC and TUAC to the OECD: minutes 1948-1978; correspondence of secretary-general Walter Schevenels and from 1966 G. Dermine, with Charles Ford, deputy secretary of the TUAC 1959-1970; circular letters 1949-1981; documents regarding the European Recovery Programme (ERP), the OEEC, the OECD and the European Productivity Agency (EPA) of the OEEC 1948-1982. EFTA-TUC: minutes 1968-1973.
Documents relating to the Congresses, the meetings of the Executive Committee and the Finance and General Purposes Committee: minutes, agenda, reports and correspondence 1991-1994; files on social exclusion, unemployment and racism 1991-1996; files on FORCE (Action program for the development of continuing vocational training) 1992-1994, on the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions 1994-2000, on the European Forum Health and Safety at the Workplace 1992-1993, on Euro-C, the Consumers' Unit of the ETUC 1991-1995; files on the Consultation Forum for the European Ecolabel 1994-1998.
Processing information
Inventory made by Bouwe Hijma in 1997
List accrual 1996-1998 made by Bouwe Hijma in 2000
List accrual 2000-2002 made by Bernard Mantel in 2002
Secondary creator
ICFTU. European Regional Organization. European Trade Union Secretariat. European Confederation of Free Trade Unions. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Trade Union Advisory Committee. EFTA-TUC.I N T R O D U C T I O N
HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE EUROPEAN REGIONAL ORGANISATION (ERO) OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFEDERATION OF FREE TRADE UNIONS (ICFTU)
- World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) was founded in Paris October 1945 during the International Trade Union Congress. The delegates, including representatives of the Congress of Industrial Organizations [of the United States] (CIO) and the Soviet trade unions, agreed to set up a new world federation replacing the old International Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU) and the Red International of Labour Unions (PROFINTERN), as a result of the desire for unity, peace and progress after the Second World War. The development of the Cold War and the increasing communist influence in the Executive Committee of the WFTU resulted in the walkout in 1948 of the noncommunist organisations, in order to found their new organisation in 1949. The state dominated East European trade unions came to control the WFTU, especially since the Soviet trade unions constituted onehalf of the membership.
- International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)
The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) was founded in London in 1949. ICFTU's policy in the first two decades of its existence was marked by identification of trade union liberty with Western style democratic values and strict ban on contacts with communist and East European state controlled unions. The ICFTU co-operated closely with the sixteen International Trade Secretariats (ITSs) and grouped its members in regional organisations.
- European Regional Organisation (ERO) of the ICFTU
The European Regional
Organisation (ERO) of the ICFTU was founded in 1950, covering 20
trade unions from 18 Western European countries and was based in Brussels.
General Secretary of the ERO until his death in 1966 was Walter
Schevenels.
In 1952 the Committee of Twenty-One was set up by
the ICFTU-affiliated unions in response to the creation of the
European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). This Committee
was organised on an international basis both by industry, on the pattern of the
International Trade Secretariats (ITSs), and by linking national trade unions.
The objectives of this Committee were to represent and co-ordinate the
interests of union organisations in member countries of the ECSC.
Another
important organisation to be mentioned is the ERP (European Recovery Programme)
Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC), founded in 1948.
The ERO, as part of the TUAC, was as the largest trade union organisation in
Western Europe largely responsable for the functioning of the TUAC secretariat
in Paris. In 1948 or 1949 Walter Schevenels was elected as Secretary General of
the TUAC. He continued in office when TUAC changed name until his death in
March 1966. His successor was G. Dermine. Schevenels and
Dermine had their office in Brussels and there was an intensive correspondence
with Charles Ford, Deputy Secretary of the TUAC, who was
based in Paris. The TUAC dealt extensively with the European
Productivity Agency (EPA) of the Organisation for European
Economic Co-operation (OECC). In 1955 the Joint Trade
Union Advisory Committee (JTUAC) to the OECC was founded as
successor to the ERP-TUAC. The founding meeting was on 29 March 1955. In this
new structure the ERO and the Christian Trade Union International
collaborated.
Towards the end of 1961 the name changed from Joint Trade
Union Advisory Committee (JTUAC) to the Organisation for European Economic
Co-operation (OECC) to Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) to the
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). After the
signing of the Treaty of Rome and the creation of the European
Economic Community (EEC) in 1957, representatives of the
ICFTU-affiliated European unions from the EEC member countries met in
Düsseldorf in 1958 to establish the European Trade Union Secretariat
(ETUS) ICFTU - Secrétariat Syndical Européen CISL - Europäisches
Gewerkschaftssekretariat IBFG. This was an independant organisation and the
Committee of Twenty-One was absorbed into it. Its General Secretary was for
many years the Dutchman Harm G. Buiter.
A decade later, the ICFTU
affiliated trade unions in the member countries of the European Free
Trade Area (EFTA) also formed such a secretariat.
In 1969 the
ETUS adopted a new name, a revised set of rules, and a new governing structure.
It became the European Confederation of Free Trade Unions in the European
Community (ECFTU). In that year ERO was dissolved.
- Some biographical notes on Walter Schevenels
Walt(h)er Schevenels, born in 1894, was a Belgian trade union leader and
was, from January 1951, Secretary General of the ERO. He was one of the
founders of the Metalworkers' Federation of Belgium. In 1929 he was appointed
Assistant General Secretary of the IFTU, in 1930 he became General Secretary
and held the position until 1945. In that year he became Assistant General
Secretary of the WFTU in charge of industrial field. Together with the Western
European trade unions he left the WFTU and after the creation of the ICFTU in
1949 he became in January 1951 Secretary General of the ERO and held this
position until his death in 1966.
From 1949 he was also Secretary General
of the Trade Union Advisory Committee of the European Recovery Programme, from
1955 known as the Joint Trade Union Advisory Committee (JTUAC) to the
Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (OECC) and from 1961 known as
the Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) to the Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development (OECD) (see Annex I).
Among his publications
are Forty-Five Years. International Federation of Trade Unions 1901-1945
(Brussels, 1955) and 'European Regional Organisation (ERO), of the ICFTU' in
The European Trade Union Movement within the ICFTU (Brussels, 1964).
HISTORY OF THE EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ETUC) AND PREDECESSORS
European Trade Union Secretariat (ETUS)
As described above many Western
European trade unions from 1950 on were organised in the ERO, covering 20 trade
union centres in 18 countries. In the Fifties the European Coal and Steel
Community (ECSC), the European Economic Community (EEC) and Euratom were
created and the trade unions in the member countries felt the need for a
separate organisation to communicate with the new European supranational
organs. After the creation of the EEC the ICFTU delegates of the six EEC member
countries therefore met in Düsseldorf in 1957 to found the European Trade Union
Secretariat (ETUS) ICFTU - Secrétariat Syndical Européen CISL - Europäisches
Gewerkschaftssekretariat IBFG whose members were:
- Deutscher
Gewerkschaftsbund (DGB), Germany
- Algemeen Belgisch Vakverbond (ABVV),
Belgium
- Nederlands Verbond van Vakverenigingen (NVV), The Netherlands
- Confederazione Italiana Sindacati Lavoratori (CISL), Italy
- Unione
Italiana del Lavoro (UIL), Italy
- Confédération Générale du Travail du
Luxembourg (CGT), Luxembourg
- Confédération Générale du Travail-Force
Ouvrière (CGT-FO), France.
In 1958 the Christian trade unions, affiliated
to the International Federation of Christian Trade Unions
also set up a European organisation of their own, which was subsequently known
as the World Confederation of Labour - European
Organisation (WCL-EO).
European Confederation of Free Trade Unions in the European Community (ECFTU)
In 1969 ETUS changed its name to the European Confederation of Free Trade Unions in the European Community (ECFTU) -Confédération Européenne des Syndicats Libres dans la Communauté - Europäischer Bund der Freien Gewerkschaften in der Gemeinschaft. In the same year the European Regional Organisation (ERO) of the ICFTU was dissolved. The ECFTU then operated from April 1969 until 1973.
European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
After the entry of Denmark, Great Britain and Ireland into the EC in 1973
the ECFTU was transformed into the European Trade Union Confederation
(ETUC) - Confédération Européenne des Syndicats (CES) - Europäischer
Gewerkschaftsbund (EGB). In fact the foundation followed a series of meetings
of the ECFTU and the Trade Union Committee for the European Free
Trade Area (EFTA-TUC) which had existed from 1968 until 1973.
This was a period of transition in view of the expected enlargement of the EC.
A platform was created to communicate with the trade unions in the
European Free Trade Area countries. The decision to set up
a separate Trade Union Committee was taken at a meeting in London on 1 February
1968 by representatives from seven national trade union confederations from six
countries. The role of the EFTA-TUC was to serve as a forum for discussion of
the means by which increased trade union co-operation in Europe could take
place.
From 1969 until 1973 an ECFTU/EFTA-TUC Liaison Committee
functioned to maintain contacts between the two European organisations ECFTU
and EFTA-TUC.
With the creation of the ETUC, the Executive Committee of
the EFTA-TUC decided at its meeting of 9 March 1973 to dissolve the
organisation. The seventeen founding organisations of the ETUC were drawn from
fifteen countries and were all affiliated to the ICFTU. Shortly after its First
Congress in Brussels on 8-9 February 1973 a number of requests for affiliation
were received from other national trade union centres, in particular from the
twelve christian national centres which were affiliated to the WCL-EO. In May
1974 these were accepted and the WCL-EO dissolved itself. Also membership was
extended to the communist Italian CGIL.
In the preamble to the ETUC
Constitution the ETUC's major aims were laid down as follows: to represent and
promote the social, economic and cultural interests of workers at the European
level in general and in particular in respect of all European institutions,
including the European Community and the European Free Trade Association and to
safeguard and strengthen democracy in Europe.
- The role of the ETUC in the International Trade Union Movement
At international level the ETUC maintains working relations
with two world-wide trade union confederations: the ICFTU and the
World Confederation of Labour (WCL). In addition it
maintains relations with two other international trade union organisations,
which were created to deal with particular matters in certain groups of
countries:
the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) and the
Council of Nordic Trade Unions (NFS).
The ETUC has a close relationship
with the ICFTU, whose General Secretary is invited to attend the meetings of
the ETUC and the WCL. When the ETUC was founded, there was a certain fear among
non-European ICFTU members that a separate European trade union organisation
would isolate Europe. Proposals to establish a formal link between the ETUC and
the ICFTU were not successful. The ETUC created Industry Committees to cover
different economic sectors and these were open to all democratic trade unions
within the relevant sector in the EC countries. These Committees were seen by
the ETUC as an essential element in the European structure of trade unionism,
but a major obstacle to their development was their relationship with the
International Trade Secretariats (ITSs). The ITSs, world wide federations of
national unions of a particular trade or industry and related to the ICFTU,
feared a dimunition in their own power and influence. The ETUC expected the
Committees to accept its own policy objectives in the European area. In
addition the ETUC wished the Committees to accept the affiliation of the
christian and communist unions, which did not materialize.
The Industry
Committees in 1985 were:
- European Metalworkers' Federation in the
Community (EMF)
- European Federation of Agricultural Workers' Unions in
the Community (EFA)
- European Regional Organisation of the International
Federation of Commercial, Clerical and Technical Employees (EURO-FIET) -
Postal, Telegraph and Telephone International - European Committee
-
European Committee of Trade Unions in Arts, Massmedia and Entertainment (EGAKU)
- Contact Office of Miners' and Metalworkers' Free Trade Unions in the
European Communities
- European Committee of Food, Catering and Allied
Workers' Unions within the IUF (ECF-IUF)
- European Public Services
Industry Committee (PSI)
- Committee of Transport Workers' Unions in the
European Community
- European Teachers' Trade Union Committee (ETTUC)
- European Federation of Building and Woodworkers in the EC (EFBW).
-European Community (EC)
A very
important task of the ETUC was liaising with and advising of the European
Economic Community and other European organs. Much of this liaison was
conducted within the framework of the Economic and Social Committee (ESC) of
the EC in which the employers' and employees' organisations are represented.
Initially the ICFTU and WCL trade unions made up the union delegation to the
ESC. In 1970 the communist-controlled Confederazione Generale
Italiana del Lavoro (CGIL) and Confédération Générale du
Travail (CGT) joined the delegation when they were included by the
Italian and French governments in their nominations for representatives to the
ESC. In Italy negotiations to achieve trade union unity led to improved
relations between the two non-communist unions and the CGIL, whereas in France
the ICFTU affiliated CGT-FO refused any co-operation with the CGT. The CGIL was
affiliated to the ETUC but the CGT was not. The ICFTU and WCL unions decided to
admit the CGIL representatives to the separate meetings of the trade union side
of the ESC but the CGT was kept out.
The European Centre for
the Development of Vocational Training, known by its French acronym
CEDEFOP, was established by the European Communities in answer to the challenge
of technological, economic and social change which was being exacerbated by the
acknowledged weaknesses of the European educational system. On 10 February 1975
the Council of Ministers of the EC decided to establish this Centre with head
offices in Berlin.
The main tasks of the Centre are to assist in promoting
and developing vocational training and continued education at Community level,
to be a centre for the exchange of information, to act as a forum for promoting
joint approaches to problems of vocational training and to establish a
selective documentation service.
The work of the Centre is controlled by a
Management Board, comprising representatives of Government, employers' and
employees' organisations and the Commission of the EC. The ETUC is also
represented in this Management Board. The European Foundation for the
Improvement of Living and Working Conditions with headquarters in
Dublin was established on 26 May 1975 by decision of the Council of Ministers
of the EC. Article 2.1. of the statute defines the aim of the Foundation as 'to
contribute to the planning and establishment of better living and working
conditions through action designed to increase and disseminate knowledge likely
to assist this development'. Article 2.3 determines that the Foundation 'shall
deal more specifically with the following issues: men at work, organisation of
work and particularly job design, problems peculiar to certain categories of
workers, long-term aspects of the improvement of the environment, distribution
of human activities in space and in time'.
Important parts of the
Foundation's activities are to carry out research and to organise seminars and
colloquiums.
The work of the Foundation is controlled by an Administrative
Board, comprising representatives of Government, employers' and employees'
organisations and the Commission of the EC. The ETUC is also represented on
this Administrative Board.
ORGANISATION
The statutory institutions of the ETUC
are: the Congress, the Executive Committee, the Secretariat, the Finance and
General Purposes Committee and the Audit Committee. Presidents, General
Secretaries, Deputy General Secretaries and Secretaries of ETUS, ECFTU and ETUC
are listed further on.
Congress
The ETUC Congress is the supreme body
of the ETUC and must meet at least every three years. The Congress is composed
of representatives of the national trade union centres and the Industry
Committees. Representatives of the Industry Committees have the right to vote,
except on constitutional and financial matters. The numbers of representatives
of the national centres are distributed as follows: 4 seats per country and 1
additional seat for each organisation for each 500.000 members. The Congress
has various tasks: it expresses its opinion on activities in the previous years
on the basis of the reports, decides on its future policy in the form of Action
Programmes and Resolutions, elects the members of the Executive Committee, the
President, the General Secretary, the Deputy General Secretary and the
Auditors, and decides amendments to the Constitution.
Executive
Committee
In 1985 the ETUC Executive Committee comprised 41 members. It is
composed of one representative from each affiliated national centre. Countries
with more than 2 affiliates may send a maximum of 2 representatives. Affiliates
of more than 5.000.000 members are entitled to 3 members. According to the
wishes of the Women's Committee of the ETUC, two women are elected directly as
members of the Executive Committee.
The Executive Committee meets at
least six times a year. The recognised Industry Committees may participate in
the meetings in a consultative way. Except at Congress, they have not the right
to vote. The meetings of the Executive Committee can be attended by observers
from ICFTU, WCL, TUAC, NFS, European Trade Union Institute
(ETUI), ETUC Youth Group, ETUC Women's Committee.
The Finance
and General Purposes Committee, established by the Executive Committee, meets
directly before the meetings of the Executive Committee. Its aims are to allow
preparatory discussion of the main points on the agenda and to make
recommendations.
The Executive Committee decides on the measures which
are to be taken to implement Resolutions and Action Programmes adopted by the
Congress, decides on the representation of the ETUC vis-à-vis the institutions
and the employers' organisations, decides proposals to be adopted by the ETUC
and appoints the Secretariat's Secretaries (in addition to the General
Secretary and Deputy General Secretary, elected by the Congress).
Secretariat
The secretariat has its headquarters in Brussels. It comprises
some thirty persons, including those responsible for policy work.
The
Secetariat submits proposals to the Executive Committee, carries out all tasks
entrusted to it by the Congress and the Executive Committee and provides the
liaison between the Executive Committee and the Industry Committees.
To
support the activities of the Secretariat, a number of Committees and Working
Parties for groups of individuals and particular fields were set up by the
Executive Committee. The following Standing Committees and Working Parties were
operating in the eighties:
- Women's Committee
- Youth Group
-
Committee on Migrant Workers
- Committee on the Democratisation of the
Economy and of Institutions
- Energy Co-ordination Committee
-
Economic Committee
- Working Party on Working Conditions
- Working
Party on Inter-Regional Trade Union Councils
- Working Party on Consumers
- Working Party on Industrial Research and Development
- Working
Party on Regional Policy
- Working Party on the Environment and Living
Standards
- Working Party on Safety and Health at Work
- Working
Party on Agriculture
ARCHIVES
Acquisition of the archives
The archives
of the ETUC were transferred to the International Institute of Social History
(IISH) in Amsterdam in 1991. Later some supplements were received.
The
(J)TUAC files, listed below, were partly deposited in 1971.
Arrangement of the ERO-ICFTU archives
The
archives of the ERO should be clearly distinguished from the archives of the
European Trade Union Secretariat (ETUS), which start in 1958. The ETUS had its
affiliated organisations in the EEC member states while ERO also included trade
unions from countries not belonging to the EEC. But the contacts between both
organisations were intensive and after its dissolution in 1969, the archives of
the ERO were kept by the ECFTU and the ETUC, the legal successors of the ETUS.
Following this line the archives of the ERO on the one hand and those of the
ETUS, the ECFTU and the ETUC at the other are included in one inventory.
A
consequence of this decision is that this inventory includes correspondence of
the ERO with the ETUS (inv. nos. 142-143) and that in some ETUS files the
reverse correspondence with the ERO will be found.
A problem was that the
files and the documents were encoded but that the list of codes seems missing
until today and a reconstruction of it proved impossible. So a new division of
heads had to be devised for this inventory. It was attempted to make a division
which was as close as possible to the division for the archives of the
ETUC.
Some files of the ERO archives contain documents older than the ERO
itself. In most cases these files were made up by Walter Schevenels, the
General Secretary of the ERO, and later on integrated in the ERO archives.
The archives of the ERO also include archives of the Joint Trade Union Advisory
Committee (JTUAC) to the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation
(OECC), from 1961 called Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) to the
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Walter
Schevenels was also General Secretary of the (J)TUAC. The files regarding the
(J)TUAC, including a lot of correspondence by Schevenels in his function as
General Secretary of this Committee, were fully integrated in the code system
of the ERO archives and were kept at that place. The other part of Schevenels'
documents on the (J)TUAC, received by the IISH in 1971, were now added to the
files. The (J)TUAC files are described in Annex I to this inventory.
Arrangement of the ETUC archives
The
largest problem in the arranging of the ETUC archives was that the ETUC did not
have centrally kept archives. Some important series such as minutes of the
Executive Committee and Congress documents were kept up by the Secretariat.
These series were in relatively good order. But the biggest part of the
archives, comprising files formed by secretaries or their assistants, was in a
chaotic state. For the most part, the secretaries, appointed by the Executive
Committee, only functioned for a few years. They departed when a successor was
elected after the expiring of the regular term or very suddenly, when a new job
was found. And they left their rather chaotic archives to the Secretariat. Such
secretaries mostly had a specialised task such as for instance employment,
energy, women or youth issues. Where known and relevant the name of the
Secretary or Assistant whose file it was, is mentioned at the end of a
description. This is especially important when more than one person held files
on the same meeting, conference or subject. Apart from the rapid succession of
secretaries and assistants a special problem of an organisation like the ETUC
is its international character. It is multilingual but most functionaries
including the secretaries do not speak all the official languages. Files are
often preponderantly in one language and therefore rather personal. For
instance it may happen that some files are predominantly in Italian language.
Circular letters, reports and other processed or printed documents of the ETUS,
ECFTU, ETUC in Norwegian are in most cases removed from the archives. The
preservation of documents in French, German and English provides a sufficient
guarantee for their accessibility.
Equally the relativily well ordered
part of the archives had its problems. There was a code list, even several code
lists. Once a system with letter-indications was used and then a decimal code.
And a combination of these two ways of arranging was also in use for a longer
or shorter period. Often the codes mentioned on the documents or the packages
were not in accordance with the codes in the list. In effect the code systems
used by the ETUC and its predecessors were not a good and reliable guideline
for the making of this inventory. Therefore the old codes are not mentioned in
the descriptions. Only the main division in the various sections (employment,
energy, environment, women, youth etc.) was usable. Therefore most headings in
the inventory are listed after headings in the code list and also the sequence
of the headings was partly followed.
A new division for the inventory was
devised. The point of departure was that this division should be clear and
easily understood by researchers, consulting the archives.
The main
criterion for arranging the inventory was the specific topic and not the
institution handling the subject. This means for instance that conferences
organised by the European Economic Community on employment issues can be found
under the heading 'Employment' and not under the heading 'European Community
Institutions' where only more general files on the European Community are
placed.
In the main division 'General' in which meetings of the Executive
Committee, Congresses, general correspondence and annual reports are listed,
the documents of ETUS, ECFTU and ETUC are strictly separated. In the main
division 'Particular' in which the subject files are classifed, this separation
was not adopted because many files continued from the old into the new
organisation. The transitions ETUS-ECFTU in 1969 and ECFTU-ETUC in 1973 did not
involve a new way of organising the archives.
Some so called
documentation collections of the IISH regarding the ETUS, ECFTU and ETUC were
integrated in the archives, described in this inventory. This happened after
selection because most of these documents originating from the collections of
Dutch trade unions were already present in the archives of ETUS, ECFTU and
ETUC.
In the ETUC archives there are a comparatively large number of
documents on the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
CEDEFOP and the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working
Conditions. This is because the ETUC was very active in both organisations. A
further justification for keeping these documents together was that it is
unclear whether the archives of both organisations are well kept elsewhere.
Documents of the European Community Institutions, the Council of Europe
and the International Labour Organisation have been kept
when they were a part of a file. When they were found as single items in the
archives, they were removed.
The archives of the ETUC include archives of
the Trade Union Committee for the European Free Trade Area (EFTA-TUC). Its
General Secretary Ian J. Graham had his office in the same building in Brussels
as the ETUC. After the dissolution of the EFTA-TUC Graham transferred the files
to the ETUC. The EFTA-TUC files are described in Annex II to this
inventory.
Books and periodicals were transferred to the library of the
IISH. Audiotapes, videotapes, photos, posters and stickers were brought to the
Audiovisual Department.
Only a few files on financial and personal matters
were considered not worth keeping and were destroyed.
The size of the
archives is 96.15 m.
List of Presidents, General Secretaries, Deputy General Secretaries and Secretaries of ETUS, ECFTU and ETUC
European Trade
Union Secretariat (ETUS), 1958-1969
Presidents
Robert
Bothereau1958-1964(France)
Ludwig Rosenberg1964-1969 (Germany)
General Secretaries
Harm G. Buiter1958-1967(The Netherlands)
Théo Rasschaert1967-1969 (Belgium)
European Confederation of Free
Trade Unions in the European Community (ECFTU), 1969-1973
Presidents
André Kloos1969-1970(The Netherlands)
Heinz Oskar
Vetter1971-1973(Germany)
General Secretary
Théo Rasschaert1969-1973
(Belgium)
Secretaries
Carlo Savoini1969-1972 (Italy)
Walter
Braun1969-1973 (Germany)
Alfred Misslin1969-1973 (France)
European
Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), 1973-
Presidents
Victor
Feather1973-1974 (Great Britain)
Heinz Oskar Vetter1974-1979 (Germany)
Wim Kok1979-1982 (The Netherlands)
Georges Debunne 1982-1985
(Belgium)
Ernst Breit1985-1991(Germany)
Norman Willis1991-1993(Great
Britain)
General Secretaries
Théo Rasschaert1973-1975(Belgium)
Peer Carlsen1975-1976 (Denmark)
Mathias
Hinterscheid1976-1991(Luxembourg)
Emilio Gabaglio1991-(Italy)
Deputy
General Secretaries
Kaare Sandegren1973-1974 (Norway)
Peer
Carlsen1974-1976 (Denmark)
Sven-Erik Sterner1976-1979 (Sweden)
Jon
Ivar Nålsund1979-1982 (Norway)
Björn Pettersson1982-1988(Sweden)
Markku Jääskeläinen1988-(Finland)
Jean Lapeyre1991-(France)(from 1976
Secretary)
Secretaries
Alfred Misslin1973-1975(France)
Walter
Braun1973-1976(Germany)
Jan Kulakowski1974-1976 (Belgium)
Dario
Marioli1976-1981 (Italy)
François Staedelin1976-1986 (France)
Peter
Coldrick1976-(Great Britain)
Ernst Piehl1980-1984(Germany)
Antonio
Miniutti1981-1985 (Italy)
Fritz Rath1984-1991(Germany)
Jean
Lapeyre1986-1991(France)(from 1991 Deputy General Secretary)
Ettore
Masucci1986-(Italy)
Willy Buschak1991-(Germany)
Remark supplement 1996 (inv.nrs. 3437-3440)
This list is a supplement to Bouwe Hijma, Inventory of the archives of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and its predecessors (1939-) 1950-1992. Amsterdam: Stichting Beheer IISG, 1996
I N V E N T O R Y
PART I
European Regional Organisation of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ERO-ICFTU)
GENERAL
Meetings
-European Regional Conferences of the ERO
- 1
- Documents regarding the First European Regional Conference in Brussels 1-4 November 1950. 1950. 1 folder.
- 2
- Reports on and other documents regarding the Second European Regional Conference in Lugano 22-24 October 1952. 1952-1953. 1 folder.
- 3-7
- Documents regarding the Third European Regional Conference in Strasbourg 3-5 November 1954. 1954-1955. 5 folders.
- 8-9
- Documents regarding the Fourth European Regional Conference in Frankfurt am Main 22-24 May 1956. 1956. 2 folders.
PARTICULAR
I.ORGANISATION
Personal
- 74-75
- Documents regarding the employees, their conditions and working agreements. 1952-1965. 2 folders.
- 76
- Documents regarding the collective agreement of the employees of the ERO and the ICFTU. 1952, 1958-1961, 1968. 1 folder.
- 78
- Documents regarding the nomination of Charles Ford as Assistent Secretary in the Paris office of the ERO. 1957. 1 cover.
- 79
- Documents regarding the nomination of Gustave Dermine as Assistent Secretary in the Brussels office of the ERO. 1959. 1 cover.
Secretariat and housing
- 83
- Documents regarding the expansion of the secretariat of the ERO and its organisation and activities. 1958-1963. 1 folder.
History and reorganisation
- 86
- Documents regarding the implications of the Treaties of Paris and Rome for the organisation structure of the trade union movement. 1956-1958. 1 folder.
- 87-88
- Documents regarding the meetings and activities of the Trade Union Co-ordination Committee of the Common Market of the Six and the founding of the European Trade Union Secretariat (ETUS) separate of the ERO. 1957-1958. 2 folders.
- 89
- Documents regarding history, structure and activities of the ERO and biographical notes on Walter Schevenels. 1957-1960. 1 folder..
- 90
- Documents regarding the expansion of the activities of the ERO, the repercussions on its financial situation and the relation between ICFTU and ERO. 1959-1961. 1 folder.
II.NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION ORGANISATIONS
International organisations
-International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)
-International Federation of Christian Trade Unions (IFCTU)
-European Trade Union Secretariat (ETUS)
- 121-134
- Minutes of the meetings of the Executive Committee of the European Trade Union Secretariat (ETUS). With enclosures. 1959-1966. 14 folders.
-Other
- 144-145
- Documents regarding the European Entertainment Industry Conference in Brussels 8 November 1955, organised by the ERO, the creation of an International Entertainment Agency, open to all persons employed in this industry, belonging to the ICFTU and some other documents regarding this industry. 1954-1957, 1959-1961, 1964-1965. 2 folders.
National organisations: countries and regions
- Eastern Europe
- Great Britain, Ireland, Malta and Gibraltar
- Greece
- 171-181
- Documents regarding the situation in Greece, especially missions to Greece and the position of the trade unions in Greece. 1948-1950, 1952, 1954-1964, 1967-1968. 11 folders.
- 182-183
- Documents regarding the mission of Walter Schevenels to Greece from 1-5 June 1957 and other documents regarding the situation in Greece. (1955), 1957-1958. 2 folders.
- 184-185
- Documents regarding the situation in Greece and the Five Year Plan for Greece. 1957-1961, 1963. 2 folders.
- 186-187
- Documents regarding the missions of Walter Schevenels to Greece from 15-21 June and 6-10 October 1958 and other documents regarding the situation in Greece. 1958. 2 folders.
- Italy
- Spain and Portugal
III.EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
European Movement, European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), European Economic Community (EEC) and Euratom
- 226-231
- Documents regarding the social and economic integration of Europe in general. 1949-1962, 1964-1965. 6 folders.
- 232-237
- Documents regarding the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom). 1952-1960. 6 folders.
- 240-249
- Documents regarding the meetings of the Trade Union Committees of Fifteen and Twenty-One and its Executive Committee on the Schuman plan and the ECSC. 1952-1956, 1958-1960. 10 folders.
- 250
- Typescript 'Memorandum zu einigen Problemen und Aufgaben des Nachkriegs-Europa' by G.H. Kreyssig. London. 1942. 1 piece.
- 251
- Typescript 'Europäisches Waren-Clearing durch eine Europäische Handels-Korporation' by G.H. Kreyssig. London. 1942. 1 piece.
- 252
- Paper 'The Baruch Report and Economic Welfare in the Post-Reconversion Period' by Albert Halasi. New York: The American Labor Conference on International Affairs, 1944. 1 piece.
- 253
- Typescript 'Le problème des échanges commerciaux à l'intérieur de l'Europe et les conditions de leur intensification'. [1947-1948]. 1 folder [author unknown].
- 254
- Documents regarding the situation in Germany and the first ideas on European co-operation. 1947-1948, 1950-1951. 1 folder.
- 256
- Documents regarding the Treaty of Brussels of 17 March 1948 and the Brussels Treaty Organisation. 1950-1952. 1 folder.
- 257
- Documents regarding the speech by Walter Schevenels in Frankfurt am Main 1 May 1951. 1951. 1 folder.
- 258-260
- Typescript 'Gewerkschaftliche Vorschläge für die Wirtschaftseinheit Westeuropas'. 1952. 3 folders [author unknown].
- 261
- Documents regarding the Schuman plan and the suspension of Hans vom Hoff, official of the Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (DGB), on a charge of working for the Gestapo. 1952-1954. 1 folder.
- 262
- Documents regarding the industrial policy, socialism and planning and theories on economic growth. 1953-1954, 1961. 1 folder.
- 264
- Documents regarding the Second European Economic Conference of Westminster in London 29 January-1 February 1954 under the auspices of the European Movement. 1954. 1 folder.
- 265
- Documents regarding the Extraordinary Congress of the Nederlands Verbond van Vakverenigingen (NVV) on European Integration in Utrecht, The Netherlands 1-2 October 1954. 1954. 1 folder.
- 266
- Documents regarding the ICFTU Conference on the Paris and London agreements of October 1954 in Brussels 25-26 March 1955. 1954-1955. 1 folder.
- 270
- Reports on the European Trade Union Conference for the revival of the European Idea, organised by the ERO, in Brussels 25-27 August 1955. 1955. 1 folder.
- 271-272
- Documents regarding the attitude of the ERO and the national trade unions towards the proposed European free trade area of the six member states of the EEC and the other eleven European member states of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). 1955-1958. 2 folders.
- 273
- Documents regarding the European Industrial Conference, organised by the United Kingdom Council of the European Movement, in London 19-21 February 1958. 1958. 1 folder.
- 274-277
- Correspondence regarding the European Trade Union Course in London 2-11 September 1959, organised by the ERO. 1958-1960. 4 folders.
Council of Europe
- 284-285
- Documents regarding the Joint ICFTU-ERO Committee on European Social Integration and the draft of a Social Charter, elaborated by the Committee on Social Questions of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe. 1953-1956, 1958. 2 folders.
European Free Trade Area (EFTA)
- 300-303
- Documents regarding the creation of a Free Trade Area of the Outer Seven and the formation of a European Economic Association (EEA) in connection with the Six member states of the EEC (Maudling Committee). 1957-1960. 4 folders.
- 304-306
- Documents regarding the relations between the member-states of the Six (EEC) and the Seven (EFTA) and the creation of a Joint Trade Union Committee. 1957-1961. 3 folders.
IV.OTHER EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL BODIES
International Labour Organisation (ILO)
- 310-311
- Documents regarding the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the 'Arbeitskreis für Arbeitsstudien des DGB' and scientific labour studies. 1950-1953, 1955, 1957-1958, 1960-1961, 1966. 2 folders.
V.ECONOMICS
VI.SOCIAL AFFAIRS
- 339
- Documents regarding the participation of labourers in the management of enterprises. 1949, 1953-1955, 1959-1962, 1964-1965. 1 folder.
- 340
- Documents regarding the Preliminary Trade Union Conference on Social Tourism in Brussels 16 May 1963, organised by the ERO, and the creation of the International Bureau of Social Tourism (IBST). 1963-1965. 1 folder.
- 341-345
- Correspondence regarding the European Conference on Foreign Manpower Problems in Bergneustadt, Germany 22-24 June 1965, organised jointly by the ERO and the Friedrich Ebert-Stiftung. 1964-1965. 5 folders.
VII.HOUSING
VIII. EDUCATION
European Advisory Committee on Education of the ERO
- 354-356
- Minutes of the meetings of the European Advisory Committee on Education of the ERO. 1958-1965. 3 folders.
Other
- 367-369
- Correspondence with and regarding the European Institute for Vocational Training in Paris. 1958-1968. 3 folders.
- 370
- Correspondence with and regarding the International Labour Film Institute (ILFI) in Brussels. 1959-1961, 1965-1967. 1 folder.
- 374
- Correspondence regarding the Seminar on 'Information and communication techniques inside the trade union movement' in Galway, Ireland, 19-22 September 1961, organised by the ERO and the European Productivity Agency (EPA). 1961. 1 folder.
- 375-377
- Documents regarding the European Trade Union Seminar 'Education Problems and Trade Union Training' in Obernai (near Strasbourg) 21-30 May 1962, organised by the ERO. 1961-1963. 3 folders.
- 382-383
- Documents regarding an inquiry by the ERO into the socio-cultural training and leisure activities of young workers. 1964-1968. 2 folders.
- 384
- Documents regarding the Preparatory Committee of the European Conference on Education and Vocational Training. 1965-1966. 1 folder.
IX.YOUTH ACTIVITIES
European Trade Union Youth Committee of the ERO
- 391-396
- Correspondence regarding the European Trade Union Youth Committee of the ERO. 1959-1968. 6 folders.
- 397-410
- Documents regarding the meetings of the European Trade Union Youth Committee of the ERO. 1959-1967. 14 folders.
- 411
- Reports on the Second General Conference of trade union youth organisations in Oberursel (Taunus), Germany 29 May-2 June 1961. 1962. 1 folder.
Other
- 417-418
- Correspondence regarding the International Trade Union Youth Seminar 'Incidence of technological progress on the vocational training and orientation of young workers' in Copenhagen 8-18 July 1962, organised by the ICFTU. 1962-1963. 2 folders.
- 419
- Documents regarding the world youth Seminar in Vienna 8-12 July 1963, organised by the ICFTU. 1962-1963. 1 folder.
- 420-423
- Correspondence with and regarding the Council of Europe on youth issues. 1963-1969. 4 folders.
PART II
European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
GENERAL
I.European Trade Union Secretariat (ETUS) 1958-1969
Meetings
- Executive Committee
II.European Confederation of Free Trade Unions in the European Community (ECFTU) 1969-1973
Meetings
- Executive Committee
III.European Trade Union Confederation 1973-1992
Meetings
- Executive Committee and Finance and General Purposes Committee
- 546-569
- Minutes of and other documents regarding the meetings of the Executive Committee of the ETUC. 1973-1976. 24 covers.
- 570-574
- Minutes of and other documents regarding the meetings of president and vice-presidents of the ETUC. 1974-1976. 5 covers.
- 575-727
-
Minutes of and
other documents regarding the meetings of the Executive Committee. Including
minutes of and other documents regarding the meetings of the Finance and
General Purposes Committee of the ETUC.
1976-1991. 1 box, 145 covers and 7 folders.
- 639
- Brussels 1 December, only Finance and General Purposes Committee, and Brussels 9-10 December 1982.
- Congresses
- 728-731
- Documents regarding the Founding and First Congress of the ETUC in Brussels 8-9 February 1973. 1972-1973. 2 covers and 2 folders.
- 732-737
- Documents regarding the Extraordinary Congress of the ETUC in Copenhagen 23-25 May 1974. 1971-1974. 5 covers and 1 folder.
- 738-749
- Documents regarding the Second Statutory Congress of the ETUC in London 22-24 April 1976. 1975-1976. 5 covers and 7 folders.
- 750-775
- Documents regarding the Third Statutory Congress of the ETUC in Munich 14-18 May 1979. 1978-1979, 1981. 10 covers and 16 folders.
- 776-792
- Documents regarding the Fourth Statutory Congress of the ETUC in The Hague 19-23 April 1982. 1981-1983. 5 covers and 12 folders.
- 793-815
- Documents regarding the Fifth Statutory Congress of the ETUC in Milan 13-17 May 1985. 1984-1985. 10 covers and 13 folders.
- 816-842
- Documents regarding the Sixth Statutory Congress of the ETUC in Stockholm 9-13 May 1988. 1985-1988. 14 covers and 13 folders.
Correspondence, circular letters and press releases
- Correspondence
- 909-914
- Copies of letters and other documents sent by Mathias Hinterscheid, General Secretary and Fritz Rath, Political Secretary. 1984-1988, 1990-1991. 6 covers.
- 915-919
- Correspondence of Mathias Hinterscheid, General Secretary and Fritz Rath, Political Secretary. 1987-1991. 5 folders.
- 943
- Copies of letters and documents sent to the secretaries and the assistants. 1989. 1 cover [file F. Rath?].
- 944-945
- Copies of letters and other documents sent by Jon Ivar Nålsund, Deputy General Secretary. 1979-1982. 2 covers.
- 948-952
- Copies of letters and other documents sent and letters received by Björn Pettersson, Deputy General Secretary. 1984-1988. 5 covers.
PARTICULAR
I.ORGANISATION
Co-operation, extension and reorganisation
- 1021
- Documents regarding the Working Group of the ETUS on the structure of the co-operation between trade unions. 1968-1969. 1 cover.
- 1022-1023
- Documents regarding the Trade Union Committee for the European Free Trade Area (EFTA-TUC). 1968-1973. 2 folders.
- 1024
- Documents regarding the liquidation of the ERO and creation of the ECFTU/EFTA-TUC Liaison Committee. 1969-1970. 1 folder.
- 1025-1026
- Documents regarding the meetings of the ECFTU/EFTA-TUC Liaison Committee. 1970. 2 folders.
- 1027
- Documents regarding the foundation and activities of Working Groups of the ECFTU/EFTA-TUC Liaison Committee. 1970-1973. 1 folder.
- 1028
- Documents regarding the meetings of the Working Group of the ECFTU/EFTA-TUC Liaison Committee on extended European Trade Union Co-operation in Oslo 5-6 November 1971, Geneva 6 June 1972 and Luxembourg 4 October 1972. 1971-1972. 1 folder.
- 1029-1032
- Documents regarding the preparing of the extension of the European trade union cooperation, resulting in the liquidation of the ECFTU and the Trade Union Committee for the European Free Trade Area (EFTA-TUC) and the creation of the ETUC. 1971-1973. 4 covers.
Personal
Secretariat
- 1041
- Documents regarding a questionnaire, set up by the Internal Committee of the ETUC, on ideas on improvements in the secretariat. 1981. 1 folder.
President and secretaries
- 1050-1054
- Internal documents sent between and to the secretaries. 1968-1979, ( 1981). 1 cover and 4 folders.
- 1055
- Documents relating to the (re)distribution of tasks between the secretaries. 1973-1976. 1 folder.
- 1056-1062
- Minutes of and other documents regarding the meetings of the secretariat, the secretaries and the assistants. 1976-1982, 1990-1992. 5 covers and 2 folders.
- 1063-1075
- Manuscripts of articles and speeches of the president and the secretaries of the ETUC. 1976, 1978-1985, 1989 and n.d. 13 folders.
- 1076
- Documents regarding the internal organisation and administration of the ETUC. 1978-1980. 1 folder.
- 1077-1081
- Manuscripts of articles and speeches and curriculum vitae of Fritz Rath, Political Secretary. 1980-1990. 3 covers and 2 folders.
- 1082-1083
- Manuscripts of articles and speeches and curriculum vitae of Ernst Piehl, Political Secretary. 1981-1984 and n.d. 2 folders.
- 1085
- Copies of documents sent to the secretaries and the assistants. 1986. 1 cover [file M. Miller].
- 1086-1093
- Copies of documents sent to the secretaries and the assistants. 1986-1989. 7 covers and 1 folder [file F. Rath].
Meetings and visits
II.NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION ORGANISATIONS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION ORGANISATIONS
International Confederations
- International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)
- 1114-1119
- Documents regarding contacts with the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU). 1971, 1975-1976, 1979-1982, 1988-1990. 3 covers and 3 folders.
- World Confederation of Labour (WCL) and the International Confederation of Christian Trade Unions (ICTU)
- 1124
- Documents regarding the common Working Group of the ETUS and the European Organisation of the International Confederation of Christian Trade Unions (ICTU) on a common Working Programme. 1965-1967. 1 folder..
- 1125
- Documents regarding the European Organisation of the ICTU and the World Confederation of Labour (WCL) and its affiliated trade unions. 1966-1968, 1971-1972, 1974. 1 folder.
Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Industry Committees
-General
- 1146-1147
- Questionnaires and other documents regarding the Industry Committees. 1969 and 1971-1972. 2 folders.
- 1148-1156
- Documents regarding the relations between the ETUC and the Industry Committees and the contacts with them. 1969, 1972-1985, 1988-1990. 4 covers and 5 folders..
- 1160
- Documents regarding the meeting between the ETUC and the recognised Industry Committees in Brussels 17 February 1981. 1981. 1 folder.
- Committee of Transport Workers' Unions in the EC
- European Committee of Food, Catering and Allied Workers' Unions within the IUF (ECF-IUF)
- 1165-1166
- Documents regarding the European Trade Union Committee of Food and Allied Workers in the EC (ETUCF). 1974-1980. 2 folders.
- 1167
- Documents regarding the recognition of the ETUCF as an Industry Committee of the ETUC. 1978. 1 folder.
- 1168-1169
- Documents regarding the merger of the ETUCF and the European Regional Organisation of the IUF (EURO-IUF), the foundation of the European Committee of Food, Catering and Allied Workers' Unions within the IUF (ECF-IUF) and the recognition as an Industry Committee of the ETUC. 1980-1981. 2 folders.
- European Committee of Trade Unions in Arts, Massmedia and Entertainment (EGAKU)
- 1171-1173
- Documents regarding the relations of the ETUC with the European Committee of Trade Unions in Arts, Massmedia and Entertainment (EGAKU), the Joint Committee for European Affairs of the International Federation of Actors (FIA), the International Federation of Musicians (FIM) and the International Federation of Unions of Audio-Visual Workers (FISTAV) and the European Group of Journalists of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). 1988-1989. 1 cover and 2 folders.
- European Federation of Agricultural Worker's Unions in the Community (EFA)
- European Metalworkers' Federation in the Community (EMF)
- 1178
- Documents regarding the European Metalworkers' Federation in the Community (EMF). 1969, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1979-1983, 1990-1991. 1 folder.
- 1179-1181
- Documents regarding the meetings of the Executive Committee of the EMF. 1981-1982. 3 folders.
- 1182
- Documents regarding the Contact Office of Miners' and Metalworkers' Free Trade Unions in the EC in Luxembourg. 1983. 1 folder.
- European Regional Organisation of the International Federation of Commercial, Clerical and Technical Employees (EURO-FIET)
NATIONAL TRADE UNION ORGANISATIONS: COUNTRIES AND REGIONS
Europe
-General
- 1195-1196
- Documents regarding the contacts with trade unions in western and eastern European countries. 1963-1974. 2 folders.
- 1197-1198
- Documents regarding the situation of the trade unions in various member-countries of the EC in 1969 and 1970. 1962-1963, 1967, 1969-1971. 2 covers.
-Belgium
-Finland
-France
- 1218-1220
- Documents regarding the Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail (CFDT). 1972-1983. 3 folders.
- 1221
- Documents regarding the Congress 'Tertiaire & syndicalisme' in Paris 27-29 March 1979, organised by the CFDT. 1979. 1 folder.
-Germany, Federal Republic of
- 1225-1232
- Documents regarding the Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (DGB). 1963-1982, 1988-1990. 8 folders.
- 1233
- Correspondence with Ludwig Rosenberg, president of the DGB. 1968-1970, 1972-1974, ( 1977). 1 folder.
- 1234
- Documents regarding the death of Otto Brenner, president of Industriegewerkschaft Metall für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. 1972. 1 folder.
- 1236
- Documents regarding the activities of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 1974-1975, 1977, 1979. 1 folder.
- 1239
- Draft Programme of the Manifesto Committee of the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD) to be discussed with ETUC and DGB. 1986. 1 folder.
-Great Britain
-Greece
- 1246-1254
- Documents regarding the political situation and the position of trade unions in Greece. 1974-1988. 9 folders.
- 1256
- Documents regarding the nineteenth Congress of the Greek General Confederation of Labor (GGCL) in Athens 8-12 November 1978. 1978. 1 folder.
-Italy
- 1265-1266
- Documents regarding trade unions in Italy and especially the plans for trade union unification. 1962-1973. 2 folders.
- 1267-1268
- Documents regarding the Confederazione Italiana Sindacati Lavoratori (CISL), the Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro (CGIL), the Unione Italiana del Lavoro (UIL) and the Permanent Committee of CGT-CGIL. 1963-1974. 1 cover and 1 folder.
- 1269
- Documents regarding the Confederazione Italiana Sindacati Lavoratori (CISL). 1966, 1970, 1972-1981, 1984. 1 folder.
- 1270-1272
- Documents regarding the Unione Italiana del Lavoro (UIL). 1969-1971, 1973, 1975-1976, 1978-1982. 3 folders.
- 1273-1274
- Documents regarding the Federazione Unitaria CGIL-CISL-UIL. 1973, 1975, 1977-1983, 1986. 2 folders.
-Luxembourg
- 1277
- Documents regarding the Confédération Générale du Travail du Luxembourg (CGT). 1970, 1972, 1974-1982, 1992. 1 folder.
- 1278
- Documents regarding the Confédération Syndicale Indépendante (OGB-L). 1981-1982, 1985. 1 folder.
- 1279-1280
- Documents regarding the First (XXVI) Congress of the OGB-L. in Luxembourg 30 November-2 December 1984. 1984-1985. 2 folders.
-The Netherlands
-Poland
- 1293-1300
- Documents regarding the political situation and the position of Solidarność in Poland. 1976-1977 and 1980-1991. 1 cover and 7 folders.
-Portugal
-Spain
- 1310
- Documents regarding the position of the trade unions during the government and after the death of general Franco. 1973-1978. 1 folder.
- 1312
- Documents regarding the attitude of the Council of Europe and the ETUC towards the repression under the Franco regime in Spain. 1975. 1 folder.
- 1313-1318
- Documents regarding the political situation in Spain and especially the position of trade unions. 1975-1985. 2 covers and 4 folders.
- 1319
- Documents regarding the organisation Euzko Langille Alkartasuna - Solidarity of Basque Workers (ELA-STB). 1975-1978. 1 folder.
- 1321-1322
- Documents regarding the unification of the UGT and the Unión Sindical Obrera (USO) and the split in the ranks of the USO. 1977-1980. 2 folders.
- 1323
- Documents regarding the Confederació Sindical de la Commissió Obrera Nacional de Catalunya. 1981-1982, 1984-1985. 1 folder [file A. Miniutti].
- 1324
- Documents regarding the third Congress of the Confederacion Sindical de Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) in Madrid 21-24 June 1984. 1 folder [file A. Miniutti].
-Sweden
- Turkey
- 1332-1384
-
Correspondence and other documents regarding the political situation
in Turkey, the position of trade unions and the imprisonment of and trials
against trade unionists.
1976-1977,
1979-1991. 8 covers and 45 folders.
NB. 1332-1351 file J.I. Nålsund, S.E. Sterner, 1352-1378 file Bj. Pettersson, 1379-1384 file M. Hinterscheid.
- 1385-1386
- Documents regarding the imprisonment of and the trials against trade unionists of DISK Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey. 1980-1981. 2 folders.
- 1387
- Documents regarding the EC Treaty with Turkey and the cancelling of a ETUC mission to Turkey, planned from 5 until 7 February 1981 to meet Türk-Is and DISK trade unionists. 1980-1981. 1 folder.
- 1388
- Documents regarding the ETUC missions to Turkey and talks with representatives of Türk-Is on the political situation in Turkey and the position of the trade unions. 1980-1982. 1 folder.
- 1389-1390
- Documents regarding the attitude of the EC towards the situation in Turkey. 1980-1983. 2 folders.
- 1391
- Documents regarding Turkish movements in Western European countries. 1981. 1 folder [file J.I. Nålsund, S.E. Sterner].
- 1392
- Documents regarding the attitude of the ICFTU towards the political situation in Turkey and the mission of an ICFTU delegation from 6 until 10 April to Turkey. 1981. 1 folder.
- 1393-1396
- Documents regarding the mission of Jon Ivar Nålsund, Deputy General Secretary of the ETUC, to Turkey from 18 until 22 April 1981 to obtain information on the position of trade unions in Turkey and the trials against DISK trade unionists. 1981-1982. 4 folders.
- 1397
- Documents regarding an ICFTU missions to Turkey from 13 until 17 December 1982 and from 19 until 22 October 1983. 1981-1983. 1 folder.
- 1398-1401
- Documents regarding the attitude of the Council of Europe towards the situation in Turkey. 1981-1987. 4 folders.
- 1402
- Reports 1-3 from Karl Nandrup Dahl, barrister of the Landsorganisasjonen i Norge (LO), to the ETUC and the ICFTU on the imprisonment and torture of and the trials against DISK trade unionists in Turkey, also in respect of cases which can be started against Turkey for the European Commission of Human Rights. 1981-1982, 1987. 1 box.
- 1403
- Documents regarding the imprisonment of and the trials against the lawyer Orhan Apaydin, leader of the group of lawyers defending the DISK trade unionists. 1982. 1 folder.
- 1404
- Reports from M.G. Rood, The Netherlands, and Tomas Rothpfeffer, Sweden, to the ETUC and the ICFTU on the trials of leaders and representatives of DISK and other documents regarding these reports. 1982. 1 folder [file J.I. Nålsund, S.E. Sterner].
- 1405
- Documents regarding financial support to the Turkish trade unions, especially DISK. 1983-1987. 1 folder.
-Mediterranean Sea
-Nordic Area
- 1412
- Documents regarding the European Conference of European Social Democratic Parties and Trade Union Confederations on Economic Policy and Employment in Oslo 1-3 April 1977, organised by the Nordic Co-operation Committee of Socialist Democratic Parties and Trade Union Confederations. 1977. 1 folder [file M. Hinterscheid].
- 1413-1417
- Documents regarding the Nordens Fackliga Samorganisation (NFS) (Council of Nordic Trade Unions). 1978-1982, 1984-1990. 2 covers and 3 folders.
- 1418-1422
- Documents regarding the meetings of the Executive Committee of the NFS. 1978-1979, 1981-1982. 5 folders.
- 1423
- Documents of the NFS and other nordic organisations on the EFTA and the EC. 1979-1980. 1 folder [file J.I. Nålsund, S.E. Sterner].
- 1424-1425
- Documents regarding Congresses of the Arbetarrörelsens Nordiska Samarbetskommitté (SAMAK) (The Nordic Labour Movement Co-operation Committee). 1982-1983, 1985-1987, 1990. 2 folders [1424 file Bj. Pettersson, 1425 file Bj. Pettersson, F. Rath].
- 1426
- Documents regarding a study tour of the Nordic Geneva School Association to Geneva, Strasbourg and Brussels 10-24 November 1984. 1983-1985. 1 folder.
-Middle and Eastern Europe
- 1429-1430
- Documents regarding contacts with trade unions in communist countries. 1968-1980, 1984-1985. 2 folders.
Africa
- 1445-1446
- Documents regarding the Organisation of African Trade Union Unity (OATUU). 1976, 1978, 1980-1982. 2 folders.
America
- 1450-1454
- Documents regarding trade unions in Central and Latin America. 1975-1980, 1984-1987 and n.d. 4 covers and 1 folder.
Asia
- 1458-1459
- Documents regarding the Histadrut in Israel. 1962-1963, 1965-1967, 1971-1975, 1977-1979, 1981, 1983, 1990. 1 cover and 1 folder.
- 1460
- Documents regarding the visit of ETUC Vice-President W.J.L. Spit to China from 24 September until 3 October 1978. 1978-1979. 1 folder.
III.EUROPEAN COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY (EEC) - COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (EC) - ECONOMIC SUMMITS
- General
- 1470-1491
- Documents regarding the meetings of the ETUC with the Commission of the EC in Brussels. 1964, 1967, 1969-1971, 1973, 1977-1979, 1981-1986, 1988, 1990-1992. 22 folders.
- 1492-1510
- Documents regarding the European Council of the heads of state and governments of the EC and the Economic Summits. 1969, 1972-1974, 1976-1988, 1991-1992. 18 covers and 1 folder.
- 1511-1516
- Documents regarding the relations between the ECFTU/ETUC and the Commission of the EC. 1964-1965, 1968-1977, 1980-1984, 1986-1991. 1 cover and 5 folders.
- 1523-1525
- Documents regarding the Social Partners Office of the Commission of the EC. 1975-1989. 3 folders.
-European treaties, reform of the institutions
- 1549-1551
- Documents regarding the fusion of the three European executive organs, resulting in the amalgamation of the Treaties of Paris and Rome, and the position and representation of the trade unions. 1964-1969. 3 covers.
- 1553-1554
- Documents regarding the Report 'European Union' by Leo Tindemans, Prime Minister of Belgium, to the European Council of the EC. 1975-1976, 1978, 1980. 2 covers.
- 1555-1556
- Documents regarding the Report on European Institutions presented by the Committee of Three to the European Council of the EC. 1979-1980. 2 folders.
- 1557-1559
- Documents regarding the discussions on the Reform of the European Institutions. 1980, 1983-1987. 3 covers.
- 1560-1562
- Documents regarding the implementation of the White Paper by the Commission of the EC on completing the internal market. 1985-1989. 3 covers.
- 1563-1564
- Documents regarding the Single European Act. 1986-1987, 1989, 1992. 1 cover and 1 folder [file J. Lapeyre].
- 1565
- Documents regarding the reform of the Structural Funds of the EC and the regulations governing operations of them. 1987-1992. 1 folder.
- 1566-1568
- Documents regarding the Action Programme of the Commission of the EC on completing the internal market. 1990-1992. 3 covers.
- 1569
- Report of a EC Working Group 'Efficacité, stabilité et équité. Une stratégie pour l'évolution du système économique de la Communauté européenne' under presidency of Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa. 1987. 1 piece and 1 quire.
- 1570-1572
- Documents regarding the Intergovernmental Conferences and the amandments made by the ETUC to reform the proposals for new EC Treaties. 1990-1991. 3 covers [1572 file F. Staedelin].
- 1573-1576
- Documents regarding the discussions on the Political Union and the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) of the EC. 1990-1992. 3 covers and 1 folder.
- External relations
- Mediterranean Sea -
- 1579-1591
- Documents regarding Association Treaties of the EC with the Mediterranean Sea countries and enlargement of the EC with them. 1961-1985. 2 covers and 11 folders.
- 1592-1593
- Documents regarding the politics of the EC towards the Mediterranean Sea area. 1980, 1982-1985, 1989. 1 cover and 1 folder.
- Other -
- 1599
- Documents regarding the relations between the EC and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the position of trade unions in these countries. 1978-1981. 1 folder.
- 1600-1603
- Documents regarding the study group on the External Relations of the EC - Stocktaking and Consistency of Action - of the Section for External Relations of the Economic and Social Committee of the EC. 1979-1981. 4 folders.
- 1604
- Documents regarding the EC, Afghanistan, the Spanish Sahara (Polisario) and Libanon. 1979, 1983, 1985. 1 cover.
- Information policy
- 1608-1609
- Documents regarding the Trade Union Division of the Directorate-General for Information of the Commission of the EC. 1966-1973, 1976-1977, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1989, 1992. 2 folders.
- 1610-1611
- Documents regarding the budget of the Trade Union Division of the Directorate-General for Information of the Commission of the EC and the Programmes of the national trade union centres. 1970-1978, 1982, 1987. 1 cover and 1 folder.
- 1612-1613
- Documents regarding the Trade Union Division of the Directorate-General for Information of the Commission of the EC, the Social Partners Office of the Commission of the EC and the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI). 1980-1987. 2 folders.
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
- 1618-1623
- Documents regarding the (Working) Group of socialist members with a trade union background in the European Parliament, later called the MEP-Trade Union/ETUC Intergroup. 1975, 1979-1980, 1982-1987, 1989-1992. 6 folders.
- 1624-1638
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Documents
regarding the election of the European Parliament by
direct universal suffrage in 1979.
1977-1979. 3 covers and 12 folders.
NB. 1629-1637 file W. Bergans and 1638 file J.I. Nålsund.
- 1639
- Documents regarding the meetings with socialist members of the European Parliament. 1977-1978, 1980-1982. 1 cover [file D. Marioli].
- 1640
- Documents regarding the composition of the first elected European Parliament. 1979. 1 folder [file W. Bergans?].
- 1641-1642
- Documents regarding the elections for the European Parliament in June 1984. 1980-1984. 1 cover and 1 folder.
- 1644
- Documents regarding the Conferences in Brussels 20-21 January and in Strasbourg 8-9 December 1983 in the framework of 1983, 'European year of the small and medium-sized undertakings and the craft industry', proclaimed by the European Parliament. 1982-1983. 1 folder.
- 1645-1646
- Documents regarding the socialist members of the Working Party on economic recovery and unemployment of the European Parliament. 1983-1985. 2 folders.
- 1647-1648
- Documents regarding the Second Conference of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament on 'A Steel Policy for the Workers in the European Community' in Luxembourg 23-24 May 1985. 2 folders.
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE OF THE EC
- 1655-1657
- Circular letters of the ECFTU regarding the trade union group in the Economic and Social Committee of the EC. 1969-1972. 3 folders.
- 1658-1667
- Documents regarding the activities of the Economic and Social Committee of the EC. 1973-1986. 1 cover and 9 folders.
- 1668
- Documents regarding the composition of the Economic and Social Committee of the EC and its sections. 1978-1981. 1 folder.
IV.OTHER EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL BODIES
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
- 1671-1676
- Documents regarding the Council of Europe. 1974-1978, 1982-1984, 1988-1991. 1 cover and 5 folders.
- 1677
- Documents regarding an inquiry by the Council of Europe in which fields new European legal instruments are needed to guarantee and harmonise civil, social, cultural and educational rights. 1974-1975. 1 folder..
- 1678
- Documents regarding the contacts between the Council of Europe and the social partners. 1974-1980. 1 cover [file F. Staedelin].
- 1679
- Documents regarding the Fourth Parliamentary and Scientific Conference in Florence 12-14 November 1975, organised by the Council of Europe. 1975. 1 cover.
- 1680
- Documents regarding several conferences organised by the Council of Europe. 1975, 1984. 1 folder.
- 1681
- Documents regarding the Conference on the 'Development of Democratic Institutions in Europe' in Strasbourg 21-23 April 1976, organised by the Council of Europe. 1975-1976. 1 folder.
- 1682
- Documents regarding the contacts between the Council of Europe and international non-governmental organisations. 1976. 1 folder.
- 1683
- Documents regarding the draft medium-term plan 1976-1980 of the Council of Europe. 1976. 1 folder.
- 1684-1689
- Documents regarding the Social Charter of the Council of Europe. 1976-1977, 1980, 1984-1992. 6 folders.
- 1690
- Documents regarding the meeting with the director of the Department Social Affairs of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg 9 July 1984. 1984. 1 folder.
- 1691-1700
- Documents regarding the meetings in Strasbourg of the Liaison Committee between the Council of Europe and Management and Labour (LCML). 1984-1992. 10 folders [file M. Hinterscheid].
EUROPEAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION (EFTA)
General
- 1710-1719
- Documents regarding the meetings of the Consultative Committee of the EFTA. 1974-1977, 1980. 10 folders.
- 1716-1717
- Special meeting on the economic situation and future developments in the EFTA area and Western Europe as a whole. Stockholm 14-15 February 1977.
- 1718-1719
- Meeting 42. Geneva 13-14 February 1980 and Twentieth Anniversary meeting. Stockholm 11-13 June 1980.
Particular
- 1724
- Documents regarding the relations between the EC and the EFTA and especially the meeting between the Consultative Committee of the EFTA and the Economic and Social Committee of the EC in Brussels 12 February 1980. 1977-1978, 1980. 1 folder.
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION (ILO)
- 1734-1738
- Correspondence with the International Labour Office (ILO). 1971-1981, 1983-1984, 1986-1990, 1992. 1 cover and 4 folders.
- 1739-1740
- Documents regarding the preparatory meeting in Vienna 28-29 July 1973 and the meeting of trade union leaders of ETUC, World Confederation of Labour (WCL) and World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) during the Second European Regional Conference of the ILO in Geneva 19 January 1974. 1973-1974. 2 folders.
- 1741
- Documents regarding the First Conference of European trade union centres in Geneva 28 February-1 March 1975. 1975. 1 folder.
- 1742
- Documents regarding the Second Conference of European trade union centres in Geneva 5-6 March 1977. 1975-1977. 1 folder.
- 1743
- Documents regarding the Third European Regional Conference of the ILO in Geneva 16-25 October 1979. 1979 and the Third Conference of European trade union centres in Geneva 12-13 October 1979. 1 folder.
- 1744
- Documents regarding the Fourth Conference of European trade union centres in Geneva 23-24 November 1981. 1 folder.
SOCIALIST ORGANISATIONS
- 1750
- Documents regarding the Conference of socialist parties on 'A Mediterranean Policy for the Community. Today and tomorrow' in Marseille 25-27 June 1982. 1982. 1 folder [file A. Miniutti].
- 1751
- Documents regarding the Congress of the Socialist International in Albufeira, Portugal 4-10 April 1983. 1983. 1 folder.
- 1752-1753
- Documents regarding the International Conference, organised by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 'Building a future on solidarity. The role of the Labour Movement in Europe' in Kiel, Germany 15-17 March 1989, the Congress of the Socialist International in Stockholm 20-23 June 1989 and other conferences of socialist organisations. 1988-1990. 2 covers.
EMPLOYERS' ORGANISATIONS
EUROPEAN PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS, aspiring to the unification of Europe
- 1758-1759
- Documents regarding the 'Comité d'action pour les états unis d'Europe' - 'Comité d'action pour l'Europe'. 1959-1962, 1965-1967, 1969, 1985-1988. 2 folders..
- 1760
- Documents regarding organisations and persons aspiring the construction of a unified Europe. 1961-1975. 1 cover.
- 1763
- Documents regarding the Second Congress of the European Union of Christian-Democratic Employees in Strasbourg 21-22 February 1980. 1980. 1 folder.
- 1764
- Letter of Mathias Hinterscheid to Wim Kok, president of the ETUC, regarding the ETUC membership of the European Movement. 1980. With enclosure. 2 pieces.
- 1765
- Documents regarding the Council of European Municipalities. 1982-1984. 1 folder [file A. Miniutti].
- 1766-1767
- Documents regarding the European Centre for Work and Society in Maastricht. 1984-1986, 1990, 1992. 2 folders.
V.EMPLOYMENT
Action days and weeks of the ETUC
- 1771-1780
- Documents regarding the 'European Action day in favour of full employment' on 5 April 1978, organised by the ETUC. 1978. 1978. 1 cover and 9 folders.
- 1781-1786
- Documents regarding the ETUC Campaigns against unemployment and for employment. 1978-1985. 5 covers and 1 folder.
- 1787-1793
- Documents regarding the 'European Action Campaign to reinforce pressure for economics and employment policies' from 24 until 30 November 1979, organised by the ETUC. 1979-1980. 1 cover and 6 folders.
- 1794
- Documents regarding the trade union manifestations during the European summit in Venice 10-11 June 1980 to demonstrate against the high unemployment. 1980. 1 folder [file W. Bergans].
- 1795-1799
- Documents regarding the meetings of the ETUC Working Group on labour market policy. 1982-1985. 5 folders.
Standing Committee on Employment of the Commission of the EC
- 1816-1864
-
Minutes of and
other documents regarding the meetings of the Standing Committee on Employment
of the Commission of the EC in Brussels.
1971-1972, 1975-1992.
25 covers and 24 folders.
- 1853
- 28-32. Meeting. 25 October 1984, 29-30 May 1985, 20 December 1985, 24 April 1986 and 7 November 1986.
- 1865-1866
- Documents regarding the creation of the Standing Committee on Employment of the Commission of the EC. ( 1964, 1969), 1970-1971. 1 cover and 1 folder.
- 1867
- Typescript 'La conférence de Luxembourg sur les problèmes de l'emploi et le projet de création d'un Comité permanent de l'emploi dans la C.E.E.' by M.D. Paulus. 1970. 1 folder.
- 1868
- Correspondence regarding the Standing Committee on Employment of the Commission of the EC. 1970-1972. 1 folder.
- 1869-1871
- Documents regarding the Standing Committee on Employment of the Commission of the EC. 1971-1973, 1975-1979. 3 folders.
Tripartite Conferences
NB. Conferences organised within the framework of the EC between representatives of the employers' and trade union organisations, together with members of the Council of Europe and the Commission of the EC.
- [Tripartite Social] Conference on the Prospects for the European Social Policy in Brussels 16 December 1974
- 1879-1881
- Documents regarding the [Tripartite Social] Conference on the Prospects for the European Social Policy [Social Action Programme of the EC] in Brussels 16 December 1974, but initially planned for June 1973. 1972-1975. 3 covers.
- First Tripartite Conference in Brussels 18 November 1975
- Second Tripartite Conference in Luxembourg 24 June 1976
- Third Tripartite Conference in Luxembourg 27 June 1977
- Tripartite Conference in Brussels 9 November 1978
- Tripartite Meeting in Brussels 13 May 1980
- 1914-1915
- Documents regarding talks between the ETUC, the Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe (UNICE) and the Commission of the EC on the reduction of working time and the Tripartite Meeting on this theme in Brussels 13 May 1980, organised by the EC. 1979-1980. 2 folders [file F. Staedelin].
- Tripartite Conference for Western Europe Autumn 1980
- 1916-1919
- Documents regarding the preparations of a Western European Tripartite Conference on Employment, to be organised by the Council of Europe in Oslo in autumn 1980 but cancelled after refusal of the Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe (UNICE). 1978-1982. 1 cover and 3 folders.
Involvement of the EC with employment
- 1920
- Documents on a study by the Commission of the EC on the evolution of the employment in the industry of 'transformation des matières plastiques'. 1970, 1972-1973. 1 folder.
- 1921
- Documents regarding a study by the Commission of the EC on the employment in the construction industry. 1970-1971. 1 folder.
- 1922
- Documents regarding social statistics and the Statistical Office of the EC. 1970-1972. 1 folder.
- 1923
- Documents regarding a study by the Commission of the EC on the evolution of the employment in the sector of banks and assurances. 1971. 1 folder.
- 1924-1931
- Documents regarding the attitude of the ETUC and the EC towards reduction and reorganisation of working time. 1976-1977, 1979-1980, 1982-1987. 1 cover and 7 folders.
- 1933-1935
- Documents regarding temporary work and an EC Directive on this issue. 1978-1984. 2 covers and 1 folder [file F. Staedelin].
- 1936
- Documents regarding the qualitative mismatch between the supply of and demand for labour. 1978. 1 folder.
- 1938-1939
- Documents regarding employment and the new microelectronic information technology. 1979-1981. 1 cover and 1 folder.
- 1941
- Documents regarding a labour market policy of the EC. 1980, 1982, 1986. 1 cover [file F. Staedelin].
- 1942-1945
- Documents regarding forward-looking-management of employment. 1981, 1983-1984, 1986, 1988. 4 folders [file F. Staedelin].
Initiatives concerning employment out of the EC
- 1955
- Documents regarding the 'Bruges Week' on 'Crisis in the industrial relations in Europe. Diversity and Unity. Possible responses', organised by the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium, from 25 until 27 March 1971. 1970-1971. 1 folder.
- 1956
- Documents regarding the attitude of the TUAC towards employment policy. 1977, 1979-1980. 1 folder [file J.I. Nålsund, S.E. Sterner].
- 1957
- Documents regarding the 'Internationaler Arbeiterkammertag. Beschäftigungspolitik in einer sich wandelnden Industriegesellschaft' in Luxembourg on 4 October 1979, organised by the Chambre de Travail and the Chambre des Employés Privés du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg. 1979-1980. 1 folder.
- 1958
- Documents regarding the Conference 'Education and employment. A European debate proposed by the school to all groups concerned', organised by the European Committee for Catholic Education, in Brussels 12-13 November 1979. 1979-1980. 1 folder.
- 1959
- Documents regarding the European Employment Conference in Copenhagen 1-2 February 1982, organised by 'Socialdemokratiet'. 1982. 1 folder.
VI.COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
- 1964-1995
- Minutes and other documents regarding the meetings of the ETUS/ECFTU/ETUC Collective Bargaining Committee and Working Parties of it. 1965-1978. 5 covers and 27 folders.
- 1997
- Documents of the EC regarding some topics related to Collective Bargaining. 1972-1974, 1976-1977. 1 cover.
- 1998
- Documents regarding the Symposium 'Collective bargaining' in the energy sector in Copenhagen 25-27 June 1973, organised by the ETUC and the World Confederation of Labour (WCL). 1973. 1 folder.
- 1999-2013
- Documents regarding the process of Collective Bargaining in the ETUC member countries. 1973-1978. 15 covers.
- 2014
- Documents regarding educational leave and real earnings in the German Federal Republic. 1974. 1 folder.
- 2015-2018
- Reports, submitted by affiliated confederations to the Collective Bargaining Committee, on the development of a collective bargaining policy in the ETUC member countries during 1974-1979. 4 covers.