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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, areas and provinces Catalonia
Elected CCOO UGT USO CGT Non affiliated Others
2013 52,584 22,520 21,733 2,433 1,182 1,329 3,387
2012 53,510 22,972 22,287 2,370 1,154 1,439 3,288
2011 53,883 23,319 22,623 2,265 1,117 1,482 3,077
2010 56,428 24,764 23,890 2,247 1,024 1,507 2,996
Source: Ministry for Business and Labour.
Notes:
With respect to the personnel to whom the Workers statute is applied. On December 31.
Law 23/2010, of July 22, on the creation of the area of Penedès, divides Catalonia into eight territorial planning areas. This change implies that the data for the Metropolitan Area, Central Counties and Camp de Tarragona are not directly comparable with previous years.

Last update: March 11, 2015.

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 "..".