1. Settlement of Collective Labour Disputes Act (SCLDA) and changes in it
Settlement of Collective Labour Disputes Act (SCLDA) and changes in it. Why and what?
Presentation of the expert development of
Ch. Hristov and V. Apostolov
2017

2. Article 50 of the Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria
Paragraph 1. Workers and employees are entitled to strike for the PROTECTION OF:
- their collective:
- economic and
- social
- INTERESTS!
This right shall be exercised under conditions and procedure laid down by law.

3. What Art. 1 of the SCLDA proposes
This law establishes the procedure for the settlement of:
collective labor disputes
- between workers and employers on issues of:
labour and social security relations and
living standards
Compare the Constitutional article and Art. 1 of the SCLDA.
Is there or isn’t there a match between them?
What is the difference?!

4. Correlation Constitution - Act
І. The SCLDA was "urgently" adopted by the 35th National Assembly (in force since ).
The Constitution came into force on 13 July 1991 (State Gazette No. 56/1991)
The Act fails to comply with the foundations of the right to strike set by the Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria. The Constitution, as well as the European Social Charter (ESC) and the Charter of Fundamental Rights (CFR) of the EU, associate the right with conflict of interests. The Act - with settlement of collective disputes and at that, only at enterprise level!

5. ESC and CFR of the EU
ESC (revised) Art the right of workers and employers to collective action in the event of conflict of interests, including the right to strike,
CFR/EU Art.28. Right to collective bargaining and action - In accordance with Union law and national laws and to conclude collective agreements at appropriate levels, as well as to take collective actions to protect their interests, including strike, in case of conflict of interests.

6. What solutions do we offer?
Consistent with the Constitutional text:
change in the subject of the Act, §1;
- definition of labour conflict/enterprise-level dispute - §3;
principles for their settlement, Art. 1b, para. 2;
clearly defined ways of settlement § 5, Art. 3
improved terms and conditions for conducting a strike at all possible levels;

7. What solutions do we offer?
New chapter: "Strike at sectoral and national level"
Definitions of the essential parameters of the right to strike. 2