EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF BUILDING AND WOODWORKERS
Acronym: EFBWW
General Information
Identification Code: 57745478360-42
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Entity Form: Association de fait
Registration Category: Trade unions and professional associations
Registration Date: 3/16/2012
Last Update: 3/1/2024
EP Accredited Number: 6
Mission & Interests
Goals: EFBWW is the representative body at EU level defending the interests of workers in the Europen construction, wood, furniture and forestry sectors. The EFWW is constituted to promote and uphold the economic, social, political and cultural interests of all workers in the European building, woodworking, forestry and allied industries and trades in Europe and in a global context. To effectively promote these interests, the EFWW shall work in close cooperation with the affiliated organisations on all social, economic, political and environmental questions within Europe. The EFBWW activities shall be directed towards achieving the necessary social reforms with a view to creating the conditions for a sound social policy, strengthening democracy, promoting equal rights and equal treatment of all workers, improving conditions of employment and promoting full employment, furthering economic and social progress, and championing the cause of a free and democratic trade union movement in Europe.
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
- Business and industry
- Climate action
- Competition
- Digital economy and society
- Economy, finance and the euro
- Education and training
- Employment and social affairs
- Energy
- Enlargement
- Environment
- Fraud prevention
- Institutional affairs
- International co-operation and development
- Justice and fundamental rights
- Migration and asylum
- Research and innovation
- Single market
- Trans-European Networks
- Youth
Levels of Interest:
- european
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: Posting and migration
Public procurement
REFIT
Occupational health and safety
Energy efficiency in Buildings
Regulations on Non Road Mobile Machinery,
Internal Market and competition policies
Labour law and social protection/security
Pensions
Youth matters
Labour market organisation and development
Industrial relations
Worker participation and EWC
Vocational and educational training
Communication Activities: Project on Asbestos diseases in the Central and Eastern European countries
Social Partner Project on Asbestos Information Modules
Planned Social Partner Project on Construction Machines
Participation in the EESC/CCMI expert group on asbestos
Initiatives for a strategic combination of energy efficiency in buildings and the safe removal of asbestos
Publications: Research report on asbestos related diseases in central and eastern European countries; Book-publication: The long and winding road to an asbestos free Europe; Asbestos Information Modules (Social partner action)
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: Expert Group on Forest-based Industries and Sectorally Related Issues#E01356#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1356 #MEMBER #C#Employees/workers
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: Trade unions
Head Office
Address: Rue Royale, 45 (1st floor)
Post Code: 1000
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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EU Office
Address: Rue Royale, 45 (1st floor)
Post Code: 1000
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data
New Organisation: false
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Complementary Information: The projects listed above have running times of about 24 months in general (carried out from 2020 up to 2024).
Title - Reducing Respirable Crystalline Silica Dust Effectively (grant 144036 € - 03/20-02/22)
Title - Implementing action guide for Formaldehyde Reduction (grant 70644 € - 02/20-05/22)
Title - DESOCO - Decentralised Thematic Social Dialogue for the Construction Industry (grant 137147 € - 02/20-07/22)
Title - ECMIN IV (max. grant 270678 € - 01/21-06/22)
Title - STIC II - Strategies for Targeted Information and Consultation in European Works Councils (max. grant 216356 € - 05/21-05/23)
Title - FELM - Better Functioning of the European construction labour Market (max. grant 298732 € - 06/21-05/23)
Title - SCAFFOLD - Improving Training, Working Conditions, and Transformation in the European Scaffolding Sector (max. grant 380688 € - 09/22-08/24)
Title - CS30 - Cement Skills 2030 (max. grant 323359 € - 07/23-06/25)
Title - SIDE-CIC - Social ID cards in Construction (max. grant 1060177 € - 07/23-06/25)
Title - ECMIN V - (max. grant 248573 € - 02/24-01/2026)
Title - LSWC - Labour shortages in wood and construction (max. grant 308718 € - 03/24-02/26)
Title - STEP UP - Strengthening and organising collective bargaining, more power/tools for workers (max.grant 334555 € - 04/24-03/26)
Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 5
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 5
Members F T E: 1.25
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: www.efbww.eu
Organisation Members: Member of the ETUC