Can the Employer Determine the Trade Union Organisation? A Recent Lesson from the Czech Republic’s SemiPromotion of Collective Bargaining

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Can the Employer Determine the Trade Union Organisation? A Recent Lesson from the Czech Republic’s SemiPromotion of Collective Bargaining

Original language description

In some countries, trade unions have certain rights or privileges guaranteed by the constitution, such as the right to collective bargaining and to negotiate a collective agreement. However, these rights are significantly restricted in other countries, particularly given recent internal social problems. This article explores the representativeness of trade unions in general, with a specific focus on the Czech Republic. We will consider what can be a source of legitimacy, as understood and promoted by an ex-communist Eastern European legislator in 2024. The Czech legislator empowered employers to decide which trade union organisation out of many operating in their facility shall be recognised unless most employees oppose the employer&apos;s will. If we compare it with international and European obligations, it is a bold move. Is it inspiration or deprivation when we compare the Czech story with recent trends of trade union representativeness in the Western and Central European legal space?

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50501 - Law

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

E-Journal of international and comparative labour studies

ISSN

2280-4056

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Volume of the periodical

01

Issue of the periodical within the volume

14

Country of publishing house

IT - ITALY

Number of pages

17

Pages from-to

99-115

UT code for WoS article

001512558200005

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