Özet:

This study examines the contribution of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) to the corporate development of fundamental social rights at the European Union (EU) level within the framework of specific EU documents. The Community Charter on Fundamental Social Rights of Workers, the European Union Charter on Fundamental Rights and the European Column of Social Rights are the fundamental foundations of the work. The contribution made by the ETUC in the process of the creation and implementation of the aforementioned documents was made through the examination of the archive documents of the ETUC and the access to the primary confederation documents. The short study is often referred to primary sources, while the international literature is often used. Thus, it was attempted to understand the efforts of the ETUC to gain binding social rights at the EU level.