ČMKOS

Visegrad Group Trade Unions meeting in Gdańsk

Bohumil Čáp — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 09:12:44 +0000

Gdańsk will host presidents from the leading trade union confederations of Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and the Czech Republic from October 8–10. These leaders plan to address vital regional concerns, including collective bargaining, industrial strategy, and economic competitiveness, while assessing how security threats impact socio-economic stability. The meeting features Esther Lynch, General Secretary of the European […]

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Pocket Guide to Employment Law in 9 languages

Olga Slowik — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 10:10:28 +0000

Thanks to cooperation with the Czech Office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), our Pocket Guide to Employment Law has been translated into eight languages. As a result, basic information on legal regulations and workers’ obligations is now available in Czech, English, Ukrainian, Indonesian, Mongolian, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog and Vietnamese. How often can I […]

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Enlargement High-Level Forum „Towards a successful EU Enlargment“

Natálie Vopatová — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 09:41:59 +0000

On October 24, representatives of the Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions (CMKOS), Josef Středula and Lucie Studničná, participated in the High-Level Forum on EU Enlargement titled “Towards a Successful EU Enlargement.” This event was jointly organized by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and the European Commission. Held immediately after the EESC’s plenary session, […]

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International Day for Care and Support: 29 October

Olga Slowik — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:14:57 +0000

Care responsibilities are excluding and holding back millions of women worldwide from taking paid employment, and with climate and demographic changes on course to increase the demand for care, measures to support the care economy are urgently needed, according to a new International Labour Organization brief. This stark gender discrepancy highlights the disproportionate role that […]

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Platform directive: No time to waste for national governments

Olga Slowik — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 10:31:33 +0000

Trade unions are calling on EU member states to waste no time in putting the platform work directive into action at national level. Millions of workers have been forced into bogus self-employment by platform companies, meaning they miss out on their most basic rights as workers such as the minimum wage or sick pay. The […]

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Meeting with ETUC General Secretary Esther Lynch and the President of Solidarność Piotr Duda

Olga Slowik — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 08:50:59 +0000

On 30 September, the Vice-President of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), Josef Středula, together with ETUC General Secretary Esther Lynch and the President of the Polish trade union Solidarność, Piotr Duda, held a meeting in Wieliczka, near Krakow, Poland. This included a meeting with trade unionists at the Wieliczka salt mine and at the […]

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Started a union, got fired. Now he’s won his case in court.

Natálie Vopatová — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 13:21:24 +0000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNpVUU4_AOw Matteo Pizzolato worked in Prague as a cabin crew member for the Ryanair airline, namely for its Polish subsidiary based in Warsaw. The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted his work, severely affecting the aviation industry and halting nearly all scheduled flights. In 2020, the employer informed Pizzolato and his colleagues about work obstacles and […]

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Abolition of guaranteed wages: We have filed a complaint!

Natálie Vopatová — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 14:25:29 +0000

In response to the abolition of guaranteed wages in the Czech Republic, we submitted a complaint to the European Parliament. What exactly are (or were) guaranteed wages? What are (were) guaranteed wages? A guaranteed wage sets the minimum possible wage for various professions. These professions are divided into eight groups, which reflect the complexity, exertion, […]

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Strike alert

Natálie Vopatová — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 11:16:35 +0000

Our trade unions representing employees in public services and administration have resolved that the appropriate response to the current progress of negotiations regarding salary increases for 2024 and 2025 is to declare a strike alert within the individual unions. After several requests to Prime Minister Petr Fiala, two meetings were held in June with the […]

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Global Rights Index 2024: Labour rights have worsened also in Europe

Olga Slowik — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 08:52:17 +0000

The International Trade Union Confederation’s Global Rights Index 2024 provides a worrying insight into workers’ rights around the world. The report, now in its eleventh year, captures the growing efforts by governments and companies to restrict workers’ fundamental rights and freedoms. In almost nine out of ten countries, the right to strike has been violated […]

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