RESEARCH REPORT

Industrial relations Representativeness of the European social partner organisations: Education sector

Representativeness of the European social partner organisations: Education sector

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions When citing this report, please use the following wording: Eurofound (2020), Representativeness of the European social partner organisations: Education sector, Sectoral social dialogue series, Dublin.

Author: Tina Weber Research manager: Peter Kerckhofs Eurofound project: Representativeness studies Provider: Network of Eurofound Correspondents

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Introduction ...... 1 Objectives of the study ...... 1 ESSDC for the sector ...... 2 Definitions and methodology ...... 3 Data collection and quality control ...... 6 Structure of the report ...... 7 1. Background and employment trends in the sector ...... 8 Employment in the education sector ...... 8 Investment in the education sector ...... 14 2. National level of interest representation ...... 15 Sector coverage, sector-relatedness and organisational density of trade unions ...... 16 involvement in collective bargaining or social dialogue ...... 26 Sector-relatedness and membership strength of employer organisations ...... 33 Employer organisation involvement in collective bargaining ...... 46 Collective bargaining patterns and social dialogue practices ...... 57 Participation in public policy ...... 59 Fragmentation and pluralism in the education sector ...... 68 3. European level of interest representation ...... 7 3 Membership domain of ETUCE ...... 73 Membership domains of EPSU and CESI ...... 76 Membership domain of EFEE ...... 78 Education sector representativeness of ETUCE, EPSU, CESI and EFEE ...... 82 Other European education organisations ...... 86 Summary ...... 87 Capacity to negotiate of EFEE, ETUCE, EPSU and CESI ...... 87 Effective participation in the education sector ESSDC ...... 91 Conclusions ...... 92 References ...... 94 Annex 1: Trade unions and employer organisations in the education sector ...... 95 Annex 2: Network of Eurofound Correspondents ...... 110

List of tables Table 1: Demarcation of the education sector based on NACE codes ...... 4 Table 2: Domain patterns for members of an organisation ...... 4 Table 3: Employment in ed