1. OS ZPTNS Trade Union of Employees in Postal and Telecommunications Services and Newspaper Distribution CZECH REPUBLIC

2. 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

3. CMKOS 2003 – 34 Unions (860,000 members)

4. OS ZPTNS History 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

5. OS ZPTNS branches OS ZPTNS – 150 local org. Post – 73 Telecommunications – 65 Newspaper Distribution – 1 Others – 11

6. OS ZPTNS Structure Local org. Regional Branch Coordinating Committees Company Coordinating Committees Regional Joint Coordinating Committees

7. OS ZPTNS Supreme bodies Congress – held 1x in 5 years Representative Body – meets 2x a year Board – meets 4x a year Auditing Commission

8. OS ZPTNS Basic 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

9. OS ZPTNS Affiliation to International Organizations UNI

10. OS ZPTNS Programme 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

11. OS ZPTNS Union’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

12. OS ZPTNS Division 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

13. OS ZPTNS Collective 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

14. OS ZPTNS Sectoral 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

15. OS ZPTNS Company 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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