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

Union elections. Workers statute. Representatives elected. By trade union organisations. Counties and Aran, and provinces Catalonia
Elected CCOO UGT USO CGT Non affiliated Others
2022 51,438 21,627 19,446 2,708 1,641 1,078 4,938
2021 49,779 21,048 18,939 2,649 1,485 996 4,662
2020 47,578 20,139 18,279 2,540 1,409 1,006 4,205
2019 49,920 20,946 19,432 2,562 1,435 1,123 4,422
2018 49,202 20,826 19,428 2,328 1,296 1,290 4,034
2017 48,392 20,475 19,167 2,307 1,280 1,296 3,867
2016 47,798 20,306 18,922 2,301 1,233 1,266 3,770
2015 46,605 19,737 18,575 2,350 1,157 1,240 3,546
Source:
2015-2020: Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Families. Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu.
2021-2022: Ministry of Business and Labour.
Note: With respect to the personnel to whom the Workers statute is applied. On December 31.

Last update: June 15, 2023.

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 "..".