What are the causes of a long-term conservation of low wages in the Czech Republic? Why is a change in the profile of Czech economy an absolute necessity? Are there ways out of the cheap labour trap? Why do we keep lagging behind in the labour productivity? We present a coherent analysis published by CMKOS on 19 November 2015.

The 6th CMKOS Congress held in Prague on 25 and 26 April 2014 adopted the Programme for the CMKOS activities in next four years, adopted the declaration on the European Parliament elections and elected new CMKOS leadership as follows:

President: Mr Josef STŘEDULA  Vice-Presidents: Mr Vít SAMEK, Ms Radka SOKOLOVÁ

In the recent early general elections in the Czech Republic the CMKOS President, Mr Jaroslav Zavadil, was elected Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic on the list of the Czech Social Democratic Party. Thus after long years of work in trade unions he stepped down from his trade union position. The CMKOS Assembly held on 19th November decided that until the Congress convened for 25th and 26th April 2014 the CMKOS will be led by its 1st Vice President Mr Václav Pícl.

The main event will took place in Pragueon 7 October. The leaders of the trade union confederations from the Visegrad countries - the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia - met for their annual meeting and they commemorated the World Day for Decent Work. Special attention was paid to growing extent of precarious work in the context of present economic and social situation in individual countries.

The 17th November demonstration in Prague organised by trade unions and student and other civil associations was attended by more than twenty thousand people protesting against the anti-social policy of the Czech Government, and joining the European day of Action and Solidarity. They adopted a declaration.

On 17th November 2012 in Prague a demonstration and protest march of the initiative "STOP THE GOVERNMENT" will be held. This platform associates the CMKOS, its affiliated unions and a number of student and other civic organisations. The aim of the demonstration is to remind this significant date in the Czech history - the students' protests against Nazi occupation in 1939 and the anniversary of "Velvet Revolution" in 1989. However, above all this protest will express the discontent of people with present situation and with the anti-social steps the Government is taking in political, economic and other spheres of life.
Through this demonstration we join and support the European Day of Action and Solidarity for jobs and against austerity measures as declared by the ETUC.