OS ZPTNS

Trade Union of Employees inPostal and Telecommunications

Services and Newspaper DistributionCZECH REPUBLIC

Trade Union Federations in the Czech Republic

CMKOS – Czech and Moravian Trade Union Confederation

ASO – Free Trade Union Association KUK – Arts and Culture Confederation

Others – small organizations: professional or dependent on a political party

CMKOS2003 – 34 Unions (860,000 members)

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OS ZPTNSHistory

1958 – Union of Transport and Telecommunications Workers

1968 – Czech Union of Post and Telecommunications Workers Slovak Union of Post and Telecommunications Workers

1972 – Federal Union of Communications Workers 1993 – Union of Employees in Postal and

Telecommunications Services and

Newspaper Distribution

OS ZPTNSbranches

OS ZPTNS – 150 local org.

Post – 73

Telecommunications – 65

Newspaper Distribution – 1

Others – 11

OS ZPTNSStructure

Local org.

Regional Branch Coordinating Committees

Regional Joint Coordinating Committees

Company Coordinating Committees

OS ZPTNSSupreme bodies

Congress – held 1x in 5 years Representative Body – meets 2x a year Board – meets 4x a year Auditing Commission

OS ZPTNSBasic documents

Statutes Legal Assistance Guide Programme for the period of office Principles for the Union’s Economy Principles for Strike Fund Creation and

Usage Principles for Provision of Single Benefits in

Case of a Member’s Occupational accident or Death

OS ZPTNSAffiliation to International Organizations

UNI

OS ZPTNSProgramme

Employment issues Co-operation with

employers Social issues Occupational Health

and Safety Remuneration

Collective Bargaining

Employer-employee relations

Care for membership

Education Information and

Publicity

OS ZPTNSUnion’s financing / fees

Employed member: 1% of wage, CZK 300 at maximum

Others (pensioners, unemployed, on maternity leave, students) : CZK 5

------------------------------------- Contribution for the Union’s headquarters:

35% of the membership fee collected Business activities: profit from real estates

OS ZPTNSDivision of financial means For the Union’s activities:

- Trade union activities - Salaries for the staff - Operational costs - Contributions for the TU Federation and International (CMKOS, UNI)- Newspaper ECHO- Social benefits for members- Insurance of members at sports events

Strike fund – 0.5% of sum sent by local organisations to the Union

Reserve fund

OS ZPTNSCollective bargaining

Sectoral (so-called Higher) Collective Agreement

Company Collective Agreements (CCA) - CCA of the CESKA POSTA

- CCA of the CESKY TELECOM- CCA of the VEGACOM- CCA of the Newspaper Distribution - CCA of the Press Distribution

OS ZPTNSSectoral Collective Agreement Negotiated for 2003-5 with Czech Union of

Employers in the Post, Telecommunications and Press Distribution.

Issues dealt with:- employment - labour relations - wages- social issues

Working conditions and occupational health and safety - rights of trade union organizations and members

OS ZPTNSCompany Collective Agreement

Based on Sectoral Collective Agreement, Czech legal instruments and economic conditions of employers

Collective bargaining is done permanently

Remuneration issues and social conditions are renegotiated each year

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