The ICFTU European Regional Organisation (ERO) was a regional trade union confederation, bringing together national federations of trade unions in Europe.
[1] It was the first regional organisation established by the ICFTU, and was a new initiative, as the World Federation of Trade Unions and International Federation of Trade Unions had never set up regional bodies.
The proposal was rejected, and instead a plan was drawn up for the ERO to act as a liaison group between the ETUS and EFTA-TUC.
[3] There proved little need for an organisation to fill this role, and so in 1969 the ERO was dissolved.
In 1973, the European Trade Union Confederation was established, to fill a similar role.