Until now, 13 organisations (trade union confederations at national and EU level and trade unions’ research institutes) are full members of the SDA. They are:

• ETUC , European Trade Union Confederation
• ICFTU, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
• EUROCADRES, Council of European Professional and Managerial Staff
• EPSU European Federation of Public Service Unions
• ETF European Transport Workers’ Federation
• AXA EWC
• CFDT, Confédération française démocratique du travail, (France)
• TUC, Trade Union Congress, (United Kingdom)
• CISL, Confederazione Italiana Sindacati dei Lavoratori, (Italy)
• CGIL, Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro, (Italy)
• UIL,Unione Italiana del Lavoro, (Italy)
• SYNDEX, (France)
• ISCOS, o.n.g. (Italy)
• SINDNOVA, (Italy)
• IPL, (Italy)
• INE-GSEE, (Greece)
• LABOUR ASOCIADOS Consultores, (Spain)

The SDA also includes, among its individual members, Mr Emilio Gabaglio, former ETUC General Secretary.