1. Member Organisations

2. Do we know what should we expect in next collective bargaining?
The economic recovery is slowing down
Company owners´ profits are declining
Employers hysteria is increasing
New investments in production are essential

3. Will employers be as helpful as in recent years???
NOT NECESSARY!!!
We are part of the family of industriAll Europe, who decided to carry out new common campaign to support collective bargaining, campaign to start in September 2019.

4. IndustriAll Europe campaign to strengthen collective bargaining

5. Together at Work - industriAll Europe Campaign to Strengthen Collective Bargaining
MOTTO:
Strengthening collective bargaining is a key part of the struggle for higher pay and better working conditions.

6. Over the past decades collective bargaining in Europe has been systematically eroded and weakened by both national governments and European Institutions.
Impacts:
Increase of number of individual contracts which divide workers and weaken them
Rise of precarious work and in-work poverty
Creation of vicious cycle where lower bargaining coverage undermines the power of trade unions to act as grantors of decent wages and working conditions for all workers in society
Rise in inequality as workers no longer have the collective force to ensure a fair share of wealth
Eroded social cohesion, which now threatens the future of our social-security systems

7. Principal Messages
Collective bargaining is a key tool for a fair transformation of the industry
Solidarity is the bedrock of collective bargaining
Collective bargaining benefits society as a whole, not just the workers who gain from the agreements
Collective bargaining is the concrete expression of solidarity at work
Workplace organisation is built on workers´ shared experiences
Collective bargaining was intentionally undermined to deliver the austerity agenda and restore profitability for business at the expense of workers

8. Campaign Calendar Campaign Launch 16 September to 13 October 2019 .
Materials: Political briefing, campaign video, graphics, creation of microsite with interactive map

9. Workers´ Campaign 14 October to 15 November 2019
Slogan of the Month: Organising Together at Work
Materials: Testimonial videos, infosheet, leaflets, posters, infographic,…

10. Employers´ Campaign 18 November to 15 December 2019
Slogan of the Month: Negotiating Together at Work
Materials: Report on benefits of CB for employers, video - interview with employres, infographics, GIFs,...

11. New Year, New Deal at Work
16 November 2019 to 3 January 2020
New Year, New Deal at Work
Materials: Reusing video and graphic material so far produced

12. Young Workers´ Campaign
13 January to 7 February 2020
Young Workers´ Campaign
Slogan of the Month: Our Future Together at Work
Materials: Young workers video, infographic, leaflets, posters, GIFs,...

13. Women Workers´ Campaign
10 February to 8 March 2020
Women Workers´ Campaign
Materials: Video, infographic, leaflets, posters, GIFs
Slogan of the Month: Women together at Work

14. European Action Week 9 March to 31 March 2020
Slogan of the Month: Winning Together at Work
Materials: Action in Brussels, promotional video, leaflet, poster

15. Campaign Logo
Czech Translation: Společně v práci

16. OS KOVO Involvement
Since June 2019 filming video spots in some companies (Vítkovice Steel, Bosch Jihlava, Valeo Humpolec, Bombardier Česká Lípa) –IE team and OS KOVO team
Campaign launch in Czech Republic on September 5, 2019 at common meeting of Presidiums of OS KOVO and OZ KOVO in Jindřichův Hradec
The OS KOVO Presidents´ call in magazine Kovák in connection with launch of the European campaign
Presentation and support of this European campaign in individual OS KOVO regions and companies, using also internet/intranet/ magazine Kovák
Preparation of Czech versions of documents the OS KOVO Company TU Organisations can use in their own collective bargaining (leaflets, posters, roll-ups,…)
Involvement into planned European Action Week

17. What do we expect?
Involvement of OS KOVO Company TU Organisations in this campaign with the aim to promote collective bargaining and its results
Use of all distributed promotional materials in the campaign framework
Strengthening of the OS KOVO Company TU Organisations position during CB
Rise of public, employers´, members and non-members awareness about CB and its usefulness
Improvement of image of Czech metal unions at all levels
Continuing to promote the principle of equal wage for equal work in Europe, gradual equalization of wage gaps between East and West Europe

18. The main objective of the campaign is to demonstrate the positive impact of collective bargaining, underpinned by strong unions, in delivering a better life for workers

19. What does the collective bargaining bring to workers in metal industry in Czech Republic?

20. Employees covered by collective agreement earn significantly more money than those not covered by collective agreement
Source: Information system about average earning, Trexima
Earning of employee covered by CA was during three years under review about 15 % higher than in case of worker without CA.
Employee covered by CA earned about CZK in one month more, than employee without CA – for this amount you can buy nearly 25 kg of butter or 209 kg of potatoes.
During three years under the review the employee with CA earned CZK more, than a colleague without CA. For this amount you can buy small car.

21. Important differences in earnings levels can also be noticed in individual sectors, for example metallurgists covered by CA earned in period 2016 to 2018 about CZK more than those without CA.
Differences in average wage in CZ-NACE 24
CA yes
CA no
Source: Information system about average earning, Trexima

22. In automotive industry this difference during three years was even CZK, i.e. in average CZK per year!!!
Differences in average wage in CZ-NACE 29
CA yes
CA no
Source: Information system about average earning, Trexima

23. The collective agreement reduces the pay gap between female and male employees
Source: Information system about average earning, Trexima
In companies with CA there are smaller differences between the wage of women and men. In 2018 the wage difference in companies without CA was 26 %, in companies with CA 23,1 %.

24. The collective agreement is particularly beneficial for low-income employees
Source: Information system about average earning, Trexima
The median of monthly wage, i.e. the wage of the middle employee, is higher in companies with CA than in companies without CA. In 2018 this difference was monthly CZK.

25. Employees with collective agreement work less hours than workers without collective agreement
Source: Information system about average earning, Trexima
An employee without collective agreement worked 55 hours more in 2018 than an employee with collective agreement, the difference is 7 shifts!
Between 2016 and 2018, an employee with collective agreement worked hours less, which is 20.5 shifts, i.e. almost the entire calendar month!!!

26. Collective bargaining is a way to reduce disparities in Europe

27. And in Czech Republic, we really have to do a lot to catch up, as can be seen in the following example - a technical worker earns only 50.5% of a technician's earnings in Germany, claiming that a Czech employee is less efficient is false.
Country
Monthly wage in PPP
Country/Germany
Denmark
3 572
107,7
Germany
3 316
100,0
Austria
3 308
99,8
Czech Republic
1 675
50,5
Slovakia
1 338
40,3
Hungary
1 270
38,3
Romania
944
28,5
Comparison of earnings of the profession of technician
Source: inequalityin.eu, June 2019)

28. In its document „Wage Policy in Europe“, presented at the Bratislava Conference in December 2018, the IndustriAll Collective Bargaining and Social Policy Committee presents a table, that compares wages for work of selected countries in a very simple way:

29. There are also huge differences in working hours, workers in Central and Eastern Europe have to work much longer for lower wages.
Yearly working hours in Vienna Memorandum Group Countries
(Source: OECD, for year 2018)

30. So if we assume that the year has an average of 250 working days, a Czech employee will work one year more in 4.4 years than a German colleague, for his working life it is 10 years more.
Country
Working hours per year
Difference (Germany)
Difference in days * /
Germany
1 363
Austria
1 511
148 20
Slovenia
1 603
240 32
Slovakia
1 698
335 45
Hungary
1 741
378 50
Czech Republic
1 792
429 57
* / 1 day = 7,5 hours

31. What is the development of collective bargaining in Czech Republic?

32. Collective bargaining at the sectoral level significantly weakens
Development of sectoral bargaining in OS KOVO

33. At company level the picture is more positive, but still there is room for improvement
Development of bargaining at company level in OS KOVO
Collective disputes (industrial actions) in OS KOVO

34. So what do we do about it?????

35. NOT NECESSARY!!! Will employers be as helpful as in recent years???
How we will face it?
Shouldn´t we think what to improve or we are satisfied with the way we are doing it now?
Are we satisfied with so far reached results or shouldn´t we think what and how can we improve?
Every time it is good to try to improve!!!
NOT NECESSARY!!!

36. How we will prepare ourselves for the next collective bargaining rounds???
We will use all materials provided to us by industriAll Europe
We will use the statistical results, provided to us by company TREXIMA, based on our demands
We will use this materials for education about the collective bargaining topic, organised by individual regional offices at regional level
Let us introduce them to all collective negotiators at the level of company TU organisations
Let us use economic analyses of individual companies prepared by OS KOVO experts