EU Sources - Bargaining coverage still low in Central and Eastern EU - May 31, 2025

The second edition of the CEECAW Newsletter offers new insights in collective bargaining in care, administration and waste management sectors in Central and Eastern Europe. The project supports unions in 12 countries to improve bargaining outcomes. It confirms that bargaining coverage remains low across the region, with agreements often repeating legal texts rather than addressing workplace realities. Still, there are encouraging signs, including renewed organising strategies, improved union coordination, and legal reforms that open space for stronger collective rights.

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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.

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