He added that the unions would not like to damage the employers, and this is why most factory sections would not interrupt the operation. KOVO with 170,000 members is the strongest union in the umbrella Bohemian and Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions (CMKOS) that announced the strike at 13:00 on June 24. Stredula said a high number of KOVO members are pensioners and some 120,000 are employees of whom some three-fourths would join the strike. He added the final number of the protesters might even rise. Out of Projects ...
Share of immigrants in Czech population growing-study, press ... the 720 trade unions in the 10-million the Czech Republic, the 350 largest ones have to date joined the strike against the reform launched by the centre-right cabinet of Mirek Topolanek (Civic Democrats, ODS) in January. The unions say the reforms have resulted in growing inflation that has decreased real pay in education, health care and the public sector. Representatives of the government, unions and employers (tripartite) met today in Prague.
However, they mainly discussed the planned amendment to the Labour Code and employment in the country and only touched upon the planned token strike, CMKOS deputy head Marcela Kubinkova told. "The strike was discussed at the request of us [unions] as well as employers," she said, adding that the government was not interested in dealing with the strike issue.
(Ceske Noviny)
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