Industry & sector
Who lobbies the Parliament on labour & trade unions?
Organisations classified under Labour & trade unions account for 1,991 declared MEP meetings across the 2019–2026 full record for current MEPs, and the business lobbyists among them self-report about €7M a year in EU lobbying budgets. (As of 10 September 2026.)
Most active organisations
| Organisation | Category | Meetings | MEPs met |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION ↗ | Labour / trade union | 377 | 110 |
| Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund ↗ | Labour / trade union | 284 | 42 |
| European Transport Workers' Federation ↗ | Labour / trade union | 90 | 45 |
| industriAll European Trade Union ↗ | Labour / trade union | 85 | 53 |
| European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions ↗ | Labour / trade union | 63 | 34 |
| European Federation of Journalists ↗ | Business / industry | 56 | 38 |
| Industriegewerkschaft Bergbau, Chemie, Energie ↗ | Labour / trade union | 54 | 14 |
| European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions ↗ | Labour / trade union | 53 | 32 |
| Fagligt Fælles Forbund ↗ | Business / industry | 53 | 7 |
| Industriegewerkschaft Metall ↗ | Labour / trade union | 52 | 16 |
| EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF BUILDING AND WOODWORKERS ↗ | Labour / trade union | 51 | 22 |
| European Federation of Public Service Unions ↗ | Business / industry | 48 | 31 |
Also active here: organisations whose main sector is elsewhere but which this site also places in labour & trade unions - Maa- ja metsätaloustuottajain Keskusliitto – Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners, EUROCINEMA, Association de producteurs de cinéma et de télévision, European Aluminium AISBL, EBU-UER (European Broadcasting Union), Association Française de la Gestion financière, European Federation of Origin Wines, Responsible Business Alliance, European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), Comité national des pêches maritimes et des élevages marins, Jeunes Agriculteurs, Fédération Nationale d'Agriculture Biologique, Federation of European Screen Directors - Fédération Européenne des Réalisateurs de l'Audiovisuel, Dutch Fund and Asset Management Association, Transportföretagen TF Service AB, Union française des semenciers, ALLIANCE DE LA PRESSE D’INFORMATION GÉNÉRALE, European Audiovisual Production Association, Federation Nationale des Transports Routiers, Groupement des Industries Françaises Aéronautiques et Spatiales, AI CHAMBER, Fédération Wallonne de l'Agriculture, International Confederation of European Beet Growers, Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association, Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique (SNEP), Coordinadora de Organizaciones de Agricultores y Ganaderos - Iniciativa Rural, EUROPEAN HOTEL FORUM, France Hydrogène, LEGACOOP AGROALIMENTARE - Associazione Nazionale delle Cooperative Agroitticoalimentari per lo Sviluppo Rurale e Costiero, Nordic Financial Unions, SOCIEDAD GENERAL DE AUTORES Y EDITORESEntidad de Gestión de Derechos de Propiedad Intelectual (SGAE EGDPI), INTERFEL, The European Association of Corporate Treasurers, Association française des sociétés Financières, Europeans for Fair Competition, SEMAE, AGPB, Association Wind Ship, Biomedical Alliance in Europe, International Information System Security Certification Consortium, Inc., Sustainable European Livestock Meat Association, UNION DE PEQUEÑOS AGRICULTORES Y GANADEROS, Ukrainian Bar Association, ADPA - European Independent Automotive Data Publishers Association, AOP nationale tomates et concombres de France, Association Générale des Producteurs de Maïs, Bioéthanol France, Bundesarchitektenkammer e.V., Bureau Européen de l'Agriculture Française, Endocrine Society, European Association of Real Estate Professions, FEDERATION NATIONALE BOVINE, FEGRA asbl, France Filière Pêche, Fédération des Entreprises du Commerce et de la Distribution, International Federation of Journalists, Mobilians, ORGANISATION DES TRANSPORTEURS ROUTIERS EUROPEENS, StaalindustrieVerbond - Belgian steel federation, Cigref, Deutsche Aktuarvereinigung e.V., La Unió Llauradora i Ramadera del País Valencià, Retrofit Mobility Europe, Tradenomiliitto TRAL ry (Professionals of business and technology), Union Nationale Interprofessionnelle Cidricole, ABDA - Bundesvereinigung Deutscher Apothekerverbände e.V., Confederação Nacional da Agricultura, EUROPEAN FINANCIAL PLANNING ASSOCIATION, Europa Cinemas, European Council of Shopping Places, European Junior Doctors Association, FEDERATION NATIONALE OVINE, France Post-Marché, Fédération Nationale de la Mutualité Française, Kassenärztliche Bundesvereinigung, Paris Europlace, Public Union "Ukrainian Agri Council", Syndicat national des compléments alimentaires, Union TLF Overseas, WONCA Europe.
MEPs most met by labour & trade unions organisations
Sector labels are a keyword classification computed by this site over organisation names, goals and register categories - see methodology.