1. PRIORITIES OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
Budapest, 2-3 July 2012
Mato Lalić

2. IMPLEMENTATION OF WAGE POLICY
Better informing of workers: before, during and after the activities concerning wage changes
The concept of wage changes as a “participation campaign”
Wage conflicts as a reflection of power struggle
The power of our trade union
Number of members
Degree of organisation
Ability to make a compromise and to enter into conflicts
Ability to fight for labour relations

3. FREEDOM OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
Important contributions to the improving the conditions for pay realisation, for working and living conditions
Current and future tasks
Increased recent attacks by employers
Legal regulations and judicial power undermine the freedom of collective bargaining
The trade union directs its activities against all attacks
The support of basic activities in order to ensure the freedom of collective bargaining

4. Neo-conservative attacks on the freedom of collective bargaining and on wage system
reduction of social rights
reduction in workers rights
undermining of wage system through deregulation
collective agreement as a non-binding “pay recommendation”
legalisation of breach of collective agreement
Limiting union strikability and warning strikes

5. COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT
Is a specific legal document which has a limited duration and it goes further than law
All conflicts between people end up with an agreement
Negotiations, dialogue, pressure and strike

6. The negotiators have to be familiar with:
Laws and regulations
Social status of the employees
International legal instruments
ILO recommendations
Basic socio-economic indicators of the country and the region
Data on the movement of the living costs and purchasing power of the population

7. When negotiating a collective agreement in a company, it is necessary to collect data:
on the business activities of the company
on financial activities
on plans for development and investment
on programme of technical-technological development, etc.

8. Thank you 