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Industriall European Trade Union
Eastern Region
Steering Committee
Luxembourg, 9.10.2012
D.Sakařová
First Meeting after the Congress
SLOVENIA – Zreče, 25.-27.9.2012
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Recent development in Europe
 Country reports
 Nomination to „Financial Working Group“
 Possible cooperation with other regions
 Next Meeting
 Key topics for next Meeting
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Eastern Region
Country reports
All available country reports will be available in
the Industriall web sites – section Regions
 Covered issues:
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Involved unions
TU Membership
Basic information about individual countries
Main problems of the given countries
TU Aims for the near future
Brief information about Collective bargaining systems
Average yearly wage in 2010
(EA=100)
Exchange Rate Recalculation
Purchasing Power Parity
Recalculation
Note: Data on behalf of the whole economy calculated to full yearly jobs. Data for Eurozone are
imbalanced average of EU-15 countries, e.g. without Cyprus and Malta, for which the data are not
available. Source: OECD. Stat, ČNB calculation
Unemployment Rate
Source: Eurostat
Hungary – Main Problems
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Economic downturn / production-investment /
Loss in Competitiveness (-12 ranks )
Reduction in real wages ( changes in taxes, inflation,
income)
Attack against workers' rights (lack of interest
reconciliation, new LC, flexibility without security)
Attack against union rights / strike right, LC /
Attack against institutions of democracy
/ (Constitutional Court, Media Law, new Electoral Law)
Attack against social welfare system ( unemploymentand social benefits, health care )
Hopelessness of young people ( education, tuition fee,
increased migration)
Slovenia – Main Problems
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The slowdown of economic activity in Slovenia’s main
trading partners in the second quarter of 2012
A decline in domestic demand and a drop of exports
An increase in the number of people registered as
unemployed in the country
The volume of loans granted by domestic banks to
Slovenian companies is decreasing
Lack of trust among the social partners and apathy in
the population thinking that nothing can be done to
improve the situation substantially
Czech Republic – Main Problems
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Economy is stagnating, GDP level from the year 2008
was not yet overcome
We „harvest the fruits“ of governmental policy failures
from the nineties (coupon privatisation and destruction
of production capacities)
Recently it is about competition for lowest taxation
Government is not able to estimate the perspectives of
economic development (failures in crisis impacts
estimation in 2009)
Slovakia – Main Problems
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High level of unemployment (young people till the
age of 35)
Week enforcement of law, long court cases
Public finances consolidation
Minimum labour standards are not observed, weaker
labour protection of employees
Low wage level, low purchasing power
High level of inflation, increase of energy prices
Poland – Main Problems
Increase of Pension Age
 Problems with dialog with the Polish
Government
 People are not implementing their
knowledge's in Poland – searching work in
abroad
 Employers are not members of Employers
Associations – problems in collective
bargaining
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Next Meetings in 2013
Rotation Principle
 Spring: Slovakia – week 25.-29.3.2013 (3 days
including arrival/departure)
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Autumn:
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Czech Republic
Key Topics
Restructuring and the Role of Trade Unions in
Restructuring
 Crisis – approaches and steps of individual
Governments
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Thank you for your attention.