Migrant inclusion in a society is a process that ultimately succeeds or fails at the local level and cities have increasingly taken a proactive stance in delivering their own policies for integration. The literature on the topic has focused particularly on the cooperation between local political institutions and civil society organizations, underestimating the key role played by social partners. This paper demonstrates the participation of social partners in the local governance of migrant integration in three European cities: Barcelona, Lyon and Gothenburg. Drawing on process tracing analysis and qualitative interviews, the article illustrates the different responses of local unions and employers’ organizations to immigration and the variety of approaches to supporting migrant integration into employment and society. The article argues that these approaches, which take place within different institutional and structural contexts, shape different patterns of migrant inclusion and allow us to explain the new and traditional ways in which social partners operate as social and political actors.

社会上的移民融入是一个最终成功或失败的过程，而城市在采取自己的融合政策时越来越采取积极态度。关于该主题的文献特别侧重于地方政治机构和民间社会组织之间的合作，低估了社会伙伴的关键作用。本文证明了社会伙伴参与了三个欧洲城市：巴塞罗那，里昂和哥德堡的移民融合的地方治理。借助过程跟踪分析和定性访谈，文章说明了地方工会和雇主组织对移民的不同反应，以及支持移民融入就业和社会的多种方法。