Czechia - Unions demand higher public service pay - December 31, 2025

Public service wages are set to increase from February 2026, following Government announcements on adjustments to pay in state administration and local government. The plans come amid ongoing negotiations with trade unions over the scale and structure of the increases. In negotiations with the Government, public service unions coordinated at national level, including OSSOO and ČMKOS, are demanding a 9% pay increase for the lowest-paid groups, alongside the same increase across the civil service pay scale. Unions argue that this is necessary to address continued real-terms pay erosion and widening gaps within public sector wage structures.

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For more information, please contact Paul de Beer or Oana Ciuca, De Burcht (Scientific Bureau for the Dutch Trade Union Movement) p.t.debeer@uva.nl or the Head of communications at the ETUI, Mehmet Koksal mkoksal@etui.org. For previous full issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit https://www.etui.org/Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter or consult the archive with all articles in our database at www.cbnarchive.eu. You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org.