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Union elections. Workers statute. Representatives elected. By trade union organisations. Counties and Aran, and provinces

Union elections. Workers statute (1) (2). Representatives elected. By trade union organisations. Counties, areas and provinces Catalonia
Elected CCOO UGT USO CGT Non affiliated Others
2009 57,345 25,326 24,134 2,313 1,085 1,522 2,965
2008 56,267 24,963 23,571 2,256 1,084 1,431 2,962
2007 54,135 24,052 22,487 2,170 1,043 1,535 2,848
2006 52,846 23,171 22,037 1,938 955 1,824 2,921
2005 52,740 23,273 21,659 1,957 940 1,911 3,000
2004 51,534 22,725 21,067 1,889 905 2,007 2,941
2003 49,787 21,970 20,250 1,872 868 1,941 2,886
2002 48,203 21,155 19,534 1,770 834 2,353 2,557
2001 48,000 20,896 19,175 1,889 853 2,453 2,734
2000 45,103 19,525 17,799 1,838 813 2,365 2,763
Source:
2000: Departament de Treball. Servei d'Estudis i Estadístiques.
2001-2004: Departament de Treball, Indústria, Comerç i Turisme. Servei d'Estudis i Estadístiques.
2005-2008: Departament de Treball. Servei d'Estudis i Estadístiques.
2009: Ministry for Business and Labour.
Note: With respect to the personnel to whom the Workers statute is applied. On December 31.

Last update: March 29, 2011.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Union election
Election process in which workers, both in private and public companies, or those in the service of public administrations, select their delegates to representative bodies, which play a fundamental role in collective bargaining and the determination of labour conditions.
Elector
Person that satisfies the legal requirements to be able to exercise their right to vote.

Methodological aspects

Union elections are the election process whereby the representatives of the employees of a work centre are elected every four years.

The employees of the company or place of work aged over 16, with more than one month in the company, can take part in the vote - which is free, personal, secret and direct - to choose their representatives.

The workers' representative must be over 18 years of age, with at least six months in the company (unless where another limit, no less than three months, has been collectively agreed on due to personnel mobility).

List of abbreviation and names of the unions that appear in the tables:
CSIF Central Sindical Independent i de Funcionaris (Independent Trade Union Confederation of Officials).
CCOO Confederacio Sindical de Comissions Obreres (General Workers' Confederation).
UGT Unio General de Treballadors (Confederation of Workers' Commissions).
USO Unio Sindical Obrera (Workers' Trade Union).
CGT Confederacio General del Treball (General Confederation of Labour).
IAC Intersindical Alternativa de Catalunya (Alternative Trade Union of Catalonia).

Either worker's delegates or a workers' committee will be chosen, depending on the size of the company's workforce.

The data on union elections with respect to the personnel to whom the Workers statute is applied and the civil servant regulations, on December 31.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".