Our trade unions representing employees in public services and administration have resolved that the appropriate response to the current progress of negotiations regarding salary increases for 2024 and 2025 is to declare a strike alert within the individual unions.
After several requests to Prime Minister Petr Fiala, two meetings were held in June with the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Marian Jurečka. At the first meeting, we demanded a 15% increase in salary rates from September 1, 2024. Subsequently, we sought a compromise and reduced our demand to 10%.
In July, the Minister of Finance, Zbyněk Stanjura, informed us that a decision on the salary increase must be made before the start of the government recess (i.e., by today), and that the Prime Minister would convene a meeting on this matter. This meeting has not taken place to date!
Therefore, the following trade unions are declaring an indefinite strike alert:
- Odborový svaz státních orgánů a organizací (Trade Union of State Institutions and Organisations)
- Odborový svaz zdravotnictví a sociální péče ČR (Trade Union of Health and Social Care of the Czech Republic)
- Českomoravský odborový svaz pracovníků školství (Czech-Moravian Trade Union of Education Workers)
- Unie orchestrálních hudebníků ČR (Union of Orchestral Musicians of the Czech Republic)
- Odborový svaz pracovníků kultury a ochrany přírody (Trade Union of Workers of Culture and Nature Protection)
- Odborový svaz pracovníků knihoven (Trade Union of Library Workers)
- Českomoravský odborový svaz civilních zaměstnanců armády (Czech-Moravian Trade Union of Army Employees)
- Odborový svaz pracovníků vědy a výzkumu (Trade Union of Science and Research Workers)
The strike alert is further supported by:
- Odborový svaz hasičů (Trade Union of Firefighters)
- Odborový svaz pracovníků kulturních zařízení (Trade Union of Workers of Cultural Facilities)
- Herecká asociace (Actors’ Association)
- OS UNIOS (Trade Union UNIOS)
- Unie – odborový svaz profesionálních zpěváků ČR (UNION – Trade Union of Professional Singers of the Czech Republic)