Several thousand trade union members gathered in Žilina on 25 June to protest against proposed changes to the Labour Code, an overhaul of the tax and levy system, rising prices and poverty. The rally, organised by the KOVO union, began with a march through the town. The head of KOVO, Emil Machyňa, stressed that the union movement regards the current Labour Code as appropriate and sees no need for changes. “If the Code is to be changed in order to benefit capital, to facilitate lay-offs and controls over people, then this is the wrong path to take,” Machyňa said (See also this Collective Bargaining Newsletter Year 4 January and April 2011).
English: http://spectator.sme.sk/articles/view/43140/10/kovo_trade_union_protests ...
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