Trade unions are calling on the Government to withdraw proposed amendments to the Employment Contracts Act and to restore meaningful tripartite negotiations at national level. The Trade Union of State and Local Government Institutions Employees (ROTAL) and the Estonian Energy Workers’ Trade Union Federation (EEAÜL) warn that the Government is retreating from core elements of social dialogue and undermining collective bargaining structures. One of the unions' main concerns is the Government’s decision to downgrade tripartite negotiations. National-level dialogue between the Government, employers and unions is being replaced by more limited discussions with individual ministers, sidelining long-established structures for social partnership.
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