The Inter-Regional Trade Union Councils (IRTUCs) bring together the regional organisations of ETUC-affiliated trade unions in cross-border areas, to support mobile and frontier workers and their families.

They deal with, for example, cross-border labour legislation and social dialogue, obstacles to mobility, regional labour markets and cross-border cohesion.

The IRTUCs Coordinating Committee is coordinated by the ETUC secretariat and meets twice a year in Brussels. The IRTUCs Coordinating Committee helps to define ETUC positions on EU policies, particularly those concerning border regions.