{"id":4559,"date":"2018-04-27T00:00:39","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T23:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/?p=4559"},"modified":"2020-02-04T19:48:17","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T18:48:17","slug":"cmkos-re-elects-josef-stredula-trade-union-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/cmkos-re-elects-josef-stredula-trade-union-chairman\/","title":{"rendered":"CMKOS Re-elects Josef Stredula Trade Union Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Prague, April 27 (CTK) &#8211; Josef Stredula will be the chairman of Czech trade union umbrella organisation CMKOS for another four years, being re-elected by the congress of CMKOS, organisation representatives told CTK.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Vit Samek and Radka Sokolova defended their posts of deputy chairpersons, with them and Stredula being elected unopposed, CMKOS said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Stredula gained 183 out of 187 votes, according to the election committee head Dagmar Gavlasova.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Stredula said he would not promise anything and that the organisation would continue with its usual activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Stredula was first elected in April 2014, replacing Jaroslav Zavadil.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">CMKOS associates 29 unions with some 310,000 members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In the coming years, CMKOS will push a 37.5-hour working week, down from 40 hours, and five weeks of holidays for everyone, the congress approved today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Employees are currently entitled to four weeks of holidays, according to the Labour Code.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Other tasks for the following years which the unionists approved include pushing early retirement for those with demanding jobs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">CMKOS will also demand that the minimum wage be raised from Kc12,200 to Kc13,700 as of January, Stredula said at the opening of the two-day congress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Prime Minister Andrej Babis is not fighting the increase, saying that it is up to unionists and employers to agree on minimum wage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Employers want the growth to be predictable and have clear rules.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The tripartite (government, employers, unions) will discuss minimum wage in June.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A general decrease in working hours would lead to cuts in wages, and it would make sense in a different situation, the Chamber of Commerce said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Czech Republic faces a record low unemployment rate, with the labour market lacking 300,000 people, Devire consulting company partner Tomas Surka said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">CMKOS is in favour of the Czech Republic joining the euro area, Stredula said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">However, the euro should be adopted when the Czech crown&#8217;s exchange rate is stronger, he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Babis said he was against the euro adoption at the moment, as a national currency is a good tool for dealing with an economic crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The crown&#8217;s firming to Kc18-19\/EUR could threaten Czech exports, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prague, April 27 (CTK) &#8211; 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