Czech Republic: national railway reaches collective agreement for 2009

The management of the Czech Republic's largest employer, Ceske Drahy (Czech Railways) signed a company level collective agreement for 2009 with participating trade unions in mid-December, after several weeks of difficult negotiations. (Ref. 081042)
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As with
last year’s agreement, the 2009 collective agreement covers both the Cesky
Drahy (CD) passenger division and the newly-created freight division (CD
Cargo), representing 29.000 and 11.000 workers respectively. The agreement sets
out a nominal wage increase for CD workers of 4% and for CD Cargo workers of
4.8%, on a twelve month contractual basis. The contract also guarantees all
workers of both units 30 days of holiday and a 36-hour working week, and sets
out a CZK 6.000 annual provision

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